The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

I can handle it.

Can you smell that?

 

[Dave7]

Thought you were talking about me going to see my granddaughter and hoping for my
No....I did say earlier "enjoy your cuddles".

 

[PaulSB]

Can you smell that?

??????? I feel I may have missed a few posts in here today.

 

[oldwheels]

• Asymptomatic people are not infectious
• Test doesn't work
• False negative means people forced to isolate for no reason
• More tests means higher numbers therefore lockdown in January***
• "Knock on my door and they'll be told where to shove it"
• "Makes me sad how many people are falling for the lies to take your freedom away"
• "They claim their educated...but their farkin common sense is lacking!" (Mrs Angry about tests - 11 words, 3 errors and she's complaining about a lack of education of those in favour!)
• "You want to keep the rates up to force us to take the vaccine"

*** I do hope the lovely, but surprisingly foul mouthed, Kirsten will be staying home alone over Christmas

I could go on, and on, and on and it's not even the council's decision! Is it any wonder Chorley is rising again?

My favourite from a man in favour of the tests:

"God there's some tin hats in here. I thought you were all bonkers because someone took your car park" (This is a reference to part of a central car park having a brand new cinema, bowling alley, retail built on part of the car park. Said car park was replaced by a brand new FREE multi-storey 200 yards away!!!!!

We have some extraordinarily stupid people in Chorley!!!!!

My local FB pages seem to be keen to get a vaccine and the sooner the better. Generally there is not much argy bargy unless about incomers and holiday houses etc and the mods stamp on that pretty quick. The holiday home owners who do not live here wanted all restrictions lifted immediately to make themselves more money but that died out pretty quick.

 

[Dave7]

??????? I feel I may have missed a few posts in here today.

Nothing really.
Dirk has offered to give Welshie** one but not much else.
I think she is too much woman for one man.
**it could have been the granddaughter

 

[oldwheels]

Lovely sunny day here so against better judgement went out for a trike spin. There are 3 roads but only one reasonably quiet and all facing into the low sun. It usually takes a couple of miles to get my legs warmed up so take it easy for the first mile at least.
Not today tho' since the sun was blinding and my start is uphill so the first half mile was climbing as fast as possible to get out of the danger zone with cars from behind being blinded. Even after that it continued a bit dodgy so had to keep any eye out behind and pounded on as fast as possible. Fortunately very little traffic as I reckoned most would be off to Oban for Christmas shopping.
Tried an experimental loaf using my Remoska cooker. Worked very well and much cheaper as using much less electricity. I now have round loaves about 8 inches diameter which is a bit of a novelty.
The same cooker is now primed and waiting for evening meal of corned beef and cabbage with potato and cup soup sauce which is much nicer than it sounds.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Back from a walk from East Calder, an 8.5 mile circuit linking up old railway, the canal, a feeder canal, and Almondell CP. Mostly damp but a bit of brightness towards the end. And mostly very quiet. A successful venture.

 

[oldwheels]

CalMac have a strange way of putting things. Text out now that the 2145 sailing from Oban will now leave at 1825. If you are driving up for the later boat there is no way you can make up that much time.
Why don't they just say the 2145 is cancelled but there is an extra sailing at 1825?
There is not a breath of wind and some small workboats are heading for home as this cancellation is weather related apparently.
On Barra such non sailings are now referred to as Australian Sailings with reference to Brexit.

 

[ColinJ]

CalMac have a strange way of putting things. Text out now that the 2145 sailing from Oban will now leave at 1825. If you are driving up for the later boat there is no way you can make up that much time.
Why don't they just say the 2145 is cancelled but there is an extra sailing at 1825?
There is not a breath of wind and some small workboats are heading for home as this cancellation is weather related apparently.
On Barra such non sailings are now referred to as Australian Sailings with reference to Brexit.

I've only been to Mull twice and both times I found myself worrying that something might happen to cause the ferries to be cancelled. I didn't fancy being stranded overnight with just cycling kit to wear and with less than £10 on me...

I suppose one gets used to the possibility but the local b&bs and hotels must suddenly get very crowded if people can't catch the ferry home?

 

[Mo1959]

Back from a walk from East Calder, an 8.5 mile circuit linking up old railway, the canal, a feeder canal, and Almondell CP. Mostly damp but a bit of brightness towards the end. And mostly very quiet. A successful venture.

That’s where my old neighbours moved to to be nearer their family. I miss them.

 

[oldwheels]

I've only been to Mull twice and both times I found myself worrying that something might happen to cause the ferries to be cancelled. I didn't fancy being stranded overnight with just cycling kit to wear and with less than £10 on me...

I suppose one gets used to the possibility but the local b&bs and hotels must suddenly get very crowded if people can't catch the ferry home?

In summer you would be lucky to get a bed anywhere in Oban at short notice.
When I traveled latterly my van was converted to a camper with no windows so I always had a bed so long as I remembered to leave enough space.
We keep an eye on weather forecasts and if in doubt do not go unless in emergency tho' I do have a bolt hole at my son's house if stuck and many local people here have contacts in Oban.
Worse is getting stuck in Lochaline with little choice as it is a very small place.

 

[ColinJ]

Worse is getting stuck in Lochaline with little choice as it is a very small place.

Indeed!

In my case I wouldn't be trying to get back to Mull from Lochaline. I would only go there if I were doing my cousin's scenic loop: Oban-(ferry)-Mull-(ferry)-Lochaline-Corran-(ferry)-A828 back to start. It would be a long detour (67 km via Fort William) if the inland ferries were not running (or the last ones were missed) though!

 

[numbnuts]

All day I've been trying to log on the the NHS app not the covid one, first it would not recognise my driving licence, then I remembered that it has run out, but I can't renew it due to covid, then it would not recognise the numbers I had to speak in a little video.
In the end I gave up and deleted the app bollocks to it I thought but an hour later I reinstalled it and tried again hallelujah success .......only to be told that my surgery could have a fault with their system so you can't log in Ahhhhhh

 

[BoldonLad]

All day I've been trying to log on the the NHS app not the covid one, first it would not recognise my driving licence, then I remembered that it has run out, but I can't renew it due to covid, then it would not recognise the numbers I had to speak in a little video.
In the end I gave up and deleted the app bollocks to it I thought but an hour later I reinstalled it and tried again hallelujah success .......only to be told that my surgery could have a fault with their system so you can't log in Ahhhhhh

I have renewed my driving licence online in the past two weeks, no problem.

 

[PaulSB]

All day I've been trying to log on the the NHS app not the covid one, first it would not recognise my driving licence, then I remembered that it has run out, but I can't renew it due to covid, then it would not recognise the numbers I had to speak in a little video.
In the end I gave up and deleted the app bollocks to it I thought but an hour later I reinstalled it and tried again hallelujah success .......only to be told that my surgery could have a fault with their system so you can't log in Ahhhhhh

Oh tell me about it. I've tried the NHS app for prescriptions etc. Two months running it messed up my repeat prescription - the pharmacist asked me to go back to emailing my request. No problems since then.