The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

I got the heating working again for now, which is a relief. I hope it keeps going until it can be sorted out properly in the NY.

My sister in Devon walked around her cottage and garden with her laptop during our Zoom meeting to show the rest of us where she is now living. Very nice! The thought of future cycling holidays there is cheering me up during this dreary Covid-19 winter...

 

[Dave7]

Christmas lunch on the go.

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MrsD says ENJOY

 

[Dirk]

Dinner is served.


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Ditto.

 

[dickyknees]

The roads were mine on this morning’s 26 mile bimble.

From the top of South Stack looking to Snowdonia & Llyn Peninsula.

 

[Dirk]

Wishing all old codgers a very merry Christmas. Here's to many more.
Love from MrsD, myself and Dottie the dog.

 

[gavroche]

Good afternoon all. Been busy since I got up at 8.30. I was first up and they all came downstairs at about 9.30. We opened our presents, took Molly for a walk in the woods , made video calls to my brothers in France and now waiting for Christmas lunch to be ready.
We will have a family zoom reunion at 4pm

 

[12boy]

Best wishes to all of my forum compadres. Great to hear from you again, Monkers, been wondering if you were ok, and Numbnuts, haven't heard from you today and hope you are ok too.
The day will come, and pretty soon, I believe, when we can look back at this damn disease and say to it " Screw you! We prevailed." And hopefully go on appreciating all the things we missed during this time that maybe we took for granted before.

 

[oldwheels]

Got so fed up and depressed I went out for a walk in the rain.
A couple in a large 4x4 pickup passed waving vigorously through the windscreen. Only got a brief glimpse but I have no idea who they were. I checked behind me but there was nobody so it must have been aimed at me. This happens often.
Off for Christmas dinner of burger egg and chips with a fried banana.

 

[classic33]

Noticed Numbnuts hadn't popped in in the early hours, or since.

 

[classic33]

Got so fed up and depressed I went out for a walk in the rain.
A couple in a large 4x4 pickup passed waving vigorously through the windscreen. Only got a brief glimpse but I have no idea who they were. I checked behind me but there was nobody so it must have been aimed at me. This happens often.
Off for Christmas dinner of burger egg and chips with a fried banana.

What'll the fried banana be having to eat?

 

[ColinJ]

I am continuing my cryptic crossword research. I'm still stuck on the Guardian one that I have been looking at. I decided to pick another one and reveal all the answers to see how many I understood or might have eventually have worked out. There were lots that I really could not understand even after staring at the answers for 5 or 10 minutes...

Anyway, after some searching, I found the Fifteensquared site. If you need any help understanding cryptics, check it out!

The purpose of this site is to provide a daily analysis of, and commentary on, the cryptic puzzles published in the Financial Times, Guardian and Independent (Inquisitor in the i, Enigmatic Variations in the Sunday Telegraph and Cyclops in Private Eye are covered as well).

 

[Exlaser2]

Merry Christmas everyone .
It’s been a strange day . Dropped some presents off with my in laws and then went to spend some quality time with my mum who lives in sheltered accommodation. We tried to make make it fun and left her a lovely roast dinner. It was difficult because my wife’s aunt , who was in her 80s and had a MS type problem , died of COVID this morning . We are now back and about to have a lovely steak meal but no one is feeling the Christmas sprit.
Have a great day everyone and stay safe .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Our Buffet is open, we don't do a formal evening meal over Xmas, we just lay out a small Buffet and people just help themselves during the evening.

 

[pawl]

Our Buffet is open, we don't do a formal evening meal over Xmas, we just lay out a small Buffet and people just help themselves during the evening.

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Have you room for a little one

 

[BoldonLad]

Our Buffet is open, we don't do a formal evening meal over Xmas, we just lay out a small Buffet and people just help themselves during the evening.

An excellent idea, wish I could convince Mrs @BoldonLad of the wisdom of this approach. Enjoy!