Things you want to say but can't

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LindsD Nov 2020 9:14pm, 4 Nov 2020 42,192 posts	0 LindsD Me neither LN
WtnMel Nov 2020 6:25am, 5 Nov 2020 1,694 posts	0 WtnMel [LN - know it doesn't help your situation But I was counting the days to retirement (not enough to do and no prospect of things improving) until my company offered me a sum of money to retire early. Grabbed it with both hands and ran away]
Little Miss Happy Nov 2020 6:53am, 5 Nov 2020 3,748 posts	0 Little Miss Happy [(((LN)))]
Helegant Nov 2020 7:23am, 5 Nov 2020 7,040 posts	0 Helegant [To all whose working days currently exceed their pension gap]
Helegant Nov 2020 7:24am, 5 Nov 2020 7,041 posts	0 Helegant [My pension occupational estimate came through at the weekend. We won't be rich but we won't starve]
Little Nemo Nov 2020 9:02am, 5 Nov 2020 11,342 posts	0 Little Nemo [Thanks everyone, feeling a bit better today. Might make it through the day without telling someone to shove their job ]
Hunkyteddy Nov 2020 9:04am, 5 Nov 2020 347 posts	0 Hunkyteddy What did you hope to achieve sending that email apart from trying to stir up divisions with your colleagues?
Velociraptor Nov 2020 9:31am, 5 Nov 2020 49,588 posts	0 Velociraptor I'm not saying I don't believe it's possible, I'm just wondering how you manage to hold down that high-powered job, do all those things with your spouse and children, go to the gym for 90 minutes a day, and still be glued to a niche internet forum doling out screeds of free relationship advice to randoms as if you were some sort of guru. I'm not at all curious about whether you ever leave the house and how often you change your pyjamas.
ITG 🇮🇸 Nov 2020 9:49am, 5 Nov 2020 10,948 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 [V'Rap - those with the highest powered jobs often work the shortest hours.]
Velociraptor Nov 2020 9:59am, 5 Nov 2020 49,590 posts	0 Velociraptor [Every time I see a picture of a CEO, or a bigwig in the NHS, I shall amuse myself briefly by imagining them reading popular self-help books and paraphrasing them on the internet under an avatar of a little fluffy doggy.]