The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Black bin, walking group, grey skies. With the recent rain I’ll go for a route recce before the walk starts, there’s a wooded section that can get a bit mired.
Looking forward to the folk festival this coming weekend, missed it over the last couple of years.
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️🥐👍

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I think I will start checking out new TV models when I get back from the shops. Have any of you bought TVs in the £500-1,000 price range recently? 45-55", 4k/UHD, HDR etc.

The one we brought the end of last year was a non smart 43" Cello from Amazon.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a bright and sunny Coventry, I have a line full of sheets out, my main task for today is to wade through a load of stuff I've got from the carers trust https://www.carerstrusthofe.org.uk/ its amazing, you spend ages looking for information and get nowhere and then suddenly you've got more information than you know what to do with.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page this morning, Lol!

A young woman was taking golf lessons and had just started playing her first round of golf when suddenly she gets stung by a bee.
The pain was so intense that she had to return to the clubhouse for some medical attention.
The golf pro saw her heading back and said,
“You are back early, what’s wrong?”
“I was stung by a bee!”
She tells him.
“Where?”
He asked her.
“Between the first and second hole.”
She replied.
He nodded and said,
“Your stance is far too wide.”

 

[Paulus]

Morning. Lay on for a bit even although I was awake. Another nice day for us with sunny intervals and a gentle easterly breeze.

Thought I was going to struggle with Wordle after a poor first line but got it in 3

Morning all, struggled with wordle and wordhurdle this morning, took 6 goes with both.
It's a bit cloudy outside but due to warm up a little bit as the day goes on.
Now, what to have for breakfast.

 

[Dave7]

Cloudy here but supposed to get warm later.
Wordle in 3. 1 green 1st line......2 in the 2nd then it clicked.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all

Off to Minehead today for an overnight stay with our best mates.
The other couple from our original group, who emigrated to Australia, are over for a visit and will be meeting up today. Lunching in Dunster and catching up with all things Oz will be the order of the day.


Yeah........right.

I don't wish to frighten you but I once got over 65 mph out of my Franny Barnett.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning again. Lovely here so another enjoyable 7 miles walk done.

Can't wait for the final episode of Silent Witness tonight. This has been the best series for a while and it's made it more interesting with the story line following on rather than a new case each episode.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Dirk]

I don't wish to frighten you but I once got over 65 mph out of my Franny Barnett.

I once got over 165 mph on a Suzuki GSXR1000.......on my way home from work.

 

[BoldonLad]

Excellent.
I think I could have beaten you on my 197cc Frances Barnett though

I had one of those!

When I was 16, much to my parents displeasure, and, no doubt worry.

It was maroon colour, and a 2-stroke. My longest ride on it was South Shields to Scarborough (about 90 miles), with a couple of mates It rained, we got soaked.

I don't think it ever registered more than 60mph on the speedometer.

 

[ColinJ]

Morning again. Lovely here so another enjoyable 7 miles walk done.

Can't wait for the final episode of Silent Witness tonight. This has been the best series for a while and it's made it more interesting with the story line following on rather than a new case each episode.

That is yet another classic show that I have never watched. I must give it a go one day!

My bike ride yesterday was fine. No problem with legs OR back. Legs still ok now so they have settled back to normal minor elderliness! My back, however, did the same thing as before when I went to bed so I have had another bad night.

I have to have a tidy up because I have guests coming later, but in between I will try to have a snooze to catch up on sleep.

The set that I have now is a 7 year old Samsung smart TV and I want something better quality than that. I am fussy about picture quality so I think that I will go for a mid-range OLED. I was looking at the LG C1, which is now available for £799 at Richer Sounds VIP club, with a 6 year warranty. I worry slightly about burn-in on OLED screens, but if I had to replace a TV every 6 years I could probably live with that.

I am going to be sensible though... I am not going to spend every penny I have on the new set, which would be the case if I bought one now. I will save up for a few months first so I will have money in reserve.

PS I have now spotted a Philips set at the same price which looks about the same standard but has another couple of features of interest...

I will see if those sets are still available in the autumn. They are last year's models so they will sell out at some point having been superceded by new ones.

Meanwhile, I will have to force myself not to worry about a dirty screen and purplish faces!

 

[welsh dragon]

The sun is shining, the houseworky stuff is done.

 

[Mo1959]

That is yet another classic show that I have never watched. I must give it a go one day!

My bike ride yesterday was fine. No problem with legs OR back. Legs still ok now so they have settled back to normal minor elderliness! My back, however, did the same thing as before when I went to bed so I have had another bad night.

I have to have a tidy up because I have guests coming later, but in between I will try to have a snooze to catch up on sleep.

The set that I have now is a 7 year old Samsung smart TV and I want something better quality than that. I am fussy about picture quality so I think that I will go for a mid-range OLED. I was looking at the LG C1, which is now available for £799 at Richer Sounds VIP club, with a 6 year warranty. I worry slightly about burn-in on OLED screens, but if I had to replace a TV every 6 years I could probably live with that.

I am going to be sensible though... I am not going to spend every penny I have on the new set, which would be the case if I bought one now. I will save up for a few months first so I will have money in reserve.

PS I have now spotted a Philips set at the same price which looks about the same standard but has another couple of features of interest...

I will see if those sets are still available in the autumn. They are last year's models so they will sell out at some point having been superceded by new ones.

Meanwhile, I will have to force myself not to worry about a dirty screen and purplish faces!

I've got a 65" Samsung QLED in the living room and a 55" LG Oled in the bedroom. I like them both and can't tell much difference in picture quality. The QLED is supposedly better for a brighter room and, as my living room has a huge window and gets the afternoon and evening sun, I think it maybe is a bit better for that.

 

[Mo1959]

I bought some flowers and will take a drive over to the village I’m from originally and put them on dad’s grave as it would have been his birthday tomorrow. I’ll pop up and see if his old neighbours are in and give them a visit if they are. Be nice to see their Labrador pup who should be quite grown up now as it’s been a few months since I was last over.