The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

Our best mates are off to France in their campervan on Tuesday for a month, so they are coming round to see us at lunchtime and we'll be going to the Railway Inn for lunch.
Weather's not looking too good today; in fact, it's just started raining.

 

[PeteXXX]

Lovely weather here in Hamtun.. A longish walk is planned 🐶

 

[PeteXXX]

I'll have to turn my phone off this afternoon as, apparently, it will be taken over by some boffins who wish to disturb my Sunday snooze!! 🤯

 

[Mo1959]

I'll have to turn my phone off this afternoon as, apparently, it will be taken over by some boffins who wish to disturb my Sunday snooze!! 🤯

Is this the day they are testing the alert system? I'm sure I turned it off on my phone.

Just remembered it's the Great North Run later. I'll stick that on.

 

[Paulus]

I shall be watching the last stage of the Tour of Britain. It's Geraint Thomas's last ever day of racing. There should be a good send off for him at the start and finish of the stage.

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour. We had a lovely day yesterday. It started with lunch at the Brazilian restaurant called Rio in Chester and then we spent the might at a airb&b overlooking the seafront in Rhos on Sea which our grand daughter kindly let us have for the night. She owes it. Mrs G has been treated like a Queen all this time.
The airb&b was a complete surprise to her and finished off the day nicely.

 

[Dave7]

A belated good morning to all.
I had a very long sleep (still having it tbh).
I have no idea what, if anything, I will be doing today.

 

[Dave7]

Is this the day they are testing the alert system? I'm sure I turned it off on my phone.

Just remembered it's the Great North Run later. I'll stick that on.

Apparently you cannot turn it off, it will go off for 10 seconds whatever you do.
That's what it just said on the news.

 

[classic33]

Aldi sausage rolls or pork pies but I've found Ginsters are very good when the nearest shop is a Spar!

To be serious I appreciate how fortunate I am to know and understand my triggers. Generally I get 20 - 30 minutes warning and eating inside that period is enough to prevent an event.

My last fit, when I didn't act quickly enough, was July 2011. A Friday night, I had driven from Knutsford (work) to Southport (to visit son) and then Chorley. I was tired, stressed by work and hungry. I bought a bag of jelly babies, which I ate, when I filled up the car. About 2 minutes after walking into the house I went down.

This resulted in my licence being "revoked" for 12 months. I had a daily commute cycle, train, cycle two hours minimum each way including 36 miles cycling for 12 months. The impact of this alone on life was very significant. I can't imagine how difficult life must be for anyone who doesn't know their triggers.

Not that keen on the Ginsters ones, maybe I'll try the Aldi ones. One a day and see what happens, if nothing I'll see if I can get them on prescription.

I'm one of the lucky ones, unlike yourself. Never had the licence to lose, and no sudden stop and re-assessing how to live.
Unlike yourself, and countless others. Often wondered, would my approach to it be different if I'd found out later in life.

 

[ktmbiker58]

Apparently you cannot turn it off, it will go off for 10 seconds whatever you do.
That's what it just said on the news.

You can stop them completely, go to Settings - Notifications - scroll down the bottom and you will see Emergency Alerts and Extreme Alerts, just switch them off, pretty much the same on iPhone and Android

 

[classic33]

Apparently you cannot turn it off, it will go off for 10 seconds whatever you do.
That's what it just said on the news.

You can turn it off.
Go to Settings, Alerts, Emergency Alerts and select off.
You shouldn't get another, including if they've got world war 3 starting-ending.

 

[Mo1959]

Apparently you cannot turn it off, it will go off for 10 seconds whatever you do.
That's what it just said on the news.

Can users opt out of receiving emergency alerts?​

The government strongly recommends that users enable devices to receive emergency alerts, but it is possible to opt out.
This can be done by searching in your phone's settings for "emergency alerts" and turning off "severe alerts" and "extreme alerts".
The government has also published a guide, external on how to opt out of the test.

 

[Dave7]

You can turn it off.
Go to Settings, Alerts, Emergency Alerts and select off.
You shouldn't get another, including if they've got world war 3 starting-ending.

Just googled that and you, sir, are correct.
Not sure if the news item was incorrect or I misunderstood it.

 

[PeteXXX]

My phone has 3% battery at the moment. I'm certain it will be flat by 14:59½..👍

 

[Baldy]

It's only a test, we're not really going to get nuked. You haven't got four minutes to find a bunker or you're fried. Just leave your phone in another room.