CONFUSED OLDIE
PostPosted:Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:36 am
As you get older you will come up against ageism.
Most people under 30 think everyone over 60 is ancient and brain dead--that is until they reach 60 and are then assumed brain dead themselves.
I recently made enquiries ref car hire--as I wanted to fly north and then hire a car, I have my own vehicle at home which i"ve managed to drive with only a couple of minor knocks--last one 30 years ago -AND IT WASN"t MY FAULT-"onest.
The age limit varies --70-72-75-78 . BUT at Enterprise no age limit--if you have a license they will rent you a car.
At our club some insures have an age limit on hiring.
One aircraft is 75 another is72. Again as with car hire some insurers assume if you pass your medical you"re ok.
On the plus side you get free prescriptions--bus pass(if you want to sit on a bumpy bus with screaming kids).
OAP lunches--which I don"t ask for.. and at xmas you get a fuel allowance £100 or over 80 £200--certainly helps to top up the cherokee---You mean it"s not for the plane !!!
I recently had a "senior drivers check up". As according to my wife I never drive at the right speed--the day I did she wasn"t with me,
Any way this ex plod driving instructor turns up--"and who"s idea is it ROG said he. Mine -quoth I.
AND WHAT IS YOUR USUAL DRIVE--
ME--to the local airport
him--whys that
ME- I keep my plane there
At this point he obviouly thought -this poor old s*d thinks he"s got a plane. Easyjet or similar
Anyway after a short drive -got there saw plane and he realised I hadnt quite gone--big change in attitude.
Trust you"ve not gone to sleep reading this --
As these call centre staff say on the phone--"how did I do"
Most people under 30 think everyone over 60 is ancient and brain dead--that is until they reach 60 and are then assumed brain dead themselves.
I recently made enquiries ref car hire--as I wanted to fly north and then hire a car, I have my own vehicle at home which i"ve managed to drive with only a couple of minor knocks--last one 30 years ago -AND IT WASN"t MY FAULT-"onest.
The age limit varies --70-72-75-78 . BUT at Enterprise no age limit--if you have a license they will rent you a car.
At our club some insures have an age limit on hiring.
One aircraft is 75 another is72. Again as with car hire some insurers assume if you pass your medical you"re ok.
On the plus side you get free prescriptions--bus pass(if you want to sit on a bumpy bus with screaming kids).
OAP lunches--which I don"t ask for.. and at xmas you get a fuel allowance £100 or over 80 £200--certainly helps to top up the cherokee---You mean it"s not for the plane !!!
I recently had a "senior drivers check up". As according to my wife I never drive at the right speed--the day I did she wasn"t with me,
Any way this ex plod driving instructor turns up--"and who"s idea is it ROG said he. Mine -quoth I.
AND WHAT IS YOUR USUAL DRIVE--
ME--to the local airport
him--whys that
ME- I keep my plane there
At this point he obviouly thought -this poor old s*d thinks he"s got a plane. Easyjet or similar
Anyway after a short drive -got there saw plane and he realised I hadnt quite gone--big change in attitude.
Trust you"ve not gone to sleep reading this --
As these call centre staff say on the phone--"how did I do"