The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

My excitement of the day is having a bag of Haribo in my Wiggle delivery of socks.

 

[Dave7]

Actually I was having breakfast at 06:24 fried egg on toast with black pudding this morning, but I went back to bed and got up at 10:00

In other words toast, egg, blood and lumps of fat

 

[BoldonLad]

OK. Can I have a rant? Yes? Oh thanks. You are sure?

Sainsburys talk about taking the piss. I wanted three loose carrots because if we buy more they tend to go black and unpleasant. Selected my carrots. No bags. Asked the guy where the bags are? "We only have these" he said pointing at the reusable zip top plastic bags. I bought a 35p pack of 9 carrots!!!!!

Eggs! Well then. Sainsburys now stock Very Large, Large, Medium and Small. Interesting I thought. Opened a Very Large box, the large ones were this size last week. Hmmmmm......let's try large? Oh look last week's medium..........tries the medium, oh small..........tries the new small size........puts on glasses.

On another supermarket matter our Aldi had significant stock shortages of basics. First time I've seen that in Aldi since the start of the pandemic.

Our local ASDA has done the same, no more "free" small plastic bags, for loose veg (all to save the environment of course), they now provide "re-useable' bags, which are chargeable. I now just weigh the veg, get the price sticker and stick it on a carrot (banana, onion, etc).

 

[ColinJ]

How do you get this one Dave?

I mentioned it and posted a link a month ago!

If you get your gas AND electricity from British Gas AND you are pretty skint then get yourself to their Warm Home Discount page HERE ASAP to claim £140 off your winter bill. I think numbers are limited so don't delay.

With what is happening in the gas market at the moment I reckon there is a chance of the discount being boosted this winter.

That link is for British Gas. You'd have to check with your supplier if it isn't them. Government link HERE.

 

[BoldonLad]

Actually I was having breakfast at 06:24 fried egg on toast with black pudding this morning, but I went back to bed and got up at 10:00

I really like black pudding, or, I used too, I find the modern stuff is not as good as I remember from my childhood. Yes, I know, I sound like a Hovis Advert

 

[oldwheels]

I really like black pudding, or, I used too, I find the modern stuff is not as good as I remember from my childhood. Yes, I know, I sound like a Hovis Advert

The much vaunted Stornaway black pudding is now nothing like the ones I remember on my last family visit to Lewis some years ago. Now marags are unobtainable I think. What is the world coming to?

 

[welsh dragon]

I really like black pudding, or, I used too, I find the modern stuff is not as good as I remember from my childhood. Yes, I know, I sound like a Hovis Advert

We can't get decent black pud in Wales. It tastes

 

[numbnuts]

In other words toast, egg, blood and lumps of fat

The ones from Sainsbruys don't have "lumps of fat"
There was a girl at Sainsburys on the checkout and every time I bought black pudding use to say "how can you eat that"
she said it once too often, she doesn't work there any more.

 

[numbnuts]

Dun walking, found it hard going today

 

[ColinJ]

Even if I had still been a carnivore, I would have been put right off black pudding in 2012 by a super cheerful consultant who gleefully pointed at the CT scan of my chest and told me that my pulmonary artery had effectively turned into the equivalent of a black pudding with a drinking straw poked down the middle of it! (I was only being kept alive by the trickle of blood that got through that straw-sized gap!)

 

[numbnuts]

Even if I had still been a carnivore, I would have been put right off black pudding in 2012 by a super cheerful consultant who gleefully pointed at the CT scan of my chest and told me that my pulmonary artery had effectively turned into the equivalent of a black pudding with a drinking straw poked down the middle of it! (I was only being kept alive by the trickle of blood that got through that straw-sized gap!)

Thanks Colin I'll remember that the next time I have it

 

[Dave7]

The ones from Sainsbruys don't have "lumps of fat"
There was a girl at Sainsburys on the checkout and every time I bought black pudding use to say "how can you eat that"
she said it once too often, she doesn't work there any more.

Will I get kicked off CC ?

 

[ColinJ]

Will I get kicked off CC ?

It looks like I will too... I'll end up having to ride my bike instead of talking about it!

On the subject of meat eaters being squeamish about what they are eating though... I was happy to eat it as long as I forgot what it was. My mum cooked it for me, and I had something tasty to eat. That was it. I went off to university, walked into a butcher's shop for the first time, looked around, and walked out a vegetarian! (That was 39 years ago.)

 

[numbnuts]

No of course not, but when I complained I found out I was not the first and she had been under notice for a few weeks for remarks about peoples shopping.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Afternoon all . I hope we are all ok and happy .
We are just back from our normal Saturday morning walk to the butchers in Binley woods . It a very nice and invigorating walk , though I did have a humour bypass when Mrs exlaser bought TWO chickens as well as the normal stuff which I had to carry in a rucksack.
According the Mrs exlaser she couldn’t see the problem as it’s wasn’t heavy, not sure how she would know that as she wasn’t carrying it 😂😂.
Anyway have a great day everyone .😀

I didn't realize Binley Woods had a butchers, Whats it like down the bottom where they're building the fly over.?