It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

Ireland BP win. It's still on

I do remember an item on a programme years ago and there was a man in England who had the house decorated full time all year round. The locals called him Mr Christmas I think and I think he even celebrated Christmas all year round.

Thats actually a little sad.

Getting ready now to go to a funeral, one of my best friends, his father passed away on Thursday. One of the sad things of getting to the age I'm at now is you start to lose Aunties and Uncles and your friends start to lose their parents.

I'm so lucky to have both parents still alive and because my kids are in their 20s they'll always remember their grandparents.

Best of luck to your Dad today, hope all goes well for him.

My Dad is 75 in June actually and he's in good health, Mam is 73 in May and she unfortunately is not great but she is being well looked after.

Having your grandparents is definitely a blessing! I'm in my late 30s and my last grandparent, my lovely Nana, only passed last summer. She's been a huge loss to us but it's been lovely to know that my children knew her & will hopefully have some good memories! My eldest niece is nearly 15 and when she was born, she had 4 grandparents & 7 great-grandparents. It's incredible when you think of it.

Had to scrape frost off the car which wasn't a surprise given how cold it got yesterday & last night, but the flip side was it was almost bright when I pulled into the office car park at just after 7am... bright mornings on the horizon!! (pardon the pun!)

My mother has Alzheimer's too, she also has Pulmonary Fibrosis so she takes a lot of minding. Have to say my father is absolutely brilliant, it's only when you get a bit older you realise how fragile we are though. When you're young you think you're invincible.

My plan is 60. So 8 more years and hopefully I'm done with 5.30am starts and 60 hour weeks.

Yes, absolutely. 2 more years to go on the mortgage so will have that off my back at 53 and will def revaluate my life/work balance.

I'd even take less money for a less stressful job or just rent the house out and use the money to rent a place in Spain, one can dream :)

All good with the oul lad, home with no issues.

Lost MiL to dementia nearly 3 years ago. It's a difficult one to watch.

I can live with the 5 days per week, just as long as its not a 12 hour day & it leaves me financially in a place where I'm not struggling on a state pension. I saw the 3 original owners in here reduce their workload & slowly step back in the last 2-3 years before we bought them out last year so my plan would be for something similar if possible. But with less time to take advantage financially may need to keep myself involved right up until the point I actually retire.

A means to an end basically.

I had to call into a pub where we were going to have a charity pub quiz to cancel because the Beast from the East had closed the country down. The owner didn't mind at all the bloody place was packed! 😄