My dad turns 80 in a few weeks
Apparently he got a letter in the post yesterday saying that on turning 80 he is entitled to an extra 25p a week on his state pension
How the other half lives..
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Quote: lofthouse @ 2nd August 2024, 2:46 PMMy dad turns 80 in a few weeks
Apparently he got a letter in the post yesterday saying that on turning 80 he is entitled to an extra 25p a week on his state pension
How the other half lives..
What a generous Government.
I had a fly in my car for 3 days. The cheeky bastard would land on my nose as I was driving.
All four windows down and he still wouldn't buzz off - even if he was on the window as it went down.
I'd get in the car on a morning forgetting about Freddy and sure enough ZZzzZZzz.
It's a sad story. I heard my dog clamp his jaws together in the back seat and it seems FF was no more.
After having issues with my eyes I've started taking vitamin supplements
But I think I may have gone overboard
I now have in my cupboard vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, Lutein, Bilberry, omega 3 fish oil and zinc
Quote: lofthouse @ 27th August 2024, 6:24 PMAfter having issues with my eyes I've started taking vitamin supplements
But I think I may have gone overboard
I now have in my cupboard vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, Lutein, Bilberry, omega 3 fish oil and zinc
Probably explains your blinkered reading.
Quote: lofthouse @ 27th August 2024, 6:24 PMAfter having issues with my eyes I've started taking vitamin supplements
But I think I may have gone overboard
I now have in my cupboard vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, Lutein, Bilberry, omega 3 fish oil and zinc
I appreciate the bilberry reference. They grow on the moors apparently?
On a personal note I have been jobseeking for months now and the only jobs I've managed to secure are Wetherspoons (I lasted 3 shifts: the 2am finshes and 7am starts allied to covering three floors of waitressing were punishing on my middle-aged body. The zero hours contract care home carer's job was a non-starter.
Every office job seems to attract 100 applicants, such as the one I applied for this afternoon showed on LinkedIn. It's brutal.
Try being the chamois wringer-outer for a one-armed window cleaner.
Probably best to be over 65 (or whatever the relevant age is nowadays - 87?). I can recommend it.
I've just been having an argument on Facebook.
I said that today (September 3rd) marks the 85th anniversary of World War II. He argued it started on 1st September when Germany invaded Poland. I said that we declared war on 3rd as Germany invaded on 1st. He said invasion is an act of war. (Not according to Russia in Ukraine).
Quote: lofthouse @ 27th August 2024, 6:24 PMI now have in my cupboard vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, Lutein, Bilberry, omega 3 fish oil and zinc
Not another Woke remake. Think I preferred Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub
Quote: Will Cam @ 3rd September 2024, 8:18 PMNot another Woke remake. Think I preferred Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub
lol
I went to a giant flea market yesterday. They weren't that big.
Anyway I bought about a dozen LPs including the first Curved Air album as a picture disc (i already have the normal later issued record) plus live albums from Mamas and Papas and It's a Beautiful Day, a Chris Spedding album with backing from Clem Cattini and Herbie Flowers, and the Standells.
I meant to post this yesterday as it would have been his 102nd birthday. An excerpt from my Dad's 1939 diary which would fascinating for Herc regarding the films and the War report.
"My birthday. Went to Customs House in morning. After dinner went to the pictures with Mum and saw
CENTURY CHEAM VILLAGE
From 2.40pm 1 show until 6.45.
JEAN ARTHUR, JAMES STEWART, LIONEL BARRYMORE, EDWARD ARNOLD IN
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.
CRITICISM
a very good film (funny) good story
AND
MARGARET LOCKWOOD, MICHAEL REDGRAVE IN
THE LADY VANISHES.
CRITICISM
Good story (funny as well)
Ever so well done.
AND NEWS OF THE WAR.
Wireless (Band Waggon, 1 hour, ever so good). etc.
WEATHER
Not a bad morning, better in afternoon, cold.
NIGHT LIFE
After they had been to to 'The Woodstock', Mum & I against Dad and Gill played crib at night (we won 2-1).
WAR BULLETIN
General Baron von Fritsch was killed in action on The Eastern Front. Lwow (S. Poland) surrendered during day to Russians. Bad conditions in Siegfried Line."
Dad's 17th birthday. Still not old enough to drink. The Century Cinema is no longer in Cheam Village.
Very nice - I wish my Dad had kept a diary. The only thing I have of his in a similar vein is his Flying Log book, which makes interesting reading; BUT not as much as that chap's father's Flying Log book, in which he recorded his flight to the Ruhr Valley dam in the 617 dam-busters squadron with Guy Gibson, and along with his DFC and DFM etc. they valued the collection at £80,000 at the Antiques Road Show last Sunday
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 24th September 2024, 3:39 PMVery nice - I wish my Dad had kept a diary. The only thing I have of his in a similar vein is his Flying Log book, which makes interesting reading; BUT not as much as that chap's father's Flying Log book, in which he recorded his flight to the Ruhr Valley dam in the 617 dam-busters squadron with Guy Gibson, and along with his DFC and DFM etc. they valued the collection at £80,000 at the Antiques Road Show last Sunday
Really? Wow.
My Dad wrote one every year but this 1939 one was like a desk diary with much more info.