I am a pensioner

So am I Printmiss and happy I made it. Really enjoying life, not much money but I save my extra pension of 25p a week until I've got a £1 then buy a Lottery ticket who know's I might yet make a Millionaire before I pop my clog's.
25p a week whoopie

I'm 63 this week and still wondering what I'll do when I grow up! I left my last job 2 years ago because I couldn't stand in that shop and do nothing for one second more. I didn't consider it retirement though, as I would take another job if it paid really well, I only had to go in when I felt like it, I could have my lunch breaks when I was hungry, leave early to catch the bus home etc, etc. Funny, there aren't many of that kind of job around!

Still think what ever any one else says that pensioner is a horrible term , surely in this day and age of baby boomers we deserve something a little more flattering ie , seniors as face it like it or not thats what we are , we are rapidly getting to the age we know not many folk older than ourselves x

No, 'seniors' is just as bad to my mind, Nonu! Perhaps 'Wise Ones'?

Timor mortis conturbit me!

Well, just don't do any more sinning, jeni, and you'll be all right!

Got me there JENI does anyone else know what that means or is it my latin ? ? a bit rusty who knows

In medicine the most practianis
Leechis surriganis and physicianis
The self from death may nocht suplee

Timor mortis conturbit me

Are you having a small laugh ?

What me?

William Dunbar medieval poet. Lament for the makers. I've always loved it!

But it actually comes from the Catholic Office of the Dead -
"Sinning daily, and not repenting, the fear of death disturbs me. Because there is no redemption in Hell, have mercy on me, O God, and save me."

Agreed! and Dunbar took that phrase and built this wonderful poem around it!

Em , excuse me , what has this to do with naming pensioners , or seniors , hello [laugh}

It's GRANSNET so why does it have to have anything to do with the thread?

My thought trail went from 'one foot in the grave ' to Dunbar!
Ok! I've got a weird mind!

ohhhhh !

But that's better than a wyrde mind!

I have to say although I am getting on a bit [not in my mind , you understand } I certainly don"t feel I have one foot in the grave and if that are your thoughts you should dimiss them pronto , girly x

Nothing wrong with your mind, jeni - threads meander! It's all part of life's rich tapestry.

Nonu !

Nowt wrong with my mind !!!

An ex boyfriend of mine (many years ago) tried to explain the difference between male and female thinking.
He decided that males start with an idea, that then goes a-b-c-d etc.
Women start with an idea, that will then explode out radially with lots of radials emanating from the centre, unlike male "logical" progression.
I call male thinking stodgy and unimaginative on the whole!

Yes, I agree (although I have to admit, sometimes if there's a practical problem, male thinking can usually solve it better than mine!)

No. We think of LOTS of ways to solve a problem while men will only think of one!