Bus pass time!
Well that's it I have reached the age that I can apply for my bus pass! Does it hurt when things start dropping off me? Do I qualify as a grumpy old man or is there a form to be filled in?
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I've found that the ground is much lower than it used to be.
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Congrats Robsail you are now officially what is known as an old Fa?T as for grumpy old man that's up to you , but it's deffinatly how the young whippersnappers will see you
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Congratulations if that's the right word.
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It;'s a sign of your level of decrepitude when you get offered a seat. It's a bit sobering the first time it happens.
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I've found that the ground is much lower than it used to be.
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But it is much more difficult to get up from it.
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We rarely use buses (our bus pass age keeps slipping backwards) but we used the courtesy bus from the car park to the house at Waddesdon Manor.
Two young lads got up and offered us their seats. I suddenly felt very old......
ours too.....
mine was originally 60, the age our pals got theirs....then ours went back to 'your normal retirement age'.....so mine went out to 65....OH to 67.....by which time I'll be 72!
luckily legs and lungs still in decent working order...
we were at Bath Marina site, got on at the P&R and, despite scores of people travelling, jumping on and off, we were the only two that actually paid..
..students, old(er) folk, those 'less well off' etc....all flashing some piece of plastic or another...
We get ours at 60 in Scotland
don't often use it locally but it comes in handy when away with the van But it is much more difficult to get up from it.
Isn't that true
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I have had mine for 14 years now, but rarely use it.
Came in handy when visiting Edinburgh, and use it when taking the car(s) to be serviced.
Takes a very long time to travel 10 miles across the city by bus.
Write your comments here...I find it a nice change to let somebody else drive now and then, and the jouney's that we undertake by bus (Cornwall), it is also pleasant to sit upstairs on the bus and see the countryside that you never see as a driver.
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Saves a fortune in parking charges when going to the hospital
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I've found that the ground is much lower than it used to be.
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But it is much more difficult to get up from it.
have you tried getting up from a deckchair? known as an OAP trap in our house
we like our bus passes because they extend our walking scope. Bus out to furthest point, walk back. Do tend to only use them out of rush hour though!
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Ah well Kj, if you become a motorhomer you might find your bus pass is used a bit more.
Hmm, I remember 21st birthdays and the "key to the door" now it's the bus pass!
Indeed, but it would be far more useful if the bus pass scheme was UK wide.
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I have had mine for 14 years now, but rarely use it.
Came in handy when visiting Edinburgh, and use it when taking the car(s) to be serviced.
Takes a very long time to travel 10 miles across the city by bus.
Write your comments here...I find it a nice change to let somebody else drive now and then, and the jouney's that we undertake by bus (Cornwall), it is also pleasant to sit upstairs on the bus and see the countryside that you never see as a driver.
We would use ours far more if there were actually regular buses that went into town, Getting from here into the centre of Glasgow involves 2 buses, takes well over an hour, and is only a distance of about 7 miles.
If we go into town we either drive and park, or drive to our daughter's house and get the bus from there.
Taking the car to be serviced, to get home (or back to the garage) involves a 10 minute walk at one end, 2 buses and then the necessity for a lift from bus to house.
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