The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Just seems more logical to spread the jam all over first, then dod the cream on top

Sorry Mo but I go with Dirk on this one.

 

[Mo1959]

The only thing I got left with a bloody great lump on my shoulder Ruined my body beautiful carrrer in tatters

Mine looks a bit lumpy.

 

[BoldonLad]

When I came off my bike and broke my collarbone The consultant asked what I was doing riding a bike at 77 Following health advice re the elderly keeping healthy.Didn’t go down to well.Must have upset him he found every excuse not to operate to not surviving the anaesthetic Never was operated on

This reminds me of an incident with Mrs @BoldonLad, about two years ago. Mrs @BoldonLad decided to paint the ceiling of one of the spare bedrooms. Instead of using the small stepladders, I purchased for that purpose, Mrs @BoldonLad used an old stool. Predictably, she fell off the stool and hurt her back and arm. She went to see her GP, who said "really, should you be painting a ceiling, at your age? (then 72)". Mrs @BoldonLad was not amused.

 

[Mo1959]

@Dirk Batten down the hatch. A storm approaching the south west!

 

[Dave7]

Cream tea has been consumed.......along with some very nice Pinot Grigiot

 

[Exlaser2]

Mo 1959. Re being scared of water.

Two of the guys i sail against cannot swim , that is definitely a lot braver than me .

 

[Mo1959]

Mo 1959. Re being scared of water.

Two of the guys i sail against cannot swim , that is definitely a lot braver than me .

I can barely manage a width of breastroke and won’t go out of my depth. If I thought the buoyancy jackets definitely keep you afloat, I might be ok.

 

[BoldonLad]

I can barely manage a width of breastroke and won’t go out of my depth. If I thought the buoyancy jackets definitely keep you afloat, I might be ok.

Many years ago, aged mid twenties, I had a work colleague who owned a small sailing dinghy (I think it was a Laser, but, not sure). At that time, I could not swim, but, I agreed to go out with him in the dinghy. The inevitable happened, we capsized half way across the harbour mouth, and, both ended up, in the water. Fortunately, I was wearing a buoyancy aid, and, it worked, hence, I am typing this It was a very scary experience, I learned to swim very soon after that! I am still not a confident swimmer, but, I can swim.

 

[Exlaser2]

I can barely manage a width of breastroke and won’t go out of my depth. If I thought the buoyancy jackets definitely keep you afloat, I might be ok.

Buoyancy aids definitely work 😀 These guys always wear wetsuits too because that adds even more buoyancy.
What makes this story even better is that one of the guys is a qualified swimming instructor 😂😂

 

[classic33]

Mine told me not to fall off again or he wouldn’t fix it again!

It's not as though you fall off on purpose.

 

[Dave7]

Buoyancy aids definitely work 😀 These guys always wear wetsuits too because that adds even more buoyancy.
What makes this story even better is that one of the guys is a qualified swimming instructor 😂😂

I am not a 'good' swimmer but can do ok breast stroke.
I have scuba dived in some strange places eg midnight in a quarry 15 metres deep (you can't get darker than that (......caves at 40 metres deep, inside wrecks at 30 metres etc.
However.......
Diving off Egypt in beautiful clear water I met a guy who "boasted" that he was a qualified instructor. He had done ALL his training in Egypt......never dived in the UK ......yet he was qualfied to go back to the UK and teach !!!!! Crazy.

 

[12boy]

My ma threw me into a swim class aged 1 1/2 so I learned fairly young. However, at some unknown point I broke a collarbone and learned of this when I lost my student deferment and was told this would keep me from the Nam. I'd wrestled in high school, which is mostly upper body and had no problems other than I have not been able to do the crawl stroke very well. And my bad shoulder is an inch or so lower than the good one. Often wondered how things would have gone had I been drafted.
Be safe and well.

 

[classic33]

My ma threw me into a swim class aged 1 1/2 so I learned fairly young. However, at some unknown point I broke a collarbone and learned of this when I lost my student deferment and was told this would keep me from the Nam. I'd wrestled in high school, which is mostly upper body and had no problems other than I have not been able to do the crawl stroke very well. And my bad shoulder is an inch or so lower than the good one. Often wondered how things would have gone had I been drafted.
Be safe and well.

You were thrown in the pool!
Was it at least the shallow end.

 

[rustybolts]

I do hope so. Daughter No4 has eventually found herself a man. My investment in cookery books for her, to improve her domestic prowess, finally paid off. He is an “outdoor type”. She has taken up: Camping; kayaking; paddle boarding; swimming; cycling; running; walking… they are due another camping trip towards end August. Don’t want anything to put a dampener on it

You should set up in business as a matchmaker !! and for a fee ( of course )

 

[Dirk]

@Dirk Batten down the hatch. A storm approaching the south west!

It's building at the moment. Should be a paltry 50 mph wind in the early hours.
Call that a storm? Pah!! We had 80mph winds on Dartmoor at Christmas!
I took the sun canopy down earlier coz the flapping would prevent up sleeping tonight.
Moving on up the coast to Hartland tomorrow for a couple of days, and then back home on Monday.