The Retirement Thread

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Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
Good morning all.
A bright but windy start to the day here.
All the usual things to do today, plus I am meeting our Son at lunchtime for a burrito.
MrsP is out with our Daughter shopping for something or other.
Morning. A fine crawl around town ending in a lovely curry at Mr Delhi 🍻💪
Only a slightly dull head ths morning.
Off to Brum to see Simply Red tonight, wind due to calm down by then. Then a day out at the Shuttleworth Collection tomorrow with a couple of pals.

Is that the Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden in Bedfordshire?
They have some really good stuff there. Is it a flying day?
 

Baldy

Veteran
Location
ALVA
The big disadvantage of dormer style houses is their very noisy when it's windy. I went to bed around eleven, the wind finally died down about three. Feeling a bit groggy this morning. I suppose I should go out and inspect for damage now. The forecast is for rain all day, deep joy.
 

Gunk

Guru
Location
Oxford
You're a very honest man. 👍

This is the reality!

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Drago

Legendary Member
Bruce walked and fed. Just having a coffee, then will tidy up, do music practice, then settle down to a couple of hours of study.
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Bonjour. I couldn't get to sleep last night so I was reminiscing about the past in my head and was thinking that , when I was 15, Mrs G was 20 and already had two kids. She had never heard of Orleans and didn't know where it was and I had never heard of Yorkshire ( where she was brought up). She couldn't speak a word of French and I was useless at learning English at school.
Yet, fate brought us together 21 years later. Who would have thought?
 

PaulSB

Squire
Good morning. Storm Amy is here though it's really just very wet and windy, not storm level.

We went for tapas with friends last night. £169 between us which I suppose is par for the course. £10.95 for a 250ml glass of malbec. Drinks for five came to £43. I can't help but feel people will stop buying restaurant alcohol if these prices continue. Booths round the corner, 50 yards, has malbec on offer at £11.25/bottle.

Anyway today. Kick off is 12.30. We are going to get blown off the pitch and not by storm Amy. I am not looking forward to this. I think there's a possibility the match will be postponed.

Before then I need to stretch, empty dishwasher, hang up my washed kit from yesterday and go for my flu jab.

This afternoon I will try to do the housework. I suspect I won't but I have good intentions.........and we all know the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Last night six pensioners spent half an hour swapping those gloriously stupid and funny jokes from our youth.

How do you know there's an elephant in the fridge? Footprints in the butter.

Why do elephants paint their toe nails pink? So they can hide in cherry trees.

How do elephants get down from a cherry tree? They wait for autumn and float down with the rest of the leaves.

Boom. Boom.
 

PaulSB

Squire
Bonjour. I couldn't get to sleep last night so I was reminiscing about the past in my head and was thinking that , when I was 15, Mrs G was 20 and already had two kids. She had never heard of Orleans and didn't know where it was and I had never heard of Yorkshire ( where she was brought up). She couldn't speak a word of French and I was useless at learning English at school.
Yet, fate brought us together 21 years later. Who would have thought?
That's a great story. 🥰
 
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