New Posts For Thread: Affordabilty Checks vs Winter Fuel Allowance.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowanceSo anyone with a million quid in assets but no income gets their WFA, even though they patently don't need it. Anyone seeing the link?Good thinking for a Saturday swiftyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564787023#564787023Good thinking for a Saturday swiftySat, 14 Jun 2025 07:56:20 -0500I thought he was just cutting back.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786885#564786885I thought he was just cutting back.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:08:02 -0500I finally found a good contractor for hedge cutting 2 years ago who usually came within 2 weeks but he has stopped due to health issues.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786773#564786773I finally found a good contractor for hedge cutting 2 years ago who usually came within 2 weeks but he has stopped due to health issues.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:25:12 -0500Somerset. I didn't exactly say paying for an estimate. It is a call out charge whether they get the job or not. There are a few cheaper ones but I prefer a reference and if locals say they are good, they are booked for months ahead. And I always payhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786767#564786767Somerset. I didn't exactly say paying for an estimate. It is a call out charge whether they get the job or not. There are a few cheaper ones but I prefer a reference and if locals say they are good, they are booked for months ahead. And I always paySat, 14 Jun 2025 06:23:46 -0500Paying people for estimates sageform?Where do you live?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786635#564786635Paying people for estimates sageform?Where do you live?Sat, 14 Jun 2025 05:38:05 -0500There may well be a fall in standard of living as wages fall in real terms for "routine" jobs but there are plenty of things that need doing that are too expensive due to high wages. Try to get someone to do some gardening or decorating. 3 months minhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786519#564786519There may well be a fall in standard of living as wages fall in real terms for "routine" jobs but there are plenty of things that need doing that are too expensive due to high wages. Try to get someone to do some gardening or decorating. 3 months minSat, 14 Jun 2025 05:01:56 -0500sageform, I think AI will destroy millions more jobs than it will create, not just in the traditionally working class jobs. Many good professional jobs will go too. It would not surprise me to see strange sight of the Mail Telegraph and Express lobbhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786243#564786243sageform, I think AI will destroy millions more jobs than it will create, not just in the traditionally working class jobs. Many good professional jobs will go too. It would not surprise me to see strange sight of the Mail Telegraph and Express lobbSat, 14 Jun 2025 02:19:59 -0500For some of us the whole point of working is to build up wealth to pay for old age and hopefully pass some on to family.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564786171#564786171For some of us the whole point of working is to build up wealth to pay for old age and hopefully pass some on to family.Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:59:24 -0500"Seattle Dancer fetched $13.1 million as a yearling in 1985. That would be unthinkable now. That tells you where the money has gone over the last 40 years, and it's not to rich racehorse owners." It's gone to the rich but the rich aren't as intereshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564784867#564784867"Seattle Dancer fetched $13.1 million as a yearling in 1985. That would be unthinkable now. That tells you where the money has gone over the last 40 years, and it's not to rich racehorse owners." It's gone to the rich but the rich aren't as interesFri, 13 Jun 2025 07:14:03 -0500That may have been the 60s tbf so out of my date range.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31876447/affordabilty-checks-vs-winter-fuel-allowance?post_id=564784731#564784731That may have been the 60s tbf so out of my date range.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:39:38 -0500