The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Bonjour les amis ( es) Been talking to my brother this morning who had a heart valve fixed a few weeks ago. He is 66 years old . H e saw his cardiologist this morning and pleased to say he is very happy with him. His heart is back to normal and he has stopped all his medication.
Anyway, after having said all that, my brother informed me that his cardiologist told him that nobody, after the age of 60, should ride a bike alone, for obvious reasons. Have you ever been told that by your doctor/ cardiologist?
I always ride alone and has never thought of the consequences really and intend to carry on.

Cobblers. I've had a heart attack - rode home, then went to A&E - and a brain haemorrhage and never been told this.

Mrs P prefers me to ride with friends though.

After my heart attack I did ride by the regional specialist heart unit........that was on the Sunday. On the Tuesday I was delivered there by ambulance for a stent to be fitted.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello retirees, I am planning ahead to knock work on the head fully and have recently contacted HMRC about how to find my previous pensions from old jobs etc. Whilst I can do all the leg work a local high street pension/accountant/tax specialist can do it for three percent of the total. Anyone have any experience of these services? Worth it or not?

I've no experience of this but would suggest a good financial advisor is a sound investment.

3% of the total is open ended. You've no idea how much it will cost you.

 

[PaulSB]

It's been a very exciting but ultimately disappointing day...........

@12boy found my long lost daughter ....

only for my hopes to be dashed by @ColinJ

 

[classic33]

It's been a very exciting but ultimately disappointing day...........

@12boy found my long lost daughter ....

only for my hopes to be dashed by @ColinJ

Eh!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning Dave r.
Good sleep for me. Woke at 0500 as usual, went for a pee then, unusually, got back to sleep till 0630.
Steady rain here which is set in for the day.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning.. did not sleep well last night. Tossed and turned for most of it.

Off to Newtown this morning to do my good deed for the day.

Stay safe peeps.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Oldhippy]

Is it Easter already.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,
It’s a bit blowy for the folks at Camp Bestival on the Dorset coast, daughter, granddaughter and friends pitched their tents yesterday.
We set up the new Turbo trainer yesterday, it’s practically silent compared to the “ Wheel On” one we were using, now we just need to sort out which app to go with it. Not a lot else planned for today, will go for a walk when the wind dies down.
Stay safe folks 👍🌩

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Moving on in a couple of hours time back up into Devon

Morning.. did not sleep well last night. Tossed and turned for most of it.

Me too, but the tossing and turning was involuntary.
The van was battered by 50 mph winds pretty much all night and it felt like we were in the van being towed a across a bumpy field at 20mph.
Not the windiest night we've had, by some margin, but certainly one of the roughest.

 

[PaulSB]

Is it Easter already.

You're clearly getting the hang of things round here.......😄

 

[Oldhippy]

Is retirement what you all planned? I am saving for a narrow boat in three years and plan to live aboard, be self sufficient and trundle around the waterways of UK and have cycling adventures where I end up.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
I was awake at 2am for some reason, back to sleep by 5 though.
Sainsburys have delivered and now, after my cup of tea I will be out with the dog for a while.
The Gout affected toe is getting better with the help of the pills the Doc. prescribed, so I can walk a bit easier now and the pain is subsiding.
Stay safe everyone.

 

[PaulSB]

Good Morning everyone - he said in his best Hampshire accent.

It's wet and windy. Today is supposed to be a walking day but last night it was decided to delay departure/decision till 1.00pm. I'm not hopeful.

As usual I have woken around 3.00am but the last two nights after a brew I've slept soundly for another 3-4 hours. Feeling wonderful.

Dinner at a friend's house tonight. We have "tea" at home but go out to "dinner." 🤔

Very motivated today so must do my morning exercise routine and crack on. There a Lancashire phrase.