 Crimbo Day falls on a Tuesday this year. So in the true spirit of Christmas, is your company/Firm allowing you to have the Monday off as an extra holliday with pay?
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 Not only do I get the Monday off they give me an extra £10 to spend as I like. Sometimes it's not too bad being an O.A.P.
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 No....but thats not surprising as i'm a domestic appliance engineer for Bosch/Neff/Siemens and people need their ovens working for xmas day . Although you'd be surprised by the number of lazy buggers who get all worked up when their dishwasher is on the blink ( Errr....washing up liquid and hot water anyone ? ) December 24th can be one of our busiest days  We are being given a an extra days holiday though in lieu.......as all the sales/admin/office people ARE getting Xmas eve off 
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Foxtrot Oscar teddy! How much of that will you be squirrelling away in the Peak Freans bicuit tin under the bed where nobody will think of looking? Don't forget to stock up on polo mints either. Hahahaaaa.
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 Ah NomadPaul, I have a job for you. New halogen ring on our Zanussi cooker. Are they easy to replace?
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 baz are we going to be treated to a new years joke ??
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Woody , i don't work on Zanussi equipment but i know a site where you can get lots of very good advice from a bunch of very experienced and helpful guys. Whitegoods advice forum
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 I will be off for Christmas day and Boxing Day, thats it, back to work, off New years Day back to work. I work for myself but have so much work booked in i am knocking my nuts off to try and get a days fishing in. 4 days off in the last 7 months, 2 of them cos i fell off some steps. The other two i went to fish ins. Worked this morning 7am to 1 pm back tonight 10 pm to 8 am.
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Not very nice Baz. A little respect for your elders and Betters wouldn't go amiss and who the bloody hell told you where I keep my money? 
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Matt. Are you saying that you don't know what my New Years Day joke is? A good frosty spell is what I need. On New Years Eve, I will throw a bucket of water on the pavement outside the club, where they are haveing an o.a.p's party. With a bit of luck it will be solid ice by the time they come out at midnight. I look forward every year to watch them all going ar$e over tit after spending their £10 christmas bonus's.
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sounds to me like a bit of the green eyed moster here baz. I don't think I should tell you about the £200 heating allowance us SENIOR citizens have just had. I think I might buy a few cases of scotch with mine, after all it is a heating allowance. By the way, any more insults and I will report you to Graham. In case you didn't know, he's one of us.
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I know all about your heating allowence teddy boy. What's insulting about ferrying pensioners back and to from the outpatients with their broken bones? Out of the kindness of my heart, I only charge them a pound a mile. And a £5 waiting charge for them, while the surgeon or doctor is giveing them a seeing to. I'm no different, and I also give them a seeing to. And in the true christmas spirit, I do it in a Santa outfit.
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Baz lets make it a FM night out! I can't wait, pay back for the miserable old sods that used to put salt on my slide when I was a kid.
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If your making it an official night out I'll have two tickets so long as there's a discount. I've got to save a few bob to pay for my licence in March. I think it's daylight robbery now that it's nearly £15. 
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 Teddy -I think we should also get a discount on our TV licence at age 65 --not have to wait until we are 75 for it ..... I got back from America and there was my £200 heating allowance notice waiting for me -- I might have to use it for a flight to somewhere warm .....
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Good Idea Matt. Frisk them for contrband spam and tripe butties they have hidden in their handbags and inside their gaberdine macs as they come through the door. Only pensioners with incontinence pants on will be allowed in. We can hold a raffle, and the first 50 winners can volounteer to acompany me onto the snooker table as I give a display of ancient Nuba stick fighting. You are welcome to attend teddy. There will be two free raffle tickets included in your entrance fee.
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Might come with you Ed do you reckon my Porche would be safe if i leave it at John Lennon Airport?
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Not now that you have told him where it will be it won't.
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"I think we should also get a discount on our TV licence at age 65" Why not? at that age OAPs go to sleep through most of the programmes that are on.
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Very kind of you Baz. Would you mind cutting the crusts off my butties?  These new teeth aren't run in properley yet.
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