Member Since: 31 Dec 2021
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 325
New Zealand just got demolished by England by 8 wickets in the first cricket test, in Christchurch. Ouch!
1st Dec 2024 3:00 am
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2929
Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
1st Dec 2024 9:08 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23866
al cope wrote:
DWP, why in this day and age can’t they make payments monthly instead of every 4 weeks
Al
The state pension has always been administered and calculated on a weekly basis. Hence, 13 X 4 weeks =52 weeks. To vary the amounts paid for 28, 29, 30 & 31 day months was just too much of an administrative burden.
Although I believe that receiving the same amount every week/4 weeks was deemed to be more popular and that also it helps ensure a level of uniformity/fairness when recipients die.
I’m pretty sure that you can still opt to receive it on a weekly basis, if that suits you better. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
1st Dec 2024 12:43 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14177
Dread to think what that would cost if they do indeed issue 4 x bins to every resident
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2608
LT wrote:
al cope wrote:
DWP, why in this day and age can’t they make payments monthly instead of every 4 weeks
Al
The state pension has always been administered and calculated on a weekly basis. Hence, 13 X 4 weeks =52 weeks. To vary the amounts paid for 28, 29, 30 & 31 day months was just too much of an administrative burden.
Although I believe that receiving the same amount every week/4 weeks was deemed to be more popular and that also it helps ensure a level of uniformity/fairness when recipients die.
I’m pretty sure that you can still opt to receive it on a weekly basis, if that suits you better.
I used to be paid on a 4 weekly basis for 9yrs. Hated it. We had a vote to change to monthly and monthly lost. The mentality was that you were paid twice in one month and that was a bonus
1st Dec 2024 4:50 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 704
It's bad enough with just the pensions but SWMBO also gets her industrial injury benefit paid on a different day.
Trying to get things to match up with monthly bills is a pain.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
1st Dec 2024 5:10 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10361
Surely as it’s an annual pension just dividing it by 12 isn’t beyond the realms of man 😉
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
1st Dec 2024 5:10 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 704
No, State Pension is always quoted as a weekly entitlement, as are all benefits.
It also corrects for the fact that there are more than 52 weeks in a year as well as leap years.
Some employers used to pay on a variable 4 and 5 weeks months which in itself could be problematic.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
1st Dec 2024 6:03 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2608
Radio presenters....Radio 1 on a Sunday, what a load of for the generation Z..... its one of the only stations that I can receive in the garage without too much interference, so choice is limited. Just bleat on about nothing, mental health, stress, and laugh at their own stupid responses.
Talked about the stress of Christmas, frozen sprouts being a way to ease financial burden this Christmas (and if they are grown frozen, WTF, and a Guru coming in to talk about getting through this festive season ....... oh off.....
1st Dec 2024 11:11 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14487
How we did we ever survive?......D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
1st Dec 2024 11:51 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73133
Better question is how will they survive in the big, bad world!
2nd Dec 2024 12:54 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4252
gstuart wrote:
Dread to think what that would cost if they do indeed issue 4 x bins to every resident
We already have three bins per house hold (and now an extended emptying schedule) four bins would just give them longer not to collect the general waste bins that gets used most... and how much extra plastic would that involve (or do we not talk about using plastic anymore?)I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
2nd Dec 2024 12:39 pm
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2821
We would welcome being given a Garden waste bin, and have it emptied.
We currently have to register for the scheme, buy the bin, and pay an annual fee for it to be collected.
We are lucky enough to have a big enough garden to Compost most of our garden waste, which we actively do, but you don’t want everything in a Compost heap.
Back in June I was two days late paying the £90, or whatever it is now, and we were ‘withdrawn’ from the scheme.
As the scheme locally is oversubscribed we are now on a 3yr waiting list to rejoin.
Stupidly, the scheme is oversubscribed because of all the new houses that have been built.
They all have tiny postage stamp sized gardens, many covered in astroturf, but all appear to have a full sized Garden waste wheelie bin.Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
2nd Dec 2024 1:02 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14487
Stupid. If it's oversubscribed then it means there is a need and opportunity which the council or its contractor could fill and generate income!
Sadly they are looking at capacity not opportunity.D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
2nd Dec 2024 9:53 pm
Icarus
Member Since: 15 Jul 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 108
SKY
Spending over 3 hours sitting in front of my laptop, having an on-line chat to re-negotiate my SKY contract!
What a pain in the
3hours of daylight, 3hours on a Saturday afternoon when I could’ve been doing so many more pleasant things.
Despite having retired 23 years ago, 3hours in front of a computer is work, and work I rather not do. Goat well and truly up.I’m a Disco 4 believer. What a vehicle!
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How we did we ever survive?......
