General Chat

JoyLouise - Do you know me??? Those are my tactics to a tee! :-D :-D
I also pointed out I have cats - one of which spends most of his time outside, and I'd hate to be accused of cruelty, by keeping him in. If I moved to a flat, I'd have no other option but to have him put down. ;-)

Have to admit, Ann, if it was a flat they were trying to foist me into, I would be digging my heels in, and shouting about the pandemic! Clearing out 30 years worth of 'stuff' on my own (I don't drive) is rather daunting - no-one can help me, due to the pandemic, but, it appears removal men can come in and touch all my stuff!!!

I (fortunately) have no mobility problems at the moment, and have 18 months before I retire. Do you remember when retirement for ladies was 60, and henceforth women were treated as delicate flowers?

Retirement age was 60 when I retired, Maggie, although I went to 62 and only retired because of my OH's health.

I had to take a reduced work pension because the age of retirement for our work pension scheme was 65 for men and women.

I accepted that and I am glad that I did because my OH is still with us with his schoolboy sense of humour which still arouses in me the desire to clonk him over the head!

To paraphrase Mandy (Dick Emery) and, I think, the earlier Hylda Baker, 'He is awful but I do like him.'

(By the way, I believe my tendency to put off things to tomorrow may arouse the same tendency in him, the believer that procrastination is the thief of time.). It takes all sorts ..... :-D