The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

I've been shopping before the comes

 

[numbnuts]

We has

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I had to drive to Yoga this morning, its only a ten minute walk away, another well attended class and another good work out. While I was out my Good lady phoned the sister in law and caught up on the gossip, my Brother In Law is ill, its been six years since he last needed to see the doctor, and several of our friends are unwell as well, which is a concern as they're all elderly, the eldest is in her nineties.

 

[Dirk]

Back from Barnstaple - bank account's a bit lighter.
Just planted up 4 hanging baskets to provide a bit of cheer in the back garden.

 

[classic33]

Morning. Been wet overnight but dry now. Breezy though.

I’ll have a browse and finish my decaf coffee then head out for a walk then driving up to Aberfeldy to spend a few hours with my old neighbours. No doubt another walk and lunch out somewhere. It’ll give the car a run as I barely use it these days.

And the weather?

 

[Dave7]

Back from Barnstaple - bank account's a bit lighter.
Just planted up 4 hanging baskets to provide a bit of cheer in the back garden.

Serious question.
How long will your hanging baskets last when you go on one of your road trips ??

 

[Dirk]

Serious question.
How long will your hanging baskets last when you go on one of your road trips ??

Ages - my neighbour waters them for me.

 

[pawl]

I had to drive to Yoga this morning, its only a ten minute walk away, another well attended class and another good work out. While I was out my Good lady phoned the sister in law and caught up on the gossip, my Brother In Law is ill, its been six years since he last needed to see the doctor, and several of our friends are unwell as well, which is a concern as they're all elderly, the eldest is in her nineties.

The only friend I have left is my mate Derek.He’s a year and a day older than me the rest have passed
Three years ago I was in Keswick .I called to see an ex social work colleague but she wasn’t in.As I was leaving she returned I said hello Vera She responded by saying are you some one from my past Vera it’s Dave we worked together at the LRI She was as unable to remember me she only had vague recollections of being the team leader of the older person team

So sad to see the deterioration of someone one who was so bright and intelligent

 

[Deleted member 1258]

So sad to see the deterioration of someone one who was so bright and intelligent

Unfortunately age can be unkind and that can happen to people.

 

[numbnuts]

The only friend I have left

I haven't got ay friends

 

[Dirk]

I haven't got ay friends

You've got us.

 

[ColinJ]

That's interesting, I don't see patterns in words or numbers, it sounds like something that makes life easier.

With words I think it's just fun but very useful for quizzes, Scrabble etc. I approach a problem like Scrabble or Wordle by looking for a pattern, I don't look for a word. As an example if I'm playing Scrabble and have "ign" I'll ignore those letters and look for a pattern in the remaining four letters to try and find a four letter word to extend with "ing"

With arithmetic it is extremely useful. My mental arithmetic is very good and I'll usually beat someone using a calculator on every day stuff. I can look at a spreadsheet and spot errors very quickly, not because I necessarily know the exact answer but I'll have a good idea of the expected answer. Good for shopping, bills etc.

I am with Paul on this! I can usually spot anagrams a mile off, which is why I was surprised to miss the morris dancers one.

Here are 3 from today's Metro cryptic crossword. (It is pretty simple as far as cryptics go.)

"It's rude to create a diversion" (6)

Spoiler: ANSWER

DETOUR

"Elgar's looks?" (6)

Spoiler: ANSWER

GLARES

"Has the case changed?" (6)

Spoiler: ANSWER

SHEATH

Here are a couple from a Times Quick Cryptic...

"Witness protects a suspect" (9)

Spoiler: ANSWER

SPECTATOR

"Mighty tiger won anyhow" (8)

Spoiler: ANSWER

TOWERING

As for numbers...

I couldn't tell you how many times I look at the time on the clock on my microwave oven and think "Yikes, root 2 again!" (2:14 pm, 14:14, square root of 2 = 1.414(21356237...) or "It's Pi time!" (3:14 am, 03.14, Pi = 3.14159(265359...)). Numbers sometimes just jump out at me.

I was once working with a colleague trying to debug a prototype digital circuit board. My mate had designed the hardware and I was writing the software. It was doing very odd things... We were trying to get our heads round what was going on so I wrote a very simple test program which would run in the processor's internal memory to test the external memory on the board. The results looked like complete gobbledygook. I stared at a memory dump for a few minutes and suddenly the answer was clear... Instead of finding the data SOME_DATA at the memory address SOME_ADDRESS, we actually had the data SOME_ADDRESS at the memory address SOME_DATA!!! As soon as I told my mate what was happening he realised what the cause of it was. He had made a simple mistake in his logic design which took him about 5 minutes to fix.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I am with Paul on this! I can usually spot anagrams a mile off, which is why I was surprised to miss the morris dancers one.

As for numbers...

I couldn't tell you how many times I look at the time on the clock on my microwave oven and think "Yikes, root 2 again!" (2:14 pm, 14:14, square root of 2 = 1.414(21356237...) or "It's Pi time!" (3:14 am, 03.14, Pi = 3.14159(265359...)). Numbers sometimes just jump out at me.

I was once working with a colleague trying to debug a prototype digital circuit board. My mate had designed the hardware and I was writing the software. It was doing very odd things... We were trying to get our heads round what was going on so I wrote a very simple test program which would run in the processor's internal memory to test the external memory on the board. The results looked like complete gobbledygook. I stared at a memory dump for a few minutes and suddenly the answer was clear... Instead of finding the data SOME_DATA at the memory address SOME_ADDRESS, we actually had the data SOME_ADDRESS at the memory address SOME_DATA!!! As soon as I told my mate what was happening he realised what the cause of it was. He had made a simple mistake in his logic design which took him about 5 minutes to fix.

I haven't had to use Root, Square Root or Pi since I left school in the mid 1960's and I've forgotten them, if I had to start using them again someone would have to teach me them from scratch

 

[Mo1959]

And the weather?

Wasn’t too bad, although not very warm but the sun appeared briefly. Bridge over the Tay, Black Watch memorial and a bike sculpture. Nice lunch had. I had chilli con carne and rice.

 

[Dave7]

I haven't got ay friends

Not even the taxman ?