The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Good morning folks, Wordle in three, waiting for the carer, my Good Lady is still asleep, family will be around later, watching the rugby this afternoon, I binge watched it yesterday, started with Leeds v Warrington in the rugby League and then the two six Nations matches.

I’ve gone right off foot ball.Good to see big blokes not arguing with the ref after evert decision.

Will be watching England this afternoon Is it called t Flower Of Scotland they sing pre match.Really belting that one

 

[Mo1959]

I’ve gone right off foot ball.Good to see big blokes not arguing with the ref after evert decision.

Will be watching England this afternoon Is it called t Flower Of Scotland they sing pre match.Really belting that one

Why would the English team be singing Flower of Scotland?

 

[gavroche]

Salut tout le monde.
Very wet here so far so another lazy day I guess. Even Molly is quite happy to just have a little nap on the settee.
Can't go out on the bike: too wet, can't wash the car: too wet, can't cut the grass: too wet, can't take Molly to Angel Bay: too wet so I will have to think of something else that doesn't involve the weather.

 

[Paulus]

Morning. I'll let Paulus believe he was here first even although I looked in much earlier

That horrible wind has dropped but it is very overcast with rain due soon. I finally got myself out for a bimble. The roads were wet and filthy and it was hard work and slow but it's a start.

Thanks for that

 

[pawl]

Why would the English team be singing Flower of Scotland?

I did mean Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pity they didn’t win Was a good game though😊k😊

 

[PaulSB]

I’ve gone right off foot ball.Good to see big blokes not arguing with the ref after evert decision.

Will be watching England this afternoon Is it called t Flower Of Scotland they sing pre match.Really belting that one

Being married to a lady from the Borders I have had many, many chances to join in great renditions of this one. Fantastic! My first Hogmanay in Scotland was an experience I have never forgotten........my liver seems to remember it as well.

When we moved to our village Hogmanay was a rather subdued affair. Mrs P couldn't quite believe no one first footed, no one sang - we soon put that right, much to the surprise of our neighbours!!!! Mrs P became so famed for her table top renditions of Flower of Scotland we use to print out song sheets to hand round to the Sassenachs to make sure they joined in instead of just mumbling "oh Flower of Scotland when will.......mumble, mumble, mumble" and leaving her to it!

 

[PaulSB]

Good Morning! Apologies, I've been browsing but either feeling a bit subdued or extremely busy. Hope you're all well? Rained all night, howling wind and rain all day so far. I have almost completed my accounts spreadsheet which I was casting around for a few days ago, found a very good one on the web. All I have to do now is work out Balance Sheets. It's weird when one is so familiar with working with accounting programmes, interpreting them etc. but so difficult now to set up because the software used to do everything!

#3 son, partner and granddaughter here for tea this afternoon. They have announced they will be getting married October 2023. I think they will have been together for 16 years at this point. It's a small do, only 70! Mrs P and I think it would be better to put the cash in to a house deposit.

We did that. 13 at our wedding including ourselves. We had a belting time. It was the same Saturday evening as Dallas revealed who shot JR.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Yet another dismal, wet and claggy day here - its been pretty relentless for weeks and weeks now.

We see no reason to get out of bed at the moment.

 

[numbnuts]

My washing up bowl has just cracked, they don't make them like they use to, this one was only 20 years old

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Rain properly set in now.
Can’t abide Flower of Scotland, celebrates all the wrong things, defines a nation in terms of its huge grievance against its neighbour.
Don’t agree that England sides should be singing the UK National Anthem either.

 

[classic33]

Good morning folks,
It’s forecast to be very wet and windy today. We purchased a dehumidifier yesterday, it’s a model from Screwfix, we were planning to use it to dry the laundry but it’s a lot noisier than I expected, it’s either a faulty unit or my expectations were misguided, either way it needs to go back 🙁
Might pop out for a plod before the heavens open ☕️👍

Which one was/is it?
Looking at getting one from the local store.

 

[Paulus]

Rain properly set in now.
Can’t abide Flower of Scotland, celebrates all the wrong things, defines a nation in terms of its huge grievance against its neighbour.
Don’t agree that England sides should be singing the UK National Anthem either.

I have said for many years that England should have it's own anthem, not the dirge that is the National anthem, which should only be played at nation/GB events. Something like Jerusalem would fit the bill.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Ended up walking 6K and almost made it home before the rain - almost ☔️ We popped in to M+S just as they opened. I was surprised to see it so busy, then I twigged it was last minute Valentine's day shopping. Mrs Tenkaykev picked up a small multi grain " Artisan " sourdough from the yellow sticker shelf, she thought she was buying a fruit loaf🤔 It is very tasty, even though it has no fruit in it. I toasted a couple of slices, slathered them inn butter, and opened one of our Christmas gifts, a box of small speciality jams. I decided on the Raspberry Turkish Delight, very good indeed 👍

 

[Tenkaykev]

Which one was/is it?
Looking at getting one from the local store.

It's this one :
https://www.screwfix.com/p/blyss-wdh-316db-16ltr-dehumidifier/368gy
I purchased one for my daughter who's flat gets a fair bit of condensation, then when our daughter from Leeds visited over Christmas I got one for her too, and finally got one for myself. It has a laundry function button which I'm trying out at the moment.
On offer at £119 ( was £129), Interestingly the identical model is sold in B+Q for £157 ( Screwfix and B+Q having the same parent company )

 

[classic33]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMYdOo0TgY

Or,

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo