The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Don’t know if this will work depending on the sharing options. Hard luck if you just wanted a quiet drink. One of the local pipe bands after the games.


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I'll have to check tomorrow, at the library. The library service have their own account, so I should be able to view it.

Did they sound as good at the end of the games, as they did at the start of them?

 

[Mo1959]

I'll have to check tomorrow, at the library. The library service have their own account, so I should be able to view it.

Did they sound as good at the end of the games, as they did at the start of them?

Depends if they visited the beer tent!

 

[Mike Ayling]

Yep, locally the parents claim the roads aren't safe for the kids to walk to school - but they are the ones making it unsafe!

We walked to school all year round - here I am in 1963

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Uphill both ways?

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night Mary Elle

 

[Tenkaykev]

A late night as daughter and grandson arrived about 8pm and we served up Mrs Tkk's pasta bake accompanied by garlic bread. Had a good catchup and a couple of drinks. Woke up with heartburn so here I am downstairs on the sofa chewing on a Gaviscon tablet. Daughter has an electric VW so that's currently charging via a " Granny Charger " cable hanging out the kitchen window.

 

[Mike Ayling]

A late night as daughter and grandson arrived about 8pm and we served up Mrs Tkk's pasta bake accompanied by garlic bread. Had a good catchup and a couple of drinks. Woke up with heartburn so here I am downstairs on the sofa chewing on a Gaviscon tablet. Daughter has an electric VW so that's currently charging via a " Granny Charger " cable hanging out the kitchen window.

There are a few mumbles here in Oz that there should be a road usage charge for electrics as they avoid the fuel excise.

 

[PaulSB]

Don’t know if this will work depending on the sharing options. Hard luck if you just wanted a quiet drink. One of the local pipe bands after the games.


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Ah the Scott's Porridge Oats song.........I love a good pipe band.

 

[PaulSB]

There are a few mumbles here in Oz that there should be a road usage charge for electrics as they avoid the fuel excise.

In the long-term something of this sort will have to happen in the UK. For the current year VED is forecast to generate £9.1bn (per household equivalent £320) and in 2020/21 fuel duty revenues were £26bn (household equivalent £850)

Once we move fully EV that's £35bn lost to the Exchequer at today's rates. That's a lot of tax revenue, £1170 per household, to replace.

There will come a point when EV users will have to pay taxes to use their vehicles.

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. I haven't checked the forecast..................I like a surprise. Been awake since some crazy hour and I'm heading back to bed shortly for a nap. This seems to work though I don't like it as a sleep pattern.

Yesterday #2SP was here. Like the other two I love her dearly but building the relationship is harder. I think it's because she doesn't come as often and each time she has to reset............. I don't like sharing with other grandparents!!! Today we have #1 and #3SPs which is a busy, busy day. #1 always wants/expects Granddad to spend time alone with her. That can be difficult when her sister, #3SP, is only seven months.......last week #3 was definitely Granddad's girl.

Enough of my childminding not that I've got much else on yesterday and today, then I'll probably be in bed by 9.00pm!! Oh, yes this happened. A few days ago I received an email purporting to be from Screwfix to tell me my refund had been processed. I haven't bought anything from Screwfix in five years. Scam Alert!! I clicked nothing. Yesterday £9.99 from Screwfix landed in my bank account. I feel I should return this obvious error but how on earth would one even begin???

I'm off 😴😴😴

 

[Dave7]

Don’t know if this will work depending on the sharing options. Hard luck if you just wanted a quiet drink. One of the local pipe bands after the games.


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Will play that later. I enjoy a pipe band.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
Very overcast today......I don't like these dark mornings.
A quiet day as everyone is out and about.
I may get an early walk in, maybe about 8ish.

 

[Dave7]

Oh yes !!!
My aunty turned 100 yesterday and has the below for her achievement......

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. I lay a bit longer as it is finally a bit cooler so my bed felt pleasantly cosy rather than too hot like it has been.

An overcast and much cooler day for us.

The schools are back so once the school runs are over hopefully it might be a bit quieter.