The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

It's been raining steadily overnight, which is good as the gardens really need it; our soil is bone dry.
A workshop morning for me, doing more Bantam fettling.
Soon have the little blighter up and clucking.

 

[Mo1959]

Brrrrr....minus 1 when I set off for my morning wander. Lovely though and we already have blue sky and sunshine.

 

[welsh dragon]

I wonder if anyone else notices.

Probably not so you can give a sigh if relief

 

[Dave7]

Morning all

It's been raining steadily overnight, which is good as the gardens really need it; our soil is bone dry.
A workshop morning for me, doing more Bantam fettling.
Soon have the little blighter up and clucking.

We have lots you can have free if you wish.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, cold and grey and with an east wind, not such an appealing day for a bike ride. Will go for a walk instead.

Have enjoyed Mr Portillo’s trip around Kent this past week, looked very interesting. Looks worth a visit at some point.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well - I'm up and porrage has been done - plus some raspberries so I can pretend I have a healthy diet

sunny out and i have the patio doors open

Apparently WE have volunteered to have the Grandkids this afternoon and overnight
If I find out who this bloke "We" is I am going to have a few strong words with him!!

Anyway - their Mum works weekends and their Dad "has" to go to a staff do for staff at the hospital where he works so "someone" has to look after the kids
DUnno what we are doing tomorrow but we normally take the oldest climbing so we will probably take them all back at lunchtime and then go climbing as soon as they are all dropped off and she has her stuff

so that is the weekend planned - looks like nice weather so far but a nice ride is probably not going to happen!
wonder if I could find some bikes for the kids - but then I would need another shed to keep them in and 4 might be too many????

 

[Drago]

Bonjour. I have been enlisted to be the official interpreter to a small group of French people from a twinning town in northern France. They are going down the copper mine in the Great Orme in Llandudno,

Blimey, justice is tough in your part of the world if the punishment for being French is hard labour in the copper mine!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Blimey, justice is tough in your part of the world if the punishment for being French is hard labour in the copper mine!

seems fair though

 

[classic33]

I wonder if anyone else notices.

Notices that you think Sunday is Friday?

 

[Drago]

Notices that you think Sunday is Friday?

If it weren't for Mrs D and Mini D keeping a work and school routine respectively I'd struggle to know what day it is.

 

[welsh dragon]

Mr WD thinks he is doing well by remembering the correct month.

 

[numbnuts]

I've made a 🥥 cake

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If it weren't for Mrs D and Mini D keeping a work and school routine respectively I'd struggle to know what day it is.

Yup - many years ago my Dad was in hospital and the carers found my Mum collapsed at home - she had dementure

I rang the hospital and the doctor was asking me question to try to find out how she was normally compared to how she seemed to him now
He asked if she normally knew what day it is?
I could only answer that she would normally give a sensible answer but really had no clue - but then neither of them had worked for many many years and their routine just didn;t include any difference in the days
She hadn;t even been out of the house for over 7 years - how would she know what day it was.

Actually turned out she had had a stroke and was far worse than I realised - but the doctor had no way of knowing what the start point was!

 

[EltonFrog]

Mr WD thinks he is doing well by remembering the correct month.

Not to brag or anything, but I remembered why I went into the kitchen just now.