Over 50's club

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HappyG(rrr) May 2020 4:13pm, 18 May 2020 34,831 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) I'm in my 8th week at this employer. Went into office to collect their laptop and haven't been in since. 8 weeks at home office! G
Rosehip May 2020 4:14pm, 18 May 2020 16,041 posts	0 Rosehip I worked for the same company for 25 1/2 years before I "retired" the first time - they did have several name changes with mergers etc. in hat time though.
Lip Gloss May 2020 4:18pm, 18 May 2020 40,531 posts	0 Lip Gloss My ex’ s dad didn’t speak to him for months after he left a safe job (at the time) in the fishing industry and started as a store man in an oil related firm...years later fishing up here is near enough gone and he has since worked his way up to management ( still hate him though )
RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 May 2020 4:31pm, 18 May 2020 3,682 posts	0 RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 Nice ending fitted in LG Only had 3 jobs since leaving school nearly 6 with Army 16 years with Post office while deciding what to do after Army (Was meant to be a fill in job while I looked for something) Just about to start year 18 in present job.
Lip Gloss May 2020 4:33pm, 18 May 2020 40,535 posts	0 Lip Gloss Didn’t want anyone to think I was softening in my old age
Bazoaxe May 2020 4:36pm, 18 May 2020 16,454 posts	0 Bazoaxe The rules have just changed and there is no 35 year gift, I need to get to 40 for that. I have had 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 though I think. I am sure I got the 25th by the skin of my teeth before it was withdrawn
macca 53 May 2020 4:41pm, 18 May 2020 27,685 posts	0 macca 53 The oddest name I came across was a mate of mine who married a lady called Gwen Smelt 😳
Angus Clydesdale May 2020 4:55pm, 18 May 2020 18,102 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale 30+ years ago there was a bank manager in town called Ivor St John Dick (apparently St John is pronounced Sinjen, when it's in the middle of a name!!)
Eynsham Red May 2020 5:05pm, 18 May 2020 5,855 posts	0 Eynsham Red Rosehip, I don’t know if the Gordon Bennett that you knew went on to have a wedding car business, but our cars were from “Gordon Bennett Wedding Cars. Chauffeur Driven with Ribbons”. (I don’t recall whether the chauffeurs wore ribbons!)
Markymarkmark May 2020 6:19pm, 18 May 2020 11,491 posts	0 Markymarkmark Feels like there's also scope for an "Employees of insurance Companies" forum! Failing that, just keep reading Dilbert cartoons.