The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

There's a lovely little cafe run by the local butcher and his family next to Aldi. This looks like good value for next Friday evening.

That does look like a great deal, far better than one of the chain type pub lunches. When we ate at a pub on the quay just after Christmas, one of our group just wanted beans on toast. When it arrived it consisted of a couple of huge doorsteps and what must have been the best part of a whole tin of baked beans, all for the princely sum of £3.50 👍

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There's a lovely little cafe run by the local butcher and his family next to Aldi. This looks like good value for next Friday evening.

Looks good to me.

 

[pawl]

Am I just sick, or did anyone else laugh?

I did exactly the same.

 

[Dave7]

Just enjoyed a food of the gods breakfast...... seeded toast with butter and MARMITE.
Went a bit heavy with the MARMITE but it was very enjoyable.

 

[welsh dragon]

Yes, very strange!

That's just the sort of thing the Irish would do.. I have no doubt someone will say somethng regarding my reply. .

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Morning all

I have no idea how you lot post stuff before 9!!

I can;t get my brain working before that - $deity knows what I used to do at work
or, for that matter, how I drove there!

anyway - back has been 'off' for a few days - pulled a muscle or something - so no cycling
even more annoying is that the last ride has disappeared from Strava
it was there when I got home but seemed to have trouble downloading to the main system when I finished it
My wife gets a text message when I go out so she can see where I go - and hopefully if I stop for too long she will ring for an ambulance!!!
anyway - she reckons that when she looked I seemed to be wandering at random all over Warrington - when in reality I just skirted the West part of it and headed home
Think it must have gone totally screwy sometime around then
may be due to lack of storage - which I can't upgrade!

as a result Strava makes it look like I haven;t been out for over a week!


on the good side a nice lady has asked to follow me on it!
seems like a nice person
not sure why a young (looking from her profile picture) from the USA wants to follow some old fat bald bloke from Widnes - but clearly my charms haven't diminished over the years
I do wonder why her profile seems to mention a web site with the words 'pussy finder' in it
wonder if she thinks I like cats as well??

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Dave7]

Morning

Morning ????,
You have the nerve to say "morning" when the day is nearly gone .
I have been up 4 1/2 hours.
Mind you, I am about to go back for a kip shortly.

 

[GM]

Morning all... Late again, still I've done the Wordle, Sudoku, Codeword and a card game

Wordle 218 4/6

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[PaulSB]

Am I just sick, or did anyone else laugh?

errrr.........well........no you mention it...................

 

[PaulSB]

Do you think they make any difference? I'm not convinced.

Yes, I do. I've been taking 500mg daily for perhaps ten years at the suggestion of my GP. At the time I had early onset arthritis (obviously still have) in my left hip and this certainly seemed to ease things. Since then I've been able to get rid of the discomfort completely through exercises and stretches, good advice and shoe supports from a friend who is a podiatrist.

 

[PaulSB]

It's elevenses. I've had a successful morning and bought a load of cycle kit! Menu is planned for the week and I'm off to Aldi as soon as I finish my coffee. Plenty of other incredibly mundane tasks completed. A good result so far.

 

[classic33]

Anyone else seen this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60091753

Similar story from a few years ago. A polling station shut early, with staff given a police escort away. A woman wheeled into the booth, and helped to leave her mark on the paper. Staff took issue with the "help" being given, found that she'd not have been able to do so unaided due to being dead.

 

[classic33]

That's just the sort of thing the Irish would do.. I have no doubt someone will say somethng regarding my reply. .

You'll have made a note of the County mentioned?

 

[Dave7]

Similar story from a few years ago. A polling station shut early, with staff given a police escort away. A woman wheeled into the booth, and helped to leave her mark on the paper. Staff took issue with the "help" being given, found that she'd not have been able to do so unaided due to being dead.

Being dead is a feeble excuse innit