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Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 1

Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

October 19, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

How it was tumbleweed rather than job offers that rolled in after being made redundant, despite some effort being made

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

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  • Work distractions I’m no “Distraction Dave”. Why your phone and email are more dangerous work distractions than me.
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Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Low fat or middle-age spread Middle-age spread is not low fat margarine, but do people find it as tasty?
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis My body used to fix itself…sadly it doesn’t any more and so midlife arthritis ends with a hip replacement story (Part 1)
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Shock decision about having a total hip replacement at 50! 5 things that worried me. (Part 2)
  • hip replacement recovery scar 12 months after – a total hip replacement recovery story. Was 2020 the strangest year ever?

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    Aunt Marvin
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
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