What about picking up and delivering hire vehicles . Most offer to drop off cars at customers location and collect them at the end of rental. Call a few up see if they want anyone or if they can take your details for possible ad-hock jobs to cover others
Ooooohhhhh, I’m not sure I could be that sombre for over an hour or so. I think it would take a certain mind set perhaps. I’ve actually had a chill run down my back just thinking about it right now. Ozziedog,,,,,,,all power to those that can
Yup, big time. This is another western front of mine in life’s gradual battle against the evil forces of Mrs Ozziedog and her coven of mateygals. We’ve disagreed to agree about us not having a dog if you get my drift. Also have a friend that has a dog walking and pet attending service that I could possibly get involved with. My original plan was to go to any dog pound on retirement and take on one or two of the residents that had been there longest and see if they’d like to finish up with me and go camping a lot. Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, the evil forces are still mustered at present
I thought initially that was aimed at me as I’d forgotten somebody else messed around with trees. That is also one of my occasional hobbies of grabbing seeds from trees I like and chucking them in with my flowers and to see what grows out of it. I plant trees along the ring road by me and anywhere else I think might look better with a tree. So if you see me broken down on the motorway, I don’t usually break down, but I might be plonking a tree in somewhere. Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, struggling with my monkey puzzle at the mo.
Anyway,,,,,, with all your encouragement and suggestions, I’ve delved into the murky world of the internet advisors on Plantar Fasciitis and come away with a different understanding. All of my previous attempts to get help by going private with the podiatrist, seeing the blood pressure and circulation peeps in the hospital, having X rays of various bits and bobs, and talking to various specialist nurses etc etc. All of my previous attempts seemed doomed to failure as if this was not sortable and that was the attitude I’d gotten from all I’d met and was under the impression that I’d be stuck with it for life. Well,,,, with the help on here and the pointing out of various peeps on the internet and listening to all and sundry, it would seem that this isn’t a ‘thing’ that I’ll carry to the grave, and with a modicum of determination I should be able to sort it out and keep doing what I was doing. I’ve listened to all the inputs thus far and as I understand it, this thing is very very similar to tennis elbow but at the underside of the foot, it’s not muscular damage as such but more of the stuff joining it all together. Some of the peeps on the net had fantastic ideas and how to do things but, they were primarily physios and in great shape and very flexible. So,, when they just sat down and threw one of their feet onto the opposite knee to show what to do, I’m thinking, that’s exactly what I used to do,,,,, when I was seven or eight. Then I watched some other videos that dub&dubber set me on then I started to form an Ozziedog action plan on fixing Planty F but something that’s doable not impossible. The gist of it seems to be that we sleep with our feet in the droopy position, then we get up and stand on em and crick the Plantydoodah thing straight off every morning. Loads of ideas on various stretching out exercises on the net, but they all involved getting out of bed and using the wall or skirtings etc. So this morning, I’d started to do the massaging of the calves using my top of the foot, I massaged each foot in turn again using the top of my foot to stretch/ rub/ smooth the underside with the opposite foot and spent twenty minutes doing it and the best bit is it was easy as I was still in bed, so exercising or getting up? Exercises won this morning. Slide out of bed and continue stretching my calves up against the chest of drawers then wander off to the bathroom on the feet balls. Got some voltarol but only on the inside of the heels but just the shop bought stuff Soggz, and then have some cornyflakes and coffee and fill you guys in on what seems so far to be remarkable progress already. I’ve bought several sets of shoe inserts, I’ve worn several different trainers like Nike air max, and Addidas lightweight’s etc etc all to no avail so far, but I’ll pop out this arvo and get some revolutions because if they only help one percent, it’s some help and I’m sure a new set of trainers will come in handy anyhow as I’ll need some new ones some day anyhow. So heartfelt thanks to all contributors as I’m back to being generally positive again. Ozziedog,,,,,,,, off out for a bit on my spinny bike in the garage P.S. I’m back already
Do ya think I’d be a good actooorrrr then Dicky? He did play that part ever so well. Ozziedog,,,,,,,, I struggle with my own accent with these new teeth
Lol... you could give it a go! Nice to see someone trying to help themselves but it can be a bit soul destroying when the quacks cant get you sorted. Been on the physio and scans routine meself for a couple of years and get to a point where im ok but then it turns a bit poop again. (think all of us of a certain age sit in this category). Disheartening but don't give up. not sure about the job thing but good luck.
just keep saying "sausages" and you should get used to em... or end up with sausages for your tea every night... its a fine line!
A friend of mine keeps banging on about how good his orthopaedic shoes are… But I think he’s built them up too much! (Credit Gary Delaney)
Cincinnati city sausages is a good one. I luuuurrrrvvvs sausages. I think I’ve broken the back of the whole damned fiasco now. Just do me exercising very gently and I’ve just booked up for some acupuncture which helped immensely when I used to suffer with tennis elbow. I’ll be back too it soon. Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,Cirencester is a hard one though
Quick input ... Currently loafing around at a school open day got me thinking about your predicament and thoughts about driving school minibuses ??? Catch being most of us being 'a certain age ' passed our car test in the 70s/80s automatically got a D1 certification to drive a minibus , to get this qualification for anyone passing their driving test post 1997 (?) means expensive training and sitting a minibus test but because we is better than the yoof we carry a D1 qualification until we're 70 and are much sought after apparently.... Just a thought but good luck with whatever path you take Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
As sproggy’s suggestion could be a good idea. I used to have a job bimbling around driving hire cars to business users. There will be something like Europe car or someone who does business customers locally. Those are the people who have their cars delivered and collected to their home addresses rather than your average holiday punter. not a great wage but out on the roads and quite relaxed.
Excellent. A great result on more than one level by the sounds of it. Glad you got into the calves side of the story. Tennis elbow is indeed also largely about an irritation of the "fascia" or fibrous bundles of connective tissue, where they attach to bone, but having said that I think pretty much every tennis elbow that I switched off over thirty years was done by working on the forearm muscles ....... Dare I say it? "More power to your elbow!"
Another job suggestion , working for estate agents showing people around empty houses, effectively a key holder . I think theres an agency for such people but i think you would have to live in a large built up area for it to work ,no use living in the middle of nowhere. I looked at a house a few weeks back and a retired teacher was doing just the job , he said it was marvellous for him , but had to be quite firm as time restraints were tight and he had to move onto the next house within a short timescale. Think the agency is called Viewber . They have a website .
