Is 70years old , too old.

[Iron Giant]

he seemed to enjoy the company.

But did anyone enjoy his

 

[Iron Giant]

7 days a week of work?
What a waste of a life
I’m 55 and I’m down to 4 full days now. that’s plenty, I have other more enjoyable stuff to do.

I'm 49 years old and have been down to a 4 day week for over 6 months, more to life than working, got to enjoy life while we can

 

[steve garwood]

Find a job you love and you'll never work another day in your life they say. Scottish was always on 7 days, he seemed to enjoy the company.

Just my opinion, but anyone working 7 days a week when they don’t need the money is a bit of a saddo.
So many things in this life better than working

 

[P4dstar]

But did anyone enjoy his

Thats where it all falls to pieces

 

[P4dstar]

Just my opinion, but anyone working 7 days a week when they don’t need the money is a bit of a saddo.
So many things in this life better than working

I feel like that personally but everyone is different. Each to their own I say.

 

[Col]

Turned 60 the other week.
39 years on the glass and 36 years self employed.

I work 6 mornings a week.
Weather permitting.

Leave the house around 8.45 am and miss the worse of the rush hour traffic and aim to be home around 1.30 pm each day.
Mostly Trad which i prefer but have van with WFP and each week changes with booked in jobs and a few days regular weekly and monthly jobs.
Saturday mornings are easier for city centre jobs for parking and i work the odd sunday morning.
Some customers i have i have known for over 30 years and now clean their childrens houses and in some cases their grandchildren.
Did my dinger in when younger and chased the pound and still remember the 12 hour shifts every friday with going collecting in the evenings.

My biggest fear is having to give it up and spend restless nights trying to get to sleep thinking what the hell i am going to do with myself the next day.
Keeps me fit and with walking my dogs a good way to keep active in mind and body and a good way to avoid the wife and probably the secret for a long and happy marriage.

Age is just a number a long as my knees hold out.

 

[adamangler]

Im down to 3 days a week since new year. Im 43, decided enough was enough slogging through each day miserable with this job. The winters are long and depressing and the body is feeling the toll of 10 years lifting a pole up and down... tennis elbow, constant hand and wrist pain and the shoulders...

I feel a lot better working a 3 day week, its given me the energy to get back to the gym and start exercising again, i couldnt be bothered after a days work in the past.

Money really isnt that important when you are just plain fed up, no doubt i suffer from bouts of depression but the solitarty nature of the job and the weather and monotony had burned me out.

 

[Pjj]

Im down to 3 days a week since new year. Im 43, decided enough was enough slogging through each day miserable with this job. The winters are long and depressing and the body is feeling the toll of 10 years lifting a pole up and down... tennis elbow, constant hand and wrist pain and the shoulders...

I feel a lot better working a 3 day week, its given me the energy to get back to the gym and start exercising again, i couldnt be bothered after a days work in the past.

Money really isnt that important when you are just plain fed up, no doubt i suffer from bouts of depression but the solitarty nature of the job and the weather and monotony had burned me out.

Sounds like you could do with a change of job ? Don’t understand why you have so many physical issues using the pole I’ve been using WFP for 22 years 5 days a week and don’t have any of those issues , does your technique need adapting?

 

[Iron Giant]

Im down to 3 days a week since new year. Im 43, decided enough was enough slogging through each day miserable with this job. The winters are long and depressing and the body is feeling the toll of 10 years lifting a pole up and down... tennis elbow, constant hand and wrist pain and the shoulders...

I feel a lot better working a 3 day week, its given me the energy to get back to the gym and start exercising again, i couldnt be bothered after a days work in the past.

Money really isnt that important when you are just plain fed up, no doubt i suffer from bouts of depression but the solitarty nature of the job and the weather and monotony had burned me out.

You mentioned in the past maybe last year or longer than that, that you ain't too happy with window cleaning it might be time to consider wrapping it all in, a lad I knew a good few years ago would nearly always be complaining about his business and been fed up surprisingly I spoke to someone the other week who said he had wrapped it in a few years ago,
the
depression I get it, I struggle with my mental health at times and it's no picnic being out at work in crappy weather, for the last few years I decided to buy some earbuds and I listen to music all day long at work this has definitely helped with how I feel at work, 25 years of working on my own it isn't for everyone, but I'd never go work for someone and get low paid and have to work 5 days a week

 

[adamangler]

Sounds like you could do with a change of job ? Don’t understand why you have so many physical issues using the pole I’ve been using WFP for 22 years 5 days a week and don’t have any of those issues , does your technique need adapting?

Everyones body is different I guess. I've done manual labour since I was 16 before manual handling guidelines where a thing we were just flogged like dogs. I just think I've took a hammering or maybe its arthritis.

It's definitely not just me I used to work with a lad who had constant shoulder pain and he was 10 years younger than me.

Just the other day I was talking to a window cleaner doing next doors and he said he had the same issues with his wrists and elbow.

 

[dazmond]

At 43 your not old Adam but it sounds like your body is failing you already. I agree that smart working is the way forward when your doing an active,outdoor job but if your working 3 day weeks now and suffering it's time to think about selling up and moving onto something else...

The key here is you hate cleaning windows,you always have,you admit you don't like talking to your customers either....

I've got 8 jobs to clean today 5 houses,2 children's homes and a car showroom. I'm gonna start at 930am and I'll be finished for 3pm,£289....To me that's heaven!

Yesterday was even better! I did 4 hours work at £85 an hour so £340.(3 offices,narrow boat clubhouse,4 large houses)

Where else can you earn £600+ for 9 hours of actually work/cleaning

No work colleagues that irritate you,listen to radio/music/audiobook while you work,fresh air and exercise....its a fantastic job IMO

By 4pm I'll have my feet up with a brew and plenty of energy for my gym session at 8pm. I'm also 10 years older than you(53).

 

[dazmond]

No ladder climbing or collecting anymore like the so called ' good old days'.....window cleaning is so much easier in 2025 than when I started in 1993.

 

[steve garwood]

At 43 your not old Adam but it sounds like your body is failing you already. I agree that smart working is the way forward when your doing an active,outdoor job but if your working 3 day weeks now and suffering it's time to think about selling up and moving onto something else...

The key here is you hate cleaning windows,you always have,you admit you don't like talking to your customers either....

I've got 8 jobs to clean today 5 houses,2 children's homes and a car showroom. I'm gonna start at 930am and I'll be finished for 3pm,£289....To me that's heaven!

Yesterday was even better! I did 4 hours work at £85 an hour so £340.(3 offices,narrow boat clubhouse,4 large houses)

Where else can you earn £600+ for 9 hours of actually work/cleaning

No work colleagues that irritate you,listen to radio/music/audiobook while you work,fresh air and exercise....its a fantastic job IMO

By 4pm I'll have my feet up with a brew and plenty of energy for my gym session at 8pm. I'm also 10 years older than you(53).

Just a post full of boasting .

Thought Scottish had come back for a minute

 

[P4dstar]

Everyones body is different I guess. I've done manual labour since I was 16 before manual handling guidelines where a thing we were just flogged like dogs. I just think I've took a hammering or maybe its arthritis.

It's definitely not just me I used to work with a lad who had constant shoulder pain and he was 10 years younger than me.

Just the other day I was talking to a window cleaner doing next doors and he said he had the same issues with his wrists and elbow.

You've gotta look outside the box on this one. Dietary changes, get your vitamin levels checked and take supplements. There are people who claim to have cured arthritis and even types of cancer with the Keto diet for example. It has pushed me to try it and it has cured my dermatitis. My hands used to be so sore and cracked I couldn't hold the pole some days. Not saying that specific diet is for you, I did it because it reduces inflammation. Worth considering some holistic stuff and health changes though.

 

[spruce]

You've gotta look outside the box on this one. Dietary changes, get your vitamin levels checked and take supplements. There are people who claim to have cured arthritis and even types of cancer with the Keto diet for example. It has pushed me to try it and it has cured my dermatitis. My hands used to be so sore and cracked I couldn't hold the pole some days. Not saying that specific diet is for you, I did it because it reduces inflammation. Worth considering some holistic stuff and health changes though.

Our diabetic nurse practitioner recommended the Keto diet for me. So far, reducing carbs has helped me control my blood sugars along with a daily Metforim tablet. It saved me from Insulin injections they were going to start me on straight away.

So pasta, rice, biscuits and bread are totally off the menu as is chocolate. Morning Granola cereal breakfast has also gone, just a few nuts replaces that.

We will see if the carb reduced diet has made an impression on my prostate cancer in the next few months.