The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

There are 2 vaccine centres in Powys. One in Brecon (no way) and 1 in Newtown about 25 miles away. That's the one for us when Mr WD is called.

 

[screenman]

I wish females would stop asking Santa for the perfect man for Xmas, 3 times he has sent the elves out to kidnap me already.

 

[welsh dragon]

I wish females would stop asking Santa for the perfect man for Xmas, 3 times he has sent the elves out to kidnap me already.

Only for being a total b*******er

 

[PaulSB]

@12boy all this talk of libraries made me think you might enjoy this very British thing. Decades ago our public telephones would be in a phone box. Every village had one. The phones have been removed now. Where the boxes remain enterprising locals have turned these in to book swaps. Often someone installs shelves, folk drop off their unwanted books and take something they would like to read.

We have many in our area.

Now folks this is your chance to reminisce on a wet Sunday!

 

[PaulSB]

So my phone box memories are obviously press button A or B, in our village if you passed the box and the phone was ringing you had to answer it and then go and get the person who the call was for.

As a young teenager I'd scrape together as many pennies as I could and spend cold, wet evenings camped in ours talking to the then current love of my life!! 😀

 

[Mo1959]

So my phone box memories are obviously press button A or B, in our village if you passed the box and the phone was ringing you had to answer it and then go and get the person who the call was for.

As a young teenager I'd scrape together as many pennies as I could and spend cold, wet evenings camped in ours talking to the then current love of my life!! 😀

We used to stuff paper up the return slot so when people didn't get through and pressed whatever button you pressed to get your money back, they thought it hadn't worked. We would go back in a few days, pull the paper out and collect the pennies.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good Morning All, dry for the moment but rain forecast. A bit of a sofa day I think.
Enjoyed Professor Alice’s programme on Georgian Edinburgh last night. Before the virus I’d started spending a few hours every week as a volunteer guide at St Giles Cathedral. It was good being able to share bits of Edinburgh history with visitors. Hoping I’ll be able to go back to it sometime.

Seventy miles on my seventieth is something thats on my mind, unfortunately I'm unlikely to have the time to do it, it sounds a lot more attractive than the party everyone here is expecting me to have.

I used to enjoy planning adventures to do on my "significant" Birthdays. I've never been one for the surprise party, I'd much rather be doing something I enjoy and then have a nice meal and a few drinks in the evening with family and friends.
I did manage to run 60 on my 60th ( overnight sleeper to Glasgow, head to the Canal, run to Edinburgh )

Seventy miles on my seventieth is something thats on my mind, unfortunately I'm unlikely to have the time to do it, it sounds a lot more attractive than the party everyone here is expecting me to have.

Morning all

Happy birthday 🥳 Dave I used to ride the same distance as my age packed that in when I reached 65.No way am I doing an 80 mile ride on freezing Feb2nd Given the current conditions it takes me all week to cover that distance.

This mornings weather ☔☔☔☔

I switched to KM for my 65th, might be an idea?

 

[Dirk]

Is That even a word. Even if it isn't, it should be.

It is.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

@12boy all this talk of libraries made me think you might enjoy this very British thing. Decades ago our public telephones would be in a phone box. Every village had one. The phones have been removed now. Where the boxes remain enterprising locals have turned these in to book swaps. Often someone installs shelves, folk drop off their unwanted books and take something they would like to read.

We have many in our area.

Now folks this is your chance to reminisce on a wet Sunday!

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Speaking of quintessentially British nostalgia, Dad’s Army. Watched a most enjoyable documentary about earlier in the week. I still laugh when I watch it, after all these years.

 

[Mo1959]

Speaking of quintessentially British nostalgia, Dad’s Army. Watched a most enjoyable documentary about earlier in the week. I still laugh when I watch it, after all these years.

It was definitely one of the better comedy programmes on. Afraid modern comedy doesn't appeal to me the same.

 

[Dirk]

There are 2 vaccine centres in Powys. One in Brecon (no way) and 1 in Newtown about 25 miles away. That's the one for us when Mr WD is called.

 

[classic33]

Good morning all, today my age becomes my favourite number, and I'm a year off a big birthday

Triple figured?

 

[gavroche]

I switched to KM for my 65th, might be an idea?
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That's a great idea. 70 miles is just under 44 kms and I can do that so I probably will but not till the spring though.

 

[classic33]

The police got one suspect the same morning. It appears they posted pictures on facebook, showing them on the inside with the fire going.

I am sure that there is a sizable amount of the population that have very few brain cells. The example above is one of many that gives me this impression.

They smashed a window to get in, then set set fire to a pile of books under the window they came in.

 

[BoldonLad]

Good morning all, today my age becomes my favourite number, and I'm a year off a big birthday

Happy birthday. Enjoy your day.