The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

She rang me from her landline to say that she had lost her mobile. Considering that she had rung me from her mobile only 20 minutes earlier, that took some doing. I rang the mobile and she tracked it down.

It just struck me... Why could she have rung the mobile herself from her landline!

 

[welsh dragon]

Oh dear - my Hebden Bridge pal seems to be having a succession of senior moments...!

She rang me from her landline to say that she had lost her mobile. Considering that she had rung me from her mobile only 20 minutes earlier, that took some doing. I rang the mobile and she tracked it down.

A few minutes later she rang again in a flap to tell me that she had lost her bank card after yesterday's walk to Todmorden. She had only just got the card after losing her previous one. Perhaps she had left the replacement card at the railway station? Or was it at HB Co-op? She rang the Co-op. Yes, they had the card. She just rang again. They had the old CANCELLED card!

Aargh... she just rang again. She used the card at Aldi in Todmorden yesterday so that seems to be the most likely place to have left it. I am going there now so I'll check.

Should she be allowed out on her own?

 

[postman]

MrsD says I have a 3 1/2" floppy.....she can be so hurtful.

I'm sorry but I am laughing that is so funny,women can be hard sometimes.

 

[PaulSB]

Not just me then! It's certainly not attractive. Here's hoping the height will ensure the smoke clears my house if the wind is coming from that side. Don't fancy smoky washing or smelling it coming in the windows when they are open. Doesn't look like it should.

Surely they need planning permission for that ugly thing?

 

[Tenkaykev]

As does next doors. It looks like they are about to set sail!



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At least that is black, the one over the road is bright stainless steel! It looks like a smaller version of the industrial ventilation you see on restaurants / take aways.

 

[classic33]

Kitchen, lounge and bathroom floors mopped, bin emptied and cleaned, it were a bit . I'm going to get washed and dressed then I'll get the papers, have a then get the vacuuming done.

You trying to save having to put the washer on?

 

[classic33]

My sister has an old wood burner in her Devon cottage. She is having it replaced with a better new one but has been told that the current arrangement is unsafe (venting smoke through a 400 year old chimney with no flue lining). I don't know whether she is getting honest advice on the subject but she is being told that she needs a flue lining putting in along with the new wood burner.

The smoke could be venting into the rooms above, the loft, or building up in the walls. All the flue lining will do is make certain the smoke has only one exit, on the outside.
The other option is to knock through the walls and rebuild the chimney lining.

 

[classic33]

I had that as well. I opened it for the first time ever. My word was totally different to my grandsons word.

That was to stop you copying!

 

[classic33]

It just struck me... Why could she have rung the mobile herself from her landline!

Does she know her number?

 

[classic33]

Numbnuts missing.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm sorry but I am laughing that is so funny,women can be hard sometimes.

Unlike older men, who often can't be...

Does she know her number?

My pal admitted that was the problem! She seems to be having a lot of brain fog recently. I wonder whether she had a false negative on her Covid test...

Anyway, the good news is that her missing bank card is in the safe at Todmorden Aldi! They (rightly) would not give it to me so she is bringing ID over tomorrow to pick it up in person.

 

[ColinJ]

On the way to Aldi I saw a youngish man riding an illegal e-MTB down the road. (He was doing about 20 mph without pedalling so the vehicle was effectively an electric motorcycle.) He had his young son/kid brother standing on the back of the saddle with hands on the rider's shoulders. Neither were wearing helmets.

The child was in a pretty vulnerable position whizzing along like that, but what can you do?

ColinJ: I say, sir - your vehicle is illegal and I worry for the safety of the child on the back!

Rider: Thank you for alerting me to the problem - we will immediately dismount and push the vehicle up the hill. I will not make that mistake again!

 

[PaulSB]

Quick TV recommendation from me "House of Maxwell" about the life of Robert Maxwell and his family. Very interesting first episode on BBC2 last Monday. You'll find it on iPlayer.

 

[PaulSB]

My sister has an old wood burner in her Devon cottage. She is having it replaced with a better new one but has been told that the current arrangement is unsafe (venting smoke through a 400 year old chimney with no flue lining). I don't know whether she is getting honest advice on the subject but she is being told that she needs a flue lining putting in along with the new wood burner.

If she has a reliable quality installer the company should refuse to make the new installation unless a liner is used.

 

[ColinJ]

If she has a reliable quality installer the company should refuse to make the new installation unless a liner is used.

I think that was the gist of it, yes!