I notice there are a lot of retiree’s on here … guess what, I am also retired! After 40 years with one well known tractor manufacturer based in essex I was offered redundancy and early retirement. I was a technical author writing repair manuals etc. It was good, kept my hand in technically but didn’t have too get too dirty either! Only get dirty playing with the mx5 now.
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Not entirely sure what my role is classed as, as the US company i work for move the goal posts so often. Currently in User Success building Learning content and platforms to deliver it to our user base.
Yukkkkk! I’d rather be totally bald than look like that! 
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I know I have heard several people down the years say that if you have a trade you will always find work. Particularly as a plasterer or plumber…
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Motor factors telesales for the last 30 years …but don’t ask/expect me to fit anything, useless with a spanner😄
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I remember as a 10 year old moving to a small country school. One of the first questions I was asked was “what is your favorite tractor?”. At the time I had no clue there were different ones. But I learnt that blue ones were fords, red ones Massey Ferguson, green ones John Deere and I think that was it…
At the time - in the late 70’s, I think everyone had a red one…
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After 48 years as a firefighter (23 years RAF fireman, 25 years MOD firefighter) I finally hung my helmet up and now working as a office furniture assembler. Apart from my own MX5 I have the pleasure of keeping my Wifes MX5 filled with petrol, tyres pressures checked, cleaned etc.
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Totally agree 
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I very reluctantly I trimmed my wife’s fringe during Lockdown 1, so I must be the guilty hairdresser…
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Well there has to be one I suppose.
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I would say that you are not classed as a hairdresser unless she asks you to do another cut… then you are an official hairdresser and have a job for life!!!
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Think of it as a badge of honour my wife would never let me near her hair to cut it .
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Test Driver for a well known 4x4/car manufacturer
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Local Government Officer - specialising in Purchasing, Contracts & the general management of the supply chain for goods & services provided to the Council.
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I’m a HGV driver,almost 49.5 drive a Audi S5 as my daily,have a 2007 NC 1.8 as my weekend car,lovingly sat under a cover in the drive…sadly only 2k done this year with only 1 road trip:cry:
I had similar advice in 1970, got an apprenticeship as a “street mason & pavior” City & Guilds ( although my indentures say Stone mason) and just worked my way through to I.Eng qualified. How lucky was I as the apprenticeship thing remained in name only really, not too many years after that. Happy days!
Barrie
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Forgive me, I’ve got started on a nice enough bottle of Shiraz, I read your post and thought you’d trimmed something else! 
report or delete as necessary!
Barrie
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Ordnance Survey Cartographer/Surveyor/Photogrammetrist/Geomatician/Production Manager/Product Manager. V early retirement after 36 years (I started at 16).
Now a lovely stress-free role in small Student office at an Art College.
And my hairdresser drives an NC convertible. 
Yes good vocational jobs were easier to come by then Barrie our generation was very lucky in that respect I think. Not so easy for young people today to start off in life with a good job. Regards Bob.
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You guys sound like the sort of couple I’d have decent conversations with!
Darren.