who else is on a pension and what sort, I'm DSP but should have been compo for another 40 years but the libs fixed the likes of me and they're talking about cuttin the pension so here we go again :to_pick_ones_nose_eat: lucky country my arse :dodgy:
I'm on a partial OAP, and manage OK.
I and my wife are both on OAPs, I retired a little early because of a phisical breakdown. The old body just said too much for too long. Past retirement age now at 66, I was a carpenter/ home builder. There is nothing left in the budget every pension day. It is a continual struggle to get through.
i am 70 , an on a old age pension , when i retired with $ 65000.00
i trusted my finance advicer and he invested it for me , it lasted for 18 months then the big crash happened and i lost $ 47000.00 of it in the crash , so i drew the rest out just to put into the bank where it was safe and it was govn gaurantee , then to add more insult to injury , the mob that it was with ,, charged me $ 2000.00 dollars for early withdrawal ,,. what a joke .. so we went on a boat cruise on the murray princess for 7 days at mannum just 2 hours out from adelaide ,. and i spent the rest on a trip to fiji [ hideaway resort ]
with my wife , my son and his wife , and 3 kids , and my daughter , her husband , and their 2 kids ,. total 11 of us ,.and now i just have enough left to just go on a camping trip , now and then .
we have a small income of petrol money comming in from the flee markets that we go to every fortnight selling things she makes with her sewing machines , like beenies , bedsocks ,hand towels peg,aprons placemats , and casseroles carriers , and flystoppers ,
the fly stoppers are made from net sewn around a bangle and sits over the glass to keeps the fly out ,.then beads keep them down over the sides of the glass .. and i am her roadie them days .. ,, kel ,,
Boat crusing, just the best oF memories, I still remember the six week cruise to Australia. We sailed through the Suez Canal, Port Said to Aden. As we sailed away from Aden in the evening we could hear what sounded like thunder in the distance. It turned out we were the last ship through before the canal was bombed out in the Arab, Israeli war of 1956. The canal was closed for years after that.
Wow another great story Ron and thanks very much to all as I know a lot of people don't like to talk about these things but if us talking can help some younger ones not make the same mistakes or end up in a similar situation :winkextra:
Sorry it took me a little to get back to you Kel but I found a photo of coaster I use to make..very easy and cheap and could go well with the flystoppers :) All you need is some slate that you can get from a tile shop but ask for seconds first as sometimes you can find some bigger bits :) and angle grinder ($15 to $20 tops(super cheap or like), doesn't have to be you bute. And dimond blade for around $20 for a 4 pack these days and a can of laqure and away ya go :good:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/dxjlaf.jpg) sorry old 35mm film job :)
Oh and the secon from left isn't done if you didn't pick it up
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these are the ones she makes , denhim , [from jeans ] on both sides plus 4 layers of material plus wadding in the middle , all crisscross sewing so it cant move , and when you stand your cold drink on it ,
it will soak up the moister , rather then have it drip on your clothes when you go to drink it .. great idea .. they go in the washing machine on wash days .then you get an old brush and roughen up the edges .. ,, kel ,,
They look pretty good and would look really really good on a slate coaster :ok: and another thing I forgot was the little rubber stoppers to go on the bottom and get them from reject shop or one of them.
Quote from: 'Possie Ron' pid='9027' dateline='1362548173'Boat crusing, just the best oF memories, I still remember the six week cruise to Australia. We sailed through the Suez Canal, Port Said to Aden. As we sailed away from Aden in the evening we could hear what sounded like thunder in the distance. It turned out we were the last ship through before the canal was bombed out in the Arab, Israely war of 1956. The canal was closed for years after that.
Possie Ron, my wife has spoken about being on the last ship through the Suez. Where you on the Ellinis in 1966 maybe, not 1956?
Or maybe it was closed more than once.
Me, I am on a full TPI Pension, plus Service Pension because my TPI was war caused plus I have a DFRDB each fortnight as well. (DFRDB is Navy/Army/Airfaorce personnel pension after serving 20 years or more).
I have still yet to touch my rollover that is still earning interest.
Have been on several cruises. First UK to Australia in 1959 on the SS Strathnaver, five weeks and four days. Second cruise 1977 from Port Moresby PNG to Sydney on the Fedor Shalyapen, 5 days 6 nights. Third cruise on the Pacific Sky Sydney to Auckand NZ, 11 days. Fourth cruise a circumnavigation of Australia on the Pacific Princess, 31 days. Fifth cruise was to Asia on the Pacific Sun, 42 days. Sixth cruise was last year around the Pacific Ocean on the Dawn Princess, 75 days. Seventh cruise again on the Dawn Princess leaving Sydney on 18 May 2014 on a global circumnavigation, 104 days.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='9106' dateline='1362656709'Me, I am on a full TPI Pension, plus Service Pension because my TPI was war caused plus I have a DFRDB each fortnight as well. (DFRDB is Navy/Army/Airfaorce personnel pension after serving 20 years or more).
I have still yet to touch my rollover that is still earning interest.
Have been on several cruises. First UK to Australia in 1959 on the SS Strathnaver, five weeks and four days. Second cruise 1977 from Port Moresby PNG to Sydney on the Fedor Shalyapen, 5 days 6 nights. Third cruise on the Pacific Sky Sydney to Auckand NZ, 11 days. Fourth cruise a circumnavigation of Australia on the Pacific Princess, 31 days. Fifth cruise was to Asia on the Pacific Sun, 42 days. Sixth cruise was last year around the Pacific Ocean on the Dawn Princess, 75 days. Seventh cruise again on the Dawn Princess leaving Sydney on 18 May 2014 on a global circumnavigation, 104 days.
104 days! Nice, but I wonder how much weight could be gained in that time. I don't think my body would survive. My first cruise was on the Dawn Princess, I very nice ship.
Hi Trigg. It may have been a second attack in 66. We arrived in Aus just before christmas 56. I came aboard the MV Fairsea. A sister ship the Fairstar was well known in Australia as the Funship as a cruise liner later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
On the Last cruise of 75 days, I gained less than half a kilo in weight. On the Cherry Blossom Cruise of 42 days, I lost half a kilo.
When cruising, I limit myself to three meals a day, not one meal that lasts all day.
I don't drink, alcohol, that is but consume lots of lemonade and coffee. Further, up untill I injured my right leg on the last cruise, I never used the lifts, always the stair cases. Plenty of exercise there.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='9148' dateline='1362802910'On the Last cruise of 75 days, I gained less than half a kilo in weight. On the Cherry Blossom Cruise of 42 days, I lost half a kilo.
When cruising, I limit myself to three meals a day, not one meal that lasts all day.
I don't drink, alcohol, that is but consume lots of lemonade and coffee. Further, up untill I injured my right leg on the last cruise, I never used the lifts, always the stair cases. Plenty of exercise there.
I do much the same thing, unless there are to many flights of stairs to go.
Still put on 3.5Kg in 11 days. I have since shed half of it.
Quote from: 'Possie Ron' pid='9139' dateline='1362777500'Hi Trigg. It may have been a second attack in 66. We arrived in Aus just before christmas 56. I came aboard the MV Fairsea. A sister ship the Fairstar was well known in Australia as the Funship as a cruise liner later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
Some friends of ours came to Aus in 1967 on the Fairsky, which I believe might have been another sister ship to these.
Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='9154' dateline='1362811684'Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='9148' dateline='1362802910'On the Last cruise of 75 days, I gained less than half a kilo in weight. On the Cherry Blossom Cruise of 42 days, I lost half a kilo.
When cruising, I limit myself to three meals a day, not one meal that lasts all day.
I don't drink, alcohol, that is but consume lots of lemonade and coffee. Further, up untill I injured my right leg on the last cruise, I never used the lifts, always the stair cases. Plenty of exercise there.
I do much the same thing, unless there are to many flights of stairs to go.
Still put on 3.5Kg in 11 days. I have since shed half of it.
Quote from: 'Possie Ron' pid='9139' dateline='1362777500'Hi Trigg. It may have been a second attack in 66. We arrived in Aus just before christmas 56. I came aboard the MV Fairsea. A sister ship the Fairstar was well known in Australia as the Funship as a cruise liner later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis
Some friends of ours came to Aus in 1967 on the Fairsky, which I believe might have been another sister ship to these.
The SITMAR LINE. Fairsea, Fairstar. Fairsky and the Castel Felicia, I believe were the ships of the line during that time. I Know a few others have come and gone before and since. I think P&O bought them out.
Sitmar Lines, the ships with the blue "V" on a yellow funnel. Those were the days.
My dad left Southampton on the Fairsky in Feb 1959, the advance party of the family. The rest of of us followed on the SS Strathnaver, leaving Tilbury on the 2 Jun 59 arriving Sydney 9 Jul 59.
Oh what a voyage. Would love to do it all over again.
Those days and ships will never ever return me thinks.
I go down to the docks in Melbourne when the big ships come in for a visit. Cant wait for the Queen Mary 2 to berth on the 21 Mar 13.
We all better be carfull as this topic has been hijacked well and truely and we will all get a warning from the "jury" me thinks.
Bloody boat people :welcome:
Wait on mate, it only cost me mum and dad ten punds each, we kids came free.
Can't thank you Aussies enough.
Wait on, I am an Aussie now. Bloody Poms.........
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='9236' dateline='1362919315'Wait on mate, it only cost me mum and dad ten punds each, we kids came free.
Can't thank you Aussies enough.
Wait on, I am an Aussie now. Bloody Poms.........
What ANOTHER ten pound tourist:shok:
And there I was thinking that I was the only one left after the rest of em went back home Whinging:biggrin:
I arrived in 1974 and have NEVER regretted my parent’s decision to become part of the amazing community of people that make up today’s modern Australia.
I may have been born a Brit but evolved into an Aussie over the years.
No I am not a boat person, I came by Plane :dance2:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='9240' dateline='1362939778'Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='9236' dateline='1362919315'Wait on mate, it only cost me mum and dad ten punds each, we kids came free.
Can't thank you Aussies enough.
Wait on, I am an Aussie now. Bloody Poms.........
What ANOTHER ten pound tourist:shok:
And there I was thinking that I was the only one left after the rest of em went back home Whinging:biggrin:
I arrived in 1974 and have NEVER regretted my parent’s decision to become part of the amazing community of people that make up today’s modern Australia.
I may have been born a Brit but evolved into an Aussie over the years.
No I am not a boat person, I came by Plane :dance2:
Me too, I came by plane in 1969.
I got my dates wrong :dash1:
I came here in 68 and joind the army in 74:angel:
hey A J , lets play spot the aussie .
sorry jayson , i lose ,i cant find one
ok your turn ..
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='9251' dateline='1362955368'hey A J , lets play spot the aussie .
sorry jayson , i lose ,i cant find one
ok your turn ..
:off_topic: sorry :angel:
Most of the original Aussies were pommies anyway, although most were NOT the cream of society.:dodgy:
Most of them were thugs and thieves :laugh2::diablo:
Even the Aboriginals are immigrants originally.:angel:
It just goes to show that no matter what colour or country of origin we come from, in the end we are ALL Aussies and bloody proud of it.
:yahoo::wavemulticolor:
I'll be blowed. The sites full of Possie's, 1/2 Pommie 1/2 Aussie.