The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Maiden voyage completed, I never thought I'd be buying someone a wheelchair for Xmas , its a bit heavier lifting it into the car but its a bit more solid, comfortable and a tad easier to push than her old one. We nipped into town this afternoon to visit the butchers in the market.

Been there a while ago. I secretly cheer when Mrs d has periods of time that shes well enough to walk with a stick and i don't have to hump a wheelchair in and out of car boots.

 

[screenman]

I just has fish 'n' chips, not real fish mind, but Birds Eye fish fingers
next year it will be "real fish" caught by British fishermen

Costing a kings ransom no doubt.

 

[numbnuts]

Costing a kings ransom no doubt.

No it will be as cheap as chips

 

[12boy]

Morning. 5 mile very slow plod done in an icy minus 2. I am getting slower every day. I had this faint hope that running every day might somehow encourage the nerves and muscles in my legs to repair themselves and get stronger, but the old legs just feel heavier and weaker than ever. I just keep reminding myself that I'm still managing way more that the majority of the population.
You are my inspiration Mo. I couldn't run a mile.

[QUOTE="Dave7, post:
12boy
I have mentioned this before so hope others will bear with me but........ have you ever heard of Esiac ? Its a herbal anti-cancer 'treatment'.
Sounds expensive at £34 a 500ml bottle but you only take 2 teaspoonfuls a day.
I personally know 2 people who were diagnosed as terminal, went on it and are still here 20+ years later.
I went on it after my cancer ops and have been clear for 5 years.
LET ME SAY........ I am not saying its a magic cure-all but at £32 a month its maybe worth a punt.......who knows!
I will look it up and thanks.

Wardrobes are strange things.
Is the word exponential ?
The more you have, the more things you find to store in them.
We have a fairly big house eg our bedroom is 16 foot long with built in robes.
'Kids' have long gone.......both bedrooms with built in robes.
ALL robes in 3 bedrooms are rammed full. I confess, its beyond my understanding
We used to say work expands to fill the time allotted to it. Possession will fill any available space. Where I went so horribly wrong many years ago was, when faced with my wife's increasing stuff, making sheds, shelves, renting off site storage and other foolish ploys which were quickly filled with more crap. Bad strategy.

 

[12boy]

Fairly cool this morning....-21C with wind chill. When I head out with my studded tire mtn bike the snow will be dry and I should be ok for a little spin around the hood. 3-4 miles of this should be enough to work up a sweat but not long enough to make the sweat chilling. The air is a little hazy but the sky is clear and robins egg blue. Tomorrow will be below freezing with 30 mph winds so I will avoid doing a lot outside. I may take care of a few essential groceries today so tomorrow won't require a store trip. It's always a surprise to realize my winter temperature reaction has set in....in October I feel cold at 4C, and now 0C with no wind and sun feels almost balmy. It gets seriously cold here (-18 ) highs for weeks here in Jan and Feb and this weather now will look pretty good.
Stay warm and safe and remember....cold weather requires us to eat lots more greasy, rich food, right?

 

[welsh dragon]

Another Brexit decision thread to leave well alone I fear.

I think we are all getting a bit tired of These threads now. Vote taken. Decisson made. Deal done ( although still lots to be done)

We had beef, broccoli, mashed potatoes. Yorkshire pud and gravy with English Mutard today

 

[BoldonLad]

Another Brexit decision thread to leave well alone I fear.

I think we are all getting a bit tired of These threads now. Vote taken. Decisson made. Deal done ( although still lots to be done)

We had beef, broccoli, mashed potatoes. Yorkshire pud and gravy with English Mutard today

IMHO. The brexit related threads can be quite amusing, for a short time, providing you don’t take take them seriously (unlike most of the posters).

Most of my circle, in the real world, tired of Brexit over 3+ years ago.

 

[PaulSB]

The trouble with having nothing to do is one does nothing.

Around 5.00 Mrs P said "I know it's Tuesday but.........."

Before she finished I said "Make me one please"

Cheers everyone.

 

[Drago]

Being a fence-sitter and not having much of an opinion either way I was fed up with the whole thing from the day it started, and nearly 5 years on people are still whinging as if that will somehow undo it. They should grow up, shut up, move on, and leave normal people like us to get on with their lives in peace and quiet. Christ, if I knew retirement would have so much whinging in it id have got a job long ago.

 

[Juan Kog]

IMHO. The brexit related threads can be quite amusing, for a short time, providing you don’t take take them seriously (unlike most of the posters).

Most of my circle, in the real world, tired of Brexit over 3+ years ago.

I now view it like sitting in the dentist chair waiting for root canal treatment. You know it might not be pleasant.
But just get it over and done with .

 

[numbnuts]

My last words on Brexit, I do believe that there are people in this country and on this forum that would like to see Great Britain end up a third (or lower if that's possible) rate country just to say “I told you so”

 

[PaulSB]

My last words on Brexit, I do believe that there are people in this country and on this forum that would like to see Great Britain end up a third (or lower if that's possible) rate country just to say “I told you so”

Pardon. Could you speak up please?

 

[PaulSB]

So we have Covid-19 UK Variant. We have the Covid-19 SA Variant.

Mrs P's niece is staying with her father in SA. Quarantined by SA in case she has the UK variant, not allowed to leave SA to enter the UK in case she has the SA variant so can't come home!!!!

To make matters really tooooooo much to bear SA has banned the sale of alcohol, closing all shops, offies, etc. and I hear stocks are running low at her Dad's place!

 

[Drago]

To be fair, Covid 19 UK variant was omly discovered here, probably because the cutting edge genome sequencing expertise is all in the UK. Theres a fair chance it originated elsewhere - India is looking possible, with an intermediary strain having since been discovered there - and it simply came to light in the UK first.

 

[Tenkaykev]

To be fair, Covid 19 UK variant was omly discovered here, probably because the cutting edge genome sequencing expertise is all in the UK. Theres a fair chance it originated elsewhere - India is looking possible, with an intermediary strain having since been discovered there - and it simply came to light in the UK first.

Similar to the “ Spanish Flu “ which originated in the USA