The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Oh my goodness. The Crieff vets have just put this pic up of someone’s new puppy

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Big puppy!

 

[Exlaser2]

I was on permanent nights for ages, but we only worked 10 hour shifts and a four night week, happy days nights I loved it

I’ve done nights too . I never had any trouble sleeping , though it was a little difficult at the weekend . The problem I had was I always felt sick round about 4 in the morning and that really used to drag me down .

I spent the last decade of my life working evenings, 5pm to 1am ish ( 11.30pm on a Friday ).
Easy to do but a little anti social. 😂😀

 

[Mo1959]

I’ve done nights too . I never had any trouble sleeping , though it was a little difficult at the weekend . The problem I had was I always felt sick round about 4 in the morning and that really used to drag me down .

Do they not reckon that’s when humans are at their lowest ebb. Quite a common time for very ill people to pass away. Think mum slipped away just before 5am if I remember correctly.

 

[gavroche]

I did invigilating this morning then cut the grass when I got home and now don't have the energy to go for a ride although it is warm but windy.
I will go for a long one tomorrow if the weather stays good.
My wife just retrieved the chicken form the dishwasher . She has just been shopping and putting things away. I am getting concerned.

 

[ColinJ]

It might have been for you but it was definitely not for me 😂😂😂😀.
I worked shift work for over 30 years and for 20 years I worked early and late shift week about . This means on lates I would be going to bed at 4 in morning and the next week on earlies I would be getting up at 4 in the morning . So I know a little about the stress working irregular hour puts on your body .
So these days it’s just a pleasure to go to bed about midnight and get up about 8am regularly.😀😀

Good morning all .

Switching shifts all the time is supposed to be really bad for your health!

This came up on my Facebook page this morning, from a 103 years ago.

This 103 years old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" would be invented.

W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was first published in The Mirror on March 1919 (Courtesy, Historic Photographs)


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They got that right!

I was on permanent nights for ages, but we only worked 10 hour shifts and a four night week, happy days nights I loved it

I did a year of them before going to university. I started off doing 4 x 10 but eventually started doing 5 x 10. I needed to save enough to pay for my first year because I could only get a grant for years 2 and 3. It was a great way of saving a relatively large sum in a short period of time. I earned more with the night shift allowance, then I got overtime rate on the extra 10 hours, and it stopped me going to the pub every night and spending all the cash getting blotto with my mates. I cut down to a big session on Saturday nights and a more moderate one on Sundays.

 

[Mo1959]

I did invigilating this morning then cut the grass when I got home and now don't have the energy to go for a ride although it is warm but windy.
I will go for a long one tomorrow if the weather stays good.
My wife just retrieved the chicken form the dishwasher . She has just been shopping and putting things away. I am getting concerned.

Hopefully just one of these mad moments we all have. I often have to stop myself throwing the cat's saucer of food in the bin and putting down the empty sachet to her instead.

 

[Mo1959]

Well timed walk as it is now very heavy

 

[postman]

On my way to the pub,Golden Beam in Headinley I found £10 on the pavement,so Wednesday it was £20 so that's £30 this week,you could not make it up.

 

[Paulus]

On my way to the pub,Golden Beam in Headinley I found £10 on the pavement,so Wednesday it was £20 so that's £30 this week,you could not make it up.

Nice.
Not like people up your way to throw their money away.
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[ColinJ]

I decided to be sensible and accept the offer of a health check and am booked in for that for tomorrow morning. I imagine it will be measuring height, weight, blood pressure; discussion of diet and exercise; blood test for diabetes etc.?

Hmm... I just got a text from the health centre asking me to arrange a 'routine' telephone chat with the practice nurse to discuss the results!

I imagine that if everything were spot on, they would have just said so. "Well done, ColinJ, we have rarely seen such perfect test results!"

If I were about to drop dead at any minute, I would have expected a doctor to summon me.

I therefore conclude that something looks a bit iffy which needs addressing. Blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar a bit high?

 

[postman]

Mrs P suggested over tea we go out tonight for a couple of pints.I cannot remember the last time I went out on an evening for a pint or two.Other than holidays or conferences.So it's The Mytrle tonight.

 

[classic33]

This came up on my Facebook page this morning, from a 103 years ago.

This 103 years old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" would be invented.

W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was first published in The Mirror on March 1919 (Courtesy, Historic Photographs)


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You a bit older than you've been letting on, or a time traveller?

Facebook 103 years ago!!

 

[classic33]

I worked shifts all my working life, 44 years. But not regular times. It all depended on what train/duty you were on.
Early turns booked on any time after midnight until midday. After 1200pm, untill 2200pm were late turns, from 2200 until 2359 were nights.
You normally did a week of earlies, normally the same duty all week. Then onto a week of lates.
Then back onto earlies . But one week you could be booking on at 0240, then on lates at 1650, the next week of earlies could be 0800, and so on. Nights came around every couple of months for parcels and freight work, that's before privatisation though. After it was for stock moves and test runs.
Some peoples bodyclock was all over the place, mine was alright as I can sleep anywhere anytime and had no problem adjusting.

Done split shifts, mornings and evenings. Cycle there for a six start and could still be going at midday. Then back home, to return for a five o'clock start that could see me cycling home close on one.

Done a 99 hour week, cycling there and back. Don't think there's any hour of the day I haven't worked at sometime.

 

[Dirk]

Sad day at the TT.


STATEMENT ISSUED FROM THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACES

STATEMENT ISSUED AT 18:30 ON 10 JUNE 2022

With a deep sense of sorrow, the Isle of Man TT Races can confirm that Roger Stockton, 56, and Bradley Stockton, 21, from Crewe, Cheshire were both killed in an incident on the second and final lap of the second Sidecar Race of the 2022 Isle of Man TT Races. The incident occurred at Ago’s Leap, just under one mile into the lap.

Roger and Bradley were father and son, and driver and passenger respectively.

Roger was an experienced TT competitor, with today’s race marking his 20th TT race start. He competed at the TT regularly from 2000 to 2008, before then returning in 2010, 2017 and at this year’s event. In his career, he claimed a total of twelve top-20 finishes and four top-10 finishes, as well as 10 Bronze Replicas.

Bradley was a newcomer to the TT and finished his first TT race on Monday, securing an impressive 8th-place finish alongside his father.

2022 was their fifth season racing together, and Roger and Bradley were regular podium finishers and frontrunners in the British F2 Sidecar Cup Championship, finishing second in the championship in 2021.

The Isle of Man TT Races pass on their deepest sympathy to Roger and Bradley’s families, loved ones, and friends.

ENDS