Been reading 'The Secret Barrister' and the entire system is absolutely off the rails gone. And that was published a few years back.
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Looking after yourself is something you can do to help with that though. If you work in a physical job there's nothing you can do to prevent the wear and tear - it's inevitable and ends up chronic.
Todays official revelations were very bad. Self inflicted life changing injuries on persons imprisoned because prison hospitals are full and there's a mental health crisis. Following the issue alls I could think about was the newborn baby they left to die in her mothers arms locked in a cell. Troubling times and those that have inflicted it from the top are to busy laughing about it to see the storm coming.
Sat at a desk all day leads to chronic problems also and I would suggest earlier. Never know, might sort the pension problem out
I'm 46 and my plan was to retire at 37 and live on a desert island with just a record player and a pub with cardboard cut out people for company.
Safe to say my plan has not gone to plan at all and as things stand, I should imagine I'll be working until I'm about 123.
Safe to say my plan has not gone to plan at all and as things stand, I should imagine I'll be working until I'm about 123.
You bought shares on Tuvalu didn't you.
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You could be forgiven believing that prison service is largely privatised and prisoner's mean profits!
Mr teresa may's G4S company involved somewhere. Yet sunak gets clobbered for his wife fathers tech company. And she dreamed up and implemented the Windrush scandal as home sec.
It's like people don't remember. "Yea yeah but boris likes a pint" - of course he does, he's the only bleeder can afford one and his job hardly keeps him to serious hours. The class system has been consumed by generation piss take. Get in, take the piss, and laugh yourself back to you banker pals. The victims you harm are just wokies that deserve it.
A storm coming.
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There’s some pros and cons.
I had to go back to a manual job in 2022 at the age of 34 and it was an unbelievable shock the body. The materials we were using were so heavy (22kg blocks etc.) it caused me a shoulder injury which took months to rectify. Fortunately my local surgery has a very good NHS physio who sorted it out.
I ended up going on my own and I underestimated how hard being both the labourer and builder would be. Most days my back, backside and legs are exhausted, but my mind is a lot healthier than it was in the corporate office/site based job. I feel younger in some ways, but older in others.
Had to go to the dentist for a root canal last week, due to there being "no NHS slots at all" where I live, when I left the RAF; I was a private patient. Meaning I had to pay £800 for the treatment, that was on top of the £129 for the appointment to diagnose it, £75 for the consultation, and then I had to book back in for a £49 check-up to determine if I needed a crown which I'll have to pay for as well.
I've been fortunate to benefit from free dental whilst in the RAF, but I've paid NI all my life yet I can't get NHS dentistry at all, ridiculous really.
I've been fortunate to benefit from free dental whilst in the RAF, but I've paid NI all my life yet I can't get NHS dentistry at all, ridiculous really.
New home and contents insurance arrived via email yesterday, gone up over 20% from last year. I despair for anyone trying to buy their first house particularly single people as you need 2 decent incomes just to survive now.
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Those are mental prices, even for private care. I am private too, my dentist is in Millbank (near Parliament) and looking at their price list is quite a bit cheaper than that (£795 is the maximum price for a root canal, and an appointment is £65 for diagnosis and consultation).
I work in an office and I honestly don't want to work beyond my next birthday (46). But I've got no real choice with the mortgage etc.
This is mostly due to apathy and ever increasing misanthropic intolerance of other people who dwell in offices. I don't care about your spreadsheet you've made solely to provide the impression you have a meaningful role.
I digress, the ideal is for those who want to continue working in some capacity to do so. Scaling back to p/t hours, doing voluntary work, or just a different type of job to get out of the house.
Another 35 years of feigning interest in spreadsheets and sneaking off to post on GOT as my sole daily pleasure. Ffs, shoot me now.
That was from MyDentist in Crosby for the initial diagnosis, then MyDentist in Formby for the treatment and back to Crosby for the Crown determination.
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