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Poor sod had probably had enough.Well it made me chuckle.
Two people side by side, obviously it was the "Early morning dog walk"
What made me chuckle? they were carrying the damned dog
Poor sod had probably had enough.Well it made me chuckle.
Two people side by side, obviously it was the "Early morning dog walk"
What made me chuckle? they were carrying the damned dog
Well it made me chuckle.
Two people side by side, obviously it was the "Early morning dog walk"
What made me chuckle? they were carrying the damned dog
Poor sod had probably had enough.
I wouldn't share the dumplings eitherStuck six dumplings
The other thing that cheers me up every day just now is that even though I'm still at work in a corona-filled hospital, there are a few spots on the drive in to work where I can park up and be in nature entirely alone for as long as I want - with the camera obvs. Photo ops don't always present themselves but if I didn't have the camera, they certainly would.
Have 4 plausible routes I can take to work (with about 3 or 4 variants of each) so it's not entirely samey every day either.
If I didn't get that alone outdoors time, I would probably be a gibbering wreck.
You're right, costs nothing to say hello, or even just a smile to acknowledge they are there. Thankfully the rude people are a rarity, but there are plenty of people who are just robots and ignore these people, that's almost just as rude.We've always stopped to chat with the trolleymen at Sainsbury's and now have the queue monitors to converse with too. Having been in that sort of work, we know how much little things like being treated as humans rather than menials help pass the time.
We have cleaners at work throughout the day, when I worked in the stamping plant at Dagenham, we had one cleaner whose job was to sweep up any mess we made, usually dwarf and dust, and empty the dustbins. We used to take it in turns to buy cakes and if the cleaner was around would offer him one. We soon learned he loved donuts so one day bought a bag just for him. He was over the moon and when he'd finished cleaning, walked away with his donuts and the biggest smile on his face.Whenever I stay late at work and see the cleaning staff I always try and have a word, and if we have any cakes etc left over I tell them to take them home for their family. Suddenly these guys seem to be very important to our organisations.
Really?usually dwarf and dust,
You don't know what we used to get up to at work.Really?
( yes I did know what you meant, but that's no where near as funny )
Conversations are good, until auto correct decides to stick its ducking oar inWhy does auto correct always catch you out when you least expect it?
I took my chance at 50 and took 'a pension enhanced' early retirement; I lasted 9 months, got bored and got a new, almost completely different job which I stayed at for a further 12 years before retiring properly at 62. It was the best move I could have done , I went from working away, long hours, rarely switching off with lots of travel (UK & international) to an 8am to 4pm job where I left almost everything behind me when I closed the door behind me. I got my life back......Sounds like a plan. Hope it all goes well for you.
I have passed up the chance to take voluntary redundancy combined with early retirement, three times in the last 7yrs. I am kind of wishing I had done it now.
I was offered voluntary redundancy / early retirement at 50 but the pension was deferred until I reached 55. Although the redundancy package was very good, there was no way it was going to last 5yrs and leaving the company would have likely meant working alot harder for alot less money. So I stayed on, retrained in a new role, which paid 5% more and in a much more relaxed atmosphere, so relaxed, we refer to it as the retirement home. Although it is still 8hr shifts, I finish at 3:00pm on early shift and start at 2:45pm on late shift so with free time during the day to do things I want to do, it feels like a part time job. Makes it hard to want to leave.I took my chance at 50 and took 'a pension enhanced' early retirement; I lasted 9 months, got bored and got a new, almost completely different job which I stayed at for a further 12 years before retiring properly at 62. It was the best move I could have done , I went from working away, long hours, rarely switching off with lots of travel (UK & international) to an 8am to 4pm job where I left almost everything behind me when I closed the door behind me. I got my life back......
The centre where I go for physio/exercise class has been closed for 3 weeks but the physiotherapist set up a class from her home using zoom this morning. Really enjoyable and good to chat to other people (18 attendees)
Mrs Nod's doing online Yoga classes via Zoom and opens/closes the session about 1/2 hour before/after for the students to chat. They seem to enjoy that aspect of it as much as the sessions themselves! (Typical feedback seems to be thanks, I really ache now!)
Very naughty, fixed items such as that are supposed to remain unless specifically listed as "going" I believe, or that was the situation last time I moved.At times I can be like Mr Bean when doing DIY jobs. Today I managed to install an integrated dishwasher. Bought a new door. The previous owners ran off with the integrated one they had.
Almost finished it’s first use run and not a single leak. So far. Waiting for disaster.
The problem is that we viewed the house almost six years ago and neither the missus nor I can recall if there was a freestanding, semi-integrated or fully integrated dishwasher.Very naughty, fixed items such as that are supposed to remain unless specifically listed as "going" I believe, or that was the situation last time I moved.
We moved a cupboard to make way for a tall cupboard in our kitchen about 5 yrs after we moved in, fortunately the manufacturer was still in business, it was a custom built job bought by previous owner, so we were able to get a cupboard and doors to match (painted fronts, so colour match wasnt an issue), but the first thing I thought of when you said "new cupboard door" was I wondered if the door matchedThe problem is that we viewed the house almost six years ago and neither the missus nor I can recall if there was a freestanding, semi-integrated or fully integrated dishwasher.
There was extra pipework under sink and an electrical socket so there definitely was a dishwasher. There are screw holes in the surrounding frame so unlikely to have been freestanding. Which means either semi- or fully-integrated. I wouldn’t have cared that they took the dishwasher. I was more annoyed they took the door too.
Currently the new door is the same colour but similar design to the remaining cupboards. Couldn’t find a match anywhere for the actual door. Also had to import the door handle from America because I couldn’t find the matching handles here in the UK.
At first glance, everything looks the same but you need to look only for a second at the right door to notice the difference.