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« on: December 12, 2014, 09:59:09 AM » |
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I've just insured my daily driver. Had a renewal quote from Aviva, who I've been with since I bought the car about 7 years ago. I don't usually bother shopping around, but the quote seemed a bit high, (£289 fully comp'), so with prompting from a few workmates, I visited the site of Alexander the Meerkat.
Saga, the club for those of, erm, more mature years, did exactly the same cover for over a hundred quid less. There were other companies doing it for less but I decided to go with a name I'd heard of.
So at 52 years old, I've joined the Saga generation. Is this the beginning of the end? The start of a slippery slope to comfy slippers, cosy cardigans & weekends spent in garden centres & DIY stores? Will I find myself perusing the adverts in the back of the Telegraph Sunday supplement & remarking what a good idea all those labour saving devices are? If I cancel the roadtrip to the Dutch hotrod show next year in favour of a Winter cruise with my fellow Sagaers, please, please save me.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2014, 10:48:45 AM » |
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I've joined the Saga generation. Is this the beginning of the end?
It's not the beginning of the end, it's the beginning of a constant stream of letters from Saga offering you insurance for all sorts of things you never thought of - I've had about one a month on average ever since I got one-off travel insurance from Saga for a holiday Mike and I had 3 years ago! Still, it keeps the posties in work I guess!  |
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2014, 11:33:11 AM » |
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Should see if they'll cover the pop.
It's over 50 as well
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2014, 12:23:33 PM » |
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When Saga do Trikes I'll join you mate.
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"It's time to raise the Finger,
That middle digit takes your point and drives it home"
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2014, 01:18:32 PM » |
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don,t worry about it andy,you can act as daft as a brush and get away with it,i do and have a little laugh to myself. |
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yes but can blue men sing the whites?
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2014, 05:34:19 PM » |
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Beware the Ides of March, But!
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2014, 06:45:38 PM » |
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I have noticed all the nicest looking apartment complexes in any town seem to be retirement homes  Even Lunatic, who's 20 years younger than me, gets advertising from Saga -get 'em while they're young! I've got a genuinely bad memory. Never used to -at least I don't think I did, but it's getting noticeably worse, enough that I've worried sometimes that it's the early stages of dementia or something. Now I'll just accept that it's a Saga symptom. It's me age you know. Mr Kapri had these printed to sell for charity a few years ago. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2014, 09:01:15 PM » |
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You DO know what S.A.G.A stands for don't you?
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2014, 09:07:12 PM » |
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Do enlighten me Bobbi.
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2014, 09:19:45 PM » |
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don,t worry about it andy,you can act as daft as a brush and get away with it,i do and have a little laugh to myself. I bought myself a t shirt when my first grandchild came along, it reads; 'Grandpa's are Dad's with out rules' and I fully live up to the now sacred words, much to my wife and daughters disgust |
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Precision Guesswork ......... What else do you need?
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2014, 09:21:03 PM » |
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Sex And Games for the Aged - of course!
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2014, 11:41:18 PM » |
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I thought it stood for saintly and good always. Boy was I wrong.  |
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2014, 06:50:10 PM » |
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Did someone mention Bingo? I'm up for it!
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Confucius say woman who flies upside down has crack up!
He who holds The Angle Grinder of Destiny holds the fate of bikekind in his hands.
Where did that 13mm spanner go then?
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2014, 02:16:10 AM » |
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Sex And Games for the Aged - of course!
That's where I went wrong, I went on hols with Cosmos.  No, that's unfair, I did play whist quite a few nights. Love Kapri's artwork.  |
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The secret of eternal youth is arrested development - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples - Japanese proverb
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired - Jules Renard
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