The realisation you're getting old

[Emanresu]

I've been dreading when we get snow, leading to icy paths and roads come winter. Where I live I park my car on a slightly sloping road, that resembles an ice rink when the snow gets packed then frozen, making walking across it to my car treacherous! The path from flat to car and back is bad, but I seriously dread that frozen road. I've tried those stretch over shoes spiked thingies, but they weren't that good and I never felt confident when walking with them on ice, plus a few spikes fell off them. Do any of you have a pair of very good ones you could recommend? 🤔

Can't suggest footwear but was in the north of Finland earlier this year where there is nothing but snow and packed ice. This is what the local used to get about. But there are racing versions if you want to get to the car quicker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

View: https://youtu.be/SQNIpLoN_-8?si=CPCGz2dN3gyejz7x&t=28

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've had two attempted short change attempts on me recently. One shop I went in gave me £2.30 back from the fiver I gave them after I'd paid for an item costing £2.30. At first I thought on checking my change that they'd had a brain freeze and saw the till's £2.30 charge sign thinking it was the change sign, but on questioning it the shop worker immediately gave me 40 pence back without a hint of a quibble, suggesting they knew they'd been rumbled, whereas if it'd been a genuine mistake, like me I would've had a think about it. On the second occasion which was yesterday, I paid for some items on my bank card while asking the shop worker for five £1 coins ( I needed 3 one pound coins to do my laundry) while giving him a £5 note. I saw him take five £1 coins out the till, then after we'd done the bank card transfer he said "Ok, thank you, who's next" to the one behind me in the queue. I had to ask him for the five one pound coins, which he immediately handed over. Mmmm, call me cynical, but I think some think it's worth trying it on with someone looking a bit 'not quite alert' in their eyes, but getting ripped off in shops and pubs is one thing I'm totally alert to!! 🧐

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When you send your intimate photos to the scammers and they offer to pay you not to distribute them.

 

[oldwheels]

I've had two attempted short change attempts on me recently. One shop I went in gave me £2.30 back from the fiver I gave them after I'd paid for an item costing £2.30. At first I thought on checking my change that they'd had a brain freeze and saw the till's £2.30 charge sign thinking it was the change sign, but on questioning it the shop worker immediately gave me 40 pence back without a hint of a quibble, suggesting they knew they'd been rumbled, whereas if it'd been a genuine mistake, like me I would've had a think about it. On the second occasion which was yesterday, I paid for some items on my bank card while asking the shop worker for five £1 coins ( I needed 3 one pound coins to do my laundry) while giving him a £5 note. I saw him take five £1 coins out the till, then after we'd done the bank card transfer he said "Ok, thank you, who's next" to the one behind me in the queue. I had to ask him for the five one pound coins, which he immediately handed over. Mmmm, call me cynical, but I think some think it's worth trying it on with someone looking a bit 'not quite alert' in their eyes, but getting ripped off in shops and pubs is one thing I'm totally alert to!! 🧐

When we had a shop notes were never put into the till until after change was given because some gave a £10 note and then claimed change for £20 should have been given. The note lying clearly on the counter soon showed that not to be true.

 

[All uphill]

There's also the fact that if you have a 'panic button' to call for assistance in case of a fall they're always connected to a landline.
One advantage with our package (Phone/TV /Broadband) is unlimited calls to pretty much any number free at any time so when you call the Doctor/Hospital/Council/Utilities and they put you on 'hold' for half an hour at least it's not costing anything. Another one is Maz's daughter lives in Wiltshire so they can spend upwards of 2 hours nattering likewise with her daughter (Grandaughter no 3 who is autistic) who lives in Marlborough, they can be talking and laughing for up to 3 hours most weeks about music/bands, blokes and boozing. As despite being Autistic Georgia leads a very full life, even works in a charity shop where she gets early dibs on vintage clothes and vinyl LPs she is also about 6 stone so all the clothes from the 50's 60's and 70's fit her unlike the majority of youngish women who are considerably larger and has great taste in music being into Rory Gallagher, Led Zep, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple and Zappa amongst others (BTW she's only 28)

You're getting old when you disclose a loved one's personal information, including name, location, condition, age and tastes on a public website....

 

[Punkawallah]

When you send your intimate photos to the scammers and they offer to pay you not to distribute them.

I don’t have any ‘intimate photo’s‘ to send them - can you sell me some?

 

[raleighnut]

When we had a shop notes were never put into the till until after change was given because some gave a £10 note and then claimed change for £20 should have been given. The note lying clearly on the counter soon showed that not to be true.

Many years ago I went to Sainsburys with my last fiver* to get some Cat food, a Loaf and some Biccies, the girl on the till gave me my change and then gave me the fiver back so (being an honest sort of chap I said "I think you've made a mistake" she snapped back "I don't make mistakes" so I put the fiver in my pocket and went for a pint or three with my 'ill gotten gains'

* 2 days to giro day.

 

[Chris S]

On the second occasion which was yesterday, I paid for some items on my bank card while asking the shop worker for five £1 coins ( I needed 3 one pound coins to do my laundry) while giving him a £5 note. I saw him take five £1 coins out the till, then after we'd done the bank card transfer he said "Ok, thank you, who's next" to the one behind me in the queue. I had to ask him for the five one pound coins, which he immediately handed over. Mmmm, call me cynical, but I think some think it's worth trying it on with someone looking a bit 'not quite alert' in their eyes, but getting ripped off in shops and pubs is one thing I'm totally alert to!! 🧐

The same sort of thing has happened to me in the past.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Hell, it's now minus 1 Celsius outside. We have a light dusting of snow which I hope doesn't freeze or it'll be very dodgy out there tomorrow as I attempt to get from my flat to my car. According to this https://www.google.com/search?q=wea...EAQE_enGB946&oq=weather+for+accrington&aqs=ch it has to be 3 Celsius tomorrow so hopefully it should be ok as I leave my flat which is usually about 2.30 pm.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I don’t have any ‘intimate photo’s‘ to send them - can you sell me some?

Sure, it’ll be 2,000 bitcoin, plus 100 bitcoin for postage.

 

[Punkawallah]

Sure, it’ll be 2,000 bitcoin, plus 100 bitcoin for postage.

I’ll know who to come to for a loan, then.

 

[oldwheels]

I was in a Calmac office twice yesterday and after I had finished the transactions amicably somebody rushed out from behind the desk to hold the door open for me.

To hark back to shops and change I objected to people coming in and expecting to be given coins of their choice as we had to pay the bank to get change for the till. Some bought a postcard and tendered a £20 note and I gave the postcard to them for nothing as it was cheaper to do that. They were then directed to the bank which was about 100 yards away.