The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

Meeting up with bestest mates for a walk around Wistlandpound reservoir this morning. Going on for lunch afterwards at the Old Station Inn at Blackmoor Gate. Seperate tables, of course.
Off with the caravan tomorrow to Dartmoor.

 

[Drago]

Like a French yellow vest when there is something to be blockaded, I have risen!

 

[Dave7]

Morning all. Up at 0700. Done all the bits n bobs INCLUDING washing the grill pan . I just hate that job. I lined it with tin foil but the 'stuff' still found its way through.
Shower and shave to come shortly 😊.

Christmas day meal has now been decided. Not having much in the way of appetite neither of us fancies a big meal so...... MrsD is doing a couple of her world famous steak pies with thin suet pastry crust.

I WAS going to do a pre christmas Aldi dash but can't be a*sed so will do it tomorrow.

 

[screenman]

Lidl run done and now back home, a new road opened at the weekend and it makes the 10 mile each way trip a lot nicer.

 

[screenman]

I survived. Just the bare minimum this morning to keep it going. My left hamstring is giving me a bit of grief anyway so it's probably wise to have a few easy days.

Got a couple of nice Christmas wreaths delivered yesterday so I'll take them to mum and dad's graves later. Will give the car a run going over to dads too.

Ice bath, I have told you before but for some reason you keep ignoring the idea.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooeee. No frost here, bit it's still really wet underfoot from all the rain we have had over the last 3 months.

Stay safe folks.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good Morning All. Breezy but forecast to be sunny.
I have nothing planned.

 

[Mo1959]

Ice bath, I have told you before but for some reason you keep ignoring the idea.

I thought about it the other morning but just couldn't make myself do it!

 

[screenman]

I thought about it the other morning but just couldn't make myself do it!

Wimp.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow wheezers.
Another grey and damp start to the day.
I will be out with the dog soon for another trudge across the soggy fields. Even the well worn paths are muddy and slippery.

All the Christmas shopping is done, and I wrapped the last of the presents yesterday.

Today will be a domestics day, and if I don't get out on the bike, I will have a session on the turbo in my man cave.

Morning all. Up at 0700. Done all the bits n bobs INCLUDING washing the grill pan . I just hate that job. I lined it with tin foil but the 'stuff' still found its way through.

I always line the pan to keep the grease off the pan, but there is always some that gets through.
Is foil permeable? I always thought it wasn't being aluminium.

 

[BoldonLad]

What is this £10 bonus? Do all pensioners get it? I'm 66.

Yes, all State Pensioners get it. I do not recall ever having to claim it, it just comes, it is essentially part of the basic state pension, just dressed up as a "perk" by prudent Gordon. There is probably a qualifying date, ie all of this before date dd/mm/yy.

 

[JPBoothy]

Wimp.

You could have an emergency code to shout if suffering "I'm a Pensioner get me out of here" and Ant + Dec would come running.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day, looks like we are in for blue sky and sun. Just as well really as I'm riding at 9.00. This could be a mistake as my partners today are a young man 34 years younger than me and the Pocket Rocket who is widely acknowledged ad the best female rider in the club - I do hope she's on her winter bike.

A word of warning; if you see a steamroller today don't let it run you over. Also don't take part in an online Cardio Class. Both will leave you feeling like you've been run over by a steamroller!!! Stiff as a board this morning 😭😭

Catch you later - I hope

 

[BoldonLad]

For several years now, we have been treated to Christmas Dinner at one of the three married daughter's houses. But, this year, that is all cancelled, due to the dreaded virus.

This means for the first time in many years, we have had to shop for Christmas Dinner ingredients etc.

Hoping to beat the crowds (of people, and virus spores), we set the alarm for 06:00, and, were on our way to our local (24/7) ASDA at 06:30 this morning.

Problem one: car frozen solid, could not even open the doors. I think this is the first icy morning we have had, but, since I am not usually out of bed at 06:00, I could be wrong.

Even at 06:30, ASDA was heaving, I shudder to think what it is going to be like when the real hordes descend.

We are home now, all stocked up for Christmas.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

another trudge across the soggy fields. Even the well worn paths are muddy and slippery.

Same here. It’s not been unusually wet, it’s just the sheer weight of numbers using them ever since summer. I’ve never seen them so poached as they are now.