The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

To all who are going through tough times a big CC hug.

Can I have 2 please and I will pass one on to MrsD who had a really bad day yesterday

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
Up at 05 45 today........by the eck its black out there.
Out early (0800) to take the aunty to sunny Widnes for her eye treatment.
After that I have no idea.
What I would like is to have a appetite and enjoy a Dirk type pie and (well done) chips but that ain't going to happen.

 

[Dave7]

Welshie.
Am I right in thinking that your Mum is in her late 90s ??
I just posted a thread about 2 big birthdays for us this week.
Aunty turned 95 on Wednesday
A dear family friend turned 100 yesterday.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning everyone. Hello @monkers good to see you're back but sorry to read of your recent woes.

It's dark but as dawn approaches it looks like a decent day is on the way. We will be joining hopefully many other villagers lining the road to say goodbye to an elderly resident who passed away a few days ago. She helped educate many of our children at the village school. Natural causes not this feckin' virus I'm glad to say.

We've a walk planned with friends for later. A Zoom quiz tonight. I'm very tired of Zoom quizzes but there we go.

 

[PeteXXX]

@PeteXXX - I have been looking at your avatar for years and thought it was of some pervy couple on a bike with the bloke riding no hands so he could spank the bottom of his female partner, who is draped over the handlebars...

I just took a closer look and think he has actually crashed into some poor unsuspecting female pedestrian!

It amused me when I first found the pic.. I think you were correct on your initial assumption 😛

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Dog walked, settling down with some breakfast and a Clooneys. Will get my new bike man cave sorted and finished today.

 

[welsh dragon]

@PeteXXX - I have been looking at your avatar for years and thought it was of some pervy couple on a bike with the bloke riding no hands so he could spank the bottom of his female partner, who is draped over the handlebars...

I just took a closer look and think he has actually crashed into some poor unsuspecting female pedestrian!

Weirdo. You'll fit in well with all the others here.

 

[welsh dragon]

Welshie.
Am I right in thinking that your Mum is in her late 90s ??
I just posted a thread about 2 big birthdays for us this week.
Aunty turned 95 on Wednesday
A dear family friend turned 100 yesterday.

She is Dave. She was 99 yesterday and still going strong.

 

[Paulus]

Snow as early as the 23rd of October.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weat...rts-bbc-weather-winter-forecast-radar-october

Another typical article from the Express.
Where would they be without warnings about the weather.🙄
Anyway, good morning all fellow retirees.
Nice and bright outside this morning. A lovely walk with the dog will be had after breakfast and then out on the bike for a bit.
Ladt week 3 of us met up in the Mitre for a couple of pints, the first time since the pubs reopened. We will do the same again this afternoon but it will obviously be the last one for a while.
Stay safe, stay sensible everyone 😊

 

[Deleted member 1258]

She is Dave. She was 99 yesterday and still going strong.

A belated happy birthday to your mum

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Hi Paul, hi all. Thank you for thinking of me. I'm still alive! I haven't been posting for a number of reasons, but long story short I've had some difficulties of one kind and another. I didn't want to come here day after day posting tales of woe so decided to give it a break.

Long story short of past 8 weeks.

We went on holiday for a couple of weeks cycling in Suffolk - most enjoyable.

I've had a health issue since mid January. Appointments were made and cancelled due to Covid through the summer, but I've had appts since being wired up to machines and being fed meds which didn't suit me - causing me to randomly blackout and pass out much of the time, often for several hours at a time.I now have a diagnosis of Long Covid causing damage to my heart and lungs. I've taken myself off all the meds they prescribed and am now getting better for it.

My mum had her 91st birthday in September. She had been doing quite well but she now has difficulties and has become very frail in a short amount of time. She lives nearly 200 miles from us and has spent a deal of time in hospital. I've spent a good deal of time trying to be with her expecting the worst, but she's home again now.

My much younger sister is only 51 but now has MS, has had to leave her job and there's complications around that. She lives near my mum.

I've been the subject of an elaborate identity theft which has been pretty horrendous.

Other than that I'm fine. And now that I've got all that off my chest, I'll just leave it there and not elaborate further, but I'm riding again despite the lungs. We've just come home for a ride in fact and a notification came up on my screen of a mention.

My fitness started to improve, then plateaued, and then dropped dramatically as the long Covid took another bite out of me. We've invested in a turbo so we can keep our fitness up indoors during what looks to be a long winter what with second waves etc. I'm impressed I hadn't realised the level of sophistication of these machines. There wasn't much choice as stockists seem to be sold out and we ended up paying more for the turbo than I paid for my Trek Emonda earlier this year.

I did the FTP test last Sunday which I found pretty hard. I got a result of 145 which I understand is pretty low and doesn't even get me on the coupon to be a Cat5 rider, but I'm not surprised. I'm looking to get that to 200 over the next twelve months.

I look forward to being back here more. I've certainly missed the company of the fine folk here. xxx

Welcome back

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Yay......it's Fish Friday!
Off fo a walk over Bodmin Moor this morning, then fish & chips at the Kings Arms.
Nice view to wake up to here.

 

[Mo1959]

Chilly up here again. 9 mile jog done, bath had and half way through a big bowl of fruit and fibre. Not sure what excitement the rest of the day holds.