The Retirement Thread

[Sterlo]

I'm having a wonderful afternoon , defrosting our upright fridge freezer in the kitchen, I was having trouble closing the door so thought it was about time it was done.

It's the same at home, everyone thinks the magic fairy comes during the night and TAA DAA it's all clear again.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm having a wonderful afternoon , defrosting our upright fridge freezer in the kitchen, I was having trouble closing the door so thought it was about time it was done.

I can defrost my under worktop small freezer in 20 minutes.
Two large bowls filled with boiling water, put on the top shelves close door.
Put a large towel next to the closed door, wait 15 minutes, open door carefully dry floor - sorted.

 

[Dave7]

I've had a lot of flu jabs....so far so good, I'm having one on the 16th

Jeez....no bin, no tv AND now no flu. You are not a lucky man

 

[12boy]

I have all the shots.. flu, Covid, shingles, pneumonia, TDAP. I rarely get ill but my fear is that any repiratory illness would probably kill Mrs 12. The only one that bothered me was the second shingles which made we wonder if I had Covid for a day or so.
Mo, l felt puny for a while with low energy, putting on the blub and feeing cold all the time. Apparently my thyroid was not doing its duty and a pill a day has resolved that. Just sayin
By Tueday night it will get down to -7c so tomatoes, peppers, zuccchini and cukes will have to be dealt with as well as a buch of geraniums and herbs which have been summering outside. Be good to be done with all that and get stuff cleaned up and ready for the winter. I reckon after this little cold snap it will be Indian summer on and off again for a while.
Be well and safe and remember it always seems darkest just before my BIL likes to say.

 

[GM]

This morning was my 20th flu jab. I've had the flu twice. First in 1973 I was in bed 🛌 for 2 weeks, I remember watching Princess Ann's wedding on a portable telly. Second time was on the eve of the Millennium I came down with it thought I was going to die, I remember watching all the celebrations in bed on a 2" pocket TV and thats where I stayed for 3 weeks losing over £3K in earnings. I thought I'm not going through that again with a young family to support so I've looked forward to having the flu jab 💉 ever since.

 

[Exlaser2]

Lol. Never had one, but I’ve never had the flu either so won’t be bothering.

Lucky for you .
I’ve only even had the flu once . I was 20 and very fit , I had to have two weeks off work and didn’t get out of bed other than go to the toilet for ten days. I’ve never felt so ill, never let anyone tell you it’s JUST a bad cold.
I never ever want it again especially now I am nearly 60. .So I’ve had the flu jab for the last twenty years never had a bad reaction, not even a sore arm ( used to have it for free at work and go straight back my job )

 

[ColinJ]

Lol. Never had one, but I’ve never had the flu either so won’t be bothering.

Flu? No, I never caught it either. Not a problem.

Until one year I DID catch it. Then, Houston, we have a BIG problem!

My dad always refused to have it as well. He had it once and felt so bad that he never had another one.

Projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhoea, inability to crawl to the bathroom before bouts of those two redecorated the house, feverish delirium alternating with prolonged bouts of violent shivering, a head that felt like somebody was trying to cut it in half with a rusty machete, and a body that felt like it was being set upon by drug-crazed muggers armed with baseball bats; That's what flu felt like.

It must have been a powerful reaction to the vaccine to feel like THAT! A reaction to a vaccine is what the body does to respond to a very weak version of a virus. If the reaction is that strong to a weak agent, then I wouldn't fancy the reaction to the real thing!

 

[numbnuts]

Jeez....no bin, no tv AND now no flu. You are not a lucky man

😢

 

[welsh dragon]

Flu? No, I never caught it either. Not a problem.

Until one year I DID catch it. Then, Houston, we have a BIG problem!


Projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhoea, inability to crawl to the bathroom before bouts of those two redecorated the house, feverish delirium alternating with prolonged bouts of violent shivering, a head that felt like somebody was trying to cut it in half with a rusty machete, and a body that felt like it was being set upon by drug-crazed muggers armed with baseball bats; That's what flu felt like.

It must have been a powerful reaction to the vaccine to feel like THAT! A reaction to a vaccine is what the body does to respond to a very weak version of a virus. If the reaction is that strong to a weak agent, then I wouldn't fancy the reaction to the real thing!

I've had flu twice when I was a kid. Didn't know anything for 2 weeks each time.

 

[Tenkaykev]

After a short dash due to a last minute platform change we eventually arrived home. My Internet connection problems were due to be fixed by last night but I knew it hadn't been sorted out as the Ansafone wasn't picking up when I phoned home using my Mobile. I sent a quick email to tech support and had a response within 20 minutes saying they would chase it up. About half an hour later I had a call from the Openreach engineer asking me to confirm that my Router was switched on, which I did, and explained that I was travelling back from Birmingham by train and would be home by 3:00pm. Two engineers were working in the Cabinet when we got home, one came inside to check the master socket and perform diagnostics from my end. Half an hour later and all was sorted. I've been with several Broadband suppliers over the years and I know I could get my Broadband a bit cheaper if I shopped around, but the customer service I get from Zen is exemplary. ( I've heard from several sources that Zen and Openreach have a very good working relationship as there's a lot of mutual respect between the " techies ")

 

[Dirk]

My dad always refused to have it as well. He had it once and felt so bad that he never had another one.

I bet he didn't feel as bad as when MrsD and myself both got the Flu a few years ago.
Seriously, you really don't want to get a dose of proper Flu.
The jab not only protects you, it provides protection to society as a whole by breaking the chain of transmission.
I take it that you've had the Covid jab?
MrsD and myself are having our Flu jabs this Saturday morning.

 

[Biker man]

Royal Mail decided in it's wisdom to allow thousands of senior staff all grades to retire at 56.You got your pension and a tax free lump sum.It was a no brainer.
So i did loads of charity work first of all.Then my knee started playing up,so i was asked to rest it for four months.It correctedit'self.I stoppedv charity work for a couple of years.
I started again at a lunch club,i gave that up as i was feeling tired all the time,sleeping was a problem due to the prostate,but i did not know this at the time.
So now i am general dogsbody,cleaner,chef,housemaid,all round do it all bloke.Sometimes i get fed up.But money wise we have no worries,i am enjoying my two at Uni,we visit regular when they need something.
Started cycling again gardening again after enforced layoff.Read a lot.just general life things,but have more time to do things.August 2006 it all began,i don't know how Royal Mail could let us all go up and down the country.It does not make sense,but i'm happy.

Did your knees come right after four months exactly how much rest did you have to do .

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I found out they employ an Access Improvement Solution Manager.

I was watching Mastermind the other day and of the four ‘occupations’ stated I only understood one of them. One gave his occupation as a ‘Head of Global Communications’. I immediately wanted him to come last. He didn’t, unfortunately.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Observations on a trip to Brum:
Following our brief journey to Brum which saw us arrive into New Street Station just in time for the rush hour. In our walk through the City Centre and on the very busy bus to our Hotel almost nobody was wearing a face mask. Those of us who were wearing a mask tended to be older, though there were a few younger people ( mainly females ) who were wearing them. On the train journey there had been far more mask wearers with no obvious age / gender bias. I was sitting in the main concourse of the station killing a bit of time and thought I'd see if there was any obvious pattern to mask wearing among the streams of people of all ages who were passing. More elderly people were masked up, more females than males were masked, and among the younger people it seemed that spectacle wearers were more likely to wear a mask ( perhaps because they were familiar with wearing something on their faces? )*
I wonder if this is a "big city thing" or more general 🤔

* As I originally wrote that sentence it read " having something sitting on their faces " but knowing you smutty lot I decided to rephrase it

 

[Dirk]

I went to our local Tesco this morning.
I reckon about 60% of people there weren't wearing masks.