The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

@PaulSB ......re ownership/deeds etc.
We bought our ex MOD house in 1982. Adjoining us was a piece of land owned by the council.
We enquired about buying it and was told that they don't want it so just fence it and use it.....green land only.
11 years later all the land opposite was sold to a developer for private houses.
Something prompted MrsD to go to the town hall and check the plans.
The plans showed A DETACHED HOUSE IN OUR GARDEN. We acted quickly and the council agreed to sell it to us for £1K. Phew.
They built 20 houses opposite and tbh its been good......some nice neighbours a d friendships over the years.

 

[numbnuts]

has anyone downloaded the NHS Covid 19 app? I have and it says our postcode is classed as Medium risk.

My area states - are you wearing a hazmat suit ........
no medium risk

 

[Mo1959]

With my ongoing back/sciatic issues and the state of the country at the moment meaning I wouldn't want to bother doctors or hospitals, I have splurged on this contraption. Lol. I bought the back belt too and am sitting here with it pulsing away at the moment. Not an unpleasant sensation, although the next level up gets a bit prickly! Various modes for pain, recover, etc.

Seems to get really good reviews so if it even gives a bit of benefit I will be happy..........at the price, surely it's got to be decent!

https://nurokor.co.uk/collections/all/products/nurokor-starter-pack

 

[Dave7]

I have as well and it says we are in a low risk area.

I just checked ours.
It say's the funeral directors we recommend are the co-op .
For some reason** our area has one of the highest rates in Warrington.
**just a normal suburban area.

 

[Dave7]

With my ongoing back/sciatic issues and the state of the country at the moment meaning I wouldn't want to bother doctors or hospitals, I have splurged on this contraption. Lol. I bought the back belt too and am sitting here with it pulsing away at the moment. Not an unpleasant sensation, although the next level up gets a bit prickly! Various modes for pain, recover, etc.

Seems to get really good reviews so if it even gives a bit of benefit I will be happy..........at the price, surely it's got to be decent!

https://nurokor.co.uk/collections/all/products/nurokor-starter-pack

£399 smackers.
Tell you what.
Thrown in free b&b and I will give you a massage every day for 2 weeks
Can't be more fair than that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm sat in Hatton Locks cafe with a coffee and a teacake, its blowing a hoolie and bitter cold, I'm keeping the ride short this morning.

 

[screenman]

£399 smackers.
Tell you what.
Thrown in free b&b and I will give you a massage every day for 2 weeks
Can't be more fair than that.

Your generosity knows no bounds

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. here again today and no need for heating yet, I am still in my T shirt all day even when it gets a bit cool outside. In any case, I am waiting for the power flush to be done before I put the central heating on . The chap is coming on 14 October. He is also £250 cheaper than British Gas for a full job ( all day) including installing a magnetic filter.
On a different subject, has anyone downloaded the NHS Covid 19 app? I have and it says our postcode is classed as Medium risk.

Yes and we are High risk. Used it yesterday to check in to a cafe. What I don't understand is how it knows where I've been if I don't check in? GPS Location Services??

A friend pointed out out local Tesco don't have a check in QR code. We discussed if a little 30 seat cafe on the outskirts of Southport can do it then WTF are Tesco playing at?

I hate Tesco with a deep passion!

 

[numbnuts]

With my ongoing back/sciatic issues and the state of the country at the moment meaning I wouldn't want to bother doctors or hospitals, I have splurged on this contraption. Lol. I bought the back belt too and am sitting here with it pulsing away at the moment. Not an unpleasant sensation, although the next level up gets a bit prickly! Various modes for pain, recover, etc.

Seems to get really good reviews so if it even gives a bit of benefit I will be happy..........at the price, surely it's got to be decent!

https://nurokor.co.uk/collections/all/products/nurokor-starter-pack

A Tens machine, had one from the hospital tried it for a few months, but it didn't work for me so good luck with yours.
The only thing that cured me was an operation.

 

[welsh dragon]

Yes and we are High risk. Used it yesterday to check in to a cafe. What I don't understand is how it knows where I've been if I don't check in? GPS Location Services??

A friend pointed out out local Tesco don't have a check in QR code. We discussed if a little 30 seat cafe on the outskirts of Southport can do it then WTF are Tesco playing at?

I hate Tesco with a deep passion!

When you download the ap you agree to let it know via GPS where you are.

If you hadn't agreed, it wouldn't be able to tell you if you were in a low risk, medium risk, or high risk area at any given time

 

[classic33]

I am going to phone the police........someone has stolen a week off me.
I swear it was Monday yesterday yet suddenly I wake up and its Saturday .
And its cold
And it was black at 0630 .
No real plans for today.......I will see what it brings.

Well don't go looking at blaming me!

 

[classic33]

My current box is a "YouView" box. It has a built in HDD so you can record programs. I got it as my then Broadband supplier ( Plusnet ) had an offer where I could extend my existing contract for 18 Months and receive the said box for an extra 1p per month!
It has been very reliable and further investigation at the time revealed it to actually be a rebadged Human Box.
YouView used to have a phone app that allowed you to look up to 2 weeks ahead, scroll between channels, select a program and press record. It would offer to record the individual program or the whole series if it was part of one. The app was discontinued despite the protests of tens of thousands of users. The box still has the same functions but you have to turn on the TV and navigate using the remote control which is a lot " clunkier"
Previous to that I had a Human Freesat Box with a 500GB HDD for recordings. I sold that when I changed TV as we weren't watching much, if any Freesat, and the new LG TV had twin Satellite inputs ( I wasn't aware of that until I unpacked the new TV )
So, to sum up, any recording Human box should be OK, my rebadged one is a DTR T2120 Plusnet. I think that the BT You View boxes are the same, and there seem to be loads on Ebay if you want to go that way.
Final bit of blether, they use standard laptop HDD so if you wanted to extend storage it's often cheaper to buy a base model and swap out the drive.

HTH

Rebadged Human boxes!
You sure they're set top boxes.

 

[classic33]

Yes and we are High risk. Used it yesterday to check in to a cafe. What I don't understand is how it knows where I've been if I don't check in? GPS Location Services??

A friend pointed out out local Tesco don't have a check in QR code. We discussed if a little 30 seat cafe on the outskirts of Southport can do it then WTF are Tesco playing at?

I hate Tesco with a deep passion!

Just hope it's better than this

 

[Tenkaykev]

Rebadged Human boxes!
You sure they're set top boxes.

Not sure what you mean @classic33 . They are manufactured by Humax and Branded " YouView" or "BT" . The label on the back of mine has a Humax reference. Functionally they take an aerial feed and pass it through to the TV when the Box is switched off. When the box is switched on it offers a user interface for browsing available channels and watching/recording in real time, or at some future date.

 

[numbnuts]

I give up I really do I just had a letter this morning from my Housing Association to quit my garage in four weeks time as they want to pull them down, “we may be able to offer you another garage, but it may not be as close as to your property”
I got two choices give up all my cycling and kayaking or have a garage that could be away from my home, but I would not get insurance on it, it was bad enough trying to get insurance when it was 100 yards away.