The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Abother busy day for me NOT. Looks like another horrible day for us here. Rain all day I think. Bin day for us so woohooo.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my facebook page this morning.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Off down to the storage yard this morning to repair the caravan fridge. I've got to change the gas burner tube, its corroded and the gas isn't burning correctly. Should take a couple of hours to sort out.
Not a job I relish, as I have to take the fridge out of the space it's built into. It never goes back as easily as it comes out!

 

[rustybolts]

Spent yesterday afternoon painting bedroom walls jasmine white and nearly contracted snow blindness., Its so very dark , wet and miserable this morning will have to have the light on to finish it. Have a bed arriving from Ikea this morning and hope its easy to assemble . Yes its time for the heating to go back on. Stay safe !

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, wet and windy here. I hear that the forecast for Roubaix at the weekend is much the same

 

[ColinJ]

Aargh... I was having some weird dreams then after my 4 hours of sleep but my double alarm has summoned me to venture out in the chilly damp to see the local vampire.

I will shop at Lidl and beat the PPP this time to pick up a Metro.

Have you already applied for it? Some people have been waiting months for the for the first payment to be made.

Yes, thanks. I had read about the problems. I was planning to do it in the next few weeks but I got an invitation letter last week so I went online and registered then. I qualify in January and should get my first payment in February.

Oops, not much point in getting up early and then being late... Catch you later!

 

[Mo1959]

I have braved the deluge. Waterproof jacket, overtrousers and gore tex boots so was ok. Very quiet apart from one other woman on her own too.

Bran flakes and banana time.

 

[Dave7]

Good evening all. Just back from a couple of days in liverpool. We did all the usual tourist things down on the old dockside.
Albert Dock is where the restaurants are, and the Maritime and liverpool museums are worth visiting.
We did the Ferry across the Mersey, well you have to really.
Plus we visited the Anglican Cathedral and the more modern Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral.
Today I took the Mersey Rail, Wirral line out to West Kirby which was a pleasant surprise. The tide was out when after a short walk I got to the beach and marina.
Ther were no problems with the train service to and from liverpool.
Our accommodation was an eight bed apartment on Hardman street, more or less right in the centre. A good couple of days were had, with plenty of walking around.
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Excellent.
West Kirby was part of my early stomping ground. A mate of mine still lives in WK.
When there did you see the small islands off the coast ? The largest is Hilbre....next is Big Eye and Little Eye. They are a nature reserve with several hundred Seals living off it.
You can walk it at low tide......well worth it if you go again.

 

[Mo1959]

You can walk it at low tide......well worth it if you go again.

You could probably walk it at high tide too if you took a pair of Welshie’s bloomers as a buoyancy aid

 

[Paulus]

Excellent.
West Kirby was part of my early stomping ground. A mate of mine still lives in WK.
When there did you see the small islands off the coast ? The largest is Hilbre....next is Big Eye and Little Eye. They are a nature reserve with several hundred Seals living off it.
You can walk it at low tide......well worth it if you go again.

There were several people in the distance out towards them . A nice place.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning from a rainy Barnet.
Dog walking duties first, then a few domestics and then a bimble out on the bike to pick some stuff up from the shops that I have ordered and is now in.
Our neighbour, who has been plagued by wasps for some weeks has tracked the nest down, and it is under our eaves on the side of our kitchen facing their garden. So that will have to be dealt with.🐝🐝🐝
Another busy day in paradise

If I understand correctly its near the end of stingy waspy fecker season and they don't use the same place next year BUT from experience they will use the nearest hole/place to it.
After 3 seasons of paying the expert to kill them I ended up filling every likely hole I could see.....that did it.
Some other poor beggar now has the problem.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've had a serious senior moment this morning, my good morning greeting ended up in Mundane News some how, so I'll now say good morning to all on here.

 

[Dave7]

Spent yesterday afternoon painting bedroom walls jasmine white and nearly contracted snow blindness., Its so very dark , wet and miserable this morning will have to have the light on to finish it. Have a bed arriving from Ikea this morning and hope its easy to assemble . Yes its time for the heating to go back on. Stay safe !

Ikea ??
No problem then. It should only take 3 weeks

 

[Dave7]

Good (wet) morning to all.
I was supposed to have my right ear syringed yesterday. Just about to leave home when the nurse texted to say the gizmo she uses was broken .
Promised to message me this morning. So far......nothing.

 

[Chief Broom]

Our neighbour, who has been plagued by wasps for some weeks has tracked the nest down, and it is under our eaves on the side of our kitchen facing their garden. So that will have to be dealt with.🐝🐝🐝
Another busy day in paradise

The wasps should be dying off now and the nest wont be re-used. Queens hibernate and start the process again next year but not from this years nest. As has been said sealing of entry points is the best,