The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Rain is hammering down and set to be like this all day.
We are due at the hospital at 12.30 for MrsD to be fitted for her new boob. Long story short.......she went to the specialist shop as arranged. She got the bras BUT they wanted £160 for the implant whereas she can get it free from NHS. So she is going to see if they are of a similar standard.
I told her.......if you are not happy with the NHS one we will pay the £160.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Only here this early because my old doggie got up at 6.15 and wanted to go out.
Too late to go back to sleep and too early to get up.
Hitching up in a few hours and towing back home.

 

[PaulSB]

We got the bus back from Wimborne today. I'd forgotten my wallet which meant that Mrs Tenkaykev had to pay for the Coffee and Cake, the downside was that my wallet contains my Bus Pass 😠 I had to pay £3.50 bus fare. I'm not complaining, it just made me realise two things, how expensive bus fares are in this neck of the woods, and how much money I have saved over the years.
Another thing of note was that of the 8 - 10 passengers who got on and off the bus, Mrs Tenkaykev and I were the only people wearing masks.😷

Interesting. On our walk along the Cleveland Way last week we did Saltburn to Boulby with a plan to get the bus back. Landing up at a bus stop on a main road we jumped on the first one without thinking about masks.

As I walked towards a seat I realised everyone was wearing masks. We all hastily put ours on.

 

[PaulSB]

I noticed someone had pipped me by 1,000 steps in the Garmin weekly steps challenge so popped out in the rain after Endeavour and walked a couple of miles…….I’m not competitive, much! Hopefully whoever it is will be off to bed thinking they have won so I can sync my Garmin now

That's our Mo.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I noticed someone had pipped me by 1,000 steps in the Garmin weekly steps challenge so popped out in the rain after Endeavour and walked a couple of miles…….I’m not competitive, much! Hopefully whoever it is will be off to bed thinking they have won so I can sync my Garmin now

A wall clock with a pendulum Mo, wrap your Garmin around the stem for an hour, no need to get wet 😉

 

[PaulSB]

Hello gang.

As forecast it's lashing down and set for the day. So heavy it woke me. Did all the housework, chores etc. yesterday. I'll be doing bits of cycle club and home admin along with general mooching about the house.

Might watch Joe Kidd, never heard of it before, if I can find it on line. I always enjoy a Clint Eastwood film especially the Westerns.

Need to swap the lights over on to my Kinesis. I've a big gravel ride next weekend so I'll leave putting the mudguards on till after that. Winter is coming, well winter bike time is.

 

[PaulSB]

A wall clock with a pendulum Mo, wrap your Garmin around the stem for an hour, no need to get wet 😉

I might get the Scalextric out and duct tape my Wahoo to a car.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I might get the Scalextric out and duct tape my Wahoo to a car.

Nice try, but that wouldn’t work. GPS would see you in the same location. 🤔

 

[PaulSB]

Nice try, but that wouldn’t work. GPS would see you in the same location. 🤔

Oh. Bugger!

 

[Drago]

Its now raining here in Poshshire.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning gang. It's been raining all night here. Looks and feels more like a winter day.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, my Good lady has a physio assessment this morning, they're coming anytime between 9 and 12, I'm down the dentist this afternoon, I've got a broken tooth and it started to give me some serious stick the middle of last week, I phoned the dentist Friday and the earliest appointment was this afternoon so I've had to put up with it over the weekend.

 

[Tenkaykev]

We had an email from Octopus energy yesterday, informing us that we’d been switched to them following the failure of our old energy supplier Avro. I did some digging around and they seem a good organisation, offering things like a cheap overnight tariff for charging electric vehicles, plus on first reading it would appear that their “ Smart Meters “ allow rate switching.
Anyone here have real world experience of dealing with them?

 

[Drago]

Good morning folks, my Good lady has a physio assessment this morning, they're coming anytime between 9 and 12, I'm down the dentist this afternoon, I've got a broken tooth and it started to give me some serious stick the middle of last week, I phoned the dentist Friday and the earliest appointment was this afternoon so I've had to put up with it over the weekend.

This'll cheer you up Dave....

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

 

[Dirk]

We had an email from Octopus energy yesterday, informing us that we’d been switched to them following the failure of our old energy supplier Avro. I did some digging around and they seem a good organisation, offering things like a cheap overnight tariff for charging electric vehicles, plus on first reading it would appear that their “ Smart Meters “ allow rate switching.
Anyone here have real world experience of dealing with them?

We've been with Octopus for a few years. They seem pretty good compared to previous companies we've used.