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Post by rott on Apr 5, 2023 11:38:50 GMT 7
My problem is everyone else's health. Or lack thereof. I'm the last one vertical from a long line of shift workers. A couple of them didn't even bother clocking out at work, got taken out on a trolley. I asked my son if he'd rather have a rich dead dad or a poor alive one, and he settled for the later. Oldie when I came I only had myself to think about, I could move on anytime I wished. Doing it with a family is different again, I am as sure you are up to it as I am sure I would never have been. Making the decision is probably the hardest part, when you've done that the rest falls into place and is a matter of getting the necessary done. |
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Post by oldie on Apr 5, 2023 11:45:30 GMT 7
My problem is everyone else's health. Or lack thereof. I'm the last one vertical from a long line of shift workers. A couple of them didn't even bother clocking out at work, got taken out on a trolley. I asked my son if he'd rather have a rich dead dad or a poor alive one, and he settled for the later. Oldie when I came I only had myself to think about, I could move on anytime I wished. Doing it with a family is different again, I am as sure you are up to it as I am sure I would never have been. Making the decision is probably the hardest part, when you've done that the rest falls into place and is a matter of getting the necessary done. Thanks. Yeah I think I'll go for it. The biggest expenses are all the bullshit fees, taxes, insurances, levies..... The rest is manageable. |
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Post by rubl on Apr 5, 2023 13:28:26 GMT 7
My work came to a natural end in HK at age 52, the Worldcom debacle meant the industry took a dive and I couldn't be bothered waiting for it to come back up. BT had just paid me a truly preposterous amount so I thought I'd take a year off and relax in Thailand. 22 years later I'm still here. I never consciously said, I'm going to retire, I just stopped working and never really went back. I left myself open to offers and one did come up after a few years which saw me back in the UK for s few months one summer, after that I knew where I lived. If I remember correctly Ebbers got a 25 year fully paid stay at one of America's finest 'hotels' (no, not a Trump chain hotel). |
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Post by TTFT on Apr 6, 2023 13:49:30 GMT 7
I prefer BBQ 
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Post by rubl on Apr 6, 2023 19:18:01 GMT 7
I prefer BBQ
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This morning about 06:30 I bought some BBQ-ed heart and liver outside around the corner, here in my neck of the woods. Delicious. My dog also likes it. |
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Post by oldie on Apr 8, 2023 5:27:22 GMT 7
There are more planes in the water than submarines in the air.
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 8, 2023 7:16:52 GMT 7
There are more planes in the water than submarines in the air. Deep. |
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Post by siampolee on Apr 8, 2023 9:07:19 GMT 7
Still waters run DEEP...
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Post by oldie on Apr 8, 2023 13:24:18 GMT 7
Why do submarines have fly screens?
To keep the fish out.
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 8, 2023 15:39:53 GMT 7
Rolling in the DEEP, Adelle, 2011 |
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Post by oldie on Apr 8, 2023 16:59:30 GMT 7
There are more planes in the water than submarines in the air. Deep. Nothing deep about Oldie. A little thick maybe. |
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 8, 2023 17:36:05 GMT 7
Nothing deep about Oldie. A little thick maybe. The judge didn't buy that line before your ancestors were sent to Botany Bay in the 1800's, and I quote: "The evidence is to the contrary m'lud, Mr Oldies plea of thickness is nothing more than a fiendishly clever ruse, designed to make us drop our guard, at which pivotal moment he would strike with devilish cleverness and cunning". |
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Post by rubl on Apr 8, 2023 20:09:19 GMT 7
Nothing deep about Oldie. A little thick maybe. The judge didn't buy that line before your ancestors were sent to Botany Bay in the 1800's, and I quote: "The evidence is to the contrary m'lud, Mr Oldies plea of thickness is nothing more than a fiendishly clever ruse, designed to make us drop our guard, at which pivotal moment he would strike with devilish cleverness and cunning". |
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Post by rott on Apr 8, 2023 22:47:09 GMT 7
I think that oldie lad has been emptying a few buckets of the gear he makes, or possibly he's had a quick trip over here to inspect some of these new shops that are suddenly all over the place.
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Post by oldie on Apr 9, 2023 4:45:10 GMT 7
I think that oldie lad has been emptying a few buckets of the gear he makes, or possibly he's had a quick trip over here to inspect some of these new shops that are suddenly all over the place. Oldie has 4 weeks off work for the first time ever, and hasn't had a drink for weeks and never smoked. I'm a new man. Frankly I'd be happy if I never worked again. |
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