The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Bore da pawb.

A bright and cold here today. Just been outside twitching. There has been an osprey here on the Inland Sea for about a week now.

Spotted it about about half a mile away scaring the living daylights out of the resident ducks and little egrets.

Wonderful.
Our static van overlooked the inland sea and we had many enjoyable walks around parts of it.
We nearly always spotted a Buzzard coming out of the trees but never managed to find the nest.

 

[Dave7]

That might be the problem if you bought a crate of " Peckham Spring" 😁

 

[dickyknees]

We nearly always spotted a Buzzard coming out of the trees but never managed to find the nest.

Buzzards are nesting about 0.25 miles away and are seen daily behind the house.
But bigger things are flying over the house at the moment. Two of these inbound to RAF Valley.

 

[Drago]

Car cleaned, SAR checked and sorted, SAR torch batteries on charge. Now relaxing with a nice hot Clooney's and an oaty bar.

 

[BoldonLad]

Good morning people, a bit of an adventure today, pensioners coach trip, I think there's alcohol involved at some point, food definetly.

Enjoy!

 

[Dirk]

Bore da pawb.

A bright and cold here today. Just been outside twitching. There has been an osprey here on the Inland Sea for about a week now.

Spotted it about about half a mile away scaring the living daylights out of the resident ducks and little egrets.

We've had Ospreys of both ilk over Braunton Marshes recently - military and avian.

 

[Dirk]

He he

Just had an Indian scammer call me about a tax fraud on my HMRC account. I was going to be arrested for defrauding them out of £990.

I managed to string him along for nearly 30 minutes before he hung up on me.
At least that's wasted 30 minutes of his time that he could have used on someone more gullible.

 

[Sterlo]

He he

Just had an Indian scammer call me about a tax fraud on my HMRC account. I was going to be arrested for defrauding them out of £990.

I managed to string him along for nearly 30 minutes before he hung up on me.
At least that's wasted 30 minutes of his time that he could have used on someone more gullible.

A trick I was told was if they ring up and ask for Mr So and So, you say hang on, I'll go and get him and just leave the phone. It's interesting to see how long they hold on before they hang up

 

[ColinJ]

Just watched the American Presidential debate - Trump v Biden.

Trump?

Seriously?!

They are going to do the obvious for the next slanging match debate... give the moderator a mute button for each microphone. If Trump wants to do it next time he will have to cross the studio and shout into Biden's mic!

 

[Dirk]

A trick I was told was if they ring up and ask for Mr So and So, you say hang on, I'll go and get him and just leave the phone. It's interesting to see how long they hold on before they hang up

I strung him along by getting him to repeat stuff incessantly, pretending to not understand, claiming that I'm tax exempt etc.
He eventually said that I'd got an option to either cooperate with him, or be arrested by the police within the hour.
I said to send them round and I'd deal with them directly.*
He hung up.

*I'd obviously given him a false name and address. In America, it's been known for Indian scanners to raise a false 911 alarm and get a SWAT team on your doorstep, in fact I think there was a case where some confused aged person actually got shot.

This guy - Kitboga - YouTube channel is worth watching.

View: https://youtu.be/fEw_ft5O-gw

 

[Paulus]

A very good friend of ours has already had a track and trace scam phone call.
She has downloaded the app.
The message said she had been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, but when asked who it was they declined to say.
They then asked for her card details so they could send her a testing kit.
The penny then dropped as the testing kits are free.
Beware, there are many would be scammers out there.

 

[GM]

Flu jab done, in and out in 2 minutes. The sun is shining, means one happy bunny!

 

[oldwheels]

Might move back to the village I was born and grew up in. This street has gradually become noisier over the last few years and I love my peace and quiet.

When we moved to my present house we were surrounded by green fields. Now there are houses as far as the eye can see and always somebody with a petrol garden implement or else a digger preparing foundations for yet another house in solid rock.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We're down the pub.

 

[oldwheels]

A trick I was told was if they ring up and ask for Mr So and So, you say hang on, I'll go and get him and just leave the phone. It's interesting to see how long they hold on before they hang up

In my experience they do not hang on for long.