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The Retirement Thread
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Yoga this morning, housework this afternoon.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
The brakes on my car are making a noise. They might be sticking a bit so a trip to the garage is needed........ I think i will take it in tomorrow as i am very busy doing sod all today.
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Monday used to be my day for doing sod all, but my daughter in law changed her shifts, now we see them on a Sunday and I've had to stop my Sunday cycle rides and ride on Mondays instead, which is a pain as most of the cafes I use are shut Mondays.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Off to Exeter this morning. Will have a mooch around 'Go Outdoors' for a new walking jacket. Probably off down to the Quay afterwards, then on to somewhere nice for a spot of lunch.
Something I noticed, for the first time yesterday when in the pub having lunch, was that it was full of outdoorsie type, fit looking pensioners with dogs. Everyone there was 60+ and the car park was full of fairly new cars.
It suddenly dawned on me that I was part of the club!
Something I noticed, for the first time yesterday when in the pub having lunch, was that it was full of outdoorsie type, fit looking pensioners with dogs. Everyone there was 60+ and the car park was full of fairly new cars.
It suddenly dawned on me that I was part of the club!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Off to Exeter this morning. Will have a mooch around 'Go Outdoors' for a new walking jacket. Probably off down to the Quay afterwards, then on to somewhere nice for a spot of lunch.
Something I noticed, for the first time yesterday when in the pub having lunch, was that it was full of outdoorsie type, fit looking pensioners with dogs. Everyone there was 60+ and the car park was full of fairly new cars.
It suddenly dawned on me that I was part of the club!
That reminds me. My mother was complaining one day. She said she went into the post office, and she had to hang around behind some old fuddy duddy pensioners, who were standing around yacking about rubbish to each other, and taking up space. She said she didn't have time to waste like that.
She was 80 years old at the time, and waiting to collect her pension. She didn't relate to them at all.
Drago
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Is she sure she hadn't wandered into Home base?
Yesterday the boiler didn't start, its usually a a synchronous motor in a diverter valve that falls, but all was well, and the boiler was getting a signal to switch on, so I took the front of for further investigation, the flue output fan was a bit stiff, so I took it off, it gets very hot at the top of the boiler and the very small grub screw holding the fan to the motor shaft was going nowhere, so I squirted GT85 round the bearings and freed it of, the bearings need changing but can't get it to bits, the fan that fits the top of motor had become brittle and was laying in two halves inside the cover, so in best Blue Peter tradition I made a replacement out of an old computer CPU cooling fan stuck to a bit of rubber hose from the injection system of the lads Seat Cupra, anyway put it all back together and we now have heat and water.
I looked for a replacement online, the genuine one comes in at over £200 ! fortunately it seems to be a common problem and I found one on eBay for £46, if I could have got the fan of the shaft the bearings would have been pence.
Its lasted 18 years which from what I have read is 8 years above average, Mrs Afnug says its because I am tight with the heating and it hasn't had its full use, she may be correct.
I looked for a replacement online, the genuine one comes in at over £200 ! fortunately it seems to be a common problem and I found one on eBay for £46, if I could have got the fan of the shaft the bearings would have been pence.
Its lasted 18 years which from what I have read is 8 years above average, Mrs Afnug says its because I am tight with the heating and it hasn't had its full use, she may be correct.
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Off to Exeter this morning. Will have a mooch around 'Go Outdoors' for a new walking jacket. Probably off down to the Quay afterwards, then on to somewhere nice for a spot of lunch.
Something I noticed, for the first time yesterday when in the pub having lunch, was that it was full of outdoorsie type, fit looking pensioners with dogs. Everyone there was 60+ and the car park was full of fairly new cars.
It suddenly dawned on me that I was part of the club!
You could add that one to the things kids may not know topic. The silver dollar is getting tighter for many, pensions less generous.
Drago
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There still seems to be plenty of silver dollars for I phones and other unnecessary consumer tat.
I agree, but not everyone has them. Even the chaps in your old job I doubt will do as well as you did.
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Every house I went in as a copper, no matter how deprived the family, no matter how few rooms had carpets, no matter how many needles littered the place, no matter how deep in dog guano the floor was, every single one had a TV of at least 42" and the latest games console.
There's always money to buy crap today, so I tend not to listen when people complain there's no money for essentials tomorrow.
There's always money to buy crap today, so I tend not to listen when people complain there's no money for essentials tomorrow.
delb0y
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The golden age is now looking a little more silver. And probably even a little tarnished by the time I get there. I suspect those following reasonably closely (i.e. ten/fifteen years) might just about scrape a new bronze age. Beyond that I suspect folks are thinking they may as well blow the money on living now because there's no way they can save up enough for jam tomorrow. To mix my metaphors.
