The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Where did they go???

Anyway - I have to think their concepts of life have a point

unlike some 'normal' 'religions'

anyway - basically - I never mess with red haired women - I just ain;'t that brave

They just stopped posting.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They just stopped posting.

Maybe communicating by other means


or just stopped posting

 

[Dave7]

Blimey... I have been up since 0430 and it appears I am the only one on here.
Anyone around ??

 

[Tenkaykev]

Blimey... I have been up since 0430 and it appears I am the only one on here.
Anyone around ??

I’ve been up for a while, didn’t want to wake the forum members too early 😁

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Apparently when I was a kid I was scared by the original Daleks

In the more recent stuff however
The first time a Dalek said "ELEVATE" I genuinely shot back on the safe and yelled WTF

before that - there was BLINK
not THAT was seriously scary!!!!
watched it with my daughter - she had become a Dr Who fan but her Mum wouldn't watch it so we watched it when she was out
we had to pause it and had a discussion
decided that stopping when it was scary was bad - but most programmes end when it is less scary so we watched it to the end
which helped a bit

and there was a Torchwood with Fairies
s**t that was scary - not as bad a BLINK but close

it was the original Daleks that scared me, but I was only 10 or 11 at the time.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Looks like we will be having another nice day today.

Stay safe peeps.

 

[Drago]

Had an email from the Father of my tenant in Shetland offering to buy the place. Talked it over with Mrs D and im going to accept. I'll lose £300 a month rental income - ive not put it up since 1994 - and i'll be 160k better off.

Being realistic ill never be moving home now, somits time to face facts and let go. Mrs D has agreed that once Mini D leaves home we'll move to the Scillies or Alderney. I want the sea, she wants half a chance at reasonable westher.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. The sun is shining 🌞. Looks like a lovely day ahead. An awful sleep so feel like death warmed up.

My Kinesis is clean but still needs a polish and lube.

Tuesday is housework day. Got me coloureds on, whites to follow when Mrs P gets up.

I see we have a flounce going on. This one makes me smile.

 

[PaulSB]

Had an email from the Father of my tenant in Shetland offering to buy the place. Talked it over with Mrs D and im going to accept. I'll lose £300 a month rental income - ive not put it up since 1994 - and i'll be 160k better off.

Being realistic ill never be moving home now, somits time to face facts and let go. Mrs D has agreed that once Mini D leaves home we'll move to the Scillies or Alderney. I want the sea, she wants half a chance at reasonable westher.

Interesting you say that. Only last night I was talking to a friend who has just sold his Dublin home saying exactly the same as you.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. I looked in earlier but it was quiet.

Just back a gorgeous spin. Not very far. Just 28 miles but nearly 2000 feet of elevation so still a decent work out for the old legs.

Better go and get freshened up and stick the accumulating exercise gear in the wash. Then brekkie.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Good morning, world.

I haven't posted for the last few days, as we have been getting up and going straight over to Miss Salad's new/old house, where there is MUCH decorating to be done.

But this morning I will be leading our "social strolling" walking group, while Mrs Salad oversees the first day of actual workmen appearing at the project. I suspect she will prevent them from doing much plastering by talking to them a lot and making them many cups of coffee with copious amounts of biscuits.....

 

[Drago]

Interesting you say that. Only last night I was talking to a friend who has just sold his Dublin home saying exactly the same as you.

It is with a heavy heart, but one must apply some logic. I've no family left there, some friends, and while Mrs D doesn't mind visiting she has no attachment to the islands and its a hard environment for someone not inured to it. I feel a bit sad, but also quite upbeat, as if I've crossed a busy junction in the road of life and got past it unscathed.

Don't get me wrong, rural Poshshire is nice enough but I don't feel any attraction or connection to it. Its simply half way between where we were both living when we got together, so was borne out of expedience and convenience. Nothing against it, its just not me.

 

[PaulSB]

@Drago yes, my friend was again saying precisely the same thing. I think it's a stage of life we all reach. It may be a house, it may be something else but these are decisions which need taking and they often bring relief.

For me it was money. After retiring I was very, very uncomfortable with the idea of spending capital with no real means to rebuild it. That was until I finally convinced myself with sensible living only total disaster could put us on the streets.