The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Monkers Just mentioned something and I read it a lot, "young people" what are they? what age do you become not young? Now we know of course blokes do not grow up as fast as females but surely they grow older at the same speed.

Off out to buy some wood to create a false chimney breast, hopefully. The hopefully bit is for the chimney breast we have enought bird boxes already.

I wish you luck.
We waited 2 weeks just to get some t&g to match what it was replacing.

 

[oldwheels]

Shopping done before 8 o'clock. I always make a list which I do take with me but then forget to consult so always forget something.
The only time to go to avoid the queue although when I came out there were a couple hanging about waiting. The "door monitors" are to stop soon but they have been kept on meantime as ferry restrictions are going to be eased soon which causes much local terror. With incomers keeping a distance which is still 2 metres here will become a nightmare and cause massive queues which may be ok in the sunshine but no fun if raining.
Noticed my old motorhome in the car park which looks occupied but was empty when I passed. I sold it to somebody on the mainland but may be on loan to an essential worker. I am not a good salesperson as I worry in case it failed it's next MOT or broke down very soon after selling so pleased to see it still going. I try to be honest in my dealings and I am aware of caveat emptor but still feel responsible.

 

[Dave7]

Physically everybody grows older at a different rate.

I certainly did.
I was really small as a kid. Aged 15** when I left school I was just 4' 10" tall. I eventually attained the great height of 5' 7".
**I worked in a large office and to this day recall the girls saying "ahh, isn't he cute".

 

[Landsurfer]

I certainly did.
I was really small as a kid. Aged 15** when I left school I was just 4' 10" tall. I eventually attained the great height of 5' 7".
**I worked in a large office and to this day recall the girls saying "ahh, isn't he cute".

You may have misheard the word "Cute" .........

 

[Dave7]

You may have misheard the word "Cute" .........

I nearly typed that but managed to resist.

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour! Talking about weddings, many couples spend thousands of pounds on their special day, only to get divorced a few years later. When I married again in 1987, we organised it all ourselves: the food, hired a room in a local pub and married at Registry Office. The whole lot for a few hundred pounds and everyone enjoyed it. Still together 33 years later with all the ups and downs of married life of course but that's life.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Our daughter decided to get married in a Registry Office and have the reception in the beer garden of a pub in walking distance.
She got a lovely dress from a local charity shop and donated it back after the wedding. The pub organised the catering and a friend drove them the few hundred metres from the Registry Office to the pub.
I ran a tab behind the bar for the guests and also sat at the bar buying drinks for the locals while reflecting on the absolute fortune I was saving compared to a "conventional" wedding.

 

[Dave7]

Our daughter decided to get married in a Registry Office and have the reception in the beer garden of a pub in walking distance.
She got a lovely dress from a local charity shop and donated it back after the wedding. The pub organised the catering and a friend drove them the few hundred metres from the Registry Office to the pub.
I ran a tab behind the bar for the guests and also sat at the bar buying drinks for the locals while reflecting on the absolute fortune I was saving compared to a "conventional" wedding.

When our daughter got married 28ish years ago we hired a hall and all our friends mucked in with the catering (MrsD had experience with it) so it didn't cost silly money.
Beforehand we said to them "why don't you have a quiet wedding and we will give you the money saved".
Daughter wanted the white wedding though.
Must admit, it was a good do.

 

[classic33]

Morning all.
No idea what today will bring.
A visit to Morrisons was planned but MrsD woke up saying that is the last thing she feels like doing.......so that is a reprieve.
Again I was up at stupid O'clock but am sat here searching for my mojo

Is it in that "secret pocket" on your rucksack.

 

[screenman]

I am now back timberless.

 

[Dave7]

Is it in that "secret pocket" on your rucksack.

hahaha...........next to my passport

 

[Dave7]

I am now back timberless.

I think the whole world has run out of timber

 

[classic33]

hahaha...........next to my passport

Thought that was now in a drawer, in an envelope marked "Passport".

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

We got married in 1974.
Neither of our parents had any money. Neither did we.
We got wed in a Registry Office and everyone thought "she's pregnant "(She wasn't)
12 attended and reception was some sort of under the counter deal between our fathers and a Masonic hotelier they knew.

We're still married.

 

[Mo1959]

I had a little siesta. It was raining when I lay down and is still raining so haven’t missed anything!
The council are now making a horrendous noise on the patches of grass in the area with mowers and strimmers. They have obviously been given the green light to start routine jobs again.