The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning gang .
I NEARLY did a Mo this morning. Lying awake at 0400 I 'thought' about getting up. Tried getting back to sleep.......no success, so was up at 0530.
No idea what the day will bring apart from rain.
Re hospital parking charges. I have no solution but even with the charges its almost impossible to get a spot at ours. I tend to park 1/2 mile away and walk in. For people who struggle to walk it must be hell.

If my Stepson needs to go down the hospital he parks a short distance away and hops on the bus, which is a good solution for those that are mobile.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

When I had my heart op I was only in for a week.Mrs P paid for a week pass Leicester Hospitals have Blue Badge parking spaces but I believe they have to pay thr parking fee.Not sure but they used to do a frequent user pass Might be wort while enquiring

There is a scheme to help people on low income pay for for their parking but they don't advertise it or make it easy to apply for.

 

[PaulSB]

FB has just reminded me I as at a wedding in Kruger National Park, South Africa seven years ago today. It's dark, cold and pouring with rain here - love FB.

Anyway. A herd of elephants wandered by. The next morning we went on a 5.00am safari. We came across three lionesses and seven cubs literally laying in the road 30 feet from us. I'll try to upload the video. The guide was so excited he phoned his granny to tell her! 😀

 

[welsh dragon]

You can not beat a granddaughter cuddle.
Welshie.... I know.......yours are grandsons. I have grandsons that I love BUT a cuddle of the granddaughter
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I have a granddaughter as well she lives in Aberystwyth. And 4 grandsons.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. It's dark. I got waylaid on faceache.

Stay safe folks.

 

[Drago]

My fellow retirementicans, I have risen!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Got to take MrsD for her flu jab at 10am.
Will drop her off then take doggie for a walk at Velator Quay.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning. It's dark. I got waylaid on faceache.

Stay safe folks.

Most mornings after breakfast I'm switching between Cyclechat and Facebook.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook feed

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
I've been awake since 3.15, I couldn't get back to sleep so I tuned in to R5. Goodness me, what a strange lot of people who phone into the program at that time of the morning
MrsP has an appointment for the flu jab this morning, but I have not been contacted. We have the same doctor's practice, so she is going to enquire why I wasn't contacted.
It's damp and cool outside and looks like it is going to stay that way all day.
All the usual things to do today, so plenty of things to keep me busy.
Stay safe everyone

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good Morning All. Damp and gloomy here. A morning walk just over the border in West Lothian is planned, we’re allowed to travel up to 5 miles over the border to start exercise. Hoping it will be quiet, this is West Lothian’s first weekend after their level 4 lockdown so hopefully the locals will be visiting newly opened shops and stuff rather than being out walking.

 

[welsh dragon]

Now it's lighter outside everything looks so much better NOT.

 

[Mo1959]

It's horrible here now.....so glad I got out early. Gloomy and raining quite heavily now. Just plonked myself back down with a cuppa.

 

[welsh dragon]

It's horrible here now.....so glad I got out early. Gloomy and raining quite heavily now. Just plonked myself back down with a cuppa.

Ooh. Coffee. Sounds like an excellent idea. Don't mind if I do.

 

[oldwheels]

They use a private firm to run the hospital carpark

That makes sense but still get at hospital management to see what they have to say.
In Scotland I think there are only two left now charging as under a previous labour administration they were tied into watertight contracts which the companies refuse to give up. [I am not trying to make political points just stating the fact].
The present Scottish administration managed to buy out any others and parking is free albeit often time constrained. In emergency you can get a ticket from the hospital giving you unlimited time certainly in Aberdeen anyway.
Trouble with free parking of course is that is misused by selfish members of the public who are not visiting the hospital. In my local hospital in Oban there is free unlimited parking which can be pretty congested but a blue badge space is mostly available.