The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

My brother and his wife picked up their ebikes today and rode them back home. They were very impressed with the power delivery when riding up hills . ( although the hills around Orleans are just slight inclines really) .
My other brother who had stens fitted a few months ago weighed 19 stones then and is now 15 stones . He has just started going to his local bakery in the morning, about 1 mile away, on his bike. The first time he went, he had to stop half way as he was out of breath. Cycling will help to improve his fitness and strengthen his heart.
I can't wait to go and see them soon.

 

[PaulSB]

Has anyone found the program 'Life after life ' it's very well done. It's about a girl, born in 1910 who as the title suggests has serious incidents throughout her life, but never dies, and life goes on. Not quite a psychological thriller, but very interesting. BBC iplayer.

I've just finished episode one and contemplating should I go straight on to two or save it for another evening.

Very good.

 

[Mo1959]

I've just finished episode one and contemplating should I go straight on to two or save it for another evening.

Very good.

I’ll get around to watching it too. Caught up on last night’s DI Ray then watched tonight’s. Enjoying it, but I’ll just wait and watch it live over the next two nights.

 

[GM]

...Been glued to the snooker the last couple of weeks, some of the best snooker I've ever seen!...wish I had the nerve to post my Steve Davis joke, if I did I'd be banned for life!

A bit of post catching up to do now, what have I missed?

 

[classic33]

...Been glued to the snooker the last couple of weeks, some of the best snooker I've ever seen!...wish I had the nerve to post my Steve Davis joke, if I did I'd be banned for life!

A bit of post catching up to do now, what have I missed?

A bit of this, some of the other, and other things that are best left unrepeated.

 

[mikeIow]

Did 3 cuts of the front lawn, at various heights.
Gonna leave it to dry out a bit more before doing a final cut in a day or so.
Now enjoying a well deserved cold beer.

You want to get a robotic mower: fabulous devices!!

 

[classic33]

You want to get a robotic mower: fabulous devices!!

It could run amok, cutting rude shapes in the grass when he's not there. Or even cut lose and run away with the hedge trimmer!

 

[ColinJ]

It could run amok, cutting rude shapes in the grass when he's not there. Or even cut lose and run away with the hedge trimmer!

What if he fell asleep lying on the grass, when sunbathing in the garden...?

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Another damp and overcast start, but milder than yesterday. Seems a while since we had much sun.

Wordle was irritating this morning as it was one of these days where there were too many options so took 5.

Blue bin day here(recycling).

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, mild and looks a bit wet out, it was raining when I drove back from the hospital last night, good for the garden, yoga this morning and I must catch up on the housework.

 

[PaulSB]

I’ll get around to watching it too. Caught up on last night’s DI Ray then watched tonight’s. Enjoying it, but I’ll just wait and watch it live over the next two nights.

I have DI Ray in mind as well. We watched Grace on Monday night. This may have been a recording, it may not or it could be ITV Hub but I can confirm I watched it all. Enjoyed it. Can't for the life of me remember the storyline!

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. It's been raining all night here and at the moment it's damp overcast and misty. Supposed to be raining all day as well, that fine drizzly stuff. . Good job I got my washing done the other day..oooh there's the raib again.

Seeing Dave talking about petunias made me laugh. Does anyone remember the commercial with petunia and her husband talking about the coast guard and people drowning

Anyhoo. Stay safe peeps

 

[welsh dragon]

Yet another month of sod all on the premium bonds.

 

[The Jogger]

Morning, I got lucky with wordle this morning, guessed right on the second line, that won't happen again. Mrs J 3 I thought she'd won. I'm not competitive 😂
Busy one today, gym at 10:00, Spanish lesson at 11::30, car in for oil service in Estepona and fault find, (sluggish on hills) 13:00, online meeting 17:00. Isn't retirement boring 🙄😁

 

[PaulSB]

Hello people. Rained all night. It's wet and 10⁰C. This is very good news if you are a runner or French bean plant which Paul planted out yesterday. It is very bad news if you are Paul who planned to go cycling today.

Slept badly last night. Woke up and started wrestling with an accounting problem for the U3A. Back to sleep at 5.00 and woke up thinking of the solution. This is w**k mode. Apologies. I have at least resolved the issue which was bothering me.

Today then? 🤔 The U3A monthly talk is from the Lancashire Constabulary Fraud Safeguarding department. I will attend. As it's wet I'll try to summon up enthusiasm for domestics. I have no enthusiasm for this at the moment.

The real downside to the rain is I didn't get time to sow seed yesterday. Granddaughter. I did begin preparing a seed bed and the ground was perfect for creating a fine tilth for small seed like lettuce and spring onions. I didn't get that far and suspect it will be too wet today. Bugger.

Two bottles of gin from Ernie.

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