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[JohnW2]

✔ .... Oh dear what a sad lot we are and I'm so in that group too.

True, but as I always say to people who moan about their getting old, and the consequences thereof .... there's only one alternative to 'getting old', and I personally regard the 'getting old' as being easily the more desirable of the two alternative, despite the downsides

 

[JohnW2]

30 years on the tools wears you out!

A few decades (30 years is 'nothing'!) on ones feet, or even 'at a desk', can take its toll, too

 

[ebee]

True, but as I always say to people who moan about their getting old, and the consequences thereof .... there's only one alternative to 'getting old', and I personally regard the 'getting old' as being easily the more desirable of the two alternative, despite the downsides

As one of my customers put it (He was a retired Electrician, I did not know him until he became a customer) I rewired his home. He had some disabilities made worse or caused by his age.

"Ebee, old age can be a terrile thing but it`s a lot better than the alternative!"

PS - He didn`t call me Ebee just by my real name.

 

[securespark]

Dunno what Pfwa is...

But 30 years of climbing up ladders, going into lofts, under floorboards etc... takes its toll.

Especially when in the early days you didn't wear PPE and now your knees are knackered.

 

[jj4091]

Dunno what Pfwa is...

But 30 years of climbing up ladders, going into lofts, under floorboards etc... takes its toll.

Especially when in the early days you didn't wear PPE and now your knees are knackered.

Could it be phwor or jeez.
A few years ago a plasterer friend of mine with shoulder problems was told by our GP that all tradesmen should change careers to something less physical or retire at 50