The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Bit of a sh*t day here.
MrsDs cousin died suddenly last night, aged 82.
Bit of history.
She was born with her feet back to front.
She had over 100 operations including removal of all her toes.
Wore calipers and special shoes all her life.
Struggled to get up/down stairs.
Still managed to bring up 3 children (all nice people).
I NEVER ONCE HEARD HER COMPLAIN.
She could swear for England but in a way that made you laugh.
We spoke to her ever single day and will miss her.

 

[numbnuts]

Bit of a sh*t day here.
MrsDs cousin died suddenly last night, aged 82.
Bit of history.
She was born with her feet back to front.
She had over 100 operations including removal of all her toes.
Wore calipers and special shoes all her life.
Struggled to get up/down stairs.
Still managed to bring up 3 children (all nice people).
I NEVER ONCE HEARD HER COMPLAIN.
She could swear for England but in a way that made you laugh.
We spoke to her ever single day and will miss her.

Every loss is sad, take care Dave

 

[numbnuts]

We have too

 

[GM]

Looks like the Pharmacy's have been busy, picked up ours this morning. When wifey opened her bag of meds she said 'I've got the same brand of Statins that Trump is taking only a much smaller dosage.

Sorry to hear your loss Dave

 

[classic33]

What if it had been someone with poor eyesight and started taking wrong medication!

Or every bottle/container labelled with your name, but the wrong contents, or wrong dose*, and taken the same number of them.


*When did you last check what was actually on the tablet itself.

 

[12boy]

My garden has been choked with tree roots for the last few years although I rototill every year. There are 2 large trees within 30 feet that apparently are the vilains. Googled it and found a 2-3 ft trench between it and nearby trees is needed. Got started yesterday and found it a humbling experience. Cutting through compacted clay, rocks and roots tires me out way too soon. Got 5 feet out of 20 down 18 inches and when I get back from the mornings errands I will hit it again. The idea is put an impermeable barrier in the trench down further than roots go. These roots have been hogging water and nutrients so I hope next year the garden will be more productive and less thirsty. The garden is about 16 by 25 feet and usually provides plenty of squash, shallots, carrots, tomatoes, Swiss chard, lettuce, snow peas and green beans but this year it was pretty sad. I don't own this garden.... it owns me. I shouldn't bitch about the work though.....at least l can still do it.

 

[classic33]

Bit of a sh*t day here.
MrsDs cousin died suddenly last night, aged 82.
Bit of history.
She was born with her feet back to front.
She had over 100 operations including removal of all her toes.
Wore calipers and special shoes all her life.
Struggled to get up/down stairs.
Still managed to bring up 3 children (all nice people).
I NEVER ONCE HEARD HER COMPLAIN.
She could swear for England but in a way that made you laugh.
We spoke to her ever single day and will miss her.

Sorry to be reading that.

Here's hoping that all can be there for each other in the days to come.

 

[screenman]

So sorry to hear about your loss Dave, what an inspiration people like that are though makes us mere mortals moaning about a hangover pretty weak I guess.

 

[screenman]

Absolutely true story that I have likely posted previously.
I had what I thought was German measles.
Went to the Doc who looked and said.......uhmm "my cat had something like this" .
She then got her big reference book down and started flicking through.
I asked what she was looking for and she said "German measles".
I said "try looking for Rubella".
After a while she said......
Ahh, yes, that's what you have.

What? you had a blackcurrant drink and they could not see it.

 

[Dave7]

Or every bottle/container labelled with your name, but the wrong contents, or wrong dose*, and taken the same number of them.


*When did you last check what was actually on the tablet itself.

I always check the internal foil packaging.

 

[Mo1959]

Found a live stream and caught the final stages of the Giro......always enjoy seeing a breakaway rider get the stage win.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Last time I went to see a doctor was about 25 years ago. Our local Dr has nothing but more and more complaints.

Over the last three years I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to help my Good Lady get the treatment she's needed, what we've gone through with that doesn't fill me with confidence, don't get me wrong we have some excellent doctors and nurses, its just there ain't enough of them, they usually don't have the time to deal with a problem effectively.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Afternoon all, back from an enjoyable loop of the Black Isle with MrsF, took the north coast road through Jemimaville on the way out, made it as far as Cromarty in the dry, it was quite bright in places. Had our sandwiches on a park bench then set off up the hill for the lumpy route home skirting Fortrose and taking in Mount Eagle, very clagged in and wet initially but dryed off by the time we got back to the cottage. Just over 50 miles.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Have to take my hat off to MrsF yesterday. The tv service in the cottage is terrestrial only, so no Quest or even S4C. No matter, she brings up Quest on her ipad then manages to broadcast it onto the tv . No idea how she did this, a dongle was involved and also a free app that she found a link to. Result was that we can now watch Quest on demand, we don’t even need to see their adverts

 

[screenman]

Now I know most of you will have a mug to put your teeth in at night but just in case any still have their own, has anyone tried a sonic cleaner or water flosser, getting appointments for the hygienist is not easy it seems and I like to keep my teeth sparkling, in truth I eat too many sweets.