Grumpy old buggers thread

[Tins]

3199873[/URL]]Few mates of mine have stopped! I sadly asked how much one has saved

Interesting. I stopped 11 months ago. I now have to wonder how I ever managed to afford it, as my increase in disposable income is precisely zero.

[RANDLOVER]

Interesting. I stopped 11 months ago. I now have to wonder how I ever managed to afford it, as my increase in disposable income is precisely zero.

That's the trouble with disposable income, it is always disposed of.

[scarry]

That's the trouble with disposable income, it is always disposed of.

The wife is definitely excellent at that

[austastar]

Yup!
"Look at how much I saved at the op-shop. So much I shouted coffee and a Danish with Muriel while we were there."
Grrr




Cheers

[scarry]

Yup!
"Look at how much I saved at the op-shop. So much I shouted coffee and a Danish with Muriel while we were there."
Grrr




Cheers

I ask how much was this thing?

The usual is "it was on special",so question doesn't get answered,so i have to ask again...

[cripesamighty]

I ask how much was this thing?

The usual is "it was on special",so question doesn't get answered,so i have to ask again...

Or it's, "Wow, look how much money I SAVED!", wherein the reply is usually, "yes, but how much money did you SPEND..."

[NavyDiver]

I know- Why is the mad sod puting this in Grumpy?

Read it and check the last few lines and you might be as well!

https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/n...15105516&ei=23

Ok Given some get grumpy with links I will spell it out

"JLR is rolling out a new ‘House of Brands’ strategy, whereby its vehicles are separated into four core sub-brands: Jaguar, Discovery, Range Rover and Defender. The Land Rover nameplate and logo is being demoted to a “trust mark”, though it may still appear on vehicles."

MY BOLD and MY underline.

Gumpy now?

[superquag]

I recall we spoke about this a long time ago, and it's reared it's ugly head. Again.
About 10 years ago (?). I had a fantastic pair or Oliver work boots, perfect fit etc... but the sole started to stick to our ceramic tile floor,,, first a slurping sound - which progressed to tissue-thin black pieces departing the boot in preference to the floor. Needless to say, SWMBO. was not happy. Nor I. The de-laminated to the extent of walking into the bin.
Then two pairs of shoes cracked across the bend-point, new soles save them for another year or three, but eventually. - Wish I'd had leather instead of the cheaper urethane replacements.

Fast forward to now. Current pair of.... - can I name them ? - New, well-balanced leather walking shoes is... you guessed it, starting to slurp on those same tiles. So far, no chunks sticking, Yet.

Only saving grace was the 'Special' price of $89. Methinks I may be looking at bespoke shoes, full leather, just to get a decent life.

Anyone else finding their shoes, boots, gym-shoes are losing integrity in their plastic soles ?

Or maybe this...... Making HANDMADE Leather Boot Shoes - YouTube.

[Tins]

3201150[/URL]]I recall we spoke about this a long time ago, and it's reared it's ugly head. Again.
About 10 years ago (?). I had a fantastic pair or Oliver work boots, perfect fit etc... but the sole started to stick to our ceramic tile floor,,, first a slurping sound - which progressed to tissue-thin black pieces departing the boot in preference to the floor. Needless to say, SWMBO. was not happy. Nor I. The de-laminated to the extent of walking into the bin.
Then two pairs of shoes cracked across the bend-point, new soles save them for another year or three, but eventually. - Wish I'd had leather instead of the cheaper urethane replacements.

Fast forward to now. Current pair of.... - can I name them ? - New, well-balanced leather walking shoes is... you guessed it, starting to slurp on those same tiles. So far, no chunks sticking, Yet.

Only saving grace was the 'Special' price of $89. Methinks I may be looking at bespoke shoes, full leather, just to get a decent life.

Anyone else finding their shoes, boots, gym-shoes are losing integrity in their plastic soles ?

Or maybe this...... Making HANDMADE Leather Boot Shoes - YouTube.

You’ve encountered the Sam Vimes theory:
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.^[4]I’m
Sam Vimes is a character from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, in case you’re wondering.

[superquag]

One of the major issues with tax law in Australia is that it has got so complex that even when the individual's return would be simple for them to do, it has got to where nobody is confident that they know enough about the tax law to do it themselves. This has happened over my lifetime - it used to be very simple for most people. Of course, tax agent advertising has fed this lack of confidence.

How I mi s the Good Old 'Form S' . With a Group Certificate and 5 minutes, a simple wage-earner (me) could satisfy HM Tax Office.

And a refund posted back in a week or two.

Then they simplified the language....

I don't begrudge my agent his $$$.