The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Crikey. Fell asleep till 8.30. Hip is still nagging at me but at least I'll be moving around soon.

Sorry to hear about the hip! I hope that it eases off.

What I don't get is that you were awake all night, finally doze off at 08:30, but then wake yourself back up half an hour later to tell us about it!

I got to sleep at 04:30 and woke up briefly at about 07:00. I took one look at the clock and promply went back to sleep for another few hours.

According to one forecast we should be having a brief sunny interval before rain all day. The other says rain should already be here... It looks pretty dark through the curtains and I think that I can hear spray from car wheels in the distance so I think the second forecast is correct. Let me check...

Yikes, I jumped out of bed and almost face-planted on the floor - I had been lying in an awkward position and my right leg had gone a bit numb!

Hmm, no sun, leaden skies, wind, dampish roads, but currently no rain. Sounds like a job for 'quickly revive dead leg and do lumpy 6 km ride for Metro' man!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yikes, I jumped out of bed and almost face-planted on the floor - I had been lying in an awkward position and my right leg had gone a bit numb!

Are people who 'jump out of bed' allowed on this thread??


ANyway - morning (just) - got up about 9ish after a late night on YouTube

currently chucking it down and blowing a gale here
lawn is covered with leaves - and I only mowed it yesterday - mostly to get rid of the leaves!!!

Also - major event - daughter-in-law has rung up and asked us to hepl - she has a hospital appointment with the baby and needs a lift (she doesn't drive) and also needs someone to look after the other 2 while she is out
We are not normally asked for stuff like this - or if we are it comes from her partner AKA my wife's son
looks like we are becoming the first choice to help out - rather than her sister or Mum

only taken 9 years!!!

 

[Drago]

Been out and refuelled the Swedish Brick ready for next weeks jouneying. My, isn't fuel expensive, £1.43/9 a litre at the cheapest local station. Luckily I don't burn much of the stuff anywsy and I'm filthy rich,mso no problemo

Painted a few more parts for the latest lae mower resto, a 1968 Suffolk Super Colt, the same age as me. Is there anything mote satisfying than painting metal psrts with red oxide primer?

 

[steveindenmark]

@steveindenmark .....do you know a place called Henne ? My niece has just had a week there and the photos were lovely.

Yes, Henne Strand over on the West Coast. I have been there many times. The West Coast is lovely.

 

[Juan Kog]

Is there anything mote satisfying than painting metal psrts with red oxide primer?

YES , But not at your age !

 

[Mo1959]

Absolutely chucking it down now. Can’t see me going back out in that unless it eases a bit.

Big bowl of lentil soup and bread for lunch so full up.

 

[PaulSB]

Sorry to hear about the hip! I hope that it eases off.

What I don't get is that you were awake all night, finally doze off at 08:30, but then wake yourself back up half an hour later to tell us about it!

I got to sleep at 04:30 and woke up briefly at about 07:00. I took one look at the clock and promply went back to sleep for another few hours.

According to one forecast we should be having a breief sunny interval before rain all day. The other says rain should already be here... It looks pretty dark through the curtains and I think that I can hear spray from car wheels in the distance so I think the second forecast is correct. Let me check...

Yikes, I jumped out of bed and almost face-planted on the floor - I had been lying in an awkward position and my right leg had gone a bit numb!

Hmm, no sun, leaden skies, wind, dampish roads, but currently no rain. Sounds like a job for 'quickly revive dead leg and do lumpy 6 km ride for Metro' man!

No, I slept 10.30-3.30, awake 3.30-5.30 with nagging hip then slept till 8.30. A decent amount of sleep, what I didn't want was to be awake all day from 3.30am..........which isn't unusual for me.

 

[PaulSB]

What can possibly go wrong.........

 

[PaulSB]

Nothing.........yet!!!!!

The attachment to the shower arm unscrewed with a very small amount of persuasion. Then a simple job to screw the new shower head in to place.

Before starting I had noted there's a plumber working two doors up........£20 at the ready.

 

[gavroche]

Been out and refuelled the Swedish Brick ready for next weeks jouneying. My, isn't fuel expensive, £1.43/9 a litre at the cheapest local station. Luckily I don't burn much of the stuff anywsy and I'm filthy rich,mso no problemo

Painted a few more parts for the latest lae mower resto, a 1968 Suffolk Super Colt, the same age as me. Is there anything mote satisfying than painting metal psrts with red oxide primer?

Well, every time I go to put fuel in the car, the price has gone up. It is £1.449 at the moment and I bet it will be more by the time I buy some more on Tuesday. In fact, many petrol stations don't even bother to display their prices now. I am far from being filthy rich but fortunately, we only do about 3000 miles a year but I feel sorry for those using their cars to go to work every day, they must be feeling the pinch.
Anyway @Drago , how is Bruce? It has been a while since you put a picture on the Pet section.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

The forecast of very very wet is proving to be very very accurate.

 

[numbnuts]

Done walking 10,944 steps

 

[ColinJ]

Are people who 'jump out of bed' allowed on this thread??

Ha ha. Perhaps "got out of bed more quickly than usual" would be more accurate!

According to one forecast we should be having a brief sunny interval before rain all day. The other says rain should already be here... It looks pretty dark through the curtains and I think that I can hear spray from car wheels in the distance so I think the second forecast is correct. Let me check...

Yikes, I jumped out of bed and almost face-planted on the floor - I had been lying in an awkward position and my right leg had gone a bit numb!

Hmm, no sun, leaden skies, wind, dampish roads, but currently no rain. Sounds like a job for 'quickly revive dead leg and do lumpy 6 km ride for Metro' man!

Met Office 1 BBC Weather 0.

"He shoots; he scores!" I wheeled my bike out of the front door, and the dark clouds suddenly parted... sunshine! I did my 6 km loop, got back with my Metro, dismounted, and inserted my key in the door lock. The clouds closed up again, the sunshine disappeared, and it started raining just as I entered the house!

 

[Chief Broom]

Phew got that done....went to the library and filled in an online form, then printed it and now ive got to post it to obtain my national insurance number. Then i can put my name on the council housing list if my roof falls in.
Beware of dropping out or unplugging from the matrix cus you'll never get back in again.....

 

[ColinJ]

SWMBO doesn't do veg

Tell her to relax - I will be getting rid of all that horrid veg for her this evening... It is mega veggie curry night!

When I was a student I used to make a huge veggie curry at the weekend, eat one portion and freeze the rest to eat during the week. I'm doing something similar today. I will get 6 generous portions from it.

It will include:

• A butternut squash
• 5 or 6 carrots
• 3 or 4 parsnips
• A medium-sized swede
• 125 g of green lentils
• a green pepper
• half a red pepper
• 2 leeks
• 2 hot chillies (I would put 5 or 6 in, but a friend is sharing with me and she has a more sensitive palate than me!)
• 6 - 8 cloves of garlic
• a piece of ginger
• 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
• 1 tin of chickpeas
• 1 tin of red kidney beans
• a couple of sticks of celery
• a scoop of mixed seeds

There may be one or two other vegetables to add. I'll see what I have in the cupboard.

Fortunately, it is very mild for this time of year.