The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

What a difference a day makes!
Yesterday was dull, foggy and rain.
This morning it's bright sunshine.
Off to Honiton this morning for shopping and fuel.
Sunday lunch booked at the York Inn.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooeee. Been awake and up for ages but I was browsing and forgot about you lot.

Looks like todaywill be better than yesterday

Stay safe peeps

 

[Dave7]

Good day folk.
It appears MrsD and I have some kind of sickness bug. We spent most of yesterday in the loo while carrying buckets around .
We were scared of going to bed as it came on so quickly.
Took a chance and went to bed at 0530 this morning.........we are knackered.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello. Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!

Yesterday I made a chores list. It was divided in to Saturday and Sunday chores. Sunday's chores are outdoor jobs...........it's wet here.

That aside all is good. #2 son, #3 son plus partner and small person will visit this afternoon. I'm not expecting to make tea.

 

[PaulSB]

#1 son needs to surprise me...........or have a damn good excuse!!

 

[PaulSB]

Good day folk.
It appears MrsD and I have some kind of sickness bug. We spent most of yesterday in the loo while carrying buckets around .
We were scared of going to bed as it came on so quickly.
Took a chance and went to bed at 0530 this morning.........we are knackered.

Take it steady Mr and Mrs D.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all. A little overcast here, but the overnight storm has passed.
The grownup children are coming to visit today, is today something or other?
I cooked a large chicken yesterday while the oven was on, there was a casserole with braised steak cooking at the same time, so just cold chicken and fresh salad for dinner today.
But egg and bacon sarnies for breakfast though
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs Tenkaykev ordered a second hand book for a course she is doing. It arrived yesterday and came from a shop in Wales. The invoice is in Welsh and English with Welsh being the primary language.
As I was reading through the Welsh and then the English, I noticed that one of the services offered is Welsh / English translation. The " English /Welsh " translates to " Saesneg / Cymraeg " I suppose that " Saesneg " is the equivalent to" Sassenach "

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Breakfast.

 

[welsh dragon]

 

[numbnuts]

It's gone here down to 16c

 

[ColinJ]

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That is funny, but I have met several people whose 'math' skills were that bad...

I once handed over a £5 note at a cafe to pay my £4.50 bill. The flustered teen at the till couldn't find the shop's calculator to work out much change to give me! (And they asked me nervously if I was really sure that it was 50p when I told them...)

 

[Tenkaykev]

That is funny, but I have met several people whose 'math' skills were that bad...

The education system went through a phase of not using rote learning times table and “mental arithmetic “ I was volunteering behind the bar at a charity function, the girl alongside me needed a calculator to work out what I could tot up in my head.
It wasn’t her fault, she was the victim of the school system at the time

 

[Mo1959]

The education system went through a phase of not using rote learning times table and “mental arithmetic “ I was volunteering behind the bar at a charity function, the girl alongside me needed a calculator to work out what I could tot up in my head.
It wasn’t her fault, she was the victim of the school system at the time

We had the times tables drummed into us at school and had to stand up and rhyme them off. I’m still pretty good at adding up in my head.

 

[classic33]

Good day folk.
It appears MrsD and I have some kind of sickness bug. We spent most of yesterday in the loo while carrying buckets around .
We were scared of going to bed as it came on so quickly.
Took a chance and went to bed at 0530 this morning.........we are knackered.

Do they know what's causing this?

Hope you're both over this latest bit soon.