The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

My car is black. I don't like silver cars. The only one I had was hit by a stupid numpty on an old motorbike who was wearing pair of those old fashioned goggles with 6 faceted sides on them and he didn't see me when he decided to just turn around and go the other way. He turned right ibto my path.

 

[welsh dragon]

Does that mean you are going to have to buy another handbag so it matches the colour of your car?

I'm not sure Mo has a handbag.

 

[Mo1959]

Does that mean you are going to have to buy another handbag so it matches the colour of your car?

What’s a handbag? Not sure I possess one. Pockets do me fine.

 

[Mo1959]

My car is black. I don't like silver cars. The only one I had was hit by a stupid numpty on an old motorbike who was wearing pair of those old fashioned goggles with 6 faceted sides on them and he didn't see me when he decided to just turn around and go the other way. He turned right ibto my path.

But you have a husband to clean your car!

 

[BoldonLad]

But you have a husband to clean your car!

We do have our uses...

 

[welsh dragon]

But you have a husband to clean your car!

Very true

 

[ColinJ]

If Vladimir turns off the gas I think I could be looking at £3000+ by the autumn.

I hope not, because that would be 50% of my spending money gone!

Having said that, I think the west should now cut Russia off completely, so we should turn it off ourselves. It was never a great idea relying on them for fuel anyway.

I nipped out this morning for a blood test and discovered for the first time in nearly 2 years the front doors of Todmorden health centre are unlocked for people to walk in. (It is still necessary to have an appointment but at least we can walk in and up to reception now rather than ringing a bell and waiting to be admitted.) My results were good... thanks for asking!

I went shopping afterwards and was amazed (and slightly horrified) by what the young man in front of me in the queue bought. He spent £21 on food and drink but the only healthy thing in the whole lot was a box of 6 eggs. He bought 48 bags of crisps, cans of energy drinks, highly sugared BBQ sauce etc. No fruit or veg whatsoever. It isn't surprising that bowel cancer is so common...

 

[12boy]

When my #1 son came up on Tues to take me to the transesophogeal echocardiogram (TEE) yesterday he said the wind was so bad there was 23 overturned semi trucks in the 170 miles between Cheyenne and Casper. He was driving my Element which I have loaned him for a while. He and his wife have only one vehicle and this allows him to come up and still leave her a car. The Element is a fairly tall, boxy vehicle and he could only go 55 mph in places due to the wind. I am glad he came because the TEE wound up taking 4 hours although all but 30 minutes was prepping and waiting. They gave me a bunch of fentanyl which left me fairly goofy for a couple of hours, though. Next is a catheter through the femoral vein which will carry a plug into a little "appendage" off my left chamber. If it works I will be off all blood thinners except aspirin in about 6 months.
Apparently we all have this little "appendage" but with AFIB folks like me it can result in blood clots that account for 98% of the strokes AFIB guys have.
I may be able to go for a little ride today as the wind is only going to be 20 mph or so.
Be well and safe.

 

[avsd]

Retired last month. Just easing myself into the new routines and enjoying life. Today was clear out garage of old cycling gear. I have some old Garmin equipment which is free to a good home - Garmin Edge 705 , Edge 305 both with bar mounts and a Edge 500 without a bar mount. No cables with any of these devices but all are in working order. Let me know if anyone is interested before I post on a new thread.

 

[Tenkaykev]

My car is black. I don't like silver cars. The only one I had was hit by a stupid numpty on an old motorbike who was wearing pair of those old fashioned goggles with 6 faceted sides on them and he didn't see me when he decided to just turn around and go the other way. He turned right ibto my path.

It wasn’t Accy was it?

 

[ColinJ]

Next is a catheter through the femoral vein which will carry a plug into a little "appendage" off my left chamber. If it works I will be off all blood thinners except aspirin in about 6 months.
Apparently we all have this little "appendage" but with AFIB folks like me it can result in blood clots that account for 98% of the strokes AFIB guys have.

I found out about that thing recently - how odd it is! I suppose it is a bit like an appendix. Perhaps it did have a function in our forebears millions of years ago?

Good luck with the procedure and your recovery!

 

[ColinJ]

I have some old Garmin equipment which is free to a good home - Garmin Edge 705

I'd like to take you up on that kind offer. I have a couple of old Garmins which I had thought of replacing with a Wahoo. I could donate them back to forum members if the 705 suited me. (If not, I would then re-offer the 705 free on the forum.)

 

[avsd]

Colin - glad to pass the device on. I sent you a private message.

 

[rustybolts]

I was bored so I have just bought a car

I barely need a car now at all so have downsized even further to a totty little Toyota Aygo. The Yaris was 6 years old and starting to need a major service, new tyres, etc so I thought I would bite the bullet and just change now. I've been thinking about it for a while anyway. I managed to pick up a 7 month old Aygo with 5,000 on the clock so basically good as new with the savings of not buying new. Got a pleasant surprise with the trade in price for the Yaris too so that's it arranged with a pick up for Tuesday morning.

Good Luck with your new motor Mo !! what are you going to call her ? Any suggestions anyone for a suitable name for Mo's new car " Aye Go" ??

 

[Dirk]

It’s International Irish Whiskey Day today!

I'll do my best to support it.