The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

After the naked hot dog from @Dirk yesterday, I give you this mornings sausage sandwich.
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That’s more like it!

 

[Mo1959]

Our Co-op have started stocking the Grenade Carb Killa protein bars. Just had the Jaffa Quake one with my coffee. Maybe the protein will help the muscles

 

[PaulSB]

break. Motivation levels are high. Dishwasher emptied, washing on, house tidied and dusted. Hovering next. Yeah!!

Think it must be the oldish yoghurt I found at the back of the fridge....... popped in my porridge.

 

[Mo1959]

Hovering next.

Is this you doing the hovering?

 

[oldwheels]

My god. What are people going to eat if they can't go to the supermarket the day after Christmas. Surely they will starve to death.

What annoys me is that a traditional Scottish holiday on New Year's Day is ignored by the English based coop who open on that day but close for at least 2 days at Christmas.

 

[oldwheels]

Talking earlier about keep in touch. I just got an email from a sister in law who has lived in Denmark for many years. She says they are in complete lock down as everything is shut except shops.Does not sound complete to me but her English is now getting a bit fractured. Travel is not legally restricted but definitely not encouraged. Up to 10 people are allowed to gather so she and her toy boy {well he is 20 years younger than her] cannot go to visit his family for Christmas.
I hear rattling noises outside which sounds like our recycling bins getting emptied at last after 3 days delay due to breakdowns. Must go and collect it and I usually bring in my neighbours one as well.

 

[Dirk]

Talking of family - I haven't heard hide nor hair of my older brother since my Dad's funeral 9 years ago.
He only ever used to get in touch if he needed money or a roof over his head.
Dad disinherited him, as he was just a waster, and I'm pretty certain that he doesn't realise this yet.
When Dad died, he left everything to his wife ( my stepmother since 1996) and she hasn't made any provision for my brother in her will other than a couple of grand, so he cannot contest it.
When she goes, everything is to be split between me and my step brother.
She's now 92 with dementia and has been bed bound for the past 3 years.
I have absolutely no emotional attachment to her. She's just money in the bank as far as I'm concerned.
Families eh?!

 

[Drago]

What annoys me is that a traditional Scottish holiday on New Year's Day is ignored by the English based coop who open on that day but close for at least 2 days at Christmas.

I'm Jewish, and Scottish, and I'm insulted by all the stores that close at Christmas yet ignore the holy dates of the Jewish calendar. Bloody Scottish based corner shops and convenience stores disrespecting me. Grrrr...

 

[Dirk]

I'm Jewish, and Scottish, and I'm insulted by all the stores that close at Christmas yet ignore the holy dates of the Jewish calendar. Bloody Scottish based corner shops and convenience stores disrespecting me. Grrrr...

Are they doing it just to get at you?

 

[oldwheels]

I'm Jewish, and Scottish, and I'm insulted by all the stores that close at Christmas yet ignore the holy dates of the Jewish calendar. Bloody Scottish based corner shops and convenience stores disrespecting me. Grrrr...

Yes but they are mostly run by people from the Indian sub continent who are mostly of a different faith again.
I always thought it a bit ironic that the Glasgow wholesale traders who were mostly Jewish were supplanted by Moslems mostly tho' there were also some Hindus.

 

[ColinJ]

USA news.....3000 deaths from Covid YESTERDAY!!! that is scary.

3,000 die in the 9/11 attacks. Result: trillions of dollars spent, wars all over the world, hundreds of thousands killed.

New disease starts wiping out that many Americans every day. Result: "FAKE NEWS - it's only a little flu bug"/"Just inject disinfectant"/"Pah, I got over it in a couple of days - only losers get seriously ill!"...

Thank goodness it stays light hearted in here.

Oops!

I retired about 13 years ago, I have not seen or heard from any of my ex-colleagues since the day I left.

I spent 9 days in hospital seriously ill in 2012. My former colleagues had my phone number, email address and home address but I didn't get a single call, text, email or card from them. I bumped into a couple of them a few years later. I'd assumed that they hadn't heard about my illness, but it turned out that another ex-colleague had told them at the time... FFS, how long does it take to text "Heard about your illness, Col - GWS!"?

 

[pawl]

Some days, my conversations on here are my only ones! Lol. Since losing my folks and falling out with my brother and his family, I'm pretty much on my own now. I've never even kept in touch with many of my old work colleagues which I probably should have made more effort with as a few were quite nice. Thank goodness I have always been pretty happy with my own company

As the saying goes you can choose your friends but not your relatives.

After I retired I did go to a few reunions but got a bit fed up I was the only retiree the rest were still working and the talk was always about the job or who had been playing away with who.Gave it up after a couple of times.😝😝😝

Have a great Christmas

 

[Deleted member 1258]

After the naked hot dog from @Dirk yesterday, I give you this mornings sausage sandwich.
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[pawl]

And sadly a bit of 'not so subtle' nastiness.. I have to confess to not being quite old enough to join your club yet (not far off) but I like to have a little peep at what you are doing (or not in a lot of cases ) and this thread always seems more friendly and care free than a lot of the others.

Enjoy your day folks

It’s always the first thread I read

 

[pawl]

I resemble that remark

Well that makes two of us There coming to take us away ha ha🤪🤪🤪