The Retirement Thread
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It's been decided that we are off to Camber Sands and Rye in East Sussex tomorrow. As we are always up early we'll be there around 9.30. Millie does love a run on the beach. We will take a picnic for lunchtime, and then go into Rye for a boat trip to go seal watching in the afternoon.
A fish and chip tea will go down a treat before coming home in the evening.
Sounds like a plan.š
A fish and chip tea will go down a treat before coming home in the evening.
Sounds like a plan.š
That brings back a memory.
When I was sailing Hull to Rotterdam I got talking to an artic driver who told me that all he did over and over was deliver light bulbs to Italy, drop them off and come back to the UK for his next load.
That would drive me nuts.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Looks like the perfect night in to me
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Time for another moan.
TBF I should be grateful.
As you know my MRI kept being delayed until eventually they told me they couldn't do it and that I should go home.
They have just asked me to stay Monday, possibly Tuesday so they can do it.
I am in for a boring few days. Both canulas are out so no drips. All I can do is lie here, eat hospital food and take tablets.
Oh woe is me.
TBF I should be grateful.
As you know my MRI kept being delayed until eventually they told me they couldn't do it and that I should go home.
They have just asked me to stay Monday, possibly Tuesday so they can do it.
I am in for a boring few days. Both canulas are out so no drips. All I can do is lie here, eat hospital food and take tablets.
Oh woe is me.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Stay where you are and have the MRI scan done, yes you may be bore, I'm sure you can find something to do TV books morning papers ect.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Yes, frustrating but it's going to happen sooner than being discharged, put on a waiting list until the call comes.
You won't be bored. You can shoot the breeze with this bunch of reprobates.
Something that has really erked me today is this. A dust cap on the rear Tiagra hub of my Galaxy tourer has perished and broken. I have taken it off and super glued it together, but finding a replacement is proving difficult.
Should I just leave it? Most of my elderly bikes don't have them. It may or may not be beneficial, but aesthetically to me it looks odd.
Should I just leave it? Most of my elderly bikes don't have them. It may or may not be beneficial, but aesthetically to me it looks odd.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
This is wonderful. Such a great reminder of why we fell in love with The Boss. Stepping back 40 years and more with some of the stuff have found.
I shall catch up with Bruce on the Iplayer over the coming days.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at seaāµ
We did a long tour near Rye and endured the DFL's bunging the place up.
Do enjoy your visit.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Itās generally accepted as a sign that youāre getting better when you start to complain. Having been hospitalised recently, I understand your frustration. Hope all goes well
classic33
Leg End Member
Stay where you are. There's not much worse than getting out one week,(In my case I signed myself out, the week before Christmas). Only to be re-admitted at the start of the New Year, via A&E. Then there were two hospitals, now it's just one, for a larger number of people.
I doubt I'd sign myself out nowadays, even though I still try to get out as quick as possible. My thinking behind it hasn't changed, limited on what they can do, so I'm blocking a cubicle/bed that someone else worse than me can be treated. I'm upright and mobile, why not get out!
I split my skull open eight months ago, getting partway there under my own steam. The bus station where I'd planned on catching the second bus needed to get to the hospital. Whilst in the A&E, I was asked if I'd mind being treated in the corridor. An elderly lady, struggling to breathe needed the trolley more than me.
If you're getting bored easily, a visit on Monday might be on the cards.
