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Klean07

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Still cleaning windows at 75!
« on: March 10, 2018, 10:38:33 am »
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alank

  • Posts: 648
Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2018, 12:08:05 pm »
Fair play to him still getting out there earning a few quid meeting people fresh air etc  ;D there will be thousands of people who would gladly swop places with him ;D

dazmond

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2018, 12:20:19 pm »
personally i hope im as lucky as that guy.id love to still be cleaning windows at 75....even if its only 3 hours a day 2 days a week... :)
price higher/work harder!

Stoots

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2018, 12:21:50 pm »
I hope that's not me at 75.

If I'm doing that at 75 it means I will have done something wrong.

Actually that's not quite right, if I'm doing out of choice at that age that's fine (a little sad perhaps but fine) if I'm doing it out of nessecity then please kill me now.

dazmond

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2018, 12:33:39 pm »
I hope that's not me at 75.

If I'm doing that at 75 it means I will have done something wrong.

Actually that's not quite right, if I'm doing out of choice at that age that's fine (a little sad perhaps but fine) if I'm doing it out of nessecity then please kill me now.

i agree to a point..i dont think its sad that (if your fit enough)to carry on working when your older.why not?i wouldnt like to be riding a bike with a ladder on my shoulder though like that guy!! ::)roll ;D ;D
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jk999

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2018, 04:34:47 pm »
My dad's 78 this year and still cleaning Windows

Walter Mitty

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2018, 06:47:18 pm »
personally i hope im as lucky as that guy.id love to still be cleaning windows at 75....even if its only 3 hours a day 2 days a week... :)

Are you sure you could cope with the additional workload?

Bungle

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2018, 07:34:02 pm »
Probably still cleaning houses at 3 quid too.  Riding a bike carrying ladders too? Nutter.
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paul alan

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2018, 07:36:54 pm »
Probably still cleaning houses at 3 quid too.  Riding a bike carrying ladders too? Nutter.


To be fair to him,  riding the bike and carrying ladders is an achievement at 75. O r even just riding a bike is.

nathankaye

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2018, 07:49:52 pm »
Probably still cleaning houses at 3 quid too.  Riding a bike carrying ladders too? Nutter.


To be fair to him,  riding the bike and carrying ladders is an achievement at 75. O r even just riding a bike is.
Chances are hes one fit n healthy fellow.  Be a shame that his probably got a higher chance of being knocked of his bike riding like that, than he has a heart attack
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Klean07

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2018, 12:14:14 pm »
He asked me a couple of years ago if I wanted to buy some of his round. At first I was interested but when he told me how much he charges I quickly changed the subject! He does mostly terraced houses and only charges £2.50 a throw!
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Johnny B

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2018, 12:42:20 pm »
I will be 56 this year, and if I'm still fit enough or even alive at 75, I intend to keep working. 2 or 3 days a week would do me.

John
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Klean07

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2018, 12:53:18 pm »
I will be 56 this year, and if I'm still fit enough or even alive at 75, I intend to keep working. 2 or 3 days a week would do me.

John
I'm 60 this year though I don't feel it! Hope I'll still be able to get out and do a few when I'm his age!
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Dane

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2018, 03:11:13 pm »
At 29 I hope to have got to retirement by then... maybe Help my son the odd day if he takes over

AuRavelling79

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2018, 03:26:23 pm »
Old boy round my way was still cleaning windows at 83. Fell off a pointer and died.

Local shopkeeper used to pay him £2.50 a week to clean his two windows and a door - basically said he just rearranged the dirt but he hadn't the heart to sack him!

The old boy used to live in a council flat and went round in a 1983 Astra estate (this was in 2005/6) and his missus would sit in and do her knitting so they could keep each other company.

Guess how much he left in his will bearing in mind he owned no property?
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Shrek

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2018, 03:36:06 pm »
Old boy round my way was still cleaning windows at 83. Fell off a pointer and died.

Local shopkeeper used to pay him £2.50 a week to clean his two windows and a door - basically said he just rearranged the dirt but he hadn't the heart to sack him!

The old boy used to live in a council flat and went round in a 1983 Astra estate (this was in 2005/6) and his missus would sit in and do her knitting so they could keep each other company.

Guess how much he left in his will bearing in mind he owned no property?

1 million pounds

windowswashed

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2018, 05:09:22 pm »
My goal is to  buy a house in a warmer climate and forget windows  when I retire.  You only live once

Shrek

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2018, 05:14:19 pm »
My goal is to  buy a house in a warmer climate and forget windows  when I retire.  You only live once

Same here , I’m hoping to retire abroad. Hopefully retire at 68 , then relax near a nudist beach in spain

dazmond

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2018, 06:08:00 pm »
Old boy round my way was still cleaning windows at 83. Fell off a pointer and died.

Local shopkeeper used to pay him £2.50 a week to clean his two windows and a door - basically said he just rearranged the dirt but he hadn't the heart to sack him!

The old boy used to live in a council flat and went round in a 1983 Astra estate (this was in 2005/6) and his missus would sit in and do her knitting so they could keep each other company.

Guess how much he left in his will bearing in mind he owned no property?

£100,000?
price higher/work harder!

Slacky

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Re: Still cleaning windows at 75!
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2018, 06:32:47 pm »
then relax near a nudist beach in spain

You won't be relaxing if thats where you retire.