The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

We’ve got an “ Owl “ bed which is basically a high density foam folding mattress that converts into a chair. We have it in our bedroom when our granddaughter sleeps over. Granddaughter climbs into bed with us for a story and falls asleep. She’s very wriggly so when Mrs Tenkaykev pops to the loo she finds she’s lost her place when she gets back and ends up sleeping on the Owl bed 😂 (it’s very comfortable by all accounts 😉

Why didn't you sleep on it then, given you got very little sleep anyway.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Why didn't you sleep on it then, given you got very little sleep anyway.

I was hoist with my own petard as when I got back from my nocturnal trip for a pee granddaughter had adopted a starfish like sleeping position so I spent some time lying precariously on my side on about 12” of mattress 😄

 

[classic33]

I was hoist with my own petard as when I got back from my nocturnal trip for a pee granddaughter had adopted a starfish like sleeping position so I spent some time lying precariously on my side on about 12” of mattress 😄

Just push her out next time.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeee. I'm first? It's dark and I have no idea what it's like outside.

Shopping day for me today.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all, washday Monday has rolled round yet again, they do seem to roll round quickly, bed mechanic came out about tea time yesterday and changed the unit on the end of the bed, I got up this morning to my Good Lady sleeping peacefully and no alarms going off.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Stuff to do down in the village today. Solicitors and estate agents.

 

[Dave7]

Hello all.
I never did finish the shredding and have been given my orders.....so guess what I will be doing.
Dry here, really must refill bird feeders. Problem is, they eat the stuff.

 

[welsh dragon]

Hello all.
I never did finish the shredding and have been given my orders.....so guess what I will be doing.
Dry here, really must refill bird feeders. Problem is, they eat the stuff.

We have the opposite here. The birds seem to have disappeared. Usually they are all over the feeders like a rash but there are hardly any birds here for some reason. Very odd.

 

[Dave7]

We have the opposite here. The birds seem to have disappeared. Usually they are all over the feeders like a rash but there are hardly any birds here for some reason. Very odd.

TBH all our less common ones have gone. We have hundreds of Sparrows plus blue and great tits.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
A chilly but sunny start to the day. Must go for a run before the motivation dissipates. Our daughter got in touch to say that her chap has entered a 100k run along the SDW, It's not until July so plenty of time to build up the distance. There are other distances available, 50k, 20k, 10k. Our daughter is going for the 20k and we've decided to join her. Just looking at B+B's in the area at the moment. Second coffee has been slurped so time for a few stretches.
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️☀️👍

 

[classic33]

Good morning folks,
A chilly but sunny start to the day. Must go for a run before the motivation dissipates. Our daughter got in touch to say that her chap has entered a 100k run along the SDW, It's not until July so plenty of time to build up the distance. There are other distances available, 50k, 20k, 10k. Our daughter is going for the 20k and we've decided to join her. Just looking at B+B's in the area at the moment. Second coffee has been slurped so time for a few stretches.
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️☀️👍

Which will you be doing?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Hes probably a top class darts player

Good point - I didn;t actually watch

which brings up an old story
My Dad was injured during the war - spine broken (luckily (!) for me very low down other wise I wouldn;t exist!)
Anyway he was stuck in hospitals for several years as a result - with a lot of medication and stuff
often delivered by injections in days when needles were not as thin as they are nowadays

He gave me some advise
Never let a Doctor give you an injection if you can get a nurse to do it instead!!!!!
Nurses get more practise - and are generally better at it
normally

apparently there were 2 Sisters at the hospital that stood out
One for all the wrong reasons - her injections we painful - she seemed to put the needle in at an angle and bend it as she went in
NOT GOOD

The other one hardly seemed to touch the needle - she started from a distance and seemed to throw the needle almost (hence the story!)
Her injection were almost painless


End of story
quite short really - on 'another forum' my stories are famous - or infamous, not sure which!!!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Which will you be doing?

Ah, 20K with our daughter ( I'll see how my training goes, I'd love to have a go at the 50k but the endurance isn't there anymore )

 

[classic33]

Ah, 20K with our daughter ( I'll see how my training goes, I'd love to have a go at the 50k but the endurance isn't there anymore )

How about doing two 20k' & a 10k?

 

[Tenkaykev]

How about doing two 20k' & a 10k?

That's a plan! as it's a point to point race they drop the 100k competitors off first, then to 50k, then the 20k etc. I suppose I could get the coach to the start of the 20k, run to the finish, jog back to the 20k start and run it again, then jog back to the start of the 10k and run that 😉