[DJW]

 You’ll need £520,000 for ten years!

[colin bird]

You’ll need £520,000 for ten years!

guess thats why im a thick window cleaner as i cant count

[DJW]

 

Frightening isn’t it when you look at it that way?
State pension, what’s that less than £1k a month?

[NWH]

If your talking about when you get to 65 I wouldn’t worry you’ll have hardly any appetite you won’t want to stand at check in anymore or go on 10 mile walks,just save enough for the odd latte and toasted sandwich in the local cafe a huge pension is wasted unless you are fit  enough to enjoy it 55 would be more realistic.
The number 65 is branded on peoples brains and has been for years by the big machine,it’s like the wizard of Oz once you get to the end of the yellow brick road you’ve walked for years  you face the disappointment when you look behind the curtain.

[colin bird]

If your talking about when you get to 65 I wouldn’t worry you’ll have hardly any appetite you won’t want to stand at check in anymore or go on 10 mile walks,just save enough for the odd latte and toasted sandwich in the local cafe a huge pension is wasted unless you are fit  enough to enjoy it 55 would be more realistic.
The number 65 is branded on peoples brains and has been for years by the big machine,it’s like the wizard of Oz once you get to the end of the yellow brick road you’ve walked for years  you face the disappointment when you look behind the curtain.
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Can't disagree with you

[dazmond]

If your talking about when you get to 65 I wouldn’t worry you’ll have hardly any appetite you won’t want to stand at check in anymore or go on 10 mile walks,just save enough for the odd latte and toasted sandwich in the local cafe a huge pension is wasted unless you are fit  enough to enjoy it 55 would be more realistic.
The number 65 is branded on peoples brains and has been for years by the big machine,it’s like the wizard of Oz once you get to the end of the yellow brick road you’ve walked for years  you face the disappointment when you look behind the curtain.

You talk some twaddle nigel!

My mum is 75 and has loads of friends the same age and goes on 4-5 holidays abroad  a year,always going out for meals,theatre and walking holidays,etc

She's living her best life now my dad's passed away.shes also got rheumatoid arthritis but it doesn't stop her living life to the full!

[NWH]

You are a fool if you think that Daz of course it’s possible with what you say it’s the big picture most people don’t get to live like that in later life,no one will give you anything if the government or big pension people tell you 65 In reality they mean 50-55.
3 score years and 10 is a saying and it’s very accurate we all know it’s up to the individual but if you think you’ll live  long enough to spend it you are a fool,trust me Daz when some people sit down they don’t get up again m8.
Sit down and speak to a pensions-finance plum all they’ll say is but what about the kids etc,yeah but there in their 30s but that’s what I mean don’t you want them to be driving around in Range Rovers thanks to you 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[H MAN]

This doesn't sound that stupid after all.
Hilti Exo-S Exoskeleton while Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning - A Real Game-changer!!
https://youtu.be/SrwC7LBPGNw

[DJW]

Are you allowed to wear that in the nursing home?

[richard connett]

This doesn't sound that stupid after all.
Hilti Exo-S Exoskeleton while Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning - A Real Game-changer!![

I was hoping you could design an ergonomic handle for us h man. Not a full robot suit . Bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut

[AuRavelling79]

Well at age 64 I am still helping out Dan the Man when he gets behind on his work and here's my twopenn'orth.

Extreme poles. I use a 4 section 20ft for my everyday work and have a 25ft on board for anything that needs it. (Plus a 47)
As mentioned, 33m of reinforced pole hose at the start of my reel. Such a game changer over using just microbore.
6 hours a day with about 30 minutes of breaks (10/20/10) as the usual schedule but can do 7 or 8 if it means a day off the next day. Often 5 hours.

I stopped FSG (one or two bungalow customers an exception) and most conny roofs (except straightforward easy access customers) a couple of years back.

At the moment state pension age is 66 but you who are now over 45 and under 63 will be 67.

My daughter is home between universities (and gallivanting round the world) this summer and works with me three or four days a month at £12 per hour so that helps us both.

I plan on dropping back on some of the more awkward stuff come autumn and might even drop Xmas to February 1st this winter (except a handful of commercials)

I want to cut back to 3K a month turnover. It keeps creeping up towards 4K especially in April (schools) and was almost 5K this April which I don't need.

[richard connett]

Interesting about the 33m of pole hose. Which one are you using? I’d be worried about it not laying flat on paths etc and getting in a tangle. But I can see that the weight reduction could be good

[AuRavelling79]

Interesting about the 33m of pole hose. Which one are you using? I’d be worried about it not laying flat on paths etc and getting in a tangle. But I can see that the weight reduction could be good

Streamline red. Don't get much tangling. Though in winter I use warm water to soften hoses.

Modus operandi is I usually walk to the first 'pinch point', pull enough hose to hold in loops together to the farthest point and go to it paying it out as I go.

[H MAN]

This doesn't sound that stupid after all.
Hilti Exo-S Exoskeleton while Waterfed Pole Window Cleaning - A Real Game-changer!![

I was hoping you could design an ergonomic handle for us h man. Not a full robot suit . Bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Yes done this about 10years ago we called it Pole Control .
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK HOW THE HANDLE WAS PUT ON THE POLE.  SEE HOW IT WORKS
 Here we have made it so the Attachment can now Swivel Around the Pole and move Up/Down while Using your Pole.
Gives Great Power Transfer while have Complete Control of the of your Pole.
This would also be good you using  a gutter vac as the poles have bit larger diameter..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-PtPxNLF0