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ZTD

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

One of my colleagues the other day was saying how he hadn't taken all of his holiday days because he couldn't think what to do with them :eek: Gosh, I could retire now and fill ALL of my days without doing a single ounce of work or housework ever again - there are so many interesting things to do in the world!

My parents who have retired often tell me they don't know how they ever had time for work.

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

I think I just stared at him, didn't know what to say :rotfl:

Was his opinion unanimous? What did his other head have to say?

Karmacat wrote: »

Heavens yes! I'd have stopped working years ago if not for the money :eek:

And there I was, thinking you had a far more rewarding line of work than other wage-slaves (such as myself :whistle:).

Karmacat wrote: »

it sounds like the work-life balance of your colleague has definitely got a bit out of kilter ...

Past kilter, and just passing Mars...

Karmacat wrote: »

I might need to check my mobile phone account today had a spam text yesterday, which I'm not used to - "Netflix" saying they're having trouble renewing my subscription. As I don't *have* a subscription, I reported it ...

It'll just be war-dialling - nothing to worry about.

edinburgher wrote: »

I take it life as a retired fat cat is treating you well? <<<--- For the avoidance of doubt, this winking smiley indicates a joke and signifies that the preceding comment was not a joke about a) KC being a member of the faceless 1%,

If only the 1% were faceless and not on every kind of media telling us how we should live our lives in a way which would make them coincidently and completely-by-chance far richer...

edinburgher wrote: »

or b) fat.

Or indeed an actual cat...

edinburgher wrote: »

Not that there's anything wrong with being fat.

Damn internet PCness rules, I'm going to stop now....

You forgot:

• Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
• No warranty, either express or implied.
• May contain nuts.
• Contents may become hot on heating.

edinburgher

Wait - KC isn't an actual cat? I am disappointed :eek:

Cheery_Daff

ZTD wrote: »

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Was his opinion unanimous? What did his other head have to say?

And there I was, thinking you had a far more rewarding line of work than other wage-slaves (such as myself :whistle:).

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There were only two of us there :rotfl: but since I've barely seen anyone else in the office all summer, I'd say everyone else is of my persuasion [edit: I just noticed you asked what his other HEAD had to say :rotfl: ] We do have an excellent job though with lots of flexibility for working at home (or, indeed, anywhere else) so I would miss it a bit if I left, but I certainly wouldn't be bored :rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

Hi KC

Have you registered your nectar card online at nectardotcom? You need to check back regularly for bonus offers and load them to your card. At the moment they have 10X points until 31 August, bonus points on your next 8 swipes (expires 21 September) and bonus points when stuff donated to Oxfam sells.

MWCx

smallholdingsister

She is not A cat but ALL the cats.
I saw the trailers for that show but it was past my bedtime.

Karmacat

rtandon27 wrote: »

Wow KC! You are being so productive!

Not really :rotfl: I replanted the tree onions, which took 10 minutes max, and collected some grass that had been cut and I'd left drying (so the bin isn't as heavy :eek:) then I sprayed some weeds and in the evening I updated my key ring. I live fast, me, I really do

edinburgher wrote: »

Not me, although I am probably the only person in the history of this board ever to discuss MacGuyver?

I take it life as a retired fat cat is treating you well? <<<--- For the avoidance of doubt, this winking smiley indicates a joke and signifies that the preceding comment was not a joke about a) KC being a member of the faceless 1%, or b) fat. Not that there's anything wrong with being fat.

Damn internet PCness rules, I'm going to stop now....

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Life is treating me brilliantly, thank you Ed, today is the first "working day" that retirement really takes effect, and I can really feel the difference :j Loving the PC chess

ZTD wrote: »

And there I was, thinking you had a far more rewarding line of work than other wage-slaves (such as myself :whistle:).

Well, tbh, I did. But then the price of the rewards got too high. So I stopped

It'll just be war-dialling - nothing to worry about.

Thats a new word for me! Though the concept isn't - I guess they just trawl through an automatic list of numbers?

You forgot:

• Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
• No warranty, either express or implied.
• May contain nuts.
• Contents may become hot on heating.

You collect this stuff, don't you :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

Wait - KC isn't an actual cat? I am disappointed :eek:

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ....

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Hi KC

Have you registered your nectar card online at nectardotcom? You need to check back regularly for bonus offers and load them to your card. At the moment they have 10X points until 31 August, bonus points on your next 8 swipes (expires 21 September) and bonus points when stuff donated to Oxfam sells.

MWCx

I have registered, ages ago, MWC, but I never check back That's something I can usefully add, thank you!

smallholdingsister wrote: »

She is not A cat but ALL the cats.
I saw the trailers for that show but it was past my bedtime.

:j:j:j **purring echoes throughout the galaxy**

I nearly didn't watch it, for various reasons, but I love the make do and mend, the difficult rel with the mother (Sharon Gless!!!!), the look of it, and the voiceovers - good voiceovers always appeal to me.

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Karmacat

Okay, here's the potential list for today. Not that I'm going to do it all, but I'd like to. I make no guarantees I'm a cat, after all

- charge up my borrowed hedge trimmer, see if I can get to use it any time soon.
- arrange redelivery of a parcel - you can do that online these days.
- need to collate a listing of potential therapists for a client.
- post the bleeping cat blog post. Need to keep the cat blog alive so I have a back story when I get round to doing cat card designs. Stop prevaricating! I know why I am, its a mishmash. Suck it up. Cats don't care about that stuff. I am a cat

Cheery_Daff

Love the idea of you using the characteristics of a cat as motivation

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Karmacat wrote: »

Okay, here's the potential list for today. Not that I'm going to do it all, but I'd like to. I make no guarantees I'm a cat, after all

Just don't take my cat as a role model:eek:. His days (and nights) are pretty much fully filled with being fussed over, eating, sleeping, and killing anything that moves. Washing and grooming himself are very perfunctory and don't always get squeezed into his very full timetable although he'll make all the time he can to be brushed by me. We don't want to see your personal hygiene standards slip;)