elderly with a pension,How are you managing?

[princess peach]

There are a lot of us on here that work and have an income coming in,and we are struggling.
How are the elderly coping in spain that only receive their pensions from UK.I have been thinking about this quite a lot and feel really sorry for them.

[gerryh]

My wife and I are living on our UK pensions.
Things are a bit tight at the moment due to the exchange rate.
We are coping OK. Had many years of live experience to enable us to cope with whatever is thrown at us.

Cheers
Gerry

[mhic]

Bang on Gerry, we are in the same boat but we manage ok just means no steak and fewer outings. We old un's have been here before and we got through it. Perhaps if all the whingers and moaners were a bit more optimistic and the UK press stopped talking it down things in the UK would improve a bit.

Mhic.

[oliveview01]

We are not elderly but living on a ´retired early work pension´, we are having to go careful and just watch what we spend the money on. We were never rich back in the UK so it is no different! We don´t eat breakfast out quite so much now, maybe just once a week instead of 4-5 times a week and buy what we need and not compulsive buy.
We too have wondered if the press and tv have talked the people into a recession?

[country boy]

My wife and I are living on our UK pensions.
Things are a bit tight at the moment due to the exchange rate.
We are coping OK. Had many years of live experience to enable us to cope with whatever is thrown at us.

Cheers
Gerry

Spot on Gerry, our generation were brought up to 'cope'; learning the difference between "Need" and " Want" is something that seems to have been forgotten these days.
We're OK PP getting a bit thinner with holes in our shoes but happy

[oliveview01]

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We're OK PP getting a bit thinner with holes in our shoes but happy [/quote]

You can actually afford shoes????????? Blimey, you must be well off

[ken2]

been here before, baked beans on toast for a sunday roast, bits of cardboard in me shoes for the holes,some of us whwere kids when the second war was on, so newpaper for the toilet, soot for toothpaste,collect what ever to burn for the fire, brick in the oven for a hot water bottle,two up two down in the bed, old coats as through over to help keep warm,ok so yes things are getting tightas far as the money go's, but we will get by,ha ha ha all we need now is Vera Lynn to start singing, ha ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNB8VbFmlOY

[oliveview01]

When we were little and Dad was out of work Mum used to cook Spam Fritters, how I hated them! I´d rather go hungry than eat Spam Fritters again

[ken2]

potato powder, horrid , dryed egg ,nice,ha ha ha and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY

[Chrissie]

When we were little and Dad was out of work Mum used to cook Spam Fritters, how I hated them! I´d rather go hungry than eat Spam Fritters again

You can buy them frozen and ready to cook now in the UK. I agree though, they are really gross

[country boy]

Actually...I quite like 'em

[keddyboy]

The more you lot mention them, the more I want some......................!

[ken2]

Spam fritters, yuk, not natural, to fry spam,they use to dish it up in batter in the army,it go's all soggy, best thing to do with spam is put it on a hook to catch fish,

[julian]

cruelty to fish !

[ken2]

ha ha ha do you mean the crap spam, or the hook ,?? both are not good for them he he he

[country boy]

The secret of a good Spam Fritter is in the batter

[pigs-might-fly]

That's reminded me - we've got some bully beef - time for a good dollop of corned beef hash and blow the diet!

[country boy]

Go for it....yum...yum

[Paula]

I can see a street party coming on here, bunting and the works

[RichardCoeurdeLion]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo