The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

I haven't got ay friends

Only close ones are the couple I was with today. Never bothered keeping up with any old colleagues although a few were nice enough. I have acquaintances that I can chat to on a walk if I meet them but nobody close. Fell out with my brother a couple of years ago so no close family now either.

 

[ColinJ]

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

I can't remember the more advanced engineering maths that I did at university but I do remember a lot of the simpler stuff such as the general solution to a quadratic equation...

Spoiler: If you REALLY want to know!

IF ax^2 + bx + c = 0

THEN x = (-b (+ or -) sqrt (b^2 - 4ac)) / 2a

Black Watch memorial

I assume that somebody has added a light below the statue? I don't like the way the cable is just draped up there. They should have hidden the cable somehow... drilled a hole down through the plinth?

 

[PaulSB]

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

Yep, same for me. I haven't used those since the day I sat maths GCSE 51 years ago.......makes you wonder really 🤔

 

[ColinJ]

Yep, same for me. I haven't used those since the day I sat maths GCSE 51 years ago.......makes you wonder really 🤔

You DIDN'T sit GCSE maths 51 years ago (GCSEs started in 1988) - it would have been GCE ('O'-level) maths back then!

 

[numbnuts]

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

I use to use Pi all the time at work for bending rings....now I use pie for

 

[classic33]

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.

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That's the first time I've seen a flat tyre on a steel wheel.
What's the reason the "bike" being there.

 

[pawl]

Own up.You know who you are You can’t hide all those Euro millions lottery win.

 

[classic33]

Own up.You know who you are You can’t hide all those Euro millions lottery win.

Best way to hide it would be to carry on as normal. Getting the actual money in a new double mattress*, and sleep on it.


*Think about it. When did you last hear of a mattress being held up/robbed!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Own up.You know who you are You can’t hide all those Euro millions lottery win.

An obscene sum, like the amount that painting fetched.

 

[Mo1959]

That's the first time I've seen a flat tyre on a steel wheel.
What's the reason the "bike" being there.

 

[ColinJ]

An obscene sum, like the amount that painting fetched.

I agree.

Why not have 184 people win £1 million each?

The answer must be that people no longer consider £1 million enough to get excited about, or at least that lottery organisers think that is the case.

I would keep (say) £14 million to spend on comfortable homes for myself and my nearest and dearest, money put to one side for maintenance on those properties, and invest enough for any normal future care needs for all of us. The younger ones could then choose jobs that they liked without having to worry too much about how much they were paid. The older ones could retire in comfort without any financial worries.

I would enjoy working out exactly what good causes to invest the other £170 million in!

 

[PaulSB]

Coooeeee.......hello.......anyone at home? Did you mean to leave the backdoor open?

Ah well. Looks like a beautiful and breezy day is dawning in wonderful Lancashire. Today is bits 'n' pieces as housework needs doing, ironing, email to catch up, allotment work and hopefully get my bikes and car clean.

I will get a shift on.......

 

[Dave7]

Best way to hide it would be to carry on as normal. Getting the actual money in a new double mattress*, and sleep on it.


*Think about it. When did you last hear of a mattress being held up/robbed!

With my memory I would likely think "this cr*p mattress is lumpy" and give it away to someone I don't like.

 

[Dave7]

An obscene sum, like the amount that painting fetched.

Yes....that is hard to believe. Crazy imo.

 

[Dave7]

Coooeeee.......hello.......anyone at home?

Use of that phrase might be a court marshall offense. I think Welshie has a patent on it