The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a wet and windy Coventry.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

MrsD's cooking a turkey today. We'll have it for dinner and will make sarnies from what's left for our walk tomorrow.
Going over to Minehead on New Year's Day and stopping over.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Fixed our heating not coming on in the morning issues by realising that I’d accidentally selected “ pm “ 😮

 

[welsh dragon]

The rain has stopped but its really misty here.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all
It's wet and windy outside today.
We are off to some friends this evening for the new years eve bash. We will crash at their place overnight, walk the dogs in the morning before going to their local pub for lunch on new tears day.
I would say happy new year to you all, but I fear as usual it will be a sh**ty as the previous year.

 

[Mo1959]

Chilly riverside trail done and grabbed some more oat milk on the way home. It’s still slippy in bits but at least it looks like staying dry.

I’m not sure if I’ll even bother waiting up to see the new year in. I might just go to my cosy bed and read for a while as the telly is rubbish.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning all

 

[welsh dragon]

Nearly another new year. Bloomin heck. The time is certainly flying by.

 

[classic33]

Coooooeeee. 8 deg and raining again.

Stay safe peeps

Be honest, didn't you prefer it when it was colder, but dry, for those ten days?

 

[classic33]

Morning all

That's yer last "Morning all" of the year.

 

[welsh dragon]

Be honest, didn't you prefer it when it was colder, but dry, for those ten days?

Yes. You can have too much rain and we certainly get our fair share that's for sure. 😆

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Dreary out there - not inspiring at all.

Bit of a late one last night so feeling tired.

Dossy day on the cards and then the pair of us will go right through the night - we love NYE. 🥳

Was going to kick off with a pub visit but have vetoed that as everyone seems to have a heavy cold at the moment and we don't want it again.

So... playlist is done, a heap of those Indian/Chinese snacks from Morrisons to scoff have been purchased and we have plenty of wine & a bottle of fizz for midnight.

We usually float a Chinese lantern on NYE but the weather doesn't look too conducive.

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All the best to all of you for 2023 and I hope you stay healthy - which for us Oldies is the real 'biggie. ❤️🧡💛

 

[sevenfourate]

I’ve been lurking here and enjoying the leisurely pace of this thread 😎 But with hopefully not too many years left at work yet - my position here at the moment is aspirational rather than being a full participant 🤣

Happy and Healthy 2023 to one and all 🙏

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nearly another new year. Bloomin heck. The time is certainly flying by.

Flipping scary isn't it - seems like only yesterday that Millenium Bug, with planes falling out of the sky and computers melting down, was in the News.

Time flies and waits for no one.

Only last night we were talking about 2100 and decided that our grandkids have an outside chance of getting there and the (yet unborn) GGK's should definitely make it. And good luck to them too.

We feel lucky to have witnessed a millenium change and not just a run-of-the-mill century change.

 

[welsh dragon]

Flipping scary isn't it - seems like only yesterday that Millenium Bug, with planes falling out of the sky and computers melting down, was in the News.

Time flies and waits for no one.

Only last night we were talking about 2100 and decided that our grandkids have an outside chance of getting there and the (yet unborn) GGK's should definitely make it. And good luck to them too.

We feel lucky to have witnessed a millenium change and not just a run-of-the-mill century change.

I think we ( our generation) has seen the best. Now it seems we are on the other side and I feel sorry for my grandchildren.

Still. Onwards and hopefully upwards as they say. Marching forward.