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Tidgy's Dad

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Here in the UK, state retirement ages vary. When I started work, it was 60 for women and 65 for men with full pension after 40 years service. However, retirement ages have fairly recentlybeen equalised for men and women and then increased due to the aging population. Basically they can't afford for us all to retire at 65.

For me, it's now 66... and my children are wondering if they'll ever get to retire on a pension. It's currently predicted at 70.
wifey got hers at 62.
Mine gets ever further away......................
 

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ich habba kunder kuchen in mien tash
Good evening John,
what means "kunder" and "tash" ?
Please write it in English.
In German I'm going for
"Ich habe keine Kuchen in meiner Tasche"

I have no cakes in my pocket.

A scraped pass of O Level German from 1980 enables me to to "translate" :D I still don't know how I passed that exam :D
 

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We're heading for an unseasonal heatwave apparently. We have 18C / 65F forecast for Monday! Unheard of for January even in southern UK. It will only be 10 days since it last snowed!

I am so glad Joe is in a fridge!

Tomorrow, JoesDad and I are heading north to see my Mum so hopefully I'll be able to post some nice view 'postcards'

I have at least remembered to post some local postcards recently:)
 

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Good afternoon, Lena.:)
I love haggling, it's one of my very favourite things in life, right now. :<3:
I went to the market and there was a guy with a stall of sponge cake.
The next stall sold only jelly (jello) and the next only custard.
I thought :
"That's a trifle bazaar. "
I hope you got your just desserts!
 

Lyn W

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AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Today should be the day for Wrath, not Kindness!!!!!!
We bring Elsa inside for the winter, and she stays in an enclosure we built in a small sunroom that adjoins our bedroom. Our 3 cats are very curious about it, but ever since we got Elsa, almost 5 years ago, that room has been officially a CAT FREE ZONE: NO cats allowed, EVER.
Our smallest cat, Rosie, was rescued as a tiny feral kitten, and despite being half the size of the 2 boys, she is our smartest, most devious cat.
The door to Elsa's Room is a pair of French doors, and Rosie has figured out she can push and rattle the doors until they open. So we put a latch on the doors. But we don't always remember to latch it. :oops:
Just a little while ago I came into our bedroom to find the door to Elsa's room :eek: OPEN. Rosie came sauntering out, looking very pleased with herself, and our alpha cat, Julio was :eek::eek::eek: STANDING OVER ELSA UNDER HER BASKING LIGHT!!!!!!! I snatched him up and he is currently serving 10- Life in the laundry room. Rosie, being a rescued feral, and VERY quick to size up situations, was off under the bed before I even got to her.
I checked Elsa over very closely and she seems fine. But I'm certain she's a bit unsettled since she refused to eat, and tried to dig in. But it was time for her soak, so I draped a blanket over the end of her tub to help her feel safe. She is currently sprawled in her tub, looking pretty comfortable.

Hubby thought the whole thing was funny. o_O
I have corrected him. He no longer thinks it's funny.
Sounds like a catortstrophe avoided in the nick of time!
 

Tidgy's Dad

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We're heading for an unseasonal heatwave apparently. We have 18C / 65F forecast for Monday! Unheard of for January even in southern UK. It will only be 10 days since it last snowed!

I am so glad Joe is in a fridge!

Tomorrow, JoesDad and I are heading north to see my Mum so hopefully I'll be able to post some nice view 'postcards'

I have at least remembered to post some local postcards recently:)
And beautiful they were, too. :)
Look forward to lots more.
Hope your mum's okay.
 

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