The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

My oldest didn't go to uni, he said it wasn't for him. He had a Saturday job in Top Man. He has a very demanding attitude to work, sets himself high standards and expects others to do the same. After a while he decided to become a nurse, got a place, a bursary etc. His mother was in the NHS for 40 years so there was plenty of advice for him. After a year he quit saying "It doesn't matter if people don't hang shirts straight in Top Man, doing things badly in hospital kills people."

Long story short he went to Top Man, worked his way up the ladder, moved on when his old boss rang and said I have a job for you. My lad now works for a company which owns 40-50 well-known brands. He is responsible for the sales of tens of millions of £££ into retailers such as Asos. From memory I think he has one A level and 5-6 Os.

There is a lot to be said for starting at the bottom.

I started at the bottom and stayed there

 

[PaulSB]

Yes, seems we’re only allowed to talk about cycling or what we had for dinner in here these days.

Tonight I'm going to ride my bike to the chippy. I'll try to ride home no hands and eat my chips so the chips don't get cold.

 

[PeteXXX]

None of my posts have disappeared since the last time I posted anything.. Just saying..

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm up at 02:50 for the next two days.. Work beckons..

 

[PaulSB]

Don’t blame you. I’ve just about had enough of it too.

What on earth is it people are saying? I can't imagine any of the folk in here being rude, abusive, unpleasant. I suppose we all make the odd reference to Trump, Justin Welby, Starmer etc. but we're hardly involved in political debate.

Where's the harm in:
"I see Welsby has gone."
"Yes, not before time"

We're all mature, calm people..........in here.

 

[BoldonLad]

What on earth is it people are saying? I can't imagine any of the folk in here being rude, abusive, unpleasant. I suppose we all make the odd reference to Trump, Justin Welby, Starmer etc. but we're hardly involved in political debate.

Where's the harm in:
"I see Welsby has gone."
"Yes, not before time"

We're all mature, calm people..........in here.

Mature and calm MAY be stretching it bit 😊

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just catching up with the coverage of Paddy McGuiness as he rides towards Glasgow. Apparently the Chopper was his favourite bike from his childhood, I wonder if it still is now after 300 miles ?
I think he passed as close to me as he’s going to get earlier this afternoon, Abington on his way to Strathaven. Accompanied by Sir Chris Hoy no less.
Good to see all the coverage on my Facebook feed this morning.

 

[Gunk]

My oldest didn't go to uni, he said it wasn't for him. He had a Saturday job in Top Man. He has a very demanding attitude to work, sets himself high standards and expects others to do the same. After a while he decided to become a nurse, got a place, a bursary etc. His mother was in the NHS for 40 years so there was plenty of advice for him. After a year he quit saying "It doesn't matter if people don't hang shirts straight in Top Man, doing things badly in hospital kills people."

Long story short he went to Top Man, worked his way up the ladder, moved on when his old boss rang and said I have a job for you. My lad now works for a company which owns 40-50 well-known brands. He is responsible for the sales of tens of millions of £££ into retailers such as Asos. From memory I think he has one A level and 5-6 Os.

There is a lot to be said for starting at the bottom.

I didn’t go to university, left school at 16 with a handful of grade C O’Levels and started right at the bottom, I ended up having a pretty successful career including owning my own business for 15 years, now semi-retired providing sales training and mentoring mainly to the pharmaceutical industry, most of which have PhD’s!

 

[Tenkaykev]

My oldest didn't go to uni, he said it wasn't for him. He had a Saturday job in Top Man. He has a very demanding attitude to work, sets himself high standards and expects others to do the same. After a while he decided to become a nurse, got a place, a bursary etc. His mother was in the NHS for 40 years so there was plenty of advice for him. After a year he quit saying "It doesn't matter if people don't hang shirts straight in Top Man, doing things badly in hospital kills people."

Long story short he went to Top Man, worked his way up the ladder, moved on when his old boss rang and said I have a job for you. My lad now works for a company which owns 40-50 well-known brands. He is responsible for the sales of tens of millions of £££ into retailers such as Asos. From memory I think he has one A level and 5-6 Os.

There is a lot to be said for starting at the bottom.

Indeed. My youngest brother started as an apprentice bricklayer and worked his way up, site manager etc and eventually MD of one of the UK's larger building companies.

 

[gavroche]

It has been foggy here all day, and it still is.
I saw a couple riding their bikes in the fog when I was driving back from school. Either they are foolish or completely unaware of the dangers as they were leisure riding.

 

[TheDoctor]

Thread locked pending another clean-up.