Retirement

[Espiritosanto]

I worked for the clenny way back in the sixties oot o` haghill. well I was a midgeraker as a wee bhoy,
loads of lucky middens, I was in heaven, drink money galore!!

no many lucky middens in haghill mategood practice thonoo if you just ventured along the road a bit to mega Rich dennistoun!!!pearl divers heaven

 

[Hoopy427]

I worked for the clenny way back in the sixties oot o` haghill. well I was a midgeraker as a wee bhoy,
loads of lucky middens, I was in heaven, drink money galore!!

Right I need to show my ignorance and ask....

What's a midgeraker?

 

[kelly]

Right I need to show my ignorance and ask....

What's a midgeraker?

a skip diver minus the skip

 

[Hoopy427]

a skip diver minus the skip

A diver?

 

[Cairnsybhoy79]

Right I need to show my ignorance and ask....

What's a midgeraker?

U seriously don't know wit a midgieraker is hoopy wow its just raiding the bins sounds rank but years ago there was hunners of fun In the middens

 

[Hoopy427]

U seriously don't know wit a midgieraker is hoopy wow its just raiding the bins sounds rank but years ago there was hunners of fun In the middens

I'm aware of the term binraker but midgieraker is new to me, I had a sheltered upbringing apparently

 

[Cairnsybhoy79]

I'm aware of the term binraker but midgieraker is new to me, I had a sheltered upbringing apparently

I've always assumed it came from the fact some bins had rotten food so the flies were over them hence the midgie bit fuck knows mate

 

[Nick66]

I wonder how many of our 3000 members are retired? I've now been retired for two weeks.
I can't afford to drink, eat, heat Weedoc mansions OR pay the missus for sex. Beats the feck outta work.

I was tired last night, went to bed, got up did some stuff then felt tired again. Is that re-tired?

 

[Nick66]

I had a few years wi the council never claimed to work for them just employed by them

An old story heard long ago. Two old fellows on a plane home from Glasgow to Islay. Fellow 1, - Tell me Hugh what's that down there?
Oh well says Gilbie, if they're moving they're cows, if they're standing still they're Council workers.
Names and species changed to protect the guilty.

 

[Hoopy427]

An old story heard long ago. Two old fellows on a plane home from Glasgow to Islay. Fellow 1, - Tell me Hugh what's that down there?
Oh well says Gilbie, if they're moving they're cows, if they're standing still they're Council workers.
Names and species changed to protect the guilty.

Another old story, 2 bulls at the top of a field looking down at a heard of cows, young bull says let's run down there and fuck one of those cows! Old bull relies no let's walk down there and fuck them all!
With age comes wisdom!

 

[TartanTim]

Mrs took seriously ill with Crohn's Disease & Ovarian Cancer when I was 44, took my redundancy from Scot Power, cared for Mrs till she got herself back too good health, she works part-time as an alternative therapist & counsellor now, I bought a truck about 8yrs ago too go into the repo game & lite haulage, 4yrs ago I got into moving motor yachts left the repo tae the Younger ones.

My business partner & oldest Grandson do the moving of boats now signed a contract with a boat builder in Holland last year which secures the business long term, now take care of invoices etc, also school taxi driver for my Grandkids. A few yr back had my own health issues which made me reevaluate my goals & aims for the future. I'm 58 in 6mths I plan to fully retire when I'm 60, been semiretired for the last 14yrs according tae my Mrs. She'll be 65 in May & plans on retiring at the end of this year.

Plenty too keep us occupied with the garden, other hobbies & our grandweans they're the reason we get up in the morning.

 

[DILLIGAF]

I'm aware of the term binraker but midgieraker is new to me, I had a sheltered upbringing apparently

Midge - Midden
We called it Midgie Proging - Midden Raking up your way

 

[DILLIGAF]

I have a strange relationship with work, I moan like fuck when there's too much of it and I moan like fuck when there's not enough, I also moan like fuck when it's somewhere in the middle, basically I moan like fuck quite a lot!
During lockdown 1 (the real one) I seen it as an opportunity to do many wonderful things, but for the first month I just got pished and kept thinking I'll start doing wonderful things tomorrow.
Eventually I got my head around getting paid to stay at home and spent my time in my small workshop making things, or restoring things and knowing that there wasn't a monetary value to it, the hourly rate didn't exist and it was great!
If I wanted to spend 30 hours restoring an old wood plane, or 4 hours getting the perfect edge on a vintage chisel I could and I liked that. That's how I see my retirement, doing the things I enjoy and not worrying about how long it takes. Thankfully my interests are fairly cheap, skiing in St Moritz or being on a beach in the Seychelles isn't for me, so the only challenge I have is lasting until retirement age, which is probably a long shot!!

Aye...I miss this...
Said no one...ever...

 

[McGarrell]

I worked for the clenny fo 38 years, I retired nearly 6 years ago, I still get excited when a see a big uplift out, I made a fortune recycling before recycling was invented, put it this way not much went to the dump when we were on the uplift lorries, we had buyers for everything from bikes to old washing machines, even sold gless cheques to the bars lorries, best recyclers in Scotland before recycling was invented

 

[50 Shades of Green]

Awe you midgie rakers had it lucky, we had to fight the rats first before we got anywhere near the bins, them wee or not so wee rats were vicious buggers, teeth like saber tooth tigers. .

 

[Espiritosanto]

I worked for the clenny fo 38 years, I retired nearly 6 years ago, I still get excited when a see a big uplift out, I made a fortune recycling before recycling was invented, put it this way not much went to the dump when we were on the uplift lorries, we had buyers for everything from bikes to old washing machines, even sold gless cheques to the bars lorries, best recyclers in Scotland before recycling was invented

Funny enough a still get excited when a see a bin lorry!!!once a fortnight they’ve got it easy noo mate,but probably don’t get the turn you got back in the day??unless you call the odd kebab a turn

 

[Espiritosanto]

Funny enough a still get excited when a see a bin lorry!!!once a fortnight they’ve got it easy noo mate,but probably don’t get the turn you got back in the day??unless you call the odd kebab a turn

Your in good company mate,,Callum mcgregors auld boy was on the bins!!!

 

[kelly]

Awe you midgie rakers had it lucky, we had to fight the rats first before we got anywhere near the bins, them wee or not so wee rats were vicious buggers, teeth like saber tooth tigers. .

True midgie pickers pay no attention to rats to busy raking

 

[kelly]

I worked for the clenny fo 38 years, I retired nearly 6 years ago, I still get excited when a see a big uplift out, I made a fortune recycling before recycling was invented, put it this way not much went to the dump when we were on the uplift lorries, we had buyers for everything from bikes to old washing machines, even sold gless cheques to the bars lorries, best recyclers in Scotland before recycling was invented

Places like the Barras and paddys market were the sales outlets for the midgepickers

 

[JamSam67]

True midgie pickers pay no attention to rats to busy raking

We call them Scranners through in Civilisation ize only jokin Ya Yokels

HH