The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

I've just got up

 

[oldwheels]

Was 0C when I got up this morning but has now risen to 1.4C. I has also just started to snow heavily with large flakes. That type very often turns to rain or sleet which is forecast. Tomorrow northerly gales forecast as well but better by the weekend.
I have started on the last jar of marmalade so being a rotten couple of days and definitely not going out I might as well get on with making more as I have all the stuff in the house already. Mamade is the handiest and a large bag of sugar. The pan I use is a bit too big and next size down too small so big one it has to be.
The garage has also decided I really need new discs and pads on the car. This was an advisory on the MOT but I put it off for a bit. Might as well get it done now as the car is not used for long runs unless just to get the works properly warmed up and battery charged.

 

[Dave7]

Thought I might be among the earlier ones to get the jab on age.I will miss out by two months Not eighty until Feb.I don’t live alone but like you I exercise and cycle alone .Most of our shopping is done on line. We do avoid anywhere that is crowded. The only shop of any size I have visited is the M&S food hall to by meat as we have no local butchers.
I think even if I get the jab in February I will continue to follow the same procedure mainly because while the vaccine protects I don’t know if and I would doubt if it prevents being asymptomatic

Stay safe

When I read that I thought "no butcher!!!.......surely that can't be right" then I though "yep, most of our local butcher have disappeared.
I wanted some beef yesterday and the nearest butcher is a couple of miles away.
Sad isn't it.

 

[Dave7]

I got an alert/message asking me to book an appointment for this two weeks ago.

How could you have the injection two weeks ago when its not released yet?
That can't be right.

Do I feel a red card on the way

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
As with most parts of the country, it's raining heavily and cool. The rain is here for the next few days.

I've been awake for a couple of hours and done a bit of reading and tea drinking

The highlights of the day are waiting for a couple of packages in the post.
1, a packet of 10, M12 sprung washers
2, a replacement holder for my mini morph
bike pump.
There are also 2 boxes of dog and cat food from Zooplus to be delivered.
I don't know how I can contain my excitement

There is the usual dog walk to be done, and session on the turbo later.

A couple of members of the escape committee might go to the Mitre this afternoon for a substantial drink and a meal, is that the right way round?

Another busy day in paradise

Stay safe everyone

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Same here . I’ve no excuse, I must tackle a job I’ve been putting of for weeks . 😱 Bike cleaning. The 2 bikes I have been using since the beginning of October both fail the rear wheel puncture test. That is would I want to deal with a puncture out on the road with the bike in that state.

I noticed when I was working on it last night that my fixed needs a good clean.

 

[Dave7]

Good day to you all. Dark, grey, drizzling, 4⁰C - I lit the wood burner about an hour back. Slept till 6.30 - would have liked more and will speak to Mrs P about her excessive breathing. 😄

Treating myself to toast and marmalade, exercises next, then porridge ............then............🤔

My pill pack suggests it's Thursday morning.......... anyone want to confirm this?

Yep......blue bin has been collected......it's definitely Thursday.

 

[Dave7]

Raining here peeps and set in for the day.
Bed, duvet etc needs changing.....I just love that job.. not.
More paperwork to sort/shred**
**if anyone asks you to be PoA think seriously before agreeing, especially if the person in question decides to break a hip, go into hospital then need respite care. Of course they decide to do all that when you are not well .
All good fun though

 

[welsh dragon]

Tis bin day here as well. I got Mr WD to put the bins out yesterday

 

[welsh dragon]

My chain might need looking at. I shall ask/force Mr WD to have a look at it.

 

[Mo1959]

Another cuppa and browse. Feck housework!

 

[Dave7]

My chain might need looking at. I shall ask/force Mr WD to have a look at it.

Why don't you just post a photo of it here and we can all look at it

 

[classic33]

How could you have the injection two weeks ago when its not released yet?
That can't be right.

Do I feel a red card on the way

That's the part I don't understand.* That and the fact I can't have the flu jab, makes it seem odd entirely.

Read two posts down, post 60,754.


*It was only asking me to book an appointment for it. Not the jab itself.

 

[pawl]

Just checked the local BBC weather forecast.Looks like Sunday will be the first dry day.

Oh well back to watching the last series of Brockenwood

 

[classic33]

My chain might need looking at. I shall ask/force Mr WD to have a look at it.

Suppose he says "No"?