Friday 19 June.
My calf muscle was still very painful this morning so definitely no running or even walking. We lay in bed with a cup of tea and read the newspaper for an hour before getting up. Yesterday I had written a letter to the 'Telegraph' about the Governments new policy on pension funds and the fact you could take your money out and not need to purchase an annuity. I queried if this applied to the State Pension.
Sir,
Mr Osbourne stated during Prime Minister's Questions that it was ' a fundamental Conservative principle that people who have worked hard and saved all their lives should be trusted with their own money'. Many of us have worked hard all our lives and made compulsory contributions to the State Pension Fund. Can we collect this as a lump sum similar to the new rule for private pension providers or does the Principle that we can be trusted to use our money sensibly not apply to the Government.
This morning the letter was published. I was quite pleased.
After breakfast I helped Moira to sort out some of the boxes we were planning to send back, to make sure we still wanted everything that was in them. Then I stated to work on the garage door.
The door was dirty and needed linseed oil rubbed in to preserve it and bring out a bit of a shine. I ran out the hose from the back tap to the front through the garage. I cleaned all the panels with soapy water using a stiff scrubbing brush and a cloth. After the washing I hosed it down. While I was working on it and Moira bolding the ladder Mark who lives behind us came round and started gossiping. He was on about his usual topic the sewage removal. The last time we were here he proposed a system that would treat the effluent then we could drain it into the land. It was to cost R140K then but nobody would agree to the expense, now looking back the cost was peanuts but now they are still left with the expanse of regular removal of the sewage by a tanker from the septic tank. I ignored the conversation as I had heard it all,before and got on with my cleaning. He did say that when I got round to oiling the panels to dilute the linseed oil 50/50 with turps and dirt wouldn't stick to it.
When I finished the cleaning of the door I left it to dry in the warm sunshine and concentrated on the daily crossword in the 'Telegraph'. For lunch we had South African wors on French bread, these are the local spicy beef type sausages and are very nice. After our break Moira was going to go and see about her driving licence. She had completed the form and had the photograph that was taken yesterday. Before she left she held the ladder while I oiled the top two rows of panels on the garage door. While I was busy up the ladder Kubus we lives in one of the bottom houses stopped in his car on his way out for a natter. He said he was doing his door as well but didn't like using the linseed oil and was going to buy varnish instead. I continued with the linseed oil and turps mixture and did the four bottom rows of panels after Moira left for town. It took just over an hour to complete the job and it is looking very neat and smart now.
Moira didn't get back until nearly 5 pm and hadn't been very successful. She had failed the eye test, probably because one contact lens she has is for long distance while the other is for short distance reading. They said she could go to the doctor or optician for a professional test and if they issued a certificate she would get the licence. She plans to go to the optician tomorrow. It was disappointing after having to wait for over two hours in the queue. Fortunately when she goes back with an optician's certificate she gets to the front of the queue.
After dinner tonight we read until 8 pm when the courtroom drama 'Silk' came on BBC Entertainment. It wasn't particularly good and I think I had seen it before. When it finished I continued reading for another hour before getting to bed
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