The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

It's still raining heavily here. The moggies have come in eventually, and Harry the big tabby came down the road and around the field with Millie. I'm sure he thinks he is a dog.

 

[Mo1959]

It's still raining heavily here. The moggies have come in eventually, and Harry the big tabby came down the road and around the field with Millie. I'm sure he thinks he is a dog.

Someone here has perked up in anticipation of a handful of dry food. She knows when it’s nearly 8pm.

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night Mary Elle

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

 

[Gwylan]

Some people's minds.🤔

Quite, such intrusive questioning

 

[Exlaser2]

Night night all .

 

[mikeIow]

Morning walk done in mild, spring like conditions. The groundskeepers were sorting out the water hazards at the local golf course as we walked along the trail way, looks like new life belts too.
Drizzle started after we reached the pub. Tried a pint of Plum Porter which was excellent. Back home now ready to doze off in the chair...

I think up here they’d be finding new water hazards….the Soar Valley is the wettest I’ve seen it 😱
Plum porter? The Titanic? Didn’t go down well for me: too fruity. Wife partial to it though, in v. small doses 🫣
Prefer the sound of Posties day in ‘Spoons above: defo more my style of ale 🍻

I’ve been enjoying the curling at the Olympics. Great gold for Sweden down to the final stone.

Shame Team UK didn’t get the bronze. One terrible end seemed to doom them.
Struggling to get beyond 4th places this season 😔

Still, nice to have it on in the background…we head to the Alps in a few weeks. We love having the winter sports on to get in the mood. Can’t wait to see how slow we in comparison when we are sliding down the mountains this year 🤣

Mark Simmons at the Comedy Festival tonight. A very funny fella. Mostly cheeky grins & gentle (but funny) humour: a reliably good act to catch. Always races out afterwards to thank people as they leave & have a selfie: nice bloke!
Night all!

 

[PaulSB]

I’ve been enjoying the curling at the Olympics. Great gold for Sweden down to the final stone.

Mrs P hails from the Borders. She has curled once - there's a curling rink about 15 miles from our house. Every four years she becomes a curling expert, glued to the telly and on first name terms with Jen and Bruce...........whisper it quietly but Mrs P doesn't rate Bruce.

Apparently all Olympic standard stones are made with granite quarried on Ailsa Craig.......Mrs P says so.

 

[PaulSB]

Got a notification that my favourite map app had updated so I was browsing the local area. There's some great place names, Lilliput is an area in Poole, Happy Bottom is a couple of miles up the road near Corfe Mullen. Found " Amen Cottage " which is at "Amen Corner " which is at the top of the" Custard Hill " near Gussage All Saints 😎

One of my favourites is Ralph's Wife's Lane. We cycle it regularly on many of our routes. Lively Polly Corner is another good one though I've never heard it spoken.

There's a large village outwards Southport, called Banks. We discovered a cafe there called Gradely Bonksers. Now I know "gradely" but "bonksers"? Nope a new one.

We got into conversation about this and the young woman on the next table chimed in:

"A Bonkser is someone who was born and raised in Banks"

One of my buddies replied "Before you were discovered " A lot of folk overheard this as the whole place fell apart.

 

[Dave7]

One of my favourites is Ralph's Wife's Lane. We cycle it regularly on many of our routes. Lively Polly Corner is another good one though I've never heard it spoken.

There's a large village outwards Southport, called Banks. We discovered a cafe there called Gradely Bonksers. Now I know "gradely" but "bonksers"? Nope a new one.

We got into conversation about this and the young woman on the next table chimed in:

"A Bonkser is someone who was born and raised in Banks"

One of my buddies replied "Before you were discovered " A lot of folk overheard this as the whole place fell apart.

You rode Ralphs wife

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooee. 8 deg here. We had rain overnight spooky really as its been ages since we had any

Stay safe peeps

 

[Dave7]

May I wish everyone a good morning.
I sat up late last night watching cr*p on tv as I just wasnt ready for bed. I'm knackered now.
An easy day ahead with very little to do, just a possible pub lunch.
And surprise surprise, we have rain all day.

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋 ☔

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Lots And lots of today.