The Retirement Thread
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Yep. Can't find a bus when you need one then one comes when you don't want it!
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
classic33
Leg End Member
Were you coming or going though?
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Glad you got off lightly enough , a bus can do serious damage , rest and recover.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I was waiting for the mice to come, but they didn't show up.
classic33
Leg End Member
They knew you were still awake.
They'll wait whilst you're settled in bed before making any move.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Hi to you Chorley Paul
Couple of sh*t days but I have been bobbing in and out to make sure you are all behaving.
Appreciate your concern.
Daft things happen Mo, just glad to hear it’s just scrapes and grazes. Take it easy for a few days and perhaps get in touch with the bus driver to let her know that all is well.
Sorry to read that Mo.Slavered in Savlon and a dressing on and a dose of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. I ended up feeling sorry for the driver. She went and reported it then came into the house I was in and she was in tears and I was more worried for her than myself.
On a positive note its a good job it wasn't Welshie or the bus would have been a write off.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My ageing brain seems to be addled in some ways but not others. I am increasingly finding it hard to keep up with fast-moving TV dramas, especially subtitled foreign ones. Too many names, places and twists happening too quickly...
Was Schmidt the cop whose stepdaughter once worked in an office in Copenhagen just metres from where the diamond was found; a priceless gemstone which came from an ancient Italian tiara stolen pre-war by the mafia and now smuggled into Denmark to exchange for drugs being sold by a tall Colombian transwoman named Juarez on behalf of a former pre-transition cellmate who was being blackmailed by a Swedish thug named Larrson who likes to feed his enemies to his twin Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, Pinky and Perky? Or was Schmidt the man who sold the newspaper to the man in the office who had really bad teeth?
While I am trying to work that lot out, there have been 2 more car chases, a revelation about an illegal wiretap, a confrontation with the department chief about next week's roster, some unprofessional flirtatious banter between the hunky detective Milstrom and his gorgeous new sidekick Svetlana (who had come to Denmark as a child when her family fled from Russia during a purge of dissidents) , and a body fell out of a plane and went through the roof of a van in the police station car park!
I can still manage mid-difficulty cryptic crosswords though!
It's similar when I pick up a book and find there's a list of characters and their relationships, 🤔 I know I'll be flicking back and forth to refresm my memory as to who's who.My ageing brain seems to be addled in some ways but not others. I am increasingly finding it hard to keep up with fast-moving TV dramas, especially subtitled foreign ones. Too many names, places and twists happening too quickly...
Was Schmidt the cop whose stepdaughter once worked in an office in Copenhagen just metres from where the diamond was found; a priceless gemstone which came from an ancient Italian tiara stolen pre-war by the mafia and now smuggled into Denmark to exchange for drugs being sold by a tall Colombian transwoman named Juarez on behalf of a former pre-transition cellmate who was being blackmailed by a Swedish thug named Larrson who likes to feed his enemies to his twin Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, Pinky and Perky? Or was Schmidt the man who sold the newspaper to the man in the office who had really bad teeth?
While I am trying to work that lot out, there have been 2 more car chases, a revelation about an illegal wiretap, a confrontation with the department chief about next week's roster, some unprofessional flirtatious banter between the hunky detective Milstrom and his gorgeous new sidekick Svetlana (who had come to Denmark as a child when her family fled from Russia during a purge of dissidents) , and a body fell out of a plane and went through the roof of a van in the police station car park!
I can still manage mid-difficulty cryptic crosswords though!
Having said that, I've just finished a Trilogy on my Ereader, three volumes in one book and over 1700 pages. Very well written and kept me occupied for a few weeks.
While Mrs Tenkaykev took herself off for a run, I got “ Badger “ her first Brommie out, pumped up the tyres, fitted the child seat and took her out for a spin. Weather was glorious, I had to stop to take my gloves off as my hands were too warm. Only an easy 10k round the local roads just to get used to the child seat which attaches between the front hinge of the Brommie and the seatpost. With it in situ, it makes getting off the bike more awkward as you have to swing your leg a lot higher, and I’ve not had much practice getting my leg over recently…
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classic33
Leg End Member
You found a copy of the script for the third series of Happy Valley?My ageing brain seems to be addled in some ways but not others. I am increasingly finding it hard to keep up with fast-moving TV dramas, especially subtitled foreign ones. Too many names, places and twists happening too quickly...
Was Schmidt the cop whose stepdaughter once worked in an office in Copenhagen just metres from where the diamond was found; a priceless gemstone which came from an ancient Italian tiara stolen pre-war by the mafia and now smuggled into Denmark to exchange for drugs being sold by a tall Colombian transwoman named Juarez on behalf of a former pre-transition cellmate who was being blackmailed by a Swedish thug named Larrson who likes to feed his enemies to his twin Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, Pinky and Perky? Or was Schmidt the man who sold the newspaper to the man in the office who had really bad teeth?
While I am trying to work that lot out, there have been 2 more car chases, a revelation about an illegal wiretap, a confrontation with the department chief about next week's roster, some unprofessional flirtatious banter between the hunky detective Milstrom and his gorgeous new sidekick Svetlana (who had come to Denmark as a child when her family fled from Russia during a purge of dissidents) , and a body fell out of a plane and went through the roof of a van in the police station car park!
I can still manage mid-difficulty cryptic crosswords though!
