Tag Archives: old

Help your parents – help yourself. How the mid-life MOT could ease pensioner poverty today!

Posted on July 12, 2022 by henry tapper

  I am not greatly involved in giving financial education to 40 and 50 year olds. I have not participated in or helped in the design of the mid-life MOT but I have just lived through these two decades of … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about sex (and pensioners)

Posted on June 12, 2016 by henry tapper

  Marx was right, the two principal drivers in our behaviours are sex and money. A successful financial salesman used to present in working men’s club with a clipboard stuffed with ten pound notes, when he opened the clipboard out, … Continue reading →

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Sexing up old age

Posted on April 18, 2016 by henry tapper

Sex- the final frontier – at least in our perception of pensions and pensioners. I ‘m sure that the concept of recreational sex for the over 70s is not a dinner-party favourite for yuppies like my friend Jeroen Wilbrink . It’s … Continue reading →

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Lassitude or laxitude – 100 days of pension freedoms

Posted on July 15, 2015 by henry tapper

“Lassitude” or “Laxitude” – what’s your judgement on how we’re carrying on? Or is this all just fine? Lassitude is a “proper” word that describes a lazy behaviour resulting from world weariness, laxitude is a made up word that describes … Continue reading →

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