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15th Mar 2020Lupatria commented on:
Is it realistic to expect over 70s to remain in their homes for 4 months?i certainly don't want to have to stay at home self isolating for four months. i know we can order groceries online - apart from toilet paper - but what about the day to day bread and milk? and what about dental appointments, hair appointments and other appointments that make up our daily lives? i need my back garden fence repaired, some rubbish removed and also my gardener to come and sort my garden out. will tradespeople come to do the work if i'm staying home? why should i stay at home on the off chance that i might possibly get this virus? having only recently started going out after recovering from a major operation i don't particularly want to go back to staying indoors again. and my daughter and grandaughters live with me so i won't be alone in my isolation! if you can call that isolation. no - i'm going to continue to go out to my appointments and to meet up with like minded friends.ViewDate:
28th Dec 2018Lupatria commented on:
Are Boxing Week sales worth the effort?never have any money left after christmas to go to the sales. there are so many sales these days that they are overwhelming.ViewDate:
23rd Nov 2018Lupatria commented on:
Win A £50 Morrisons Voucher To Help With Your Christmas Shoppingfingers crossed - still got last minute stuff to get.ViewDate:
20th Jul 2018Lupatria commented on:
Did you put off retirement due to money worries?I was 59 and looking forward to working until I was 65. Unfortunately I was signed off sick with stress and depression 6 months before my 60th birthday - they made me an offer to "go quietly" (I was being bullied by my line manager but unable to prove anything - hence the stress). I was able to access both my state pension and my work pension at 60 but had to apply for guaranteed pension credit - this in September 2007. It took until the following June before pension credit was awarded after a series of "c*ck ups" by the DWP (for which I got compensation). In the meantime I had to use my lump sum to pay my mortgage until that ran out. It was only after a letter telling me that my mortgage provider was going for repossession that the DWP finally acted. I now exist on the basic state pension and my pittance of a work pension. The DWP decided they were not going to pay the interest part of my mortgage (they never paid all of it anyway) and so I lost that in April this year and the Council Tax Support i received - i have to contribute a sum towards that. All this on the same money as I was receiving before - the DWP consider that i'm not entitled to Guaranteed Pension Credit - i "earn" too much! I also lost my free dental treatment and vouchers for glasses - no way I could afford even a check up at the dentist let alone further treatment! No way I could afford glasses either as, even buying cheap frames, my bill usually came to over £100 even with the vouchers - a lot of money to find out of what I get. Thankfully I've been able to claim exemption from dental charges and am now entitled to vouchers for glasses as well. I worked from 16 with only two breaks when I had my two children and I'm left with not a lot. I split up from my husband in 1995 and am not entitled to any part of his pension (paid for when we were together). I am now 70 (almost 71) and while I can pay my bills and buy food, etc, there's not a lot left ....... i've got too much month left at the end of my money! Thank you for the chance to say my piece and I hope I haven't bored you too much!