O/T power cuts and 3 day week around the 1970s

[Huge]

I am. Poised on the brink of retirement. Got my first free prescription today and I'm about to apply for a senior rail card.

[Bob Eager]

I had apart time job in a petrol station. On of the guys there jacked up the light van we had and took a back wheen off, replacing it with a rim. Chocked the other wheel (well). Some kind of thin rope to the drive pulley on the nearest pump.

Burnt out the clutch after half a day, and then got hauled over the coals by the Fire Brigade.

[Bob Eager]

I was at university by then. They had generators.

[Bob Eager]

Don't forget the bus pass. Useful as proof of age/senility.

[Nightjar]

Also good for avoiding town centre parking fees, if you have somehere on a bus route that will take you into town and where the parking is free.

[damduck-egg]

I had beer as well, After leaving my first employment I thought I'd try my luck at walking into a brewery and seeing if they had any temporary jobs over the christmas rush. Thre wasn't much other work around and as a 19 year old pisshead I felt I had the qualifications. They did, then the 3 day week started in the new year and many of those with two days spare went to the pubs. We had to work overtime to keep up. brewing was classed as food production so wasn't as restricted on power as much as some industries.My xmas job was extended. And though I moved on to do other jobs within the company not wishing to spend my life running a bottle washer that intended temporary employment lasted forty years. With a good final salary pension scheme to boot. I'm quite grateful for the 3 day week.

G.harman

[Scott M]

I was being born. I've still not got over the shock.

[Huge]

I haven't been on a bus for decades, and I'm not about to start.

[Huge]

On 2014-06-24, Nightjar

[Bob Eager]

[Huge]

[snippage]

Bus pass

The date you qualify for a bus pass depends on if you live in:

England - 6 January 2020

[Nightjar]

[Bob Eager]

You *are* that much younger than me!

[Andy Burns]

Is female retirement age getting capped at 65 then? I Didn't think so. They won't be giving me a bus pass or state pension until I'm 67.

[polygonum]

Get the right illness and you don't need to get old enough. IYSWIM. :-)

[Nightjar]

There is no retirement age for males or females any more. It is discriminatory to require employees to retire, unless there is a clearly justifiable reason for setting a retirement age.

What is changing is the state pension age (SPA). At present, female SPA is being increased to 65, to come in line with the male SPA in 2018, after which they will both increase together.

[Huge]

You were a postdoc when I was a spotty 1st year undergrad (and only the third person in Biology to have a user ID). We were all in awe of you. If only I'd known ...

[Huge]

I do, but it's not a very encouraging thought.

[charles]

That isn't quite true. The State requires their employees to retire at fixed ages, but those in private employement can work as long as they want.

[Nightjar]

Oddly enough, the government web site doesn't mention that :-)