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Judgee
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Re: first christmas

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Swap each xmas card pre xmas for a brochure or magazine after xmas and you can pretty much work out how fecking hard things get in the new year... and you don't even have the small hope of the odd xmas tip to keep ya going like too! :sad:
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steven100
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Re: first christmas

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Remember the added d2ds. Looking forward to a fun 2 days next week.
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Big Daz
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Re: first christmas

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My first Christmas way back in 91 I didnt start delivering untill 9AM :crazy: :chuckle
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Re: first christmas

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My 25th and worst xmas by a mile :arrrghhh :arrrghhh :vcfo
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Re: first christmas

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fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
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fishtank
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Re: first christmas

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POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
My knee is fecked. :neutral:
Actually both my knees are fecked but my right knee is double fecked..and my left elbow...etc.
I'm looking at two Ops in about 12 weeks and then who knows? :whistle
To be honest i'm not exactly in lurve with the job anymore......couldn't you guess? :left: :chuckle
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: first christmas

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I've heard that there's someone on here that just about remembers the First Christmas, but I can't remember who it is. :crazy: :nana :crazy:
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Re: first christmas

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fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
My knee is fecked. :neutral:
Actually both my knees are fecked but my right knee is double fecked..and my left elbow...etc.
I'm looking at two Ops in about 12 weeks and then who knows? :whistle
To be honest i'm not exactly in lurve with the job anymore......couldn't you guess? :left: :chuckle
2 dodgy knees the left worse than the right,apparently i need the joints shaved or summin,doc said it wasn't that bad yet but my left one goes numb after driving for a while,clutch i guess,but it goes numb if i stand up for even short periods.
Ankles fecked and have arthritis in my toes.
Dodgy back,i have to be seriously careful what i lift.
Dodgy right shoulder so i carry about 5k and that's pushing it.
Then there's.................................well you started it! :left:
Teebs can we have a 'if he was a feckin horse.....' smilie. :sad:
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Stormproof
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Re: first christmas

Post by Stormproof »

POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
My knee is fecked. :neutral:
Actually both my knees are fecked but my right knee is double fecked..and my left elbow...etc.
I'm looking at two Ops in about 12 weeks and then who knows? :whistle
To be honest i'm not exactly in lurve with the job anymore......couldn't you guess? :left: :chuckle
2 dodgy knees the left worse than the right,apparently i need the joints shaved or summin,doc said it wasn't that bad yet but my left one goes numb after driving for a while,clutch i guess,but it goes numb if i stand up for even short periods.
Ankles fecked and have arthritis in my toes.
Dodgy back,i have to be seriously careful what i lift.
Dodgy right shoulder so i carry about 5k and that's pushing it.
Then there's.................................well you started it! :left:
Teebs can we have a 'if he was a feckin horse.....' smilie. :sad:
Don't get me started :silenced
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets

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Broxi51
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Re: first christmas

Post by Broxi51 »

Stormproof wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
My knee is fecked. :neutral:
Actually both my knees are fecked but my right knee is double fecked..and my left elbow...etc.
I'm looking at two Ops in about 12 weeks and then who knows? :whistle
To be honest i'm not exactly in lurve with the job anymore......couldn't you guess? :left: :chuckle
2 dodgy knees the left worse than the right,apparently i need the joints shaved or summin,doc said it wasn't that bad yet but my left one goes numb after driving for a while,clutch i guess,but it goes numb if i stand up for even short periods.
Ankles fecked and have arthritis in my toes.
Dodgy back,i have to be seriously careful what i lift.
Dodgy right shoulder so i carry about 5k and that's pushing it.
Then there's.................................well you started it! :left:
Teebs can we have a 'if he was a feckin horse.....' smilie. :sad:
Don't get me started :silenced
Welcome to Royal Mail Octogenarian Chat.............Must have own teeth :nervous
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RedBagMan
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Re: first christmas

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Broxi51 wrote:Welcome to Royal Mail Octogenarian Chat.............Must have own teeth :nervous
Fail on that one then ... and did I mention the 15" metal plate holding my right thigh together ?
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DGP1
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Re: first christmas

Post by DGP1 »

Broxi51 wrote:
Stormproof wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:I think there is still a lot of Christmas to come. :roll:
I also think this might be my last Christmas with Royal Mail. :sad:
:shock: What,why? :nervous
My knee is fecked. :neutral:
Actually both my knees are fecked but my right knee is double fecked..and my left elbow...etc.
I'm looking at two Ops in about 12 weeks and then who knows? :whistle
To be honest i'm not exactly in lurve with the job anymore......couldn't you guess? :left: :chuckle
2 dodgy knees the left worse than the right,apparently i need the joints shaved or summin,doc said it wasn't that bad yet but my left one goes numb after driving for a while,clutch i guess,but it goes numb if i stand up for even short periods.
Ankles fecked and have arthritis in my toes.
Dodgy back,i have to be seriously careful what i lift.
Dodgy right shoulder so i carry about 5k and that's pushing it.
Then there's.................................well you started it! :left:
Teebs can we have a 'if he was a feckin horse.....' smilie. :sad:
Don't get me started :silenced
Welcome to Royal Mail Octogenarian Chat.............Must have own teeth :nervous
When you say own teeth, does paying for them count :nervous
Both my knees are fubar, both ankles are on their way out, heel spurs on both feet, plantars on one foot, hip is gone, lower back is fecked, middle of back is going, neck also staring to go, arthritis in fingers.....................but my eyesight is perfect :chuckle


ps. my mind is totally gone with the fairies..............but I thought that was a prerequisite for the job :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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Stormproof
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Re: first christmas

Post by Stormproof »

I thought your eyesight would be the first thing to go DGP :whistle
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So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets

Illegitimi non carborundum
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DGP1
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Re: first christmas

Post by DGP1 »

Stormproof wrote:I thought your eyesight would be the first thing to go DGP :whistle
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You're cruel :nervous
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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