The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
The weather is going to be pretty horrible this morning.
Woke up at 5.30, which was 6.30 yesterday. All this cobblers about getting an extra hours sleep is phooey. You still sleep the same amount of time, hence waking up early. By 10 tonight, everyone will be tired because of the extra hour this morning.
Why the clocks have to change is beyond me now. Keep the time at BST, call it British Standard Time and leave things alone. There is only so much daylight naturally anyway.

Anyway, lunch with some friends later on, something to look forward to.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

The extra hour was most enjoyable. Well, we're back on Greenwich Mean Time, so its downhill to cooler temperatures, ice, and hopefully lots of snow.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. 95% chance of rain. 25mph winds.....yep the Met Office got that right. I may stay indoors. I have no plans.

Excellent day with No.1 son and his partner yesterday. The van Gogh Alive exhibition followed by dinner. I drove, Mrs P is sleeping.

I wanted to get some pics to show the exhibition. It's impossible to do it justice. One is in a huge darkened room surrounded by enormous video screens across which van Gogh's life is told through dazzling projections of his work, lights and music. It's an immersive exhibition and it truly is. Everyone just stood, watched, listened, turned heads this way and that..........and people were smiling........all the time

Simply STUNNING. A very emotional experience.

 

[welsh dragon]

Could he be the secret sane person ?

Well I may concede that there always has to be one I suppose

 

[welsh dragon]

Good morning. 95% chance of rain. 25mph winds.....yep the Met Office got that right. I may stay indoors. I have no plans.

Excellent day with No.1 son and his partner yesterday. The van Gogh Alive exhibition followed by dinner. I drove, Mrs P is sleeping.

I wanted to get some pics to show the exhibition. It's impossible to describe. One is in a huge darkened room surrounded by enormous video screens across which van Gogh's life is told through dazzling projections of his work, lights and music. It's an immersive exhibition and it truly is. Everyone just stood, watched, listened, turned heads this way and that..........and people were smiling........all the time

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I have heard people say it's a wonderful experience

 

[Salad Dodger]

Good morning, world!
Down here in Kent its blowing a gale, accompanied by rain.
That wouldn't be a problem, except that I am taking Mrs Salad out to lunch today (it's her birthday) at a restaurant down on the harbour. We may be dodging the breaking waves to get from the car to the door of the restaurant!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Judging by the amount of rain we're having, I reckon I will soon have a beachside residence.
Off doggie walking this morning and then off to the Black Horse for Sunday lunch.

 

[PaulSB]

Well I may concede that there always has to be one I suppose

To prove the rule........

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, and, for tonight, Happy Samhain !
More rain forecast for this morning, although it hasn’t arrived yet.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page this morning.

 

[pawl]

Haven't you tried?

I supposed I could shell out some cash and get a professional to try

 

[gavroche]

Good morning all. All together now : Happy birthday to Gavroche (repeat).
Going for lunch booked at 1pm on Anglesey, 17 of us. Because I intend to have a drink, I am not driving there and not paying the bill either.
My daughter has made me a Birthday cake which I will post on here much later on.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all. All together now : Happy birthday to Gavroche (repeat).
Going for lunch booked at 1pm on Anglesey, 17 of us. Because I intend to have a drink, I am not driving there and not paying the bill either.
My daughter has made me a Birthday cake which I will post on here much later on.

Happy Birthday.

 

[pawl]

I wouldn't say we are sane. That's stretching the imagination bit is that

I only come on here because we tend to be nut jobs

There coming to take me away ha hathere coming to take me away.To the Marmite farm.Just thought I’d add that in to emphasise the point that I’m a qualified nut job.

 

[Juan Kog]

Could he be the secret sane person ?

Well I may concede that there always has to be one I suppose

NO , I’m the secret sane person.