The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Up at 0400 with these gammy legs.......talking of which.......
A surprise visitor yesterday was a paramedic. Apparently they are doing the GPs home visits. At last they are taking this seriously.
She is arranging for (yet more) blood tests in order to try and find the problem.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Dave7]

Christmas Tree !!!

For various reasons we have never had one. I quite like them, just never had one
Daughter and her family ask us to get one every year.
Anyway........we were TOLD yesterday that they** have gone on sale and the family have bought us one. It is being delivered here today😕. So, aged 75, married 54 years, we will have a tree.
**not a real one Classic.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all, we're back to an early carer now, half six on the dot every morning.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeeew. 9 deg abd raining and windy ( the weather ) not me.

I have a cold curtesy of Mr WD.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
It's wet and windy outside this morning, and it's going to continue for most of the day.
Another squelchy dog walk around the fields! They are sodden.
Looks like another day without getting on the bike. 😪

 

[PaulSB]

I've just started the arduous task of changing my email address on all my accounts that need it. Banks, utilities, subscriptions etc to my gmail address.
I am going to change my broadband provider from BT to someone else. I am paying nearly £62 a month, when they are offering new customers less than half that for a better connection.
I have tried talking to them with little success, I shall be a bit more forthright next time and get through to the retention department. If they can't help me out I'll leave to another provider.

You have my sympathy as I went through the same process many years ago, also with BT. Things may have changed but a couple of pointers for you, sorry if this is teaching you to suck eggs. Either set up automatic forwarding from BT, which I presume is still Yahoo, or ask your Gmail account to check and fetch mail from other accounts - do this in Settings >Accounts and Import >Add email account. As I recall it when we leaving BT it was possible to keep the Yahoo account running for a minimal fee. We did this for a year with, the first two options running, on the basis if someone hadn't used our email address in 12 months it wasn't urgent!

Enjoy.......it's raining what else can you do????

 

[PaulSB]

Christmas Tree !!!

For various reasons we have never had one. I quite like them, just never had one
Daughter and her family ask us to get one every year.
Anyway........we were TOLD yesterday that they** have gone on sale and the family have bought us one. It is being delivered here today😕. So, aged 75, married 54 years, we will have a tree.
**not a real one Classic.

We had a pretend tree for years. It was brilliant when we had a dog and three small children!!!!

 

[PaulSB]

Hello people. Biblical! All night but stopped, as forecast, just on 7.00am. We have ride plans. One of my buddies is on a new programme, he changes roughly every two months, his plan for us today is four hours steady with four blocks of threshold totalling 40 minutes. Moi? I just ride my bike and try to behave. Plans to be reviewed at 8.00 and probably again at 8.30.........................

If we do ride I'm rather hoping the threshold business is abandoned and we head to a new cafe I've found. On the route I planned for the weekend club rides a permanent road closure was announced yesterday. I'd like to check out the diversion possibilities.

That's all really.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Blowing a hoolie and chucking it down all day yesterday and all night.
Wind has eased off from the 50+ mph we had at midnight.
Off to ALDI this morning.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning from a wet and windy south coast. I managed a 10 mile run yesterday, very slowly, but I kept chugging along. Mrs Tenkaykev was at the gym while I was running, she doesn’t like me “ overdoing “ things, so it was an ideal opportunity to put in some extra miles.

 

[classic33]

Christmas Tree !!!

For various reasons we have never had one. I quite like them, just never had one
Daughter and her family ask us to get one every year.
Anyway........we were TOLD yesterday that they** have gone on sale and the family have bought us one. It is being delivered here today😕. So, aged 75, married 54 years, we will have a tree.
**not a real one Classic.

I see, an imaginary tree.

 

[pawl]

Good morning all, we're back to an early carer now, half six on the dot every morning.

For you and your good lady hope it stays consistent

 

[numbnuts]

It's ...........again

 

[Mo1959]

It's ...........again

It’s on here too now. Glad I’ve been out.