The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

We have had heavy rainshowers all day.

No idea what we are having to eat. May be fish and chips or chicken strips and chips. Depends what we can find in the freezer

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

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Richmond Park ?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

*** Being handed wages as cash every week - that must have pretty much died out now too!

I’ve never received wages in cash, ever. I did however, in my first job, have to clock in/out with one of the traditional timestamp clocks.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I’ve never received wages in cash, ever. I did however, in my first job, have to clock in/out with one of the traditional timestamp clocks.

I remember, for half my working life I was clocking in and out at the start and finish of the shift and I was paid weekly with a money in a pay packet.

 

[Dave7]

Curried mince pie for lunch, it may sound a bit odd, but they are delicious

Home made ??
Recipe ??

 

[PaulSB]

I've lost two litres of Damson him. 😭😭😭

 

[BoldonLad]

*** Being handed wages as cash every week - that must have pretty much died out now too!

I was paid weekly, in cash, in my first “proper” job, age 16. Don’t quite recall when it switched to monthly into bank, but, certainly by the time I was 20, I was being paid into bank, monthly.

My paper round and car wash jobs, as a schoolboy, were of course cash payment.

 

[Dave7]

I remember, for half my working life I was clocking in and out at the start and finish of the shift and I was paid weekly with a money in a pay packet.

I well remember clocking in and out.
Didn't do that for my 1st (office based) job at 4 pound 10 shillings a week.

 

[Drago]

Been painting some vintage lawnmower parts with red oxide primer. Very therapeutic.

 

[Dave7]

I was paid weekly, in cash, in my first “proper” job, age 16. Don’t quite recall when it switched to monthly into bank, but, certainly by the time I was 20, I was being paid into bank, monthly.

My paper round and car wash jobs, as a schoolboy, were of course cash payment.

I recall when first being paid monthly. It was called "2 weeks in front...2 weeks behind".

 

[Dave7]

Been painting some vintage lawnmower parts with red oxide primer. Very therapeutic.

Are they used for mowing vintage lawns

 

[numbnuts]

Home made ??
Recipe ??

This one
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-retirement-thread.216598/page-5707#post-6556770

 

[Dave7]

This one
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-retirement-thread.216598/page-5707#post-6556770

Sounds good.
Just how many pies did that make ?

 

[BoldonLad]

I recall when first being paid monthly. It was called "2 weeks in front...2 weeks behind".

Yes. I cannot recall exactly when in my working life it occurred, but, I do recall lots of complaining, from my fellow workers, about it. The biggest complaint was about when overtime would be paid.

If I remember correctly, it was done in stages, first, as you say, we got 2 weeks in front and 2 weeks behind, then, after about six months of that, we switched to "real" monthly.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Day 2 of kitchen cupboards cleanup, we have 7 saucepans, 2 without lids, we also have 5 spare saucepan lids that don't fit any of the saucepans we have.