tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post1327108931571909830..comments2024-03-26T17:44:57.006+00:00Comments on Unthought of, though, somehow: Old FriendsThe Swedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-70280396701599098112020-02-15T09:26:05.631+00:002020-02-15T09:26:05.631+00:00Ah TS - After leaving my last comment I realised I...Ah TS - After leaving my last comment I realised I'd perhaps been a bit insensitive so sorry about that. As for the pensions, we're kind of in the same boat as I've mainly worked part-time for the last 25 years and Mr WIAA is a sculptor, so pensions were never really on his mind. We do have a massive "pension pot" of old (and new) friends however - Once all the kids grow up, and the mortgage is paid off, there should be more time for these kind of catch-ups. Let's hope so anyway. Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-29178452998560715992020-02-14T21:22:28.835+00:002020-02-14T21:22:28.835+00:00Thanks Alyson. I foolishly decided to let tomorrow...Thanks Alyson. I foolishly decided to let tomorrow take care of itself, financially speaking and never got a pension sorted out for myself when I was young. Now tomorrow is here and I can see myself having to work well into my s*******s, let alone my s****s!<br /><br />That sounds great Walter. I hope me and my pals make it a regular thing too.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-44935350975824301962020-02-13T21:54:00.539+00:002020-02-13T21:54:00.539+00:00It is the same to me Swede. In the very early 80&#...It is the same to me Swede. In the very early 80's me and a couple of mates started to play football for our favorite pub. We knew each others since a long time when we played in our club when we were kids but lost each one when we grew up. We had a reunion and played together for almost one decade and then went for our own roads. Almost a year ago we met by chance and had a wonderful evening drinking and talking about old times. I surely can imagine what happened to you. Since our last gathering we meet every second Friday in month to sit together having lots of fun. Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405547349428737250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-27927672601342993782020-02-13T16:49:50.713+00:002020-02-13T16:49:50.713+00:00How lovely to have managed a get-together after al...How lovely to have managed a get-together after all these years. I've met up with a fair few old friends of late and as you say, we are all essentially the same people, it's just that we now soak our oats as opposed to.... well you know.<br /><br />Going forward (I'm not that far behind you on the big birthday front), there should be more time to arrange such things, and I remember my in-laws saying they really enjoyed their s****s (can bear to type it out) for that very reason - Then again they did get pretty good pensions at a much younger age! Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-21243739411203503832020-02-13T12:45:29.768+00:002020-02-13T12:45:29.768+00:00It probably would've been in 1980.It probably would've been in 1980.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-81814133152685222002020-02-13T12:34:08.285+00:002020-02-13T12:34:08.285+00:00Soaking rolled oats overnight is a euphemism, righ...Soaking rolled oats overnight is a euphemism, right?John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.com