The Retirement Thread

[Illaveago]

Number should be on the chassis underside.

I've looked on both and there aren't any .

 

[Exlaser2]

Afternoon all from coventry . Just a couple of updates .

1) Mrs exlaser spontaneous combustion event has moved a step forward . The bathroom fitter is off sick today , just the electrician here to day .🙁 The company and I have had words and they have promised to throw extra labour at the job next week . I am really looking forward explaining the situation to Mrs exlaser this evening 😂😀.

2) No need to worry about which bin to put out for us at the moment as our bin men are on strike 😀 . We haven’t had a bin collection since the week before Christmas.

 

[Dirk]

Fish Fingers & Chips at the White Lion today - £3.95 - not worth cooking yourself at that price.

 

[Mo1959]

Fish Fingers & Chips at the White Lion today - £3.95 - not worth cooking yourself at that price.

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I like fish fingers. Might get some next time I’m shopping. I’ve just had a roll with John West red salmon and beetroot and a cuppa.

 

[BoldonLad]

Afternoon all from coventry . Just a couple of updates .

1) Mrs exlaser spontaneous combustion event has moved a step forward . The bathroom fitter is off sick today , just the electrician here to day .🙁 The company and I have had words and they have promised to throw extra labour at the job next week . I am really looking forward explaining the situation to Mrs exlaser this evening 😂😀.

2) No need to worry about which bin to put out for us at the moment as our bin men are on strike 😀 . We haven’t had a bin collection since the week before Christmas.

Sounds like it really is the "winter of discontent" in your house

 

[welsh dragon]

I applied for my pension online. It's gone through and I can expect a first payment 4 weeks after my birthday. Hoorah

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Afternoon all from coventry . Just a couple of updates .

1) Mrs exlaser spontaneous combustion event has moved a step forward . The bathroom fitter is off sick today , just the electrician here to day .🙁 The company and I have had words and they have promised to throw extra labour at the job next week . I am really looking forward explaining the situation to Mrs exlaser this evening 😂😀.

2) No need to worry about which bin to put out for us at the moment as our bin men are on strike 😀 . We haven’t had a bin collection since the week before Christmas.

Our green bin was emptied yesterday, but we won't have the blue bin emptied until the dispute is resolved.

 

[classic33]

I've looked on both and there aren't any .

Car from 2008, C1240.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just back from a slow and steady 5k jog/walk with Mrs Tenkaykev. Coming past the allotments I think I heard a Cuckoo in the distance😎

I like fish fingers. Might get some next time I’m shopping. I’ve just had a roll with John West red salmon and beetroot and a cuppa.

I've just had a bowl of cous-cous with peas and chopped balsamic beetroot. It worked remarkably well - Cuisine in fact 😁

 

[Mo1959]

Just back from a slow and steady 5k jog/walk with Mrs Tenkaykev. Coming past the allotments I think I heard a Cuckoo in the distance😎

I've just had a bowl of cous-cous with peas and chopped balsamic beetroot. It worked remarkably well - Cuisine in fact 😁

Too early for Cuckoos surely? Usually March at the earliest.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Too early for Cuckoos surely? Usually March at the earliest.

I might have been hallucinating as it was towards the end of my run, only heard it once and it may well have been something else. I'll pop back round the back of the allotments tomorrow and have a listen. I definitely heard a sparrow as they're building a nest in the guttering immediately above our bedroom window 😁

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I like fish fingers. Might get some next time I’m shopping. I’ve just had a roll with John West red salmon and beetroot and a cuppa.

Did John have lunch as well???

 

[ColinJ]

I applied for my pension online. It's gone through and I can expect a first payment 4 weeks after my birthday. Hoorah

Did they tell you that it would be exactly 4 weeks? They told me that the day of the week is determined by (something or other) and awarded me enough to get me to one of those days falling between 2 and 3 weeks after my birthday***, and payments would be every 4 weeks after that.

I wrote to them asking them to switch it to weekly, but never got a reply so I'll wait and see what happens. Worst case scenario is that the original payment schedule applies.




*** I have actually already reached pension age (), but am not counting myself as a pensioner until I have been paid for the first time.

 

[monkers]

I might have been hallucinating as it was towards the end of my run, only heard it once and it may well have been something else. I'll pop back round the back of the allotments tomorrow and have a listen. I definitely heard a sparrow as they're building a nest in the guttering immediately above our bedroom window 😁

Like a clock you mean?

 

[Chief Broom]

Afternoon folks its meant to be 15mph winds but more like 40! Lots of Greylag geese in the field which seemed to excite the horse who suddenly got frisky and charged around scaring them off
Cuckoo in Jan? that would be highly unlikely....but saying that i once saw a Swallow in December fly over Rosemarkie in the Highlands...where it was going or from who knows...but i know what i saw!