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<blockquote data-quote="GJP48" data-source="post: 2541261" data-attributes="member: 418060"><p>Hi I’m Gail. I’m 68 and live in Leeds. I spent most of my career years working for O2 as a field sales business manager, but now I’m retired I just work part time as a carer, and I took the wrong path,as this is the career path I should’ve taken back in my youth…..but I much prefer part time hours!</p><p>my kids are grown, in fact my 3 grandkids are fully grown too. I also mentor a young lady that I met when I managed the local food bank a few years ago.</p><p>she was an abused downtrodden young girl of 17, who life had dealt with several bad hands, but I’ve nurtured her through the last few years, and now she has a chile(Lelovely home of her own, I’ve taught her to decorate, and we have built her dself esteem, and she is now a happy young lady of 21, with hopes and dreams of her own. It’s wonderful to see despair changed into hopes and plans for the future, and he treats me like a mum, as her own wasn’t a good one.Now we just have to get her into work, then my job is done. I used to be a church go-er, when I lived in Pontefract, but since moving to Leeds I’ve tried many, but haven’t found one yet that i feel comfortable enough in to make my permanent church.</p><p>I don’t have much spare time now I’m working again,but when I have I’m an avid reader- of fiction mainly( I get through about 3 books a week) and in the winter I’m also an avid knitter…….although there’s no kids left in my family now, which is a shame as I prefer to knit smaller stuff. I used to go to a local choir, but there were too many 18th century folk songs, which didn’t do much for me, so I gave it up. I like Crime thriller books. Jack Reacher books are some of my favourites, but any Jack Reacher fans will surely agree that Tom Cruise was a poor choice for the Reacher movie. I’ve recently watched the Reacher series on Netflix, and that was a perfect choice to play Reacher. Cruise was a pretty boy, and Reacher definitely isn’t. I’m a big fan of Jamaica- used to holiday there quite often, but since my retirement I don’t miss holidays now.. To be honest my last holiday was over 10 years ago, but since retiring I’ve time not felt that need to escape. I think it was career pressure that used to make me desperate for a holiday. Im Currently waiting for a new knee, but no idea how long that will take, so I’m just careful. I’ve been type 2 for over 10 years, and for many years I’ve had a very sweet tooth, but for some reason when the weather got hot, my appetite disappeared. I’m drinking lots, but eating very little, and strangely enough I’ve lost my sweet tooth! So for the first time in years I’m getting healthy blood sugar results….amazing! </p><p>sometimes I think- now I’m 68- what’s the point, I should just stay home and fade away quietly, but other times I want to fight my way back to the old me.</p><p>and right now my sky is broken, they won’t repair it, and want me to upgrade to sky Q, but I must take “2” ! If I insist on only 1, then I have to pay 29.99 for it!</p><p>how ridiculous is that? And my Freeview tv is just over 12 months old, and the picture keeps breaking up, so most of the time I have nothing to watch. And without my tv I’m so restless- it’s like I can’t live without it. Some may need a defibrillator, but I just need a well behaved tv!</p><p>anyway, nice to meet you, and maybe we will touch base in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GJP48, post: 2541261, member: 418060"] Hi I’m Gail. I’m 68 and live in Leeds. I spent most of my career years working for O2 as a field sales business manager, but now I’m retired I just work part time as a carer, and I took the wrong path,as this is the career path I should’ve taken back in my youth…..but I much prefer part time hours! my kids are grown, in fact my 3 grandkids are fully grown too. I also mentor a young lady that I met when I managed the local food bank a few years ago. she was an abused downtrodden young girl of 17, who life had dealt with several bad hands, but I’ve nurtured her through the last few years, and now she has a chile(Lelovely home of her own, I’ve taught her to decorate, and we have built her dself esteem, and she is now a happy young lady of 21, with hopes and dreams of her own. It’s wonderful to see despair changed into hopes and plans for the future, and he treats me like a mum, as her own wasn’t a good one.Now we just have to get her into work, then my job is done. I used to be a church go-er, when I lived in Pontefract, but since moving to Leeds I’ve tried many, but haven’t found one yet that i feel comfortable enough in to make my permanent church. I don’t have much spare time now I’m working again,but when I have I’m an avid reader- of fiction mainly( I get through about 3 books a week) and in the winter I’m also an avid knitter…….although there’s no kids left in my family now, which is a shame as I prefer to knit smaller stuff. I used to go to a local choir, but there were too many 18th century folk songs, which didn’t do much for me, so I gave it up. I like Crime thriller books. Jack Reacher books are some of my favourites, but any Jack Reacher fans will surely agree that Tom Cruise was a poor choice for the Reacher movie. I’ve recently watched the Reacher series on Netflix, and that was a perfect choice to play Reacher. Cruise was a pretty boy, and Reacher definitely isn’t. I’m a big fan of Jamaica- used to holiday there quite often, but since my retirement I don’t miss holidays now.. To be honest my last holiday was over 10 years ago, but since retiring I’ve time not felt that need to escape. I think it was career pressure that used to make me desperate for a holiday. Im Currently waiting for a new knee, but no idea how long that will take, so I’m just careful. I’ve been type 2 for over 10 years, and for many years I’ve had a very sweet tooth, but for some reason when the weather got hot, my appetite disappeared. I’m drinking lots, but eating very little, and strangely enough I’ve lost my sweet tooth! So for the first time in years I’m getting healthy blood sugar results….amazing! sometimes I think- now I’m 68- what’s the point, I should just stay home and fade away quietly, but other times I want to fight my way back to the old me. and right now my sky is broken, they won’t repair it, and want me to upgrade to sky Q, but I must take “2” ! If I insist on only 1, then I have to pay 29.99 for it! how ridiculous is that? And my Freeview tv is just over 12 months old, and the picture keeps breaking up, so most of the time I have nothing to watch. And without my tv I’m so restless- it’s like I can’t live without it. Some may need a defibrillator, but I just need a well behaved tv! anyway, nice to meet you, and maybe we will touch base in the future. [/QUOTE]
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