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My wife has had arthiritis for quite a few years, which as it has progressively worsened has meant I have had to take on more of the household chores. I was able to work round this until my 90 year old father moved in 4 months ago, which has further increased the domestic load.
My father has a range of medical problems, none of them life threatening but he only gets bad days and worse days and its a rare week when I don't have to take him for at least one planned or unscheduled medical visit.
I have managed to do a few small jobs in the past few months but I have had to turn down some nice bigger jobs as I cannot guarantee to be continuously available for required number of days. Nobody wants jobs to stop and start and I pride myself on never having messed people about.
The final straw was when my van came up for MOT. I had advisories for rust last year but hoped that with a bit of patching it would do another year as I will get my state pension in 12 months and would probably have probaly retired then anyway, or only taken on small jobs.
The local garage did a quick inspection when I took the van in and told me it wasn't even worth the cost of an MOT as the welding alone would exceed the value of the van, so it is now parked on the drive and acting as a tool and materials store.
For the small amounts of work I am likely be able to fit in I can't really justify spending the money to get a reasonably reliable van so I have decided to call it a day. For the family jobs {I have three daughters all with their own houses} I will have try to use my car and just hope I remember to put in everything I need.
The one advantage of having my father here is that now he bangs on the bedroom door at 6.30 in the morning to tell me he has had a bad night instead of ringing me and asking me to pop over and see him.
Pop over - he lived 120 miles away and used to make me feel so guilty if I had to refuse.
Anyway best wishes to you all and although I have never been a great contributor to the Forum I have picked up lots of useful information and particularly enjoyed peoples' stories about their experiences, good and bad.
I shall still stay as a member of the Forum and who knows I may even have the time to check in more often.
Cheers
My father has a range of medical problems, none of them life threatening but he only gets bad days and worse days and its a rare week when I don't have to take him for at least one planned or unscheduled medical visit.
I have managed to do a few small jobs in the past few months but I have had to turn down some nice bigger jobs as I cannot guarantee to be continuously available for required number of days. Nobody wants jobs to stop and start and I pride myself on never having messed people about.
The final straw was when my van came up for MOT. I had advisories for rust last year but hoped that with a bit of patching it would do another year as I will get my state pension in 12 months and would probably have probaly retired then anyway, or only taken on small jobs.
The local garage did a quick inspection when I took the van in and told me it wasn't even worth the cost of an MOT as the welding alone would exceed the value of the van, so it is now parked on the drive and acting as a tool and materials store.
For the small amounts of work I am likely be able to fit in I can't really justify spending the money to get a reasonably reliable van so I have decided to call it a day. For the family jobs {I have three daughters all with their own houses} I will have try to use my car and just hope I remember to put in everything I need.
The one advantage of having my father here is that now he bangs on the bedroom door at 6.30 in the morning to tell me he has had a bad night instead of ringing me and asking me to pop over and see him.
Pop over - he lived 120 miles away and used to make me feel so guilty if I had to refuse.
Anyway best wishes to you all and although I have never been a great contributor to the Forum I have picked up lots of useful information and particularly enjoyed peoples' stories about their experiences, good and bad.
I shall still stay as a member of the Forum and who knows I may even have the time to check in more often.
Cheers
