The Retirement Thread
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Merry Christmas everyone......
'Tis clear and very cold outside, a hard frost has come down. The sort of night when a warm and cosy stable seems like a good plan.
No 2 son has a very limited diet so won't eat much of our Christmas menu. I'm cooking for three, the smallest ever. We are having venison with a blackberry gravy, roasties, Yorkshires, parsnips, carrots, pan fried sprouts, braised red cabbage. None of it challenging, the trick will be to make it look a generous Christmas feast without creating lots of waste. I'm contemplating that one!
Going to finish my coffee, try for a doze and then head in to the kitchen.
Happy Christmas one and all, have a good day and looking forward to a better 2021. 🎅🎅
'Tis clear and very cold outside, a hard frost has come down. The sort of night when a warm and cosy stable seems like a good plan.
No 2 son has a very limited diet so won't eat much of our Christmas menu. I'm cooking for three, the smallest ever. We are having venison with a blackberry gravy, roasties, Yorkshires, parsnips, carrots, pan fried sprouts, braised red cabbage. None of it challenging, the trick will be to make it look a generous Christmas feast without creating lots of waste. I'm contemplating that one!
Going to finish my coffee, try for a doze and then head in to the kitchen.
Happy Christmas one and all, have a good day and looking forward to a better 2021. 🎅🎅
Good day to all.
Got up at 05.30.....did a few small jobs and enjoyed a coffee (with a christmas cognac in
).
Listening to a gospel prog on the radio. Not in any way religious but enjoy some good gospel singing ......has to be good though.
Just debating a return to bed. MrsD is no doubt longing to molest my body
@PaulSB your lunch plan sounds excellent. Enjoy it. With our depleted appetite we are thinking of home made steak pie with chips dipped in dripping.
@Mo1959 ......enjoy your day whatever you decide.
Got up at 05.30.....did a few small jobs and enjoyed a coffee (with a christmas cognac in
).Listening to a gospel prog on the radio. Not in any way religious but enjoy some good gospel singing ......has to be good though.
Just debating a return to bed. MrsD is no doubt longing to molest my body
@PaulSB your lunch plan sounds excellent. Enjoy it. With our depleted appetite we are thinking of home made steak pie with chips dipped in dripping.
@Mo1959 ......enjoy your day whatever you decide.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I have risen!
Been up since 0530hrs to get Muttley walked and back to the house before Mini D wakes up.
Been up since 0530hrs to get Muttley walked and back to the house before Mini D wakes up.
Morning Drago. Does chrimbo mean a lot with having mini D ?
Whatever.......I hope you, Mrs D and mini D have a good day
Good morning folks, and a heartfelt greeting to all my virtual friends here on the forum. Your wit and humour have helped lift me when I was down, and for that I’m really grateful.
Have a lovely day to those who celebrate, to those who don’t or feel sad at this time of year please accept this virtual arm around the shoulders.
All the very best
Tenkay
Have a lovely day to those who celebrate, to those who don’t or feel sad at this time of year please accept this virtual arm around the shoulders.
All the very best
Tenkay
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
MERRY Christmas everyone. I hope you all have a peaceful day.
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Cold and frosty, but dry so hoorah for that.
The twins will be having Christmas lunch with us today . Their dad is spending the day with his Ex ( their mother) and they have no intention of spending the day there with her, so us it is then. How lucky are we.
Stay safe folks.
.Cold and frosty, but dry so hoorah for that.
The twins will be having Christmas lunch with us today . Their dad is spending the day with his Ex ( their mother) and they have no intention of spending the day there with her, so us it is then. How lucky are we.
Stay safe folks.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday if you prefer.
Very strange morning as when I got up at 7 o'clock it was pitch black outside with no sign of any dawn of which I usually see a glimmer at least. I began to wonder if I had slept an extra 12 hours and it was now evening.
Last year on this day I had a lovely run on the trike in sunshine up Loch Etive and then over to Benderloch and back to base. Memories.
Very strange morning as when I got up at 7 o'clock it was pitch black outside with no sign of any dawn of which I usually see a glimmer at least. I began to wonder if I had slept an extra 12 hours and it was now evening.
Last year on this day I had a lovely run on the trike in sunshine up Loch Etive and then over to Benderloch and back to base. Memories.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Midlothian Edinburgh
Good Morning All and Happy Christmas to those who are celebrating it.
Tea tonight will be lasagne followed by Christmas pudding.
Tea tonight will be lasagne followed by Christmas pudding.
Morning all
And a very happy Christmas to all of you who have managed to creak and wheeze your way through this godawful year.
Woke up to a frost and a glorious sunrise over the Dartmoor hills.
Off out for a walk later, then back to the van for our traditional Christmas dinner of Egg & Chips.
Have a good day everyone.
And a very happy Christmas to all of you who have managed to creak and wheeze your way through this godawful year.
Woke up to a frost and a glorious sunrise over the Dartmoor hills.
Off out for a walk later, then back to the van for our traditional Christmas dinner of Egg & Chips.
Have a good day everyone.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Midlothian Edinburgh
Just 64 days to go
Good morning all fellow retirees and a Happy Christmas to you all.
It is a lovely sunny, frosty morning here.
I will be out with the dog shortly, and then get down to business in the kitchen.
Let's hope next year is a better one than this one.
It is a lovely sunny, frosty morning here.
I will be out with the dog shortly, and then get down to business in the kitchen.
Let's hope next year is a better one than this one.
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Morning all... A very Merry Christmas to you all, hope you all have a wonderful day 
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I keep getting a message on My phone allegedly from BT telling me if I don't press 1 all hell will be let loose. It's Christmas for God's sake. Can't they leave us alone for 1 day
