tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post7677700540689051933..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: BEEHIVE INDUSTRIES (final)Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-75944631953838933972015-05-11T13:47:11.206+08:002015-05-11T13:47:11.206+08:00Thank you Delores, it has been my pleasure and the...Thank you Delores, it has been my pleasure and there is still a wee bit more to come before the final curtain.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-75399252135990466172015-05-11T13:46:32.161+08:002015-05-11T13:46:32.161+08:00I find most bust tours tiring, no matter what age....I find most bust tours tiring, no matter what age. It's the having to be up and dressed with your luggage outside your door so early in the morning (me being a late riser).<br />Mum seemed to take everything in her stride, as she did this bus tour and other journeys in Australia at defferent times.<br />I feel with the monetary problems all governments are having the time will come when the aging population will not be able to sit back and wait for pension age.<br />I only wish when Phil and I were working there were proper super schemes but there were not and certainly not for women.<br />We spent a few lean years before Phil reached pension age of 65 (he had taken voluntary redunancy, from a job in which he was unhappy. which back then didn't pay very much). He also lost money with super-type scheme he had with AMP. One of those wonderful financial advisers you hear so much about these days led him up the garden path. Our son also lost money because of AMP and he was only young then.<br />The world is only going to get worse economically and I fear for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren and wonder where their lives will lead, even though they are all of them quite intelligent.<br />Thanks for the Mum's day greetings. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-64711038741760768392015-05-11T13:14:20.017+08:002015-05-11T13:14:20.017+08:00I know mum went on for years regardless of the dis...I know mum went on for years regardless of the disability following that accident but I am sure there are many today, perhaps in a better physical condition, that continue well into their 70s and 80s.<br />It amazes me that older people are not sought for work because many of the young don't seem to give a damn. It's all about money and their work ethic is often missing. I remember when Phil was made to search for work in his 60s when in some type of pension. He would call businesses and when he told them his age they would quite often just laugh. Of course with the computer age many old people don't have that expertise so are not wanted.<br />With the government so much in debt following the constant borrowing of the previous government I can't see any government, regardless of party, being able to sustain the age pension as it is now. We had no super to speak of as it was so different in our day but people today need to be canny and try and save as much as they can and hopefully at least own their own home.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-64677244073530889232015-05-11T13:09:46.280+08:002015-05-11T13:09:46.280+08:00I truly think mum was inspired by her father and B...I truly think mum was inspired by her father and Bessie Rischbieth both of whom seemed to be tireless.<br />You are right about the current retirement age as you get a bonus from Centrelink if you work on beyond pension age.<br />I do think 70 too old but with the aging population older people are going to be in queer street if they've not been able to obtain a reasonable superannuation.<br />Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-3772573690813747952015-05-10T19:02:42.175+08:002015-05-10T19:02:42.175+08:00You've taken us on quite a journey with this s...You've taken us on quite a journey with this saga of your mothers life. Thank you for sharing it with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-68704463823767048642015-05-10T14:12:57.712+08:002015-05-10T14:12:57.712+08:00Hari OM
...ahh there is the reference point of Cen...Hari OM<br />...ahh there is the reference point of Central Australia; somehow that library page had gotten hold of that! What a grand tour to finish working life with - but I can tell you, I first came to OZ in the 1980's and did the Perth to Sydney in the 'figure of 8' - and boy was that tiring... for we twenty-somethings! <br /><br />Of course the main reason the gov't changed the retirement age was so that (they hope) they don't have to pay out pensions so early... if at all.... it's happening all over the world. Yes there are folk who would rather continue working, but not that many really and part of the reason for putting in all the years is to reap some benefit at the end. There's a whole bunch of us who fall in the crack between state and superann and neither will really keep things afloat. ....sigh... but that's a whole other soapbox! <br /><br />Happy Mum's Day Everyone.... YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-28149625297496127392015-05-10T13:52:48.866+08:002015-05-10T13:52:48.866+08:00I'm echoing Elephant's Child, your mum was...I'm echoing Elephant's Child, your mum was exceptional. she is right too, in that not everyone can work that long, I couldn't and am still too young to apply for the age pension. I'm getting by on a part pension and being thankful I don't drink or smoke or gamble. <br />employers reluctant to take on older workers? Yes, definitely and even in the volunteer field as I found out when I was unemployed for three years and not yet 50, no volunteer organisations wanted to take me on. I fear it would be harder now, with so many younger people available to them.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-21270190910279318622015-05-10T11:45:59.224+08:002015-05-10T11:45:59.224+08:00Your mother was exceptional, and I doubt that many...Your mother was exceptional, and I doubt that many people have a fraction of her energy and her drive.<br />I am worried by the new retirement ages. Not everyone can work that long, and employers are reluctant to take on older workers. The current retirement age doesn't force anyone to give up work if they have it and are ready and able to continue.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com