Retirement living

Who can't wait to be retired? The sleep ins. The place you've chosen to die in. The local community of those who are with you and for you, given you are all in it together.

Every town has a $2 shop, a Crazy Clints, a Reject shop etc. It is, to my mind, a reflection of the types of items each particular community needs and wants, based on the simple model of supply and demand.

So, you can imagine my surprise as I wandered up and down the aisles to come across these delightful garden ornaments.

Mum wanted to borrow my glasses to look at them on my phone and didn't know what to say!

Needless to say, my offer to buy them for their front garden was rejected.