New Venture

[boxerscott]

A Scotsman has started up his own business and is targeting the Middle East for his Landmine Lookalikey Prayer Mat.

Prophets are going through the roof



Sailing results are in,

USA took Gold
GB took Silver
Somalia took a middle aged couple from Weymouth

[slparry]

A Scotsman has started up his own business and is targeting the Middle East for his Landmine Lookalikey Prayer Mat.

Prophets are going through the roof



Sailing results are in,

USA took Gold
GB took Silver
Somalia took a middle aged couple from Weymouth

shame they couldn't have taken a certain ex north wales chief constable and his wife who are sailing the globe at the moment with their final salary pension of £125,000 pa

[dave the german]

Bitter Steve?

[Blackal]

A pension of £125k!?

That's feckin ridiculous!

Al

[dave the german]

yep - should have been much more for the sterling service he gave

[andy griff]

I know one should never let the facts get in the way of a good story but a slight correction is necessary.


The said CC would have had a salary of roughly £125k and if he served 30 years he would be entitled to 66% (c£82500) of that having paid 12% of his salary over the course of his service. He could take 25% of the 66% as a lump sum ( so reducing his annual pension to £60k)


It is fashionable to attack final salary pension schemes, but everyone had them until recently just the private sector could remove theirs quicker as they were not set by act of parliament . the police also have one of the highest levels of personal contribution ( now 15%) and now have to work 40 years to get reduced benefits as a result of recent changes meanwhile the MPs scheme is untouched !!
PS Steve, the said Mr Brunstrom was my Sgt many years ago - he was just the same then !

[boxerscott]

A Scotsman has started up his own business and is targeting the Middle East for his Landmine Lookalikey Prayer Mat.

Prophets are going through the roof



Sailing results are in,

USA took Gold
GB took Silver
Somalia took a middle aged couple from Weymouth

shame they couldn't have taken a certain ex north wales chief constable and his wife who are sailing the globe at the moment with their final salary pension of £125,000 pa

Steve I would like to correct you on that, there is no such thing as final salary pensions for public sector execs, they seem to recycle themselves into another double insulated public sector salary. NHS Trust, Local authority etc. He will probably end up as Chief Exec of Midd Staffs NHS or Furness Midwifery Musketeer Overseer No1.... and just as useless as the previous charlatans..... and then when exposed they get another pension.... Many thanks for turning my funny joke into something disturbing

[slparry]

A Scotsman has started up his own business and is targeting the Middle East for his Landmine Lookalikey Prayer Mat.

Prophets are going through the roof



Sailing results are in,

USA took Gold
GB took Silver
Somalia took a middle aged couple from Weymouth

shame they couldn't have taken a certain ex north wales chief constable and his wife who are sailing the globe at the moment with their final salary pension of £125,000 pa

Steve I would like to correct you on that, there is no such thing as final salary pensions for public sector execs, they seem to recycle themselves into another double insulated public sector salary. NHS Trust, Local authority etc. He will probably end up as Chief Exec of Midd Staffs NHS or Furness Midwifery Musketeer Overseer No1.... and just as useless as the previous charlatans..... and then when exposed they get another pension.... Many thanks for turning my funny joke into something disturbing

soz

The joke was funny

[andy griff]

No worries - you got a reaction and there's nothing worse than being ignored!