How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

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On 23 Dec, 16:40, "'Mike'" wrote:
How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

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Not when like so many people you have produced next seasons catalogue
and have set your prices and postage for next spring
David Hill

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On 23 Dec, 16:40, "'Mike'" wrote:
How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

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Not when like so many people you have produced next seasons catalogue
and have set your prices and postage for next spring
David Hill

Agree with you there :-((

I have found a niche in the market and am just about to start a new business
which I am very pleased to say uses very little, if any postage ;-)

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you.

Mike

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:17:48 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:


I have found a niche in the market and am just about to start a new business
which I am very pleased to say uses very little, if any postage ;-)

Yet another new business. Will it be any more successful than any of
the others?
What happened with the travel agency where you used to be organising
forces reunions? Did they chuck you out because they couldn't stand
your attitude?

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:17:48 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:


I have found a niche in the market and am just about to start a new
business
which I am very pleased to say uses very little, if any postage ;-)

Yet another new business. Will it be any more successful than any of
the others?

No doubt it will be given the experience I have :-))

What happened with the travel agency where you used to be organising
forces reunions? Did they chuck you out because they couldn't stand
your attitude?

""Travel Agency""? Sorry you have something wrong there. I have never had a
Travel Agency.

"Reunion Organiser" ? Maybe you are a little confused. Two different things,
perhaps you can blame your confusion on a little too much 'Christmas
Spirit'?

'Ex Service Reunions' are going extremely well thank you, the secret in any
good business is 'recommendations' and because of the effort and expertise
put in to making the event an enjoyable one, the ex service fraternity
recommend that those not familiar with what I do, to contact me :-))

To show just how successful they are, in October, there were eight reunions,
three weekends holding two at a time!! In such places as Bournemouth, Isle
of Wight, Llandudno, Scarborough, Torquay, Chichester, Folkestone and
Blackpool and in December, one on the Continent!

I sincerely hope you are a little more wiser now, but please do not hesitate
to come back to me if you are still in any doubt whatsoever.

Kindest regards

Mike

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:50:52 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

""Travel Agency""? Sorry you have something wrong there. I have never had a
Travel Agency.

I never said you did.
But the tour operator where you used to help with reunions has removed
you from their website.


To show just how successful they are, in October, there were eight reunions,
three weekends holding two at a time!! In such places as Bournemouth, Isle
of Wight, Llandudno, Scarborough, Torquay, Chichester, Folkestone and
Blackpool and in December, one on the Continent!

Yes they seem to be doing extremely well without you.

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On 23 Dec, 16:40, "'Mike'" wrote:
How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

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Not when like so many people you have produced next seasons catalogue
and have set your prices and postage for next spring
David Hill

That would be very annoying. Presumably you put an addendum in the catalogue
to take account of it?

I know as soon as I heard of the increases today, I put a note in my diary
to buy in March a sizeable quantity of stamps.

Steve

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"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On 23 Dec, 16:40, "'Mike'" wrote:
How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the
retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

--
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Not when like so many people you have produced next seasons catalogue
and have set your prices and postage for next spring
David Hill

That would be very annoying. Presumably you put an addendum in the
catalogue to take account of it?

I know as soon as I heard of the increases today, I put a note in my diary
to buy in March a sizeable quantity of stamps.

Steve

Not fussed , the service by Royal Mail is worth it i think.
Check out how much other companies charge, we would be lost without RM.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike


Maybe you should of thought about that when you were young and earning.

In message , "_skid_Bkk Lem
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jlg" writes

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike

Maybe you should of thought about that when you were young and earning.

I would not like to be "young and earning" now!
Retirement prospects are grim for the baby boomers.
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:28:36 +0000, Gordon H wrote:

I would not like to be "young and earning" now!

I'm not particulary young but do have to earn.

Retirement prospects are grim for the baby boomers.

Aye, I found out earlier in the year that they have sneaked another year
onto my retirement age, I now have to wait until I'mm 66 before I get the
state pension. If the state pension still exists by then, I hope it does
for me but for those less than 40 I'd be half making the assumption that
it won't by the time they reach retirement age.

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Cheers
Dave.

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Liquorice writes
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:28:36 +0000, Gordon H wrote:

I would not like to be "young and earning" now!

I'm not particulary young but do have to earn.

Retirement prospects are grim for the baby boomers.

Aye, I found out earlier in the year that they have sneaked another year
onto my retirement age, I now have to wait until I'mm 66 before I get the
state pension.

:-( It makes it tough if you are forced into early retirement before
the, as we were. I had to scrape from age 58 until I received the
State pension + SERPS at 65, and we were lucky enough to have 10% B.S.
rates to put our lump sums into at that time.

If the state pension still exists by then, I hope it does
for me but for those less than 40 I'd be half making the assumption that
it won't by the time they reach retirement age.

I'm afraid you may be right.
My daughter is 46, and I have told her not to assume that a future
government won't do something to reduce her Local Government F.S.
pension during the next 20 years or so.
Private sector company schemes have been slashed thanks to G.B. and
other factors, and Public Sector pensions are going to be more than the
next generation of tax payers are willing to pay for.
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:18:58 +0100, Martin wrote:

I now have to wait until I'mm 66 before I get the state pension.

It's still 65 for men.

It is *currently* but by the time I reach 65/66 it will be 66 for me.
There is State Pension Age Calculator at:

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/...calculator.asp

Anyone not getting to 65 before April 2024 (ie 47/48 or younger) should
try that page and see what "surprise" is in store. By 2046 the state
pension age will be 68.

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Dave.

In message , "_skid_Bkk Lem
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike


Maybe you should of thought about that when you were young and earning.


He did - like the rest of us who are now pensioners but this thieving
load of *******s has stolen the £43bn surplus from the National
Insurance pension fund and used it illegally to fund other expenditure
thereby keeping income tax down in a bid to win the next election.
Furthermore they have already earmarked the future estimated £110 bn
surplus, which is why they keep telling you younger people that there
will be a problem when you retire.


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"hugh" ] wrote in message
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In message , "_skid_Bkk Lem .
,L jlg" writes

"'Mike'" wrote in message
.. .
How will it affect you?

As a business you can put the price of your goods up.

As the President of two ex Service Associations, it will hit the
retired,
especially those who have served their country.

Pensioners hit AGAIN :-((

Mike


Maybe you should of thought about that when you were young and earning.


He did - like the rest of us who are now pensioners but this thieving
load of *******s has stolen the £43bn surplus from the National Insurance
pension fund and used it illegally to fund other expenditure thereby
keeping income tax down in a bid to win the next election. Furthermore
they have already earmarked the future estimated £110 bn surplus, which is
why they keep telling you younger people that there will be a problem when
you retire.


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hugh
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This subject is totally off topic,but anyway my thoughts are that the
majority of pensioners are doing o.k alot have or had property with alot of
equity to fall back on & not doing to bad from the state.
For todays young generation they have no chance of the fortunate times of
the past,they are more likely to find themselves in neg equity & in debt
with no private pension.
So i am sure a few pence going to Royal mail for what i think is a superb
service is not going to break the bank.

We would be lost without them .
Keith