We had a damn good retirement of 11 years until last year when the wife suffered a stroke but she is slowly recovering
Sorry to hear that Mick. I hope things continue to improve.We had a damn good retirement of 11 years until last year when the wife suffered a stroke but she is slowly recovering ...
I suspect the record shop won’t survive that much longer (it’s getting far too hard to find stock now - unless I’m offered good collections its not viable).
Even for CDs? I've been buying loads of used jazz CDs for buttons - feels like a golden age to be a CD listener. I'm even looking at getting a better CD player!
Actually, for me, the major plus for retirement was never having to attend another meeting in my life about anything, ever.
Also e-mail Directives, e-mail consultations about proposed Directives and yes, meetings about whether to launch an e-mail consultation about a proposed Directive ...
All gone when I got the bus home on the last day .... euphoria
You were a Handforth Parish councillor?The very last meeting I attended was about a controversial office relocation, which was to take effect after I'd left. For some reason, possibly child-care related, I arrived about 30 minutes after the meeting had started. Two of the participants were in tears when I arrived, and another stormed out of the room when she felt her views were being ignored.
The knowledge that there would be many more such meetings, none of which I would attend, gave me a smug, yet slightly guilty feeling.
But the very worst meeting I attended was one where several hours were spent thrashing out the terms of reference of a new sub-group. There was much long-winded discussion about whether a colon or semi-colon should be used, and the meeting closed with no decision having been made. One bloke, who had travelled down from Manchester for the meeting, was almost sobbing with frustration by the end.
The very last meeting I attended was about a controversial office relocation, which was to take effect after I'd left. For some reason, possibly child-care related, I arrived about 30 minutes after the meeting had started. Two of the participants were in tears when I arrived, and another stormed out of the room when she felt her views were being ignored.
The knowledge that there would be many more such meetings, none of which I would attend, gave me a smug, yet slightly guilty feeling.
But the very worst meeting I attended was one where several hours were spent thrashing out the terms of reference of a new sub-group. There was much long-winded discussion about whether a colon or semi-colon should be used, and the meeting closed with no decision having been made. One bloke, who had travelled down from Manchester for the meeting, was almost sobbing with frustration by the end.
There was much long-winded discussion about whether a colon or semi-colon should be used, and the meeting closed with no decision having been made. One bloke, who had travelled down from Manchester for the meeting, was almost sobbing with frustration by the end.
Thankfully the internet exists for this now.
My all time favourite meeting started at 2:00 PM with the distribution of papers to be considered at the meeting - each individual package was 3 inches thick. By 6:00 PM we had worked though 2 inches of them; the Chair thought it best not to have a break and just 'plough on' to get the job done.
I left at five past six .....