Getting Old

Back on the subject of this thread:
I had my left big toe joint relaced this morning.
The old joint, having been rubbing bone on bone, had built a lump the size of a mothball on the top of the joint, making most of my shoes and boots painfully uncomfortable to wear and the lack of articulation in the joint was making walking any great distance difficult.
Quite why it should affect my left foot puzzles me.
Had it been my right, fifty-four years of right-hand gearchanging would have been an obvious suspect.
Early indications bode well: no serious pain and the toe wiggles without any issues. I can feel the stitches but that will reduce quite quickly.My Left Foot.jpg
 
The Sock said:
Back on the subject of this thread:
I had my left big toe joint relaced this morning.
The old joint, having been rubbing bone on bone, had built a lump the size of a mothball on the top of the joint, making most of my shoes and boots painfully uncomfortable to wear and the lack of articulation in the joint was making walking any great distance difficult.
Quite why it should affect my left foot puzzles me.
Had it been my right, fifty-four years of right-hand gearchanging would have been an obvious suspect.
Early indications bode well: no serious pain and the toe wiggles without any issues. I can feel the stitches but that will reduce quite quickly.View attachment 96226
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get well soon 👍
 
Lee87H said:
Absolutely Clem, Cash is the best, it's all about control , when the bank only gives you less than 1% to keep your money there, it's not even worth it,
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I bought a $16 meal last week, I gave the girl at the counter a $20 note and six dollars in change ….. she looked bewildered, until I said “You owe me $10”
She thanked me!
 
About ten years ago I was manager in the Computer Center of a large library. Occasionally we had to deal with patron's money, paying for copies or selling flash drives. We used a cash drawer. A new department head took our department over and installed a cash register. One of our workers quit because he had to use the register, needless to say he was a twenty-something.
 
I’m doing a bit of research into retirement. I remember Legs saying how frustrating the whole process was for him on here.

I’ve worked and paid my taxes since I was 16 years old, and yet it seems the Government wants it to be so hard, if you’re not a self funded retiree!

My working life was a third over when compulsory Superannuation came in, and two thirds over by the time I had any understanding of the benefits to be had investing in Superannuation, if you were astute.

Now, I seem to be fuck, fucked.
 
I got my first job that came with Super when I was over 40. Nearly 12 years worth has made a difference for sure. As for trying to get part age pension, well that’s not happening in a hurry while my other half works her arse off to keep the house afloat. Apparently we’re well off. Someone forgot to tell us!
 
My last real job was 2008. I was 52 when I dropped out of main stream society and moved permanently onto my bush block. Happy Daze
Having spent a good proportion of my working life overseas and working freelance I accumulated fuck all super.
Always enough money for motorcycles, alcohol and trips to Thailand so life is good.
 
I was always a square peg!! So hopping off the merry go round wasn't too difficult Hooksie.
Still building my house so that keeps me busy. Cleared the house site back in 2012 so it's been an on going project.
And not having children helps!!
 
I seem to be better off now, now that I am an OAP, than when I was working. For much of my ‘working’ life I was self-employed, making little if any profit, and although I did put some money into private pensions, I either got screwed over - ‘it’s an Equitable Life Henry’ (like fuck it was) - or had to cash in early to pay the bills.
However, I was paying my NI contributions and I’ve been fortunate enough to accumulate contributions in the UK and IOM. Thanks to a divergence between the UK and IOM, around 20 years ago, on certain state benefits I’m now entitled to a pension from both jurisdictions rather than just one. Happy days!
 
hooksey said:
Keep workin ya bludgers……😵‍💫😵‍💫👷🏻‍♂️
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Was talking to a bloke yesterday that was a chippy all his working life. He and his wife sold the family home on the Sunshine Coast and purchased 40 acres of scrub with an older mud brick house, that needs work, and built a two bedroom house to live in while they bring the muddy up to scratch.

The left over funds from the house sale is their retirement fund.

Maybe it’s time to resign myself that I can’t maintain my ‘working’ lifestyle when the time to stop working comes.

After a couple of fuck ups at work….. not my fault though 🙄

Eg: Bdouble spinning a car around and pushing it down the road at 100kph, took the shine off the cars ducco a little bit bit. 😂

And the oncoming out of control swaying caravan that clipped my back trailer and must have dislodged the IUD inside, because it just exploded and looked more like an open motorbike trailer afterwards.

So I’ll keep upsetting my boss, and eventually get the hang of filling out insurance forms, because hand writing the accident report on a brown paper bag isn’t acceptable ….. apparently 😂😂😂
 
chrisk said:
And the oncoming out of control swaying caravan that clipped my back trailer and must have dislodged the IUD inside, because it just exploded and looked more like an open motorbike trailer afterwards.
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I had a girlfriend many years ago who used an IUD for birth control. If we'd known they could explode if dislodged I reckon it would have added an extra dimension of excitement to our sex life.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Holy shaez, Chris!! The stress factor in being a heavy haulage driver! Hope everyone was OK.
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The old people in the Hyundai were shaken, but not injured.

They had cut in front of me at a lane merge, the rear quarter panel must have caught the bullbar (not that I saw it) I could hear tyres screeching and was thinking 🤔 someone’s about to crash! Then blue smoke in my mirrors and cars to my right braking, clearly something was up,

I hit the brakes and a little white car shot out from in front of me, to my right, and crashed into the wire rope barrier on the motorway. Probably had pushed it sideways (which would have been a scary view for the folk in the car) for 500mt. Luckily it didn’t go underneath 😳

Cops said it was old mates fault and I was off Scott free. The rubber half circles from the car tyres on the bullbar took ages to get off!


Caravan people were okay, their 4x4 ended up upright in a ditch. Presumably the van was well insulated, there were white foam pieces everywhere.
 
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