The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,
Mrs Tenkay has an appointment for a Boot fitting at Cotswold Outdoor today. It's a two hour walk to get there which should see her feet in good shape for the fitting.
We've arranged to meet up afterwards at the Barking Cat, a lovely real ale bar we frequent on occasion.
Last time outing pre "lockdown 2"
Hope you all have a peaceful day 🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏊‍♂️🍺

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

A belated Happy birthday @Exlaser2

 

[welsh dragon]

Half a Mo!
Just back from a 5k bimble which works out at half a Mo as she ran 10K this morning
I've found several items when out running, often on my early morning Sunday long runs. Over the years I have found, in no particular order:

• A £10 note in the middle of a field.
• a £1 coin
• A roll of wallpaper, still in its plastic wrapper lying in the middle of a pavement.
• A set of car and house keys on a trailway
• Numerous children's toys that were probably thrown from pushchairs

This mornings run puts all those in the shade as I stumbled across a pair of Bondage Handcuffs lying at the side of the road They looked to be quite well made and I was momentarily considering picking them up and taking them home to see if Mrs Tenkaykev might be interested😄 On further thought I realised that I am quite attached to my testicles and I'd like it to stay that way.
I can't be the only forumite to have come across the odd item when out and about, so what's the oddest thing you've found?

How did you know they were bondage handcuffs

 

[welsh dragon]

Happy belated Birthday. 🎂

Morning folks. Blimey it's a chilly one here and raininy as well.

Stay safe folks

 

[Tenkaykev]

How did you know they were bondage handcuffs

It was the pink furry bits that gave it away Welshie ( unless the police have attended gender diversity training)

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just realised that it's Premium Bond day.
4x £25 prizes this month 😁

 

[numbnuts]

 

[welsh dragon]

Guess what. I won sod all. I will be moving the rest of my savings from NS&I over to PB's in a couple of days. I'm just waiting for the final interest payment to be put into my account first.

Maybe I will have a bit more luck with the bonds then.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning all, another breezy day. It was raining earlier but seems to be brightening up now. Will go for a pootle later. Filthy roads = filthy bike

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
Guess what, it's raining
A broken nights sleep, I was awake from 1am until 3, and again at 5.
On a positive note, Uncle Ernie has given me 2x £25.
Stay safe everyone

 

[Mo1959]

Rain eased so I stuck the wellies on and had a walk. Don't really like walking in them but it's pretty mucky round there now.

We have the first covering of snow on our local Munro, Ben Chonzie. Makes the air feel much colder I think.

Just in the door and the phone rings and it's some woman from BT. Bit early phoning at 8 for some folk? Cut her off anyway and said I didn't want any more of these calls. They usually just try and get you to agree with something else to lengthen your contract.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Off out for lunch today and tomorrow, making the most of it before lockdown.

My mates irritating and pompous brother in law, who is 2 days younger than me and refuses to use the internet (doesn't own a smart phone, tablet or PC - he just gets everyone else to sort stuff out for him) thought that you just got the state pension automatically and he would get the headline £175.
Last week it was explained to him that you have to apply for it and that he'd been contracted out during his job with the local council.
He's claiming that he didn't get a letter inviting him to apply, but, knowing him he probably saw HMRC on the envelope and tossed it in the bin.
He's now blaming everyone but himself for the fact that his pension will be delayed and will be far less than he expected.
There is a certain schadenfreude.............

 

[dickyknees]

Bore da pawb.

Been up for a while. We’re having the patio paving slabs replaced, I think the man will be cold out there today. On the plus side it’s forecast to be drier today, a bit gusty.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all

Off out for lunch today and tomorrow, making the most of it before lockdown.

My mates irritating and pompous brother in law, who is 2 days younger than me and refuses to use the internet (doesn't own a smart phone, tablet or PC - he just gets everyone else to sort stuff out for him) thought that you just got the state pension automatically and he would get the headline £175.
Last week it was explained to him that you have to apply for it and that he'd been contracted out during his job with the local council.
He's claiming that he didn't get a letter inviting him to apply, but, knowing him he probably saw HMRC on the envelope and tossed it in the bin.
He's now blaming everyone but himself for the fact that his pension will be delayed and will be far less than he expected.
There is a certain schadenfreude.............

Some people just don't know, and don't care about everyday things.
There are plenty of people around who will blame everyone else for their failures.