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Well there you are John, you have considerable writing skills which can be put to good use when you retire, and two causes on which to focus those skills, single person council tax discounts and the efficiency of whoever has the cotract for waste disposal in your area :-)

This protest between her and her local council is now in its 3rd year not a new up in arms disgruntled pensioner,,,,,,,the first of 3 was paid for by a donor as she protested she couldnt afford it,,,,,,no one came and paid last year and so far no one has come forward to pay this year,,,,,

odd that she becomes a lone protester the same time each year,,,,,,,,!and there is no local group of banded protesters behind her,,,,!!




the cash she is paying £25 week is last years arrears, Vera.

I shall be "Disgusted of Rhondda", Rose :-D :-D

Am just amazed that my fellow Genes chatters are such religious adherents and so law-abiding. Has no-one got any rebellious spirit? Are you all totally happy with Governments and local authorities?

I still don't like new GR tree layout - but will not protest as the authorities say it is better for me/us/one/two. ;-)

RamblingRose I concur - we need more people to champion our causes don't we?

Surely with all these years working in management for Tesco John, you will have a reasonable pension to top up your government one?

I mentioned my dad in a previous post, he retired at 60 from a Bank after working for them for 26 years (not management), he then took another job until he was 65 and has now been retired for 11 years and tells me he is much better off than when he was working

Jax. Had a mega retirement pot at 43 when I took a voluntary redundancy from Tesco. Unfortunately have had to "draw down" a lot of that pension since 50. But yes, should be ok in retirement. Depends how much people want to borrow ;-)

John you have digressed from the subject once again, as interesting to some as I am sure it is, your student days of protesting, as is signs in Welsh and English as it your retirment fund is a another subject for another day on another thread perhaps! I think this is what people mean when they refer that “ the thread is being taken over” . Please stay on the topic thank you

The topic on this thread is evasion of paying Council tax and rebel pensioners that should know better and be setting a better example to the younger generation, which often they are too quick to slag off!!!!!.


My dearest sweetest kitty please don’t take offence at being labelled “ Holy than thou” I took it as a Complement as I am sure it was meant.
:-D

Oops - watch the typos!

Hayley. Please stop telling me off. I am beginning to think you are my daughter, who also tries to keep me in line :-) She is also 31 and blonde, incidentally. :-)

well I have to confess to be law abiding - I didn't pay my speeding fine but chose the option of going on a driver improvement course, which was more than the cost of the fine

I paid the £75 was throwing a cigarette end out of the car!! :-(

that's it - no other unlawful misdemeanors

Thank you nameless one well spotted it looked correct to me ;-)

John I wouldn’t dream of telling you off or trying to. Your post are very interesting at times and always well written, I actually missed you when you was not posting and sulking so I am only trying to help you, you do tend to go off on your own at times don’t you? Maybe its years of giving training sessions and presentations who knows. ;-)

No problem Hayley - just thought someone good with words might have twisted that one.

I wish to make a strong protest against labelling people who are only in their seventies....as 'Old'. You see it time and time again in newspapers. Why ! I've even seen it on GR! :-D :-D :-D

Thanks Hayley. School report once said "intelligent but erratic" so - yes - I do need help. You are very calm today!! I have insulted you by saying you are 31 and you have not come back at me :-S :-S :-S Must give up wumming ;-)

yes BC but you are no oldt darling your just glam <3

Yes John you now need to take your level 3 @ wumming , it takes one to know one ;-)

BC............you are right, 100 is old 74 is late middle age :-D :-D

~~~~~~~~ to everyone <3

John, take a look at my avatar.

I campaign for a better deal for adults with autism and have been doing so for over 10 years.

I have played merry hell with those in our local authority.

I am 'known' to many, many, many people.

I have been in the newspapers.

I am on friendly terms with the Shadow Health Minister - who is local.

I am willing to abseil from Big Ben if it would further this cause.

I will fight tooth and nail for what I think is right.


Meantime, I have to put up with the system as it is and do my best to improve things as and when I can.


You may consider me to be 'holier than thou' but .................

...........................................I always pay whatever I owe.



Cx :-)

Succinct as ever Cynthia

Oh Cynthia.............I wish I had your way with words. <3

My comment was a bit tongue in cheek, Cynthia. I know how very active you are. I have been impressed by just how involved some members of Genes chat are. And, up until now, mostly we seem to defend the individual against rules and authorities. Suddenly we have seemed to have changed on this thread and lady has had very little support for her 3 year battle from Genes chatters.

Old? Moi? I quite like being called an oldie or a coffin dodger - bit of harmless humour there. But being called "old" or "elderly" somehow upsets me. I rather like the definition that an old person is someone 20 years older than you. Though I have recently met quite a few in their 90's who I honestly would not describe as old yet. They have a good life, still drive, still have most of their faculties and think positively about the future. :-)