Sod's Law - your experiences
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PomBstard said:
slopes said:
Buying a new car as the. Covid-19 outbreak hits and getting furloughed. Bugger
Snap, though not yet furloughed... Got a good deal at the time, reckon it would be better now.4Q said:
psi310398 said:
Leaving a car in an Italian airport car park the day before the country goes into lockdown...
Mines at Geneva airport 
rastapasta said:
Post me the keys and I'll hop on the train and go and get it for you and drive it (hard) up to zurich. You'll have a full tank of petrol I assure you on your collecting.
I know your comment is aimed at the Geneva car but as my car is at Milan (Linate), and I have a friend with a spare parking space in Zurich, a quick whiz past Como and into Switzerland would not be an altogether unreasonable proposition but I fancy the border is closed.. 
I mentioned on here before that I intended to retire this year. I'm 54 and a Contractor so with IR35 changes looming and my pension less than a year away I was all set to retire at the end of March.
The plan was to immediately book a quick week in the sun for peanuts (flights to Tenerife were £80), and plan a big US holiday for later in the year.
Covid f
ked my plans, and my pension (did manage to sell quite a bit before the big falls though).
The plan was to immediately book a quick week in the sun for peanuts (flights to Tenerife were £80), and plan a big US holiday for later in the year.
Covid f
ked my plans, and my pension (did manage to sell quite a bit before the big falls though).Retiring at the end of February and looking forward to travelling.
Having a holiday booked to the USA for March.
Trying to sell my old motorbike with nobody allowed to view it.
Having my new motorbike in my mates shed and not even being able to collect it even if I had room which I don’t because I can’t sell my old one.
Any of the above
Drawweight said:
Retiring at the end of February and looking forward to travelling.
Having a holiday booked to the USA for March.
Trying to sell my old motorbike with nobody allowed to view it.
Having my new motorbike in my mates shed and not even being able to collect it even if I had room which I don’t because I can’t sell my old one.
Any of the above
Ride the old bike to where the new bike is. Ride the new bike back. Having a holiday booked to the USA for March.
Trying to sell my old motorbike with nobody allowed to view it.
Having my new motorbike in my mates shed and not even being able to collect it even if I had room which I don’t because I can’t sell my old one.
Any of the above
Q1 2020: being on gardening leave with the opportunity for loads of skiing, and, after years of not being able to got as it clashed with work travel, IMSA/WEC at Sebring, Florida.
I went to Tampa, and had tickets for ice hockey, baseball, St Pete GP and Sebring - all of which was cancelled within 48h of my arrival!
I packed up and fked off home early.
(Fortunately, the RV rental has been kept open by the owner for 1 year, and Sebring may happen in November, but only the IMSA part.)
I went to Tampa, and had tickets for ice hockey, baseball, St Pete GP and Sebring - all of which was cancelled within 48h of my arrival!
I packed up and f
ked off home early. (Fortunately, the RV rental has been kept open by the owner for 1 year, and Sebring may happen in November, but only the IMSA part.)
Took redundancy when the deal was that I could take my pension at 50, reduced by 25%.
Then 2008 happened, the rules changed and became 55/25%
Im taking the pension now but the rule change cost me thousands per year for the rest of my life.
Those women complaining about the state pension years change are losing a lot less than those in my situation.
I think someone should bring a class action lawsuit but I don't know what one of those really is :-(
Then 2008 happened, the rules changed and became 55/25%
Im taking the pension now but the rule change cost me thousands per year for the rest of my life.
Those women complaining about the state pension years change are losing a lot less than those in my situation.
I think someone should bring a class action lawsuit but I don't know what one of those really is :-(
SCEtoAUX said:
Took redundancy when the deal was that I could take my pension at 50, reduced by 25%.
Then 2008 happened, the rules changed and became 55/25%
Im taking the pension now but the rule change cost me thousands per year for the rest of my life.
Those women complaining about the state pension years change are losing a lot less than those in my situation.
I think someone should bring a class action lawsuit but I don't know what one of those really is :-(
Class Actions are collective claims from those who feel they've lost / been ripped off. They're very common in the U.S. on securities' claims, e.g., when a company misstated their earnings and stock prices were inflated over a period, and investors bought at a high price in that period. The investors file a CA against the company.Then 2008 happened, the rules changed and became 55/25%
Im taking the pension now but the rule change cost me thousands per year for the rest of my life.
Those women complaining about the state pension years change are losing a lot less than those in my situation.
I think someone should bring a class action lawsuit but I don't know what one of those really is :-(
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