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Seymour Buts
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Post by Seymour Buts »

Reading about pensions on another thread got me thinking, how old is your oldest delivery colleague?

We've got a guy in his early 70's still going, absolutely crazy! One guy in his late 60's and he still runs marathons aswell as working at our place! I'm in my 20's and couldn't get near these guys to my shame.
hothothot
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Post by hothothot »

Got a guy who's 75.
leolion855
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Post by leolion855 »

lady postie in her late 80s here
Seymour Buts
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Post by Seymour Buts »

leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
Bloody hell :Applause
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Post by leolion855 »

postietom wrote:
leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
Bloody hell :Applause
dont clap shes evil! :evil/mad :evil/mad
Seymour Buts
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Post by Seymour Buts »

Being the devil might might explain how she's on the post at knocking 90 to be fair :evil/mad
CPTNemoUK
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Post by CPTNemoUK »

leolion855 wrote:
postietom wrote:
leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
Bloody hell :Applause
dont clap shes evil! :evil/mad :evil/mad
That just made me spit my brew out :left:
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Post by leolion855 »

CPTNemoUK wrote:
leolion855 wrote:
postietom wrote:
leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
Bloody hell :Applause
dont clap shes evil! :evil/mad :evil/mad
That just made me spit my brew out :left:
well don't let her make you one she'd happily scold you with it.
scoobydo79
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Post by scoobydo79 »

leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
FFS !!! Give the job to some one who needs it!!!!
gary1975
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Post by gary1975 »

Surely you can't do a park and loop in your 80s ffs
Seymour Buts
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Post by Seymour Buts »

scoobydo79 wrote:
leolion855 wrote:lady postie in her late 80s here
FFS !!! Give the job to some one who needs it!!!!
Define need? There's retired teachers, coppers and fireman at our place that need to work coz they retired in their early 50's and would be bored rigid if they didn't! Know what you mean though.
redneck
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Post by redneck »

Greedy old people, find something else to do in your time of life. You should not be allowed to work over your pensionable age, no excuse to be poor as compared to young peple who really do need the work.
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Post by Interested-seeker »

I think that if someone is over the retired age and is in a comfortable financial position, then really they ought to go and do volunteering instead and free up a vacancy for a young person who needs the job.
deltaforce
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Post by deltaforce »

There is no retirement age,just a state pension age. Anyhow , with RM turnover of staff there plenty of opportunities to get a job with the exception of certain areas where there is high unemployment.
Glp28357
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Post by Glp28357 »

Interested-seeker wrote:I think that if someone is over the retired age and is in a comfortable financial position, then really they ought to go and do volunteering instead and free up a vacancy for a young person who needs the job.
Please define "comfortable financial position" and "retired age".

I don't think many of us do this job for any other reason than for money, regardless of our age!