The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeee. Am I first to the post today? Its dark. But it isn't raining so that's a plus.

No idea if it's damp or not.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks

 

[welsh dragon]

Now it's getting lighter, I can see its quite misty here.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all.
Whispy clouds in the sky, today is going to be a nice day weatherwise.
After the dog walk, I will have to bimble out on the bike to the shops . Although we had a Sainsbury's delivery yesterday, there are some things I prefer to get from the local shops.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Woken by the sound of heavy rain.
At least the reservoirs should be filling up.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. I looked in earlier to do Wordle then went out for a 3 mile jog. Being a typical rain magnet I seem to attract the rain. It came on within minutes of going out then went off when I was nearly home

I've stuck a wash on but it will just have to dry inside.

Tonight's telly will probably be an old Dalziel and Pascoe, although I see there's a new series starting on BBC 1 that might be worth a watch called Tokyo Vice.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Dry here and forecast to be dry all day, I've put a line full of washing out.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all .
Dry here and not too cold.
Welshie.......I was on here at 0400. I didn't want to be but couldn't sleep. TBH I deliberately didn't post as I thought that was cheating .

 

[welsh dragon]

I did a load of washing yesterday and it's just about dry. I dried it inside on doors, chairs, and my airer

Still really misty here but the sun is trying to break through

 

[12boy]

While in Albuquerque,NM almost 800 miles south, my neighbor who has been checking on my house, setting the faucets to drip during some -2F nights here in Casper WY, and getting the mail, gave me call. He found some water in the lower floor of my house soaking the concrete laundry room floor and a square yard of the carpet in the family room next to it. He turned off the kitchen faucet and it stopped. I had planned to come home on Friday, the 25th after Thanksgiving with the Albuquerque clan on the 24th, but left Sunday, spent the night with youngest son in Denver and got here yesterday afternoon. Apparently after only 47 years since this place was built, the hard water we have finally ate through the sink drain. Today I will hit the grocery store and get a new drain at the hardware store and repair the sink. It will snow tomorrow and then warm up a tad. Good to be home, though.

 

[Paulus]

Good afternoon all.
A busy day has been had as it was dry and bright. Garden tidying, some weed killing, removal as they are still growing on the patio and driveway.
I now have a big pot of vegetable soup on the go, and the start of tomorrows lasagne on the hob. If possible I like to cook it the day before constructing the lasagne as the mixture marinates over night and the flavour improves no end.
.

 

[welsh dragon]

Howdon peeps. We had steak and pygmy pie today.

I have been pottering.

 

[Mo1959]

Jumped there. I was speaking to myself answering questions on Pointless and my watch must have thought I was asking it a question. It gave me the plot synopsis of All Creatures Great and Small.

 

[classic33]

While in Albuquerque,NM almost 800 miles south, my neighbor who has been checking on my house, setting the faucets to drip during some -2F nights here in Casper WY, and getting the mail, gave me call. He found some water in the lower floor of my house soaking the concrete laundry room floor and a square yard of the carpet in the family room next to it. He turned off the kitchen faucet and it stopped. I had planned to come home on Friday, the 25th after Thanksgiving with the Albuquerque clan on the 24th, but left Sunday, spent the night with youngest son in Denver and got here yesterday afternoon. Apparently after only 47 years since this place was built, the hard water we have finally ate through the sink drain. Today I will hit the grocery store and get a new drain at the hardware store and repair the sink. It will snow tomorrow and then warm up a tad. Good to be home, though.

That's the trouble, nothing is made to last a lifetime any more.

Sorry you'd to miss the Thanksgiving though.

 

[classic33]

Mo, the Crieff Hydro is looking for experienced staff. You've worked in "government hotels", do you think they'd count that?