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Ageing & Growing Old

Are you growing older?

  • Yes, I am

    Votes: 86 61.9%

  • No, I'm getting younger

    Votes: 28 20.1%

  • Sorry, I don't understand the question

    Votes: 17 12.2%

  • I'm a Mod; I think adding silly polls to chat threads is pointless

    Votes: 8 5.8%
  • Total voters
    139
escargot said:
Anyway, I forgot to claim my bus pass until the day before I was entitled to it. It's all sorted now though so should turn up within the week. I'm now a Twirly. :wink2:
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Really grated my cheddar when I discovered on turning 60 that I lived in the one country of the "United" Kingdom that did not issue them at 60. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all do.

I'll get me coat and soapbox.
 
escargot said:
Anyway, I forgot to claim my bus pass until the day before I was entitled to it. It's all sorted now though so should turn up within the week. I'm now a Twirly. :wink2:
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Went to bed last eve with ankles in perfect condition.
Woke up this morning and one had frozen in a locked position.

I could understand it happening whilst walking etc, but lying down?


Then, after eventually getting some movement back in the old ankle, I attempted to scratch my back and something popped just below my shoulder blade.
 
I was having trouble with one hip. It was randomly a bit stiff and after a work shift I was coming home hobbling with aching hips which could make it difficult to get comfortable to sleep. So I dusted off the old static bike and am putting in an hour a week (in three twenty minute sessions), which seems to have strengthened up the muscle sufficiently that I'm not getting any trouble from the hips now. Which is odd, because I thought the hours of running I put in would have done enough, but it must be different muscle groups.

Now I just have a permanently sore bum (from the saddle, before you lot infer something a LOT racier).
 
Floyd said:
Went to bed last eve with ankles in perfect condition.
Woke up this morning and one had frozen in a locked position.

I could understand it happening whilst walking etc, but lying down?


Then, after eventually getting some movement back in the old ankle, I attempted to scratch my back and something popped just below my shoulder blade.
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Body parts will begin to drop off. Watch out!
 
catseye said:
I was having trouble with one hip. It was randomly a bit stiff and after a work shift I was coming home hobbling with aching hips which could make it difficult to get comfortable to sleep. So I dusted off the old static bike and am putting in an hour a week (in three twenty minute sessions), which seems to have strengthened up the muscle sufficiently that I'm not getting any trouble from the hips now. Which is odd, because I thought the hours of running I put in would have done enough, but it must be different muscle groups.

Now I just have a permanently sore bum (from the saddle, before you lot infer something a LOT racier).
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Watch out for a Chain reaction! :)
 
TangletwigsDeux said:
Really grated my cheddar when I discovered on turning 60 that I lived in the one country of the "United" Kingdom that did not issue them at 60. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all do.

I'll get me coat and soapbox.
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Mine was due on my retirement age which is 66.
66! Both my older sisters retired at 60. I missed the cut by minutes.
 
escargot said:
Mine was due on my retirement age which is 66.
66! Both my older sisters retired at 60. I missed the cut by minutes.
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I have to go until I'm 67. But intending to retire on my 65 birthday and just self-support until my pension kicks in. I want to enjoy my retirement, so want to go while I'm still nubile and fit.
 
Floyd said:
Went to bed last eve with ankles in perfect condition.
Woke up this morning and one had frozen in a locked position.

I could understand it happening whilst walking etc, but lying down?


Then, after eventually getting some movement back in the old ankle, I attempted to scratch my back and something popped just below my shoulder blade.
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I once pulled a thigh muscle by turning over funny in bed. It was so bad that I couldn't lower myself onto the Throne in a dignified manner and was forced to procure a toilet frame.
 
Mythopoeika said:
I'll probably retire at 70, then run a little business until I'm 80. Then I'll retire properly for 220 years.
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Well, I'm going to retire from the day job at 65. I'll be keeping up the writing for as long as I can remember how to turn on a laptop (and as long as my publisher and editor want to keep working with me). So, I suppose, in that way I can work until I die. But at least I can do it in bed.
 
catseye said:
I was having trouble with one hip. It was randomly a bit stiff and after a work shift I was coming home hobbling with aching hips which could make it difficult to get comfortable to sleep. So I dusted off the old static bike and am putting in an hour a week (in three twenty minute sessions), which seems to have strengthened up the muscle sufficiently that I'm not getting any trouble from the hips now. Which is odd, because I thought the hours of running I put in would have done enough, but it must be different muscle groups.

Now I just have a permanently sore bum (from the saddle, before you lot infer something a LOT racier).
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I am doing some paving at the moment (after years of not doing it) and the day after the first day I could hardly move.

And this is the kind of seat I want on a bike;
 

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catseye said:
I have to go until I'm 67. But intending to retire on my 65 birthday and just self-support until my pension kicks in. I want to enjoy my retirement, so want to go while I'm still nubile and fit.
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i was 65 in APRIL,, retired a couple of months later. I do still pick up shifts now and then on a casual basis. I can't get State Pension until 66 (hopefully) and I will have to pay more cash into the Gov' to ensure I get even the basic ( due to ill health ). Waspi-ing isn't much fun. LOL
 
If you do have to top up your years for a full state pension it's well worth thinking about if
you intend living over I think 5 years after that the added pension as payed back your outlay
and from then on your winning.

The 5 years is from memory but it is in the ball park.
Martin Lewis did a very good bit on his web site about it.
 
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Ger said:
i was 65 in APRIL,, retired a couple of months later. I do still pick up shifts now and then on a casual basis. I can't get State Pension until 66 (hopefully) and I will have to pay more cash into the Gov' to ensure I get even the basic ( due to ill health ). Waspi-ing isn't much fun. LOL
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Check out Pension Credit - it's there to top up those who don't get a full state pension.

I fortunately will get a full state pension. It's actually more than I'm currently earning, so I'm looking forward to it. But, of course, I can keep working on the writing whilst drawing the pension, so I'm not as stuffed as those who will rely on it as being their only income.
 
I'm planning to retire next year and have been racking my brains regarding how to keep myself occupied thereafter.
Despite the mitigating effects of acupuncture, my arthritic knees probably only have one or two more cricket seasons left in them at most.
Chatting with you guys and keeping abreast of the latest Fortean finds on this forum is always a pleasure, as is a bit of XBOX and PC gaming, and I will probably spend a bit more time exploring the countryside on my bike, but I still feel the desire to indulge in something competitive with a bit of team spirit to it. There are several bowls clubs and even a couple of croquet clubs not far from me. Then there's Pickleball - an American import like a cut-down version of tennis, which may be worth a look. Not sure I have the patience to get back into golf again though.
I know that, if I don't stay active, I'll just pile on the weight and start drinking too much, so I need to come up with something.
 
We have a thriving local branch of the University of the Third Age which I've joined, mainly because I was desperate to be in a sewing group again. The last few folded during Covid.
Sadly the sewing group is full and there's a waiting list so my best hope is a charabanc crash.

They do offer other groups though. Everyone seems friendly.
I've also joined the theatre volunteer group purely for the chance to experience the building's famous ghosts.:litg:
 
escargot said:
We have a thriving local branch of the University of the Third Age which I've joined, mainly because I was desperate to be in a sewing group again. The last few folded during Covid.
Sadly the sewing group is full and there's a waiting list so my best hope is a charabanc crash.

:litg:
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Six U3A sewing group members die in mysterious sewing machine explosion is going to look suspicious now.
 
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