The Retirement Thread

[mikeIow]

I am often out without my phone or money so this will be handy for me if I need to pop into a store when out and about.

I *love* having several cards in my Apple wallet: use it all the time!
Usually carry a couple of cards “in case” (with a tenner….although I can’t recall the last time I needs cash!

On smart watches….I wore a semi-smart one (no pay features), but when I stepped away from the day job I sort of resolved to not wear a watch again…..might change my mind sometime, but always have the phone or cycle computer to tell me the time!

 

[welsh dragon]

Change of plan. Bacon, egg, sausage and baked beans.

 

[welsh dragon]

This came up on my Facebook page.

 

[Paulus]

Change of plan. Bacon, egg, sausage and baked beans.

An all day brunch then Yummy.

 

[Dirk]

I use Google Pay a lot. Love it.

Me too. Been using it since the start of this year.*
I've even managed to get MrsD to use it. She was very reluctant but is now a total fan.

*I still always carry a couple of hundred in my wallet.....just in case.

 

[Mo1959]

Another walk done. Gosh it’s really busy out there. That’s 32,000 steps for the day. That’ll do me!

It’s finally warmed up quite a bit.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I *love* having several cards in my Apple wallet: use it all the time!
Usually carry a couple of cards “in case” (with a tenner….although I can’t recall the last time I needs cash!

On smart watches….I wore a semi-smart one (no pay features), but when I stepped away from the day job I sort of resolved to not wear a watch again…..might change my mind sometime, but always have the phone or cycle computer to tell me the time!

I haven't worn a watch since I retired in 2015.

 

[numbnuts]

I haven't worn a watch since I retired in 2015.

Hardly every wore a watch all my life, had one at school until I lost it, not allowed to wear a watch at work, if I go out kayaking or fishing I wear one due to the tides ect, other than that I have a clip-on one to wear on a belt.
Nearly forgot I wear my Garmin for walking to record the data.

 

[numbnuts]

Another walk done. Gosh it’s really busy out there. That’s 32,000 steps for the day. That’ll do me!

It’s finally warmed up quite a bit.

32,000 WoW well done Mo I'm not going to tell you I only did 11,468

 

[welsh dragon]

It's really warm here as well.

 

[numbnuts]

It's really warm here as well.

Sun has gone now and cloudy and down to 20c here

 

[Tenkaykev]

Bumped in to a friend on my walk / jog this morning, she was just heading off herself so we kept each other company for a while. She’s a volunteer heath warden and also does monitoring work for the herpetological society. Her and another friend were walking near the coast and her friend got bitten by an Adder. Her arm started to swell and she was looking a bit out of it so my friend called 999. They had to send a Fire crew to carry her off the Heath, a distance of about a mile, then an Air Ambulance to take her to Dorchester Hospital. They had a couple of doses of antidote and she's had both, she's still in hospital being monitored.

 

[ColinJ]

I have a Vivoactive HR. It's good for recording and will do that time easily but navigation is decidedly tricky. Stick to Garmin or Wahoo.

I would not have even thought of it until I noticed that Sea of Vapours navigated using one.

I did my 'long' ride to Aldi. (At only 7 km it isn't actually long, but it is several times longer than taking the direct route and includes hills which are challenging in my 52/19 gear!)

My gammy left leg felt fine while I was cycling and walking round the store. It didn't start to swell up again until I got home and stopped moving. That is very typical of the problem that I have with it. The DVT damaged the delicate non-return valves in the vein so now blood can go back in the wrong direction between heartbeats, causing the swelling.

I think my leg is telling me to stop being such a lazy person and get up and move around more!

I have now set a 1 hour timer on my phone to remind me to move at least once in that time. I'll run that every day when not up and about.

 

[gavroche]

Back from the street barbecue and met some very nice neighbours of our daughter's. A couple of them used to have a house in France , another one is also a keen cyclist so a good natter we had and a very pleasant afternoon spent.
We feel reassured that our daughter won't feel on her own now when our grandson goes to Uni in Brighton in September.

 

[ColinJ]

My action timer is definitely needed! I have a daily alarm set for 18:00 anyway to remind me to take my warfarin, which I did this evening, then I glanced down at my laptop and... apparently seconds later my 19:00 timer alarm went off. An hour had vanished just like that and I hadn't moved from the sofa! I jumped up and wandered about doing odd jobs for a couple of minutes.

Back to sitting down with the laptop and ANOTHER hour has nearly gone, just like that... I'll take the 20:00 opportunity to have a pee break, then spend another hour correcting the internet (not quite all of it!) before getting up again at 21:00 to make this evening's salad. Mug of tea at 22:00...

I have to ask the question - does life get any better than this? (I'm hoping that the answer is 'yes', or at least a cautious 'maybe'! )