The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

The maskless town.......am I the only person in Chorley who reads this?

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Our highest numbers to date.

People have thrown caution to the wind now I am afraid.

One Dr was complaining that most of the patients In hospital now are either totally unvaccinated (anti vaxers) or have only had 1 jab.

 

[ColinJ]

Very gloomy and windy here. I can barely be bothered to get out of bed, but I will do soon because I want to do my little bike ride to pick up a Metro and a couple of things from the shops before the heavy rain gets here.

If I get enough weight off over the winter I might try doing some running next year. I gave up years ago because I was worried about the state of my hips. I will have to limit myself to a few kms at a time max. Todmorden has a fantastic park which I would do my runs in. It has a 1 km tarmac path round it but if the pounding were getting to my joints I would run on the grass instead. There is also a network of woodland paths on the hillside at the back of the park which would be great to run around.

There is some outdoor gym equipment in the park which I could use to work on the muscles that cycling (and running) don't do much for.

As for the budget... It won't make a huge difference to me since I don't drink, smoke, drive, or fly these days.

My inheritances went to keeping me going to this point, just a few months to my pension. I think I might just make it without having to borrow any money.

Fuel price increases are the biggest financial worry. My fixed price deal with British Gas is coming to an end soon. If I stick with them then I can take a chance on the changing prices or accept what looks like a 25-30% rise in what I pay for the next year or two!

 

[Paulus]

Sorry classic I did work in the travel industry, but wrong answer .
Paulus I should have excluded you from the quiz.

Sorry. 😥

 

[Exlaser2]

As budgets go it could have been a lot worse considering how much Covid19 has cost us.

Not just COVID 19

 

[Dave7]

With my work pension not being what it would have been retiring early, I bless dad every day for leaving a nice inheritance which takes all the worry away for me too. Obviously would still rather have him around than the money of course, and also wish he had spent more on himself to make things more comfortable in the house, but he just didn't like spending money.............unlike moi!

Nice memories of of your Dad Mo. Seriously my dad was a miserable b*stard and left me zilch.
I have, fortunately, done ok and will leave my 2 children a few bob.
We also love our SiL so pleased that he will benefit.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've just been looking through the list of beers for this coming weekend's beer festival. We have tickets for the Friday lunchtime session 11:00am until 3:00pm which is more than enough time to sample a few. There are 88 different beers from all over the UK. I've been going through the list to eliminate various brews such as those that are readily available locally, and those that I have sampled before ( with one exception ). To further refine things I've decided to limit myself to Stouts and Porters. This leaves me with a list of nine, ranging from a Cinder Toffee stout at 4% from the North Riding, to a Roman Imperial Stout at 9% from Downton Brewery. There's a " Reeses Pieces peanut Butter stout from Drop the Anchor at 6%, and one that I had a few years ago which was outstandingly good called ' Gurt Coconut Rum Stout " at 6.7% which I had at Wimborne Beer Festival a few years back where I managed to drink six pints before ambling home. As the name says, it uses coconut in the brew, and is aged in Rum barrels. I can only describe it as drinking a creamy Bounty bar
I've arranged to run parkrun on Saturday morning, it could be a bit challenging...

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Been out with Mr F for a wet but colourful wander up our local river, the Water of Leith. Quite a torrent and rising. Had soup and cake lunch in the community cafe at Balerno Church, first time we’d tried it, very nice.

 

[PaulSB]

Bobbed down from the allotment for a lunch of toasted cheese, home made chutney and a brew. Yum, yum.

I've picked the last few tomatoes and one remaining pepper. Not bad for October 27th in a cold 8' x 6' greenhouse. Compost heaps turned over, leaves and shredded cardboard incorporated. I'll clean out the greenhouse, compost plants and soil and then close up the compost heaps for winter.

The tree I acquired is now stacked in my woodshed which is full to the rafters. Two years of split logs and enough for 2024 I think.

 

[PaulSB]

Good God! Just read we now have 3162 cases locally. What is feckin' wrong with people??? Come on, this is not over by a long, long way.

 

[Mo1959]

Good God! Just read we now have 3162 cases locally. What is feckin' wrong with people??? Come on, this is not over by a long, long way.

As I said on another thread and ridiculed for it, I think it’s the gung ho attitude of the double vaxed that’s causing it. They think they are invincible and have returned to life as it used to be. I can almost guarantee that at least 90% of that figure will be double jabbed.

 

[gavroche]

Why am I struggling to fit the new chain? The old one came off ok. I will have another go tomorrow.

 

[ColinJ]

I've arranged to run parkrun on Saturday morning, it could be a bit challenging...

Having mentioned above potentially running in the local park, that made me think about parkrun! Apparently, there is one here at 09:00 every Saturday. I'm not sure that it would be my kind of thing, but if I do start running again I might give it a go.

Why am I struggling to fit the new chain? The old one came off ok. I will have another go tomorrow.

Yes, why ARE you struggling?

If you tell us what the problem is then we might be able to help!

 

[gavroche]

Having mentioned above potentially running in the local park, that made me think about parkrun! Apparently, there is one here at 09:00 every Saturday. I'm not sure that it would be my kind of thing, but if I do start running again I might give it a go.


Yes, why ARE you struggling?

If you tell us what the problem is then we might be able to help!

There is no reason why, it is just one of those days as I have the correct links, they came with the chain.
I will leave the protective coat on this time too, at least for a few rides.

 

[12boy]

Had a surprising visit to the oncology center yesterday. 2 weeks ago Mrs 12's tumor markers were over 200, but the first round of her new chemo knocked it down to 81. Wasn't expecting that, as the earlier prognosis was not encouraging. Hopefully the cancer will abate to the point where the fluid it generates in her pleural cavity will be absorbed into the body and she will regain the use of her left lung and maybe get off O2. Travelling down to Colorado to see the grandson may become possible. One can hope.
It is cold this morning but will approach 15.6C this afternoon. The sky is so blue it makes your teeth hurt and I will have a divine ride in the 6.6C area with little breezes. I will also get some coffee with my friend across the street and hit the grocery store as well. All in all, a good day l'm thinking.
Be safe and well and if you get tired of your weather, drop by. We can go for a little ride. And Flick, gorgeous pics.

 

[Exlaser2]

As I said on another thread and ridiculed for it, I think it’s the gung ho attitude of the double vaxed that’s causing it. They think they are invincible and have returned to life as it used to be. I can almost guarantee that at least 90% of that figure will be double jabbed.

Just a few points .

1) You cannot blame the majority of people for returning to normal life , that’s what we have been told to do by this government. Remember’ freedom day ? Government ministers ridiculing people for working from home and telling them to get back to the office .
It’s madness 🙁 I am still mask wearing ,social distancing as much possible and doing a lateral flow test every week.

2)Most of the rise in cases is due to the under 30s and children.

3) Covid-19 is not going to go away , it’s will be with us for ever. We have to learn live it and tbh the overall number of cases is irrelevant. Only the number of hospital admissions are important which is the main point of having the vaccine as cuts your chance of hospital admission drastically.

4) Nearly all hospital admissions are people who haven’t been vaccinated or have had only one shot .

Sorry rant over 😀