The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
A few of my ex prison officer colleagues lived in Alva I think. Doubt you would know any of them though.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Maybe it’s an innate quality, like vegans?
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning, I have just "liken" 4 pages worth.....don't you people chat a lot 
the sun is out and it's 24c
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
It does strike me as being a bit weird at times
My wife used to work with a guy who was openly gay - and rather "gay" acting but it seemed to be natural to him
I met his husband at one point and he just looked and behaved like a normal middle class bloke
When I was a teacher we had a trainee at one point who was obviously gay
not "in your face" or anything just that every thing about him was JUST over the point where you would say "he's gay"
appearance, hand/arm gestures, way of waling - everything
turned out he wasn;t and it was a right pain
when he went on his first proper date with his wife she actually slapped him when he tried to kiss her
nothing weird - just a goodbye peck on the cheek or something
anyway - she thought this was just a very nice evening out between friend that went really well
didn;t realise he was strait and was very shocked when he tried to kiss her
stormed off thinking he had been leading her along pretending to be gay to get close to her
it was only because her friend - who knew him a bit better - convinced her that it was not an act and it was just how he was that she went back and apologised
to be honest I used to be well known as gay - in fact I was even officially the "only gay in the IT department" according to the company records when they started working out how to "do equality"
apparently the way I gesture and some other things can be mis-interpreted!!!
anyway - this is just a parade - point is just to make kids realise that people can be different and that is OK
which is a good thing to teach in a special school!
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Nah - it'll just seem like forever!!
There is nothing wrong with 5% ales. I enjoy them , some of my favourite ales are approaching 6%, but not as a session ale, particularly in this warm weather.
Something around 4% and golden for me in the summertime. 🍺
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Likewise in Peterborough. They shut the showground and sold the land...for housing of course. It's caused some uproar, we've lost Truckfest, the big agricultural show, the speedway (which i believe was well attended and popular on a regular basis).plus all the other functions on the showground. They're now planning building maybe 1500 houses and there's talk of more, everyone is asking, but no one is replying...doctors, dentists, schools etc etc, where are they going to go? It's pretty rammed locally as it is...
And then there's access, one road feeds it, its already a snail trail at rush hours with traffic from a large commercial park adjacent to it.
Madness...
There's a couple of prisons nearby so not surprised the staff live around here. I don't know them though.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Another positive in retirement, decorating.
I'd usually hit a job, any job and aim to complete in one day for a room, two days for the hall stairs and landing. It's hard work, you really have to push to complete..and there's no rest at weekends then back to work.
Now retired, hall stairs and landing is being done in bite size chunks. Continued today, rubbing down and painting two doors and frames, some odd bits with a caulk gun to tidy up some messy joints and finally touch up and fill an internal door catch plate, rub down and paint.
it was always such a rush and inevitably compromises were made. Easier to do a better job now.
I'd usually hit a job, any job and aim to complete in one day for a room, two days for the hall stairs and landing. It's hard work, you really have to push to complete..and there's no rest at weekends then back to work.
Now retired, hall stairs and landing is being done in bite size chunks. Continued today, rubbing down and painting two doors and frames, some odd bits with a caulk gun to tidy up some messy joints and finally touch up and fill an internal door catch plate, rub down and paint.
it was always such a rush and inevitably compromises were made. Easier to do a better job now.
That's the one DIY job I don't like, decorating. I do small stuff, touch ups and repainting ceiling after shower leaked etc but when we had the entire house redone a few years ago I got a pro in. Does it better than me and I can do things I do enjoy doing. I do pretty much everything else though on house, electrics, plumbing etc.
