I reach the Age of Seniority in 23 days time...?

Question

I know about the bus pass and free prescriptions, but what other delights can I expect?

Answer 1

I'm back from shopping and you are the only one to have posted a q for me, so thank you.
23 days time? My brain can't work that out without fetching the calender, but that makes your birthday near mine I'm sure. Both Leos then! lol
To answer you q, you can get a discount card from B & Q, you can only use it on Wednesdays though so don't get too excited. Get a Focus do it all one, you can use that anyday.
Of course you will get a heating allowance in the winter of £200 from the government, Remember though, if your husband already gets it, it will now come in 2 payments of a £100 each, cos it's per household not pensioner! lol
How much is that costing them in extra postage?
NHS free eye tests is another one.
Then you can get a pensioners portion at a cut price in lots of food outlets when you want a lunch out.
Pensioners Portions!!! Oh dear I wonder what I can see here as a double meaning.
So have fun and enjoy life, I hope you have many happy years of it left!

Answer 2

What is the "Age of Seniority"? Is it 50? Is it 55? Is it 60? Is it 62 (the age to begin receiving Social Security early in the USA)? Or is it 65?

I was getting reduced price meals in restaurants when I was in my 40's just because my hair is white.

I am able to take university courses with a "tuition waiver" because I am over 60 years of age.

I am able to purchase groceries and items at certain department stores on Wednesday with a discount on Wednesdays because I am over 60.

In Montreal, I must wait until 65 before I am old enough to get a half price metro pass.

You know, just because I am a "senior" does not mean that I will act any differently than I did when I was in my 30's or 40's. Okay, I don't act my age. For me, I am going to put off the things that old people do until I am at least in my 70's. THAT IS TO SAY THAT I INTEND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. I plan to go dancing two or three times this weekend.

Answer 3

You can expect that your warranty has run out and parts will (if not already) start wearing out. Enjoy this is the best time ever. Since a lot of places do not advertise that they give senior discounts you simply ask do you give a senior discount and if they don't when you get home e-mail the company and ask them to institute a senior policy that will generate more income for them.

Answer 4

Take it you are UK by the reference to prescriptions. You will get a pension I expect .Probably less than you hoped.Depends if you retire or stop working, You will probably find so many things to do you will wonder how you ever had time to work.You have more time to devote to the things you like ,your family and grand kids if you have any .There are all sorts of clubs you can join. Lunch clubs, Bingo sessions , day trips to all sorts of places . There are so many things you can get involved in .Life definitely gets better as you get older.

Answer 5

Squandering your pension on tea, milk, peppermints and a tin of salmon for the cat. Also annoying others by pretending to be deaf. Shopping at the weekend when it's more busy rather than in the week just to make it more crowded. Looking for your reading glasses so you can search for the 20% off coupons and small change at the supermarket till making everyone else wait longer. Ha ha wish I was old!

Answer 6

Plan each of the 23 days and do everything that you wanted to do before you reached this ripe age. Go on - get an ASBO or something outrageous. Then get your bus pass and be a model senior citizen.

Answer 7

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! You will now be admitted to the Crones Club. This august and revered society of outspoken senior women have earned the right to address young men as "Sonny Boy", insist that those in the vicinity act with some sort of decorum, utilize the rationalization that there is no need to hurry because life will be there when we get our hair done and pick out our outfit for the day, and just in general pause to enjoy things. [you may add to the ever expanding list]

Answer 8

You will soon be a vulnerable target for muggers, con men calling at your door and distraction robberies, policemen arresting you for keeping your neighbour's son's football etc,all sorts of pleasures await you. Oh and the generous government might give you a pension increase of 75p if you are lucky.Welcome to the age of seniority in little old England.PS don't leave your purse in your supermarket trolley unless you want to lose it.

Answer 9

In Norfolk we get the free bus passes and of course the free prescriptions but other than that is it carrying on growing old in as disgraceful a way as possible. With me it is going to as many fetish parties as possible

Answer 10

1) any and all monies saved will be spent on Ibuprofen. :-)
2) NEVER say die...you will not reach the age you say for another 40 years, and don't you forget it! :-)
3) You will find it is just another day in your life. ... Days that seem to go by as months used to.
4) I have found no differences in being 66 than in being 55, except my intake of Ibuprofen has doubled. ... just to the limit, and I am not saying that is safe, I am saying it makes life fine. I may loose my liver, but I will not lose my sense of being a child.
5) When I grow up, I want to be a firetruck.