"OAP"?

[nq:1]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to mean an old person. What do the letters stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
Old-age pensioner.

Alec McKenzie

[nq:1]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to mean an old person. What do the letters stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
Old Age Pensioner
Cheers, Sage

[nq:1]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to mean an old person. What do the letters stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
As the others have said, it's "Old Age Pensioner"; it might be of interest to note that the "pensioner" designation refers to being old enough to draw the state pension age 60 for women, 65 for men.

(The respective ages are, I b

[nq:2]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to ... stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
[nq:1]Old-age pensioner.[/nq]
Supplementary. . . .
Similarly in Canada, the person is known by the
state pension, OAS = Old Age Security.
Many British OAPs still draw their pensions
in cash at the local post office once a week
(Tuesdays?) although i

[nq:1]On 08 Oct 2003, Michael J Hardy wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to ... stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
[nq:1]As the others have said, it's "Old Age Pensioner"; it might be of interest to note that the "pensioner" designation ... a successful challenge a couple of years back of the legality of men having to wait an extra 5

[nq:2]On 08 Oct 2003, Michael J Hardy wrote As the ... legality of men having to wait an extra 5 years.)[/nq]
[nq:1]The result of which is that women are now going to have to wait the extra five years, too. Those ... any other phrase I can think of. But it has been around since the pension was originally introduced in 1908.[/nq]
I see the 1908 legislation in question was actually called th

[nq:2]The result of which is that women are now going ... been around since the pension was originally introduced in 1908.[/nq]
[nq:1]I see the 1908 legislation in question was actually called the "Old Age Pensions Act", so those elegible for it were presumably called Old Age Pensioners from the get-go.[/nq]
I suspect that in 1908, few lived to be 65, so the Govt. was giving nothing away.

[nq:1]Many British OAPs still draw their pensions in cash at the local post office once a week (Tuesdays?) although it can nowadays be transferred electronically into a bank account.[/nq]
The day varies, to spread the load. Mine is due on Mondays, but one can draw it at any time within three months of the due date.

Compulsory transfer into a bank account is on the way, so I'll soon be

[nq:1]A web search reveals that the British construe "OAP" to mean an old person. What do the letters stand for? (I'm guessing "P" = "person". Mike Hardy[/nq]
Old Age Pensioner

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm

[nq:1]I suspect that in 1908, few lived to be 65, so the Govt. was giving nothing away. They still don't. ... pension will be the equivalent of about $70 or so weekly. Even in Ye Olde Englande that won't go far.[/nq]
It 1908 the qualifying age for both sexes was 70 (I don't know when the *** discrimination was introduced). The pension was five shillings a week (£13 a year).

Don Aitken