Tell Me Something............Anything!

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Originally Posted by Barry

That aside, would you want to spend your holiday in a floating block of flats?

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I don't know. Is there a casino?

I don't know. Many, many years ago I did a Rhine cruise with my parents, but I don't remember there being a casino on board.

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Originally Posted by Macca

Really a proper Viking river cruise ought to involve some birds and some plundering, ...

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The only birds of interest to Vikings would be ravens. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Its paying off the mortgage that makes all the difference - me and you have that money pit called rent payments :( I do have a paid off house, but my ex missus lives there, so that'll end up with the kids.

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Surely you're due some of that?

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Originally Posted by Macca

No I sadly neglected that although did have more in them than I thought but not a lot.

Just let cash build up in current account for years which was daft. Have now stuck a chunk of it on the global unregulated casino and am living off the rest.

As Steve says no rent or mortgage helps a lot, don't run a car, can eat well on £100/month, council tax band A, don't pay insurance for anything. It's do-able although won't be any painting holidays in Provence or whatever other wholesome things you're supposed to do in retirement according to the pension ads.

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You can always do some part time work, if you want.

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Originally Posted by Macca

I just eat the same things every day:

1st breakfast - 2 waffles with butter and syrup - 20p

2nd breakfast - 2 rounds of toast with jam - 10p

Lunch - bacon sandwich 2 rashers - 40p

1 glass full fat milk (one third pint) 30p

Tea - spaghetti bolognaise - with a half pound of mince, I make my own sauce - £2

£3 per day times 30 is £90 plus a tenner a month for anything extra like a bar of chocolate.

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Do you use only beef mince? try 50/50 beef/pork, pork is half the price, and the results are twice as tasty! And the authentic Italian recipes use it.

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

You can always do some part time work, if you want.

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I can but there's no hurry, not strapped for cash.

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

Do you use only beef mince? try 50/50 beef/pork, pork is half the price, and the results are twice as tasty! And the authentic Italian recipes use it.

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Good idea that I'll see what they have.

To hell with authentic recipes! When I make a risotto, I will use either white or brown long grain rice rather than the traditional arborio rice, which I find too 'pudding'-like.

I will also use mince which has no more than 5% fat, despite the fact that mince with a higher fat content has more taste.

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Originally Posted by Barry

To hell with authentic recipes! When I make a risotto, I will use either white or brown long grain rice rather than the traditional arborio rice, which I find too 'pudding'-like.

I will also use mince which has no more than 5% fat, despite the fact that mince with a higher fat content has more taste.

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The high fat stuff is almost half the price, too.