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jda Jul 2024 3:29pm, 18 Jul 2024 17,495 posts	Quote Pin jda No Pix you've got that all wrong, no work means you can relax all week with your hobbies and then bimble round the supermarket on Saturday morning, get in as many peoples' way as possible, and don't forget to keep your purse hidden away until after the shopping is all scanned and packed, and then forget where you put it
geordiegirl Jul 2024 3:32pm, 18 Jul 2024 23,307 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl lol I’m so going to do this 🤣🤣🤣 hadn’t thought of it as a chance to be annoying to younger busy people
EvilPixie Jul 2024 3:35pm, 18 Jul 2024 56,061 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Silly me
Cerrertonia Jul 2024 4:18pm, 18 Jul 2024 21,520 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia I always told work colleagues that my retirement plan was to drive my tractor into Cambridge during rush hour, before hitting the post office at lunchtime and the supermarket at half past five. It seems that other people had the same idea though
B Rubble Jul 2024 4:36pm, 18 Jul 2024 3,337 posts	Quote Pin B Rubble Going to the swimming pool early in the morning to swim with all of the workers, then being able to amble off for a coffee.
Sigh Jul 2024 4:42pm, 18 Jul 2024 27,295 posts	Quote Pin Sigh A nice reminder of why I was so happy to retire last year:
geordiegirl Jul 2024 5:19pm, 18 Jul 2024 23,311 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl Sat in beer garden, holiday closing to an end and making ABC goals. Currently: A: I get a regrade stay until April 20206, OH goes part time in Feb/March 2025 B: I don’t get a regrade, hubby same and I will agree to stay until July 2025 with an incentive to stay. C: B: I don’t get a regrade, hubby same and I say I’m leaving in April 2025 Maybe they should be in reverse order
EvilPixie Jul 2024 5:21pm, 18 Jul 2024 56,067 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie What about the bollox-we’ve-had-enough option? You’ve loved this week 😁
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2024 5:27pm, 18 Jul 2024 50,456 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) I've got a go live call to attend from 00.30 to 03.30 tonight / morning. # sigh
Shades Jul 2024 5:36pm, 18 Jul 2024 3,183 posts	Quote Pin Shades Geordiegirl - I'd go for the option....I'll write my notice when I get home 🙃

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