Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Threw my uniform in the bin!
Another very slow wander done along the riverside. Back to the screaming now.
The Retirement Thread
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Threw my uniform in the bin!
Another very slow wander done along the riverside. Back to the screaming now.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I had a sleep, woke up and my man flu has come back with vengeance I feel like 💩
maybe a paracetamol or three may help 💊💊💊
maybe a paracetamol or three may help 💊💊💊
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Cried.....I was only 38 ..........
On day one, MrsP and myself went down to Studland in Dorset and walked part of the coastal path to Swanage and the surrounding area. Several days later I was in the Channel islands with the escape committee and I never looked back.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
You can walk on water? You are Jeebus!
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I didn;t really intend to retire
I was intending to leave, claim my pensions and then look for a contract job fixing computers in schools
but my wife's mother got ill and I was - apparently - the only person who could take people to and from the hospital
and then there was the funeral
then my wife needed me around for a while
then the pandemic happened and the "getting another job" just never happened and the pensions were enough for us to live on
so - I have had a "first day of retirement"
shame really - but that's life
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Feel slightly improved. Tummytum feels more settled but I feel very drained.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I wasn't intending to retire.
After being injured on duty I reluctantly carved a new career in CID and would gave happily remained long past my 30.
Then along came that prat Tom Winsor who decided it would be a good idea to save money by dismissing bobbies thet weren't fully fit.
So hundreds of bobbies in my position, ie, seriously and permanently injured protecting the public, jumped ship and went and very expensive IoD pensions, meaning Winsor's idea to save a few quid cost the government an absolute fortune.
That was nearly 9 years ago now and had I stayed I'd probably only be looking at retiring at about now. Still, if that's what the HMIC thinks of brave men and women who made such a sacrifice in the line of duty then he can go and foxtrot himself.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
When I started as a teacher people told me they had had a similar stupid idea about teachers
decided it would be best to get rid of a load of old fuddy-duddy teachers who clearly could never adapt to the "new ways of teaching"
partly because they were all at the top of the pay scale
and replace them with young keen and malleable young teachers who would spear-head the new changes to teachering
and would be at the bottom of the pay scale
problem was that thsi mean that the Local Education Authorities were makeing people redundant on pensions boosted to be at teh same level as they would have been if they had stayed teaching until 60 - but the retired at 50
so 10 years of boosted pension to be paid until they died
which cost a damn sight more than the savings from having the younger people coming in
and they discovered that the older ones were the ones that knew how the schools and departments worked and most of them would have been able to adapt perfectly well
and in doing so would have noticed the glaring set of stupid idea and worked round them
which the "keen young blood" just walked into happily and cocked it all up
Most of my colleagues were either new - or older teachers who were annoyed that they had just been too young to take the golder handshake
a lot of the new blood left after a few years anyway as the behaviour in school went to pot in a lot of places as the old teacher that kept order were happily walking dogs and riding bikes all day ( or whatever)
sorry - went on a bit there - but anyway governments do daft things
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Looks like volunteering is back on the agenda
my DBS check came through last week and I am due to take it back to Age Concern tomorrow
after that I should be OK to start with them
Also - seems like I missed a message from the FoodBank in January when I was out of action medically
anyway they got back to me today asking if I was still OK to help out with any IT stuff
hopefully I will be able to do some bits for them as well
The foodbank office is in the old groudskeeper building in the cemetery
the fact that I have a key to the cemetery freaks out the grand-daughter - which is always a good thing!
my DBS check came through last week and I am due to take it back to Age Concern tomorrow
after that I should be OK to start with them
Also - seems like I missed a message from the FoodBank in January when I was out of action medically
anyway they got back to me today asking if I was still OK to help out with any IT stuff
hopefully I will be able to do some bits for them as well
The foodbank office is in the old groudskeeper building in the cemetery
the fact that I have a key to the cemetery freaks out the grand-daughter - which is always a good thing!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Indeed. Government attempts to save money usually end up costing a fortune! That's as far as I'll go down that avenue of discussion for obvious reasons.
classic33
Leg End Member
Blue stands out a bit too much.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
In my experience everything becomes invisible when you are coming home from the pub after helping out the local landlord with his overstocking problem
or looking for the tent in the middle of the night after going to the brightly lit toilet block for a wee
so colour doesn;t matter
classic33
Leg End Member
Vango didn't keep their blue tents too long, partly due to a staining issue caused by being caught short
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
My only experience of Vango tents was Orange ones
which stand out really well in daylight
and blend in in the most perfect way possible in the dark with a grass background
Oh and a drunk member of a nearby Youth Club party falling over ours (probably due to the above camouflage problem) in the middle of the night on a campsite in the Lake District
