It's official - I am now a pensioner having reached the ripe old age of 66!
Born in 1959, I am now in my 8th decade (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s), drawing the state pension, taking 3 different tablets every day, got an OAP discount buying theatre tickets yesterday, creaky hips, and I have the Free Travel pass! How the fuck did that all happen?
It already feels weird being a pensioner. All my life the word "pensioner" was something in the distance and simply meant "old". So now all of a sudden I will be paying attention to the Welfare section of today's Budget to see if I'll get a pay rise with the pension! I am going into Dublin today for a birthday lunch and will use the travel pass for the first time. It also allows me to bring Roma, between two fares in and out of the city it will save us €8. Where I live is well served with buses and I am not too far from a train station - so I plan to make good use of the travel pass.
Feeling just a bit older today.
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