The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

I am very squeamish. It took a lot of persuasion by a doctor at the hospital to get me to look at the CT scans of my clotted lungs... I just heard about something much yuckier that I would have DEFINITELY declined!

A friend of my sister fell off a ladder and shattered her arm, which required major surgery to repair. She is slowly recovering and had made a trip to the hospital for physio. After the appointment, she was walking out of the hospital when she encountered the surgeon who had carried out the operation. He asked how the arm felt now, and told her some of the details of the surgery. Then he got a gleeful look on his face and asked if she is squeamish? She replied that she is not. Next minute, he whips out his smartphone and proudly shows her his gallery of operating theatre photos of her mangled arm as bits of metal were being bolted into it!

If you were in that situation, would you want to see the photos?

I haven’t see anything as bad as the friend of your sisters But I have seen real time pictures of my colon lol. Tbh I found it very interesting at the time but I was off my face on the meds the doctors had given me at the time 😂😂

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all . Another cold start to the day here in beautiful Coventry lol . We are at the end of week two of the bathroom renovation and not having a shower is starting to be a right PITA. We promised it would take two to three weeks and it will be three weeks next Tuesday and there is no way it will be finished by then . I think it will be the end of that week . The problem is the company we are using normally have extra labour they can put on jobs if they fall behind, but they have covid problems so they cannot do it at the moment . To give the company some credit, the project manager himself is coming on Monday to help the fitter speed things along. The real problem is mrs exlaser lol , she has never liked the mess that goes with doing any job, so the longer it goes on the more she gets up tight. If it’s not done by the end of next week she might just spontaneously combust 😂😂😂😂😀

 

[Dirk]

@Dirk .....did I miss something yesterday?
How did you cut yourself so badly ?
I am very squeamish.....can't even watch an injection. I sometimes try hard to watch hospital ops and just sometimes manage a couple of minutes.

Not a cut - I was bitten by a dog. Tore a hole about the size of an old penny out of my wrist and severed a tendon. I was 12 at the time.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning all . Another cold start to the day here in beautiful Coventry lol . We are at the end of week two of the bathroom renovation and not having a shower is starting to be a right PITA. We promised it would take two to three weeks and it will be three weeks next Tuesday and there is no way it will be finished by then . I think it will be the end of that week . The problem is the company we are using normally have extra labour they can put on jobs if they fall behind, but they have covid problems so they cannot do it at the moment . To give the company some credit, the project manager himself is coming on Monday to help the fitter speed things along. The real problem is mrs exlaser lol , she has never liked the mess that goes with doing any job, so the longer it goes on the more she gets up tight. If it’s not done by the end of next week she might just spontaneously combust 😂😂😂😂😀

My good lady's the same, loves the end result but detests the mess and upheaval that happens while the jobs getting done.

 

[Juan Kog]

Morning all . Another cold start to the day here in beautiful Coventry lol . We are at the end of week two of the bathroom renovation and not having a shower is starting to be a right PITA. We promised it would take two to three weeks and it will be three weeks next Tuesday and there is no way it will be finished by then . I think it will be the end of that week . The problem is the company we are using normally have extra labour they can put on jobs if they fall behind, but they have covid problems so they cannot do it at the moment . To give the company some credit, the project manager himself is coming on Monday to help the fitter speed things along. The real problem is mrs exlaser lol , she has never liked the mess that goes with doing any job, so the longer it goes on the more she gets up tight. If it’s not done by the end of next week she might just spontaneously combust 😂😂😂😂😀

With the shower out of action you’ll only have jugs of water to extinguish her .

 

[Illaveago]

As we all like looking at pictures here are ones of my model.

 

[gavroche]

Salut les amis (es).
Weather is nice so far, just had my lunch ( sandwich) so after a bit of digestion, off for a quicky ( bicycle ride I mean).
A tout a l'heure!

 

[Dirk]

Sat on my sofa earlier and..........Boing!!
A spring broke and let fly.
It's one I repaired about 3 years ago, so it's lasted quite well.
Did another repair which will hopefully see this sofa out.
We're intending to buy a load of new furniture when we eventually move house.

 

[numbnuts]

I made a fruit cake, had enough mixture to make a baby one too.

 

[welsh dragon]

The sun is shining and it's a massive 4 deg.

We are having a roast chicken dinner today

 

[ColinJ]

I was up relatively 'early' today to go and have a blood test.

I cycled to the health centre and went to park my bike. There was a very expensive-looking e-bike locked to the stand. Well, I say 'locked'... more like barely locked! The owner clearly did not understand how his/her lock is supposed to work. It was a chunky d-lock and a long cable with a loop on either end. The d-lock should be for locking the bike and back wheel to the stand and the cable should be used to offer some (minor) security to the front wheel. Instead, the cable was used between frame and stand and the d-lock merely used as a massive padlock for the cable and not securing the frame at all. Neither wheel was linked through! Several thousand pounds worth of bike were being 'protected' by something which could be cut through in 5 seconds with a cheap tool.

I was expecting my blood test result to be poor because I haven't been getting the regular exercise I need to keep my meds/clotting balance right. It seems as though getting back to my regular non-Christmas/NY eating pattern has helped though - I am 3/4 of the way back to the target figure. That means that I won't have my dosage messed about with - a right pain when the clinic does it, because it can takes months to settle down again when they do that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was mildly disappointing, lovely lunch in Cassilax but when we got down the club there was 14 of us there but no organiser's or helpers, so no bingo, a drink and some socializing then home, the bonus was a visit to the local One Stop for some chocolate, and my Good lady treated us.

 

[Mo1959]

Just back another walk as it is so nice. That’s 10 miles for the day. Cuppa and a browse now then I’ll probably watch Antiques Road Trip and Pointless.

 

[12boy]

ColinJ, l also am in blood thinners and l use something called Xarelto which I simply take without any testing or balancing. Per my doc it is as effective without the fuss. Have you thought of that? My insurance charges me 90 for 90 days worth on a
special mail order plan but the local pharmacy 90 for 30 days, so it ain't cheap. I have no idea how NHS works, though.
It is -7C at the moment with -16C with wind chill. It will get up to 3C and the wind will be 20-30 mph, so a lovely, sunny day. My buddy and I were to go for a walk and coffee but I don't know it would be a good idea to leave Mrs 12 alone for very long as we are having a lot of trouble with her meds. Many of the stupid pinheads who live here continue to refuse masks or show any sense with social distancing. Sometimes l am truly amazed by human behavior.
Be well and safe.....