tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.comments2013-01-13T20:35:19.461+00:00All About What?Desmond Hilaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-57336399279712966642013-01-13T18:39:05.490+00:002013-01-13T18:39:05.490+00:00Sounds like you were kept fairly busy. I was glad...Sounds like you were kept fairly busy. I was glad to be back at work for a rest.<br />Hah! Bumbug!Timbohttp://www.timbo-baggins.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-46847654152275389532012-12-18T23:39:14.380+00:002012-12-18T23:39:14.380+00:00Sorry we've not been able to sort anything out...Sorry we've not been able to sort anything out in your time of need but it sounds like you'd have needed a miracle to fit it in.<br />It's good to see you blogging again a little more frequently. Hurray!Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-1861242560868996752012-12-18T23:11:23.118+00:002012-12-18T23:11:23.118+00:00At least one!At least one!Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-51313502882403846722012-12-18T22:59:02.227+00:002012-12-18T22:59:02.227+00:00Hurray for your beloved! She is indeed awesome sa...Hurray for your beloved! She is indeed awesome sauce.<br />Hope the busyness eases up in the not-too-distant.<br />Pint at some point after Christmas?Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-63051415716860537742012-11-26T19:33:02.999+00:002012-11-26T19:33:02.999+00:00you're welcome...
Li'l bro.you're welcome...<br /><br />Li'l bro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-20024026648487596472012-07-15T01:23:21.007+01:002012-07-15T01:23:21.007+01:00Thank goodness for honest local garages! Glad you...Thank goodness for honest local garages! Glad you have one you can trust; they are worth their weight in gold. We've sold our car since our incident but still see it around town in perfectly good health. <br /><br />By the way, we've hired Multiplas a couple of times on holidays and found them to be great cars.<br /><br />Happy motoring, and thanks for reading the blog.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-74724082229949133772012-07-14T20:58:32.357+01:002012-07-14T20:58:32.357+01:00Same happened to me today. 80 quids of petrol in m...Same happened to me today. 80 quids of petrol in my empty diesel multipla. The local garage rescued me, drained the tank and that was that. They ran the engine (spluttering) to burn off the residual petrol. Problems? None. The mechanic said it would be fine. He even gave the contaminated fuel for my mower. No replaced fuel injectors, pumps, common rails, or any other nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-11323594227041993002011-12-20T22:47:38.119+00:002011-12-20T22:47:38.119+00:00There's always room for mince pies.There's always room for mince pies.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-52428937594469518482011-12-20T17:51:31.414+00:002011-12-20T17:51:31.414+00:00looking forwrd to seeing you both too in a couple ...looking forwrd to seeing you both too in a couple of days ..shame you're overloaded on the mince pies bit ..cos Zo is slaving away cooking you some more as I type .Can't say the same for the mulled wine as we don't have any, so get your fill of that before you leave !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-68150195979348590112011-12-20T17:08:59.664+00:002011-12-20T17:08:59.664+00:00Happy Christmas to you both ! Loved reading your b...Happy Christmas to you both ! Loved reading your blog on Christmas. Made me smile today xxxTracey and Malcolmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-67368782109645835222011-11-05T15:59:25.194+00:002011-11-05T15:59:25.194+00:00Respect. I wish you a long, happy and fulfilling ...Respect. I wish you a long, happy and fulfilling retirement, and hope, for all our sakes, this unhappy debacle over pensions is soon resolved favourably.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-26593335379865757292011-11-05T15:49:47.781+00:002011-11-05T15:49:47.781+00:00No problem, I came to your blog via that of Changi...No problem, I came to your blog via that of Changing Worship, Rev Rob Sutherland. I posted as anonymous because I wasn't thinking straight at the time I posted.<br /><br />I was in the Army, started as a Private, retired as a Major, after a short (one day) career break from Regular Army to Reserve Forces Permanent Staff. So, my active service was mainly Northern Ireland, prior to my moving from Regular Service to a new contract with the Reserve Forces in 1989, which meant being in uniform, but not liable to be deployed. Off course, there was involvement in deploying reservists as part of the job. <br /><br />I'm glad to be retired. I miss the friends and comradeship, but have found similar friendships and community in my parish.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-12887127660583187862011-11-05T15:31:00.353+00:002011-11-05T15:31:00.353+00:00Thanks, anonymous, for reading my blog and more so...Thanks, anonymous, for reading my blog and more so for your impassioned comments. <br /><br />Obviously, I don't know what branch of the Armed Forces you were in or what your role was, but that makes you more than a Public Servant in my book, and deserving of better treatment.<br /><br />I would like to see David Cameron made to live for just one year on your income and see how he feels about pensions after that.<br /><br />I will be able to retire in a couple of years and I'm looking forward to having more time for serving my community through my church. The 'Big Society' will not work very well if all the people who could have time on their hands if their pensions were adequate have to spend that time trying to make ends meet. I've yet to see a government capable of joined up thinking, or even being aware of what life is like for the normal citizens of this country. Frankly, they don't have a clue. <br /><br />Cheers, and thanks again.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-21414226949853245342011-11-05T15:09:31.857+00:002011-11-05T15:09:31.857+00:00Hear, hear. I'm a public service pensioner, al...Hear, hear. I'm a public service pensioner, albeit from the Armed Forces. The government says that it's a non-contributory scheme. However, what they don't say is that they deduct a notional amount from salary scales prior to publication to pay for the individuals pension. So, in effect, it is similar to other public service schemes, where pension deductions are made after pay is given.<br /><br />My spouse is a civil servant, low paid, under £18000, and has worked for 36 years to pay into her scheme. As she is nearing retirement, she will not be effected by the proposed Career Average scheme, proposed by the government, but has been effected by CPI rather than RPI since last year, and is about to have her annual contributions raised by 1/3rd this coming year and doubled the following year.<br /><br />Her pension will be after tax, is below the living wage and she will probably be obliged to stay on at work to try to get a bigger pension pot.<br /><br />As you say, public service pensioners pay their taxes (they have little choice given their employer) and contribute to paying for their pension, in the same way as other taxpayers.<br /><br />I get tired of all of the tabloids such as the mail,the express describing the pensions as gold plated. After working from the age or 17 to age 60 in the Armed Forces, I was discarded as I had reached the upper age limit. No appeal, no recourse to unfair dismissal - they are exempted from that piece of legislation. I would have enjoyed working on for another 5 years, but wasn't given the option. <br /><br />My pension is adequate, but not great, and certainly not gold plated. I suffered a 2/3 drop income on retirement, the only compensation being a lump sum, which allowed me to bring the cost of our mortgage down. Due to my pension I am not eligible for benefits and there is no point in signing on for employment as at age 60, they regard you as unemployable.<br /><br />I volunteer, do stuff with my church and have a fulfilling life, but if I was a union person, I have supported their campaigns against the cuts, and as my spouse is in a union, she might very well soon, find herself out on strike. She has never been on strike before, but feels so strongly about this, that she probably will this time. <br /><br />The betrayal of good faith and broken agreements means that no longer can the government rely on the loyalty of long suffering public servants, they are being forced to be militant, against their better judgement in most cases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-38696436715023521142011-08-18T13:08:39.228+01:002011-08-18T13:08:39.228+01:00Genius.
And I love the phrasing of your parentheti...Genius.<br />And I love the phrasing of your parenthetical comments in the penultimate paragraph.Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-8239800225815140732011-08-17T01:06:27.967+01:002011-08-17T01:06:27.967+01:00i love it when a plan comes together =]i love it when a plan comes together =]Linushttp://linusandco.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-72316576508417120232011-01-12T18:41:52.230+00:002011-01-12T18:41:52.230+00:00I love the title!
And I'm glad it all worked o...I love the title!<br />And I'm glad it all worked out in the end.Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-87568193250115653682010-12-12T14:27:06.059+00:002010-12-12T14:27:06.059+00:00Bargain. Just a snip, really.Bargain. Just a snip, really.Linushttp://linusandco.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-33479888732539245962010-12-06T12:30:52.360+00:002010-12-06T12:30:52.360+00:00Will that be to eat in or to take away?Will that be to eat in or to take away?Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-42641651052960687912010-11-07T08:58:45.846+00:002010-11-07T08:58:45.846+00:00Tim told me the news. My heart is with you both (...Tim told me the news. My heart is with you both (and Gemma too, and all the other peeps who will miss Max). The great extent to which you feel this loss is the extent to which you cared excellently for that which was entrusted to you. Well done for loving well. Grieve well my friends, and celebrate Max always =]<br /><br />much love<br /><br />j>Linushttp://linusandco.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-89352349773657630992010-10-28T22:47:26.078+01:002010-10-28T22:47:26.078+01:00Thanks, Linus. Actually, I even drew them myself....Thanks, Linus. Actually, I even drew them myself. I'm such a smart-arse.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-32680887244556425212010-10-28T14:18:55.235+01:002010-10-28T14:18:55.235+01:00LOVE the use of smileys, usually hate the damn thi...LOVE the use of smileys, usually hate the damn things but your creative application of them made me, well, smile =] Might give the Butcher one a bash at some point, so thanks for the heads up.Linushttp://linusandco.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-65696467419515897532010-10-22T23:00:20.082+01:002010-10-22T23:00:20.082+01:00Thanks, that would be good. I'll let you have...Thanks, that would be good. I'll let you have a read of the two I have and you could register your concurrence or disagreement.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-81263170439656029922010-10-22T00:53:37.050+01:002010-10-22T00:53:37.050+01:00I've got "The Murder Book" by Keller...I've got "The Murder Book" by Kellerman if you'd like to borrow it - I enjoyed it, but can't remember much about it a year or so later. I might have a look at the Sittenfield book - sounds interesting.<br />Two out of five, ain't bad.<br />Especially when you have standards. As for me, I'm easily pleased...Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536677899858045924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405260135718802912.post-10945007943908984142010-09-29T23:11:59.836+01:002010-09-29T23:11:59.836+01:00More of a shower than a spring. And what a nice j...More of a shower than a spring. And what a nice job you made of it.Desmond Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239750875463354380noreply@blogger.com