Retirement and grumpyness.......is it inevitable?
16 September 2004, 04:29 PM
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Retirement and grumpyness.......is it inevitable?
Basically its my next door neighbour,great bloke,but oh what a moaning old s0d he is at times.Always someting to moan about.
Is this the inevitable result of retirement or can it be avoided.Is there such a thing as a carefree happy retired person?
Is this the inevitable result of retirement or can it be avoided.Is there such a thing as a carefree happy retired person?
16 September 2004, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
Is there such a thing as a carefree happy retired person?
Some know how to deal with retirement, others don't.
16 September 2004, 04:45 PM
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I think it's to do with boredom. When they were at work, they did'nt have all day to mope around. Now anything will bother them as it
a/ gives them something to do.
b/ Disrupts their time doing stuff during the day(Garden, Reading etc etc)
a/ gives them something to do.
b/ Disrupts their time doing stuff during the day(Garden, Reading etc etc)
16 September 2004, 04:53 PM
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Actually, Jerome has a point...
No, it's the inevitable result of starting to read Scoobynet...
Originally Posted by paulr
Basically its my next door neighbour,great bloke,but oh what a moaning old s0d he is at times.Always someting to moan about.
Is this the inevitable result of retirement or can it be avoided.
Is this the inevitable result of retirement or can it be avoided.
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My Grandad is terrible. If you visit, it's just constant moans about how they can't find a decent pub for lunch anymore (rude staff, greasy tables and the rest).
They also insist of going shopping for 8am on a Saturday morning? Why?!!?!? They've had all week to stay out of the working populations way!
They also insist of going shopping for 8am on a Saturday morning? Why?!!?!? They've had all week to stay out of the working populations way!
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16 September 2004, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisB
They also insist of going shopping for 8am on a Saturday morning? Why?!!?!? They've had all week to stay out of the working populations why!
Oh, and with regard to grumpiness I am there already! I have been called a "crabby old git" by an old lady behind the deli counter at the supermarket. I was delighted!
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ajm you'll have to come to my post office then because the old bugger tend to come first thing
.as for moaning yep its a retirement thing, my dads been retired for about 7 years and he's got worse as its gone on, all he does is winge on about how badly my car is parked in the garage(nowt wrong with the way its parked) his moan is he can ge at the bentch at the back, behind my car. if he lost some weight he could get round, or the simple answer is to move the frickin car, it not rocket science......... ooooooopppppppppppsssssssss now i'm at it
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because the old bugger tend to come first thing .as for moaning yep its a retirement thing, my dads been retired for about 7 years and he's got worse as its gone on, all he does is winge on about how badly my car is parked in the garage(nowt wrong with the way its parked) his moan is he can ge at the bentch at the back, behind my car. if he lost some weight he could get round, or the simple answer is to move the frickin car, it not rocket science......... ooooooopppppppppppsssssssss now i'm at itmike
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