The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Poor night of tv so it’s either find something on Prime, or just browse and play games.

I see there’s yet another even more easily spread strain of the virus from Africa appeared now. Will we ever get some good news for a change.

 

[dickyknees]

The rain has stopped.

But it’s a bit windy now.

 

[Dave7]

Oh, yes! When we lived in Harborne there was an offy at the bottom of our road. We were young, skint and I was out of work. Seem to recall it was something daft like 50p a bottle - take your own bottle - out of a plastic cask.

Disgusting but did the job on a Friday night.

1970 we had an offy were we could take pop bottles to get filled with draught bitter.
Dirk would have like it as the beer was flat........ but it was cheap

 

[pawl]

1970 we had an offy were we could take pop bottles to get filled with draught bitter.
Dirk would have like it as the beer was flat........ but it was cheap

I well remember going to the offe for my dad with a pop bottles Inwas well under age .Screw top was sealed with a label .

 

[PaulSB]

Well I'm knackered. What was supposed to be a few bits and bobs we needed turned in to five hours of shopping. Nearly an hour at the butcher's plus a lot of faffing trying to find all sorts of stuff that wasn't on shelves - not because they were sold out but things are taken off display to make room for mince pies, beer and chocolate.

I may go to bed soon

 

[pawl]

We lived across the road from the Hairdressers for about 10 years, the fella that runs the launderette 2 doors up from the Hairdressers is a friend of ours, my Good Lady used to help out in the launderette if he was busy and short of staff. Jan who runs the Hairdressers has always supplied coffee to customers and the people with them, at Xmas she adds a mince pie.

I don’t have enough hair to go to the barbershop Get my own coffees No mince pies though.All together now Ah

 

[GM]

Here's my sherry story...Back in the early 90's when I worked for English Heritage building their summer concert stages. One evening we helped out on the Sampling, which involved walking around with a tray of small plastic glasses offering people a small glass of sherry, can't remember the brand, it wasn't one of the well known ones. With it a card to add their comments on and to pop it in the box. When the concert was finished and time to wrap up we were sitting around having a drink of the unfinished bottles reading some of the comments that people had written. One witty chap had put " I'd like to pour this Sherry over my girlfriend's boobs and lick it off" quick as a flash I said he needs Bristol Cream for that!

(Harvey's Bristol Cream)

 

[12boy]

The tooth cleaning took an hour and a half. That one tooth is really clean. My hygenist is on a keto diet, much like my anti diabetes diet. Not so much to lose weight but because she believes running on fat instead of sugar makes for greater mental clarity. Haven't heard that before, but eating less carbs and more protein and fats keeps my energy levels from yoyoing with carbs and especially sugar. Oddly enough, the sound system at the dentist's was playing original, not muzaked, 60s hits like Bob Dylan, Cream, Credence etc. A few bars and I immediately knew the title and the musicians. Weird to remember those songs but not last nights dinner.

 

[classic33]

The tooth cleaning took an hour and a half. That one tooth is really clean. My hygenist is on a keto diet, much like my anti diabetes diet. Not so much to lose weight but because she believes running on fat instead of sugar makes for greater mental clarity. Haven't heard that before, but eating less carbs and more protein and fats keeps my energy levels from yoyoing with carbs and especially sugar. Oddly enough, the sound system at the dentist's was playing original, not muzaked, 60s hits like Bob Dylan, Cream, Credence etc. A few bars and I immediately knew the title and the musicians. Weird to remember those songs but not last nights dinner.

Could you have posted the one tooth, rather than wasting the day taking it there.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I don’t have enough hair to go to the barbershop Get my own coffees No mince pies though.All together now Ah

I wish my hair would stop growing and thin out a bit, it still grows at the same rate It did when I was a youngster, its the same with my nails, no slowing down at all.

 

[PaulSB]

I wish my hair would stop growing and thin out a bit, it still grows at the same rate It did when I was a youngster, its the same with my nails, no slowing down at all.

Thanks, you know how to make a chap feel great.........😂

 

[Drago]

Doxa 300T Professional ordered. Hell, you only live once, and if it's good enough for Clive Cussler...

 

[ColinJ]

I wish my hair would stop growing and thin out a bit, it still grows at the same rate It did when I was a youngster

Thanks, you know how to make a chap feel great.........😂

Don't worry, Paul - most of that growth is probably concentrated in the eyebrows, nose and ears!

Half the hair that used to be on my scalp (and legs) has moved to those locations on me...

 

[classic33]

I wish my hair would stop growing and thin out a bit, it still grows at the same rate It did when I was a youngster, its the same with my nails, no slowing down at all.

The rate at which your hair grows slows as you get older.

The "Seven Year Rule" applies more to the back of your head than any other part of you.

 

[FrankCrank]

Wishing all fellow retirees a Merry Xmas

🥳 and a happy and healthy New Year 🥳