The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Good morning and it really is. The sun is streaming through the windows, must wash those soon, birds singing and no breeze. I went to bed at 9.40pm, woke at 4.00am, had a brew and then slept till 7.40am. I feel very rested.

At 10.00 I'm taking part in an online focus group on road safety and in particular "side road crossings." I'll do anything for a £40 voucher. 🤣 More seriously I take part in a few major regular surveys as I find them interesting and feel they're of real value. I always volunteer for focus groups as I find them interesting.

Rovers this afternoon. Despite our terrible form in 2022 the season hasn't collapsed yet. Close but not yet.

Out to friends' house tonight. Yesterday's WhatsApp conversation went:

"Do you like Thai?"
"Yes, sounds great" (I occasionally make Thai recipes)
"Here's the link, let me know what you want and we'll collect"

Thai takeaway isn't quite what I expect when invited for dinner!!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mo1959]

That's Quordle done too. Not too bad this morning and didn't take long. Cuppa required now.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
The rain has stopped so we’ll be heading out for a short run soon. In a few weeks time our local parkrun will be celebrating run number 500, I’d like to do it as I took part in the first parkrun at Poole. Granddaughter is having a sleepover tonight so we’ll be watching Tom and Jerry cartoons and almost certainly something else that involves Unicorns 😁
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️👍☀️

 

[Mo1959]

Good morning folks,
The rain has stopped so we’ll be heading out for a short run soon. In a few weeks time our local parkrun will be celebrating run number 500, I’d like to do it as I took part in the first parkrun at Poole. Granddaughter is having a sleepover tonight so we’ll be watching Tom and Jerry cartoons and almost certainly something else that involves Unicorns 😁
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️👍☀️

Can't beat a bit of Tom and Jerry. Come to think of it, do they actually still make them or is it a case of finding old ones?

 

[Mo1959]

Postie just delivered the new registration document for the new car. That was quick. DVLA must have got their act together again.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Can't beat a bit of Tom and Jerry. Come to think of it, do they actually still make them or is it a case of finding old ones?

They come up on Facebook sometimes, I'm sure they'll be on Youtube somewhere.

here we go

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tom+and+jerry+full+episodes

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

When I had my rant about Mr WD prescripton I got the mileage wrong. 18 mile round trip to drop it off. Another 18 mile round trip only to find out the computers broke, and I will have another 18 round trip to get it, that makes a grand total of 54 miles just to get his tablets. And with the Cost of petrol thats crazy

Dunno about the wilds of Wales where you live but when I lived in proper Wales (the North) then we had this new fangled thing called a telephone
I still use one here although this area is probably less modern (we still have to pay for prescriptions) especially as the doctor and pharmacy don;t seem to be able to work out when I need tablets!!

Has often save me the 5 minute ride to get tablets that are not there yet

Hope this helps

 

[welsh dragon]

Dunno about the wilds of Wales where you live but when I lived in proper Wales (the North) then we had this new fangled thing called a telephone
I still use one here although this area is probably less modern (we still have to pay for prescriptions) especially as the doctor and pharmacy don;t seem to be able to work out when I need tablets!!

Has often save me the 5 minute ride to get tablets that are not there yet

Hope this helps

Your funny . Good luck getting through on a phone these days.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Can't beat a bit of Tom and Jerry. Come to think of it, do they actually still make them or is it a case of finding old ones?

It’s the old ones. They made so many of them that we never run out of ones to watch, plus they keep being funny no matter how often you watch them. We have a Disney subscription and watched the original “ Sleeping Beauty “ and “ Snow White “ ( about 1939 ) our granddaughter was enchanted.

 

[classic33]

When I had my rant about Mr WD prescripton I got the mileage wrong. 18 mile round trip to drop it off. Another 18 mile round trip only to find out the computers broke, and I will have another 18 round trip to get it, that makes a grand total of 54 miles just to get his tablets. And with the Cost of petrol thats crazy

That's where your bike comes in.
Means you can't get any "extras" either as you'd have no means of carrying them.

 

[Dirk]

Sun's out
Just sowed my beans and carrots in raised beds.
Cutting back on the bean plants this year coz I've been inundated with the darn things the past two years!
Got some more taters to put in this week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Thats the ironing done, I've got itchy feet today, I keep looking outside and just want to go out.

 

[PaulSB]

A very interesting focus group which concentrated on crossing points on side roads where they are close to or join with a main road. Seeing these illustrated made me realise the very wide variety we have something I hadn't previously appreciated. Some absolutely chaotic, others very well designed.

One interesting point was one guy worked in road safety and clearly had deep knowledge of the Highway Code and road markings. Many of his comments were about how some of the illustrated junctions did not comply with correct road markings and/or the Highway Code. It was interesting the one with the least compliance, from his view, was the one which everyone felt gave drivers, cyclists and pedestrians the clearest and safest understanding as to who has priority and how one should behave. He seemed to feel observing the Highway Code would keep us safe!!!!! Good luck with that one when riding a bike.

Same guy vehemently disagreed with me when I suggested from a cyclist's perspective a "rounded" or "sweeping" kerb at a junction is safer as it allows us to enter and exit faster. His view was a right-angled kerb should be used to slow us which is contrary to my view that I won't to enter or exit at a steady speed rather than pushing off from a dead stop. All obviously subject to other road users in the vicinity.

 

[PaulSB]

Sun's out
Just sowed my beans and carrots in raised beds.
Cutting back on the bean plants this year coz I've been inundated with the darn things the past two years!
Got some more taters to put in this week.

Thanks Dirk. A good reminder I need to get busy with seed sowing. I had rather forgotten.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Thanks Dirk. A good reminder I need to get busy with seed sowing. I had rather forgotten.

Yes, I was reminded on Gardeners World that its time to dig out my pack of Sweet Pea seeds and get them started.