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Pensioners – Haynes Explains (Owners’ Workshop Manual)
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The Haynes Manual is one of publishing s most famous and enduring icons. More than 200 million copies have been sold, covering everything from Austin Allegros to Zombie Survival. Now Haynes is sending itself up in a fabulously amusing and brilliantly-observed new format. Haynes Explains are compact guides to four major stages of life: babies, teenagers, marriage and pensioners. Based on the classic stripdown and rebuild outline, and using original Haynes lines drawings, these books are perfect gifts or stocking fillers. Old age is when you realise that you will never be old enough to know better. The aim of Haynes Explains Pensioners is to help you get the best value from your retirement. It can help you (a) decide what work must be done (b) tackle this work yourself, though you may choose to have much of it performed by external contractors such as That Nice Young Man From The Village, The Carer Who Talks Too Much or The Curtain Twitcher Across The Road. Sections include: Shock Absorbers (adjusting to the sudden change). Every evening she looks pleased when you say Honey, I m home! Until the evening you add forever. Maintaining Residual Values (financial planning). Rolling Resistance (lawn bowls and golf). Bowling is the ideal sport a minute of exercise for every 59 minutes of drinking and talking. Unlimited Mileage Warranty (an RV and an open road). Wear And Tear (the ageing process). Your body will inevitably sag in old age. Though on the plus side, you can have fun guessing what the tattoo used to be. Computer Malfunction (memory problems).
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Additional information
| Publisher | J H Haynes & Co Ltd (13 Oct. 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 40 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1785211056 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1785211058 |
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 0.95 x 20 cm |
by Jo
Book arrived safely no damage, not entirely sure my parents would “get it” as in its humour, likely to end up in next charity bag totally unopened and unread but I live in hope that they will loosen up. Definitely suit a person who has good sense of self humour the book is laidout as the Haynes mechanics books style inside but with humours pokes at the title subject matter of whatever book picked.
by Mark Reviews
What a pleasant little surprise this was, highly recommend gift for that new pensioner in your life.
I’d put this firmly in the category of “a fun toilet read” as it is just that. It’s small enough not to be cumbersome and has quite a bit of witty banter throughout.
Just like a good old Haynes manual, it’s very vehicle focused but the subject is 100% about becoming a pensioner.
It’s about the size of a standard card and has quite a few pages, but nothing too over bearing.
For the price of £5, it’s a worthy little gift, especially of they like cars.
by DeeDee
Haynes have shown how cleverly they have kept themselves in the market in these days where people do not or cannot work on their vehicles like they used to.
This witty book was an extra little gift for my partner who just reached retirement age! There are some wry observations, humorous comments and wise words dispensed in what looks like a do-it-yourself manual. We’ve both chuckled our way through this book. I wish the ones on Parenting and Teenagers had been around when I needed them!
by Alan Clay
Itis funny in parts.
by susieb
Brother loved it
by Wendy
Got this as a gift. The recipient absolutely roared at the contents. Highly amusing.
by Happiness
I purchased this for a male friend recently retired. It wasn’t what I was expecting I thought it would be a fun type book with ideas for retirement. I wouldn’t say it would be great for anyone that doesn’t have an interest in classic cars stripping down classic cars or golf. Yes it’s well written. It’s much smaller than the haines usual size books. I hope you find my comments useful
by john townsend
This I thought would be great for a car enthusiasm, every thing looks and reads like a old car manual, except its less than half the size of one, hense my disappointment, so now it sits in our downstairs toilet to amuse people.