The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Good evening! Late. Again! It's been a beautiful day in my bit of Lancashire.......................Mrs P has just gone out to walk up to the club and it's started peeing down. She won't be happy. I'm sat here in jeans and T-shirt rather than a heavy fleece, yes the wood burner is busy burning wood and what a difference it makes. Put the heating on yesterday morning to take the chill off the house because small one would be with us. Ran the CH to 20C for 90 minutes and used 12kWh which is +/-£1.25, the house was OK all day after this but got a bit chilly from 7.00pm onwards. Think there must be a way to manage the CH at a sensible level with out it running flat out. I'm thinking £2.50/day is £17.50/week which for 20 weeks to March would be £350 in gas. Reasonable.

Today? Well I had a U3A committee meeting and have done loads of household and cycle club admin. Slowly but surely knocking everything off my "must do before I go away" list. Next thing is to tidy up the cycle club minutes from the 2021 AGM as it's our AGM 2022 tomorrow night. With a bit of luck I won't get re-elected! Ha!

I'm looking for glasses and as I'm fed up with Boots for other reasons I'm going to Specsavers. Looked at the website and discovered one can try on the specs virtually. Brilliant. First the site scans your face for an image, this is saved and then each time one clicks on a frame there is an option for "virtual try on" which produces a 3D image of me wearing them! I LOVE THIS!

Pleased to see @Mo1959 has appeared.

 

[classic33]

From yesterday’s trip.

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The old(1938) coat of arms. No supporters, they came along later. Then came the mermaid.

Would you believe that's a dolphin on the shield?

 

[Tenkaykev]

The old(1938) coat of arms. No supporters, they came along later. Then came the mermaid.

Would you believe that's a dolphin on the shield?

Yes, It's very stylised, more like a mythical creature. I've got a Poole Pottery Dolphin and a commemorative plate or two featuring a Dolphin that they used to give out to Poole Marathon finishers. ( and the shopping centre is the Dolphin Centre )

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeeee. Darkish. Danpish.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
It's cloudy outside.
Today's focus is the St. Albans beer festival. Not much else will be happening today.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, crap night last night, in bed by eleven, awaken by twenty to one, still awake at three, first time thats happened in a long while, carer's due now, half seven, yesterday she finally showed up at twenty to ten, thats twice in a week my Good Ladies regular carer has had a day off and the replacement carer has been late.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Got quotes from removal firms today; guys coming round later, and I need to ring a storage facility in Somerset.
That's about my lot for today.

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all . A quiet day for me too today , buying a pair of trainers is the high point of my day, am looking forward to doing some thing mundane.
I spent yesterday helping my father in law sort though his brothers house who died a few months ago to remove any personal stuff before the landlord clears the house. It’s all very sad , the brother was estranged from all his friends and family for 50 years ( looks to me and mrs exlaser that he probably had a undiagnosed mental illness) and my father in law on law only found out he had died because the hospital contacted him . He worked up to his late 70s , had money in the bank but only ever seemed to spend money on stamps and cds and the house was a totally mess. It was no way to live.
We went to the funeral to support my in laws a couple of weeks ago and it was the saddest thing ever . There was only 5 people there , all members of his extended family and nobody there that had any idea of this life for the last 50 years.
It’s really puts things into perspective what is important in one’s life, and friends, family and social interactions of all kinds have to be high up the list .

 

[Exlaser2]

Good morning people, crap night last night, in bed by eleven, awaken by twenty to one, still awake at three, first time thats happened in a long while, carer's due now, half seven, yesterday she finally showed up at twenty to ten, thats twice in a week my Good Ladies regular carer has had a day off and the replacement carer has been late.

I used to get the same with my mum . The trouble is your often added to the end of the another’s carers round at a time that’s free . 😕

 

[Dave7]

A quick hello to all.
A few things I must do.
Post office.
Aunties to sort her weekly finances out (don't know why as I struggle with ours ).
Finish off a Chilli con carne. I made it yesterday but thought it was lacking something. Left it in the fridge overnight to let the flavours soak in......I will test it later.
Carry on with shredding and filing.
Go to bed ???

 

[mikeIow]

It wisnae me!

Sorry folks. I just couldn’t be bothered with CC for a few days. Nothing exciting to report anyway. It all gets a bit mundane repeating what I’m normally up to every day as I live such a quiet life.

Never equate quiet with mundane! I love knowing you’re out and about when I’m only considering getting out of bed 🤪
Todays excitement….a US pal, following news of the Queens passing, spotted news of the UK paper banknotes expiring tomorrow…..& consequently posted me his last 2 x £20notes to use up.
Obviously I will PayPal him the requisite amount, less postage and packing (& beer) 🤣🍻

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Not long back a leisurely but lumpy 9 mile stroll. Just took my time as it is a lovely morning here. Most enjoyable.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning. Not long back a leisurely but lumpy 9 mile stroll. Just took my time as it is a lovely morning here. Most enjoyable.
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Good morning Mo, so thats where the good weathers gone.

 

[classic33]

Coooooeeeee. Darkish. Danpish.

Stay safe peeps

Dampish even.

 

[welsh dragon]

Dampish even.

That as well.