The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Morning all.
No rain today. Like Screenman we got all ours yesterday so we are having a break today (i hope).
In bed late, for us, last night as we watched the variety performance and then the late news. So we didnt wake till 0830 this morning
Today I am off to the golf club for christmas lunch......just 2 courses for me though. I am part of a mini golf society** and we go each year. We have a 9 hole match then lunch (my back wont let me play so its just the lunch).
**the society is called FOGS which stands for either.....
Fine Old Golfers
Or
F*^#$*^g Old Gits
Take your choice
After that I will come back home for a nice cognac and a re-run of last nights footy highlights.
The problems of being retired hey

 

[Mo1959]

Sorry Mo but I slept like a baby.
It must be awful not to be able to. Are there not some natural things you can take. And what about sprinkling lavendar or chamomile on your pillow?

Tried all the usual tips. It’s like something changed around 6 or 7 years ago and I rarely ever get sleepy now.

 

[Dirk]

Tried all the usual tips. It’s like something changed around 6 or 7 years ago and I rarely ever get sleepy now.

Have you been to the Docs?
A sudden change in sleeping habits is worth investigating.

 

[Drago]

Taken Colin the Claud for a bimble round the local lanes.

 

[screenman]

Yes we watched that.....awful for those poor people. And its not set to get better is it.

The road under that lake is our main connection with Lincoln, what is normally a 15 minute journey is now often over an hour or more to cover just 10 miles, the road is not set to be clear again for months. Yesterday at one point I was only 4 miles from home, but it took 16 miles of driving to get here.

 

[Poacher]

The road under that lake is our main connection with Lincoln, what is normally a 15 minute journey is now often over an hour or more to cover just 10 miles, the road is not set to be clear again for months. Yesterday at one point I was only 4 miles from home, but it took 16 miles of driving to get here.

Couldn't you take the Short Ferry ride?
(Local joke. Possibly.)

 

[Dave7]

Couldn't you take the Short Ferry ride?
(Local joke. Possibly.)

Thats how that farmer was having to get out. The only way from his house to the road is by boat

 

[Drago]

Its quite damp round here too some of the lanes are flooded, including one of the 3 roads out of the village.

 

[classic33]

Hi

 

[Mo1959]

Its quote damp round here too some of the lanes are flooded, including one of the 3 roads out of the village.

Same here. Someone just put this up on Facebook. Main road in to the next town. I won’t be cycling any time soon!

 

[classic33]

Met Office says sleet turning to rain by lunchtime......will it ever dry up and the wind disappear.

Tomorrow!

 

[rustybolts]

It's an Irish ferry......what would you expect?

St Brendan travelled from Europe to the New World on an "Irish Ferry" before Columbus managed it !

 

[Paulus]

Taken Colin the Claud for a bimble round the local lanes.

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Out and about today, took the Audax bike for a spin .

 

[Dirk]

Hate to say this guys, but..........
The forecast was wrong and I had a sunny and dry walk down to the village and back.

 

[welsh dragon]

The temp has dropped to around 4 deg here with sleety rain