The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good Morning folks,
Did a very slow 5k yesterday evening with my daughter, had to stop and walk several times. Slept really well as a consequence I think. Nothing planned for today ( I think ) My social secretary is still sleeping, I'll check with her when I take her coffee up 😁
Have a peaceful day folks ☕️☀️👍

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooee. Def getting darker starts to the days here. You can see and feel the changing weather and season now. Feeling much cooler in the mornings.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

good morning folks.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Had a useful couple of hours at the new house yesterday. Current owner explained a lot of stuff about the electrics etc.
Nice lunch in the Star and a walk back to the house. We will be a 25 minute easy stroll from Watchet Harbour.
Stayed overnight in Minehead - back home later this morning.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Point about yesterday's ride - used my proper coat for the first time in months - sleeves were rolled up and the zip was undone - but still needed it

and my hands were getting cold at times - will need to dig my gloves out soon!

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all,
A cloudy start to the day here in Barnet.
All the usual things to do. Dog walking first, the grass needs cutting it's shot up since the rain started..
Then another ride out on the bike to keep the legs ticking over.
I also need a haircut, my regular barber has been on holiday, but he re-opens today.

 

[Mo1959]

Not long back from a lovely nearly 8 mile walk. Really quite chilly but I'm loving it and much more comfortable for a brisk walk.

I watched The Coroner and Whitechapel on the Drama channel last night so have Shetland and Doc Martin to catch up on tonight Heck, I forgot a new All Creatures Great and Small starts tonight too. I am going to be square eyed.

 

[PaulSB]

Sprint practice!

When we visited Kruger in South Africa we came across a queue of traffic in which people were reversing and turning round in a haphazard way. The way drivers were behaving we couldn't do anything other than slowly move forward. Now this is true, on my life this next bit is true. We rounded a corner to watch the two cars in front of us turn and drive towards us. There was a full grown young male elephant trundling down the road at speed swaying his head from side to side, not charging but fast. It was obvious there was no time to turn round. The conversation went like this, expletives deleted:

Mrs P: "Stop on the side. The car is grey he might think we are an elephant"
Paul parks up and starts checking stuff
Mrs P: "Will you stop fiddling and keep still, he might not see us"
Paul "I'm making sure all the brakes are off and the car is in first" (automatic car with three brakes)

We only knew one thing if an elephant drops it's head and looks at you this means trouble. The elephant dropped his head, looked at us and veered in our general direction. The car was in first, I floored the accelerator and we shot past him at high speed.................................I swear to this day the elephant jumped off the ground in surprise.

The following week a woman was killed in Kruger in very similar circumstances when an elephant charged her car.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. It's a lovely day and I shall be doing bits and pieces which need doing. This is the very essence of doing stuff....................that's my thought for the day.

Not much to report really. I take it you all know Guinea Pig Awareness Week has been cancelled? Well as I said not much to report. I will return if life takes a turn towards interesting!

 

[gavroche]

Salut. Somehow, my back started aching not long after I got up yesterday morning and is still is so I shall take it easy for a day or two and hope it goes away. My wife says to keep moving so I shall take Molly for a walk shortly but it will be a slow one.

 

[welsh dragon]

Steak egg and chips today

 

[classic33]

Steak egg and chips today

Is that similar to beef tomatoes?

 

[welsh dragon]

Is that similar to beef tomatoes?

Fortunately no.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've been for a jog with Mrs Tenkaykev, 7Km route along the Roman Road. A tad chillier as the temperature drops. We had home made Veg soup for lunch, our granddaughter like carrot sandwiches 😮 ( we slice the carrots into batons ), she also likes to eat raw sprouts, and her favourite part of Broccoli is the stem! Ah well at leat she's eating loads of veg.

 

[Dirk]

Steak egg and chips today

Haggis, neeps & tatties for us tonight.

@Mo1959 would be so proud of us.