The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

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

Always the best time.
Did you do it without the aid of a safety net?

 

[Tenkaykev]

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.

Son worked as a croupier in one of the top London Casinos. His grasp of times tables up to sixteen iirc was phenomenal. He ended up as a supervisor. In the end the unsocial hours got too much and he quit.

 

[Paulus]

Always the best time.
Did you do it without the aid of a safety net?

No safety net, or traffic cones. ⛔

 

[numbnuts]

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.

When all else fails - fingers

 

[Dave7]

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.

Me too. You could ask me any multiplication (up to 10 X) and the answer is immediate.

 

[Paulus]

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.

Same here. I'm pretty good at mental arithmetic, times tables etc. having been schooled the old fashioned way.

 

[numbnuts]

Done walking it's gone up to 17c now
Made spaghetti for dinner.....I think there is enough for tomorrow

 

[Dave7]

I keep getting CC notification that I have @Paulus on ignore. I cannot see any reason or way to "unignore" it.

 

[Paulus]

I keep getting CC notification that I have @Paulus on ignore. I cannot see any reason or way to "unignore" it.

It's alright, I won't take it personally. 😄

 

[PaulSB]

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.

Same here. Mental arithmetic was the order of the day. I can still get the answer before others have picked up the calculator! It's a very handy skill not just for every day use but for checking work now done for us by computers, spreadsheets etc.

I was once handed a set of accounts, glanced at them for less than a minute and commented I thought the accounts were wrong. The guy who prepared them questioned me and insisted they were correct. So we went through the detail and I was quickly proved right. He asked how I knew so quickly...........................it was very simple.....................the numbers showed two even numbers added together showing an uneven total....................that's the problem with relying on spreadsheets without having a reasonable idea of what the results should be.

 

[welsh dragon]

I have been busy shifting things round and doing spring cleaning what shoukd have been done oooh probably 3 years ago

Its really hot here but that's because of all the cleaning.

No idea what we are having to eat today. It will be a surprise.

 

[Dirk]

Kids portion Sunday lunch in the York - £7.50

Adult portion Jail Ale.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Same here. Mental arithmetic was the order of the day. I can still get the answer before others have picked up the calculator! It's a very handy skill not just for every day use but for checking work now done for us by computers, spreadsheets etc.

I was once handed a set of accounts, glanced at them for less than a minute and commented I thought the accounts were wrong. The guy who prepared them questioned me and insisted they were correct. So we went through the detail and I was quickly proved right. He asked how I knew so quickly...........................it was very simple.....................the numbers showed two even numbers added together showing an uneven total....................that's the problem with relying on spreadsheets without having a reasonable idea of what the results should be.

A friend was an accountant all his working life. He noted that many of the youngsters entering the profession lacked a “feel” for the numbers, and if the calculator / computer gave a result they had no “ that can’t be right “ intuition.

 

[welsh dragon]

A friend was an accountant all his working life. He noted that many of the youngsters entering the profession lacked a “feel” for the numbers, and if the calculator / computer gave a result they had no “ that can’t be right “ intuition.

One of my grandsons is studying Maths at Uni. He says there are only a few others studying it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

One of my grandsons is studying Maths at Uni. He says there are only a few others studying it.

Yes, it’s unfortunate. I think they should scrap tuition fees and reintroduce grants for those studying the STEM subjects.