The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Thunder in the distance

The wind has got up a little. No sign of thunder or rain here yet.

 

[12boy]

A friend of mine had me help him for a day redoing a 1920s farmhouse 150 miles from Casper where he had that trailer too sleep in during the early days of gutting the farm house and at the end of the day he induced gullible me to give him $200 for the piece if s#**t. It has been in the drive way for 15 years at least. My idea was to strip it to the very sturdy chassis and build a tiny house as a retirement project, and to that end my neighbor and I practiced by making my little sheepherder wagon. Unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and she was my focus for the last 6 years. Once I get this house cleaned and the excess bumf sold, given away or dumped I will revisit the idea. I have become enamored over the last few years with hexayurts and can't get past the notion one of those would be truly bitchin on that chassis, made to be comfortable in -30F temps. We will see. Nothing beats a smelly old man with yellow drawers living alone without bathing facilities in the Red Desert 180 miles to the southwest.

 

[classic33]

A friend of mine had me help him for a day redoing a 1920s farmhouse 150 miles from Casper where he had that trailer too sleep in during the early days of gutting the farm house and at the end of the day he induced gullible me to give him $200 for the piece if s#**t. It has been in the drive way for 15 years at least. My idea was to strip it to the very sturdy chassis and build a tiny house as a retirement project, and to that end my neighbor and I practiced by making my little sheepherder wagon. Unfortunately my wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and she was my focus for the last 6 years. Once I get this house cleaned and the excess bumf sold, given away or dumped I will revisit the idea. I have become enamored over the last few years with hexayurts and can't get past the notion one of those would be truly bitchin on that chassis, made to be comfortable in -30F temps. We will see. Nothing beats a smelly old man with yellow drawers living alone without bathing facilities in the Red Desert 180 miles to the southwest.

Would a straight draw beat it?

 

[numbnuts]

Thunder in the distance

One clap of thunder and a teaspoon of rain

 

[classic33]

One clap of thunder and a teaspoon of rain

How often will you be taking that?

 

[Mo1959]

Nice breeze getting up here but it’s probably just blowing hot air in. Glad I bought a fan last year. It’s been used a lot this week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Back door and kitchen window wide open, two windows open in the bay window, door to hallway open, loft hatch open and fan running in the lounge., I've been damping a teatowel then putting it in the fridge for an hour before putting it in front of the fan, it hasn't made much difference its still been around 90 in the house today, cooler than it was outside though, it was very windy this afternoon and now its clouded over and got a bit rumbly.

 

[Dirk]

Lol!


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Reminds me of my Hippie days in 1969. I saw a Mini car do exactly that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The old ones are the best, Lol

 

[PaulSB]

 

[rustybolts]

A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big kiss, says she'll see him later and walks away. His wife glares at him and says, "Who the hell was that?" "Oh," replies the husband, "she's my mistress." "Well, that's the last straw," says the wife. "I've had enough, I want a divorce." "I can understand that," replies her husband, "but remember, if we get a divorce it will mean no more shopping trips to Paris, no more wintering in Barbados, no more summers in Tuscany, no more Infinities and Lexuses in the garage and no more yacht club. But the decision is yours." Just then, a mutual friend enters the restaurant with a gorgeous babe on his arm. "Who's that woman with Jim? " asks the wife. "That's his mistress," says her husband. "Ours is prettier," she replies

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
It's overcast and feeling fresh at the moment. Rain is set at 40% about now, but it doesn't look like it's happening. A trip to collect granddaughter from school at lunchtime, that's the end of her introductory year and she'll be starting in Year One in September.
Have a peaceful day folks.
☕️👍

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. The house is still quite warm but there’s more cloud at least for a while today so hoping it cools down a bit. Currently 17 degrees outside which is still warm for this time so just a gentle walk I think.

Looking forward to the cycling later. I’ve enjoyed it once I got into it, especially the mountain stages.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello world! It's cool but breezeless, completely still. Awful sleep and I've been awake since 3.00am. Decided not to waste too much time sitting around reading the web so wrote a list of stuff to achieve. It's long, I won't bore you all. There are 28 things on my list, 9 achieved so far.

My Facebook was cloned yesterday. Several friends reported this to FB which was good of them. I've had three emails from FB confirming they have investigated and say:

"We’ve reviewed the profile that your friend reported and found that it isn't pretending to be you and doesn't go against our Community Standards."

The account is using a copy of my profile picture which has been altered by placing a coloured ring saying "Pride 2022" and then the rest of my Profile page is copied! I've sent FB a copy of all of this.

Of course my industrious start to the day could all come to a grinding halt at 9.00........tickets to chase down!!!!

Anyone watch The Control Room on BBC1 this week? What did you think?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a cool and cloudy Coventry, more comfortable than yesterday but the house is still a bit warm, yoga and housework, catch up on what I didn't do yesterday, perhaps out to lunch later.