The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Morning all, damp and misty outside this morning.
MrsP has a professional cat behaviourist visiting today as the cats, although they are litter mates are not getting on together. The large Male tabby constantly bullies the two smaller females.
Tonight we are back at the quiz night where we had some success last week

 

[Mart44]

Good morning - A ride to the allotment this morning to put some bordering boards in. Some peeling wallpaper to glue back in place this afternoon.

I've got a new mini-PC to set up and play with too.

Have the best day possible.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Dave7]

Good Day. It's foggy, but nowhere near as bad as yesterday, with light rain. Mrs P was panicking about delayed flights but I think we will be OK.

At 13.10 our flight departs Manchester >Hanoi. In the meantime we have to get the 08.37 Chorley >Manchester Airport. State of the trains up here that is likely to be the bigger adventure.

Applied for my Government beer tokens yesterday. Due May 6th.

I'll pop in from time to time. See you in three weeks.

Have a good one Paul.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Run done. If not sunny, still quite pleasant out today.
Now off to Wentworth... not the golf course one.

 

[Dave7]

Mornin' all.
Seems to be getting lighter each evening now, but the mornings seem to still stay dark🌙

We were saying the same thing. 0830 and it was still very dark.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning fellow retirees.
Todays news is.......
Weather not bad. No fog as others seem to have.
Woke to find I have a bloody pillow. I rinsed with salty water before bed and thought me gob had stopped bleeding but it must have decided to leak over night
We have an electrician coming today.....2 jobs. One is the outside security lights. T'other is an electric fire and the plug is overheating......we need to know where the problem is and if it can be fixed.
@Mo1959 the sciatic pain is less today. It still hurts but my left left leg doesn't want to do what my brain tells it to do. Do you find that?

 

[classic33]

Good Day. It's foggy, but nowhere near as bad as yesterday, with light rain. Mrs P was panicking about delayed flights but I think we will be OK.

At 13.10 our flight departs Manchester >Hanoi. In the meantime we have to get the 08.37 Chorley >Manchester Airport. State of the trains up here that is likely to be the bigger adventure.

Applied for my Government beer tokens yesterday. Due May 6th.

I'll pop in from time to time. See you in three weeks.

I thought you said you were going at the end of this month?

Whilst I understand that the trains aren't the best in the world, allowing a week before your flight to get to the airport is a tad excessive.

You travelling via Dubai, the airport has free WiFi!!

 

[classic33]

Run done. If not sunny, still quite pleasant out today.
Now off to Wentworth... not the golf course one.

Female prison, you In trouble?

 

[Mo1959]

Good morning fellow retirees.
Todays news is.......
Weather not bad. No fog as others seem to have.
Woke to find I have a bloody pillow. I rinsed with salty water before bed and thought me gob had stopped bleeding but it must have decided to leak over night
We have an electrician coming today.....2 jobs. One is the outside security lights. T'other is an electric fire and the plug is overheating......we need to know where the problem is and if it can be fixed.
@Mo1959 the sciatic pain is less today. It still hurts but my left left leg doesn't want to do what my brain tells it to do. Do you find that?

Sadly that is the thing that bothers me most now. My cycling speed has dropped by 2 - 3 mph for what seems like the same or more effort. It's like the legs don't have the same strength or muscle firing now. I've giving up running again as I felt it was making things worse so see how I feel after a year of walking/cycling. I happened to speak to my recently retired doctor a few weeks ago and he was saying he really wouldn't advise back surgery unless it's an absolute last resort so I will just keep going the best I can. He is only a year younger than me and regularly cycles at 17 - 18mph and runs 7 minute miles. Talk about green with envy!

 

[Dave7]

Sadly that is the thing that bothers me most now. My cycling speed has dropped by 2 - 3 mph for what seems like the same or more effort. It's like the legs don't have the same strength or muscle firing now. I've giving up running again as I felt it was making things worse so see how I feel after a year of walking/cycling. I happened to speak to my recently retired doctor a few weeks ago and he was saying he really wouldn't advise back surgery unless it's an absolute last resort so I will just keep going the best I can. He is only a year younger than me and regularly cycles at 17 - 18mph and runs 7 minute miles. Talk about green with envy!

Yes, I used to run half marathons at 8.5 mph (in my younger days). I am getting really frustrated. October 18th was my last ride .
I think its the 'not knowing' if/when it will improve that I hate the most.

 

[classic33]

@PaulSB, are these yours?

Down to 18 notes now, maybe.

 

[PaulSB]

I thought you said you were going at the end of this month?

Whilst I understand that the trains aren't the best in the world, allowing a week before your flight to get to the airport is a tad excessive.

You travelling via Dubai, the airport has free WiFi!!

Yep we are. I'm just filling my boots with free Manchester wi fi right now.

To my astonishment the NORTHERN train was new, clean, comfy and had wi fi.

 

[classic33]

Yep we are. I'm just filling my boots with free Manchester wi fi right now.

To my astonishment the NORTHERN train was new, clean, comfy and had wi fi.

They even have working charging points, on some of them!

 

[rustybolts]

Sadly that is the thing that bothers me most now. My cycling speed has dropped by 2 - 3 mph for what seems like the same or more effort. It's like the legs don't have the same strength or muscle firing now. I've giving up running again as I felt it was making things worse so see how I feel after a year of walking/cycling. I happened to speak to my recently retired doctor a few weeks ago and he was saying he really wouldn't advise back surgery unless it's an absolute last resort so I will just keep going the best I can. He is only a year younger than me and regularly cycles at 17 - 18mph and runs 7 minute miles. Talk about green with envy!

I found an old black and white photo recently of me running a half marathon in Rosslare about 40 years ago , my legs were sinewy but muscular . Now they are matchsticks with muscle wastage but I still run a bit. I used to run the Dublin city marathon in well under 3 hours , ran it in 2016 took me 4hrs 27 mins and it nearly knackered me BUT I am glad to be able to still run a bit . My old dad used to say " every day above ground is a good day " and even racked with pains he said daily " thank God to be alive and to be so well" . There is an older lady living behind me who is 92 , she is bolt upright , no sign of a dowagers hump and walks everywhere . She wears a bit of red lipstick and looks glamorous , wearing a nice coat and necklace etc. She said to me recently that all her friends are dead ,"Tom they sat down and looked at the telly" . She has two Japanese male university students staying in her house and walks to the shop to get her groceries rather than having them delivered . She is seen walking everywhere and no one would dare stop the car to offer her a lift. So keep walking and cycling , don't bother with tines , if you are half as glamorous as you appear in your little photo you have many , many a long year left in you