Dying
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Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
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@antipodean said in Aging:
Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
slow movers of all ages annoy the ever-loving piss out of me
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@mariner4life said in Aging:
@antipodean said in Aging:
Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
slow movers of all ages annoy the ever-loving piss out of me
Heard a great term for them once.
Meanderthals.
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I assume when you reach retirement, they give you a handbook that tells you the things you should do to piss the younger folk off...like get your haircut, go to the supermarket, postoffice or anywhere really between 12.30-1.30 when most un-retired folk are on thier lunch break!!
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
Absolutely. The country type pubs and bistros looking over Epping(?) Forest are really cool.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
The talent that is in Essex by capita/total/factor of ten, far outweighs the Hutt dross.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
The talent that is in Essex by capita/total/factor of ten, far outweighs the Hutt dross.
That Essex girl look of big lips/eyelashes/fake tan/fake boobs and three inch long nails do it for you then?
Each to their own I guess.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
The talent that is in Essex by capita/total/factor of ten, far outweighs the Hutt dross.
That Essex girl look of big lips/eyelashes/fake tan/fake boobs and three inch long nails do it for you then?
Each to their own I guess.
Over Pencil thin lips, tats, ghostly white complex and Hutt saggers? Yes, yes on all counts
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
The talent that is in Essex by capita/total/factor of ten, far outweighs the Hutt dross.
That Essex girl look of big lips/eyelashes/fake tan/fake boobs and three inch long nails do it for you then?
Each to their own I guess.
Over Pencil thin lips, tats, ghostly white complex and Hutt saggers? Yes, yes on all counts
😆 not sure there is a Hutt “type” but that does describe some.
“Essex Girl” Is an instantly recognisable look though. It’s an aspirational thing. -
@Hooroo Try the Kings Head in North Weald Bassett. Great pub. It is built out of ships timbers from the 1500s. Back in WW2 it was the local for the aircrews from North Weald, which is how I heard about it, as it was home to RNZAF 486 squadron for a while. A chappie at the airfield museum told us that the Luftwaffe used to strafe the nearby pub where the off duty airmen used to relax between sorties, so I had to take a look. If I recall correctly they flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.
The Duke of Wellington up by High Beech golf course is a tremendous little pub too.
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@Hooroo Try the Kings Head in North Weald Bassett. Great pub. It is built out of ships timbers from the 1500s. Back in WW2 it was the local for the aircrews from North Weald, which is how I heard about it, as it was home to RNZAF 486 squadron for a while. A chappie at the airfield museum told us that the Luftwaffe used to strafe the nearby pub where the off duty airmen used to relax between sorties, so I had to take a look. If I recall correctly they flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.
The Duke of Wellington up by High Beech golf course is a tremendous little pub too.
Bit of a commute from Matamata, but sure, I'm always keen to find a new beer place!
Next time I am over there though, I will certainly hunt them down
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
...and people have the gall to criticise the Hutt?
The talent that is in Essex by capita/total/factor of ten, far outweighs the Hutt dross.
That Essex girl look of big lips/eyelashes/fake tan/fake boobs and three inch long nails do it for you then?
Each to their own I guess.
I love me a good stereotype.
TBH though, Essex is as diverse as any place else, as you'd expect given its population is about the same size as Auckland's.
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The wife and I go grocery shopping at 7am in the morning, no kids, very few people and just isles of stocked food waiting for us. In and out real quick, seems to be how the wife likes it.
The wife always likes to comment that when she was a checkout chick she had to memorise thousands of codes and can still remember some of them. Chicks these days just touch a screen.
Also why the fuck do they let young boys operate a checkout, they are so fucken slow, I'm all for equal rights but it is rare to find a male that is any good.
What was your first job and what did it pay? I used to mow the lawns of the single ladies in my village, I think I got $2.50 a lawn.
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The wife and I go grocery shopping at 7am in the morning, no kids, very few people and just isles of stocked food waiting for us. In and out real quick, seems to be how the wife likes it.
The wife always likes to comment that when she was a checkout chick she had to memorise thousands of codes and can still remember some of them. Chicks these days just touch a screen.
Also why the fuck do they let young boys operate a checkout, they are so fucken slow, I'm all for equal rights but it is rare to find a male that is any good.
What was your first job and what did it pay? I used to mow the lawns of the single ladies in my village, I think I got $2.50 a lawn.
Lovely euphemism.
I would have done that for free at that age.
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What was your first job and what did it pay? I used to mow the lawns of the single ladies in my village, I think I got $2.50 a lawn.
Holiday job in between high school and uni so summer of 1977-78, survey draughtsman for the North Auckland Electric Power Board. $63 per week after tax full time. After I paid my board to my Mum I had $53 left. At the end of 3 months I had saved zero bucks for Uni.
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I used to work after school at the local Four Square on market days to unload the truck of all the fruit and veg and stack it in the chiller/storeroom. Wouldn't have a clue what I got paid. Probably about $20 a week max
Did you get to take home the seconds or out of date stock? I think there was a rule in the supermarket I was in that if it wasn't in saleable condition we got it for free. At easter time a few employees may have damaged a few eggs on purpose from memory. I think we got $3 bucks an hour or similar.
