The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

Good morning again. Angel Bay is cancelled as it is raining but maybe later . I haven't told Molly yet.
I was going to cut the grass today but not likely to happen now unless we have a heatwave later to dry it which I very much doubt.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs Tenkaykev has just heading out the door to Upton House parkrun, it's a bit " challenging " with the blustery conditions and being next to Holes Bay without any shelter.

 

[Dave7]

Downhill mountain biking from Fort William this afternoon if anyone is interested. Hoping it might be quite entertaining.

I will be watching some of it, along with various footy matches.

 

[Dave7]

It's very wet here. That's VERY!!!!! A bad night sleepwise. For some reason I wasn't tired, didn't go to bed till after midnight and then woke at 4.30am. Not good.

Only one thing happening today. Baggies at home. 👍

Stretching and breakfast next.

Are you going ??

 

[Mo1959]

A bad night sleepwise. For some reason I wasn't tired, didn't go to bed till after midnight and then woke at 4.30am. Not good.

My Garmin wasn't impressed with me either!

 

[Dave7]

BIG decision to make.
Do I move house?

Moved here in 1982 and got many brilliant memories but (aged 76) it might be time to call it quits.
Daughter and SiL want to move to Anglesey and want me to go with them. Makes sense in many ways, especially with my surprising change in health.
One important point is that i/we can afford a place with my own facilities.
Lots to get my head around.

 

[gavroche]

BIG decision to make.
Do I move house?

Moved here in 1982 and got many brilliant memories but (aged 76) it might be time to call it quits.
Daughter and SiL want to move to Anglesey and want me to go with them. Makes sense in many ways, especially with my surprising change in health.
One important point is that i/we can afford a place with my own facilities.
Lots to get my head around.

Anglesey is very nice but you may have to learn Welsh. My daughter lives there and she speaks fluent Welsh.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning, not very nice here and cold too

 

[welsh dragon]

Anglesey is very nice but you may have to learn Welsh. My daughter lives there and she speaks fluent Welsh.

I've lived in Wales for 23 years and have never learned Welsh apart from counting to 10 and hello. You don't need to learn the language and to be honest at our age it will be almost impossible unless you are very very good at languages.

My eldest grandson moved here when he was 6 and he never mastered the language. He can understand it far more than he can speak it.

 

[Dave7]

Anglesey is very nice but you may have to learn Welsh. My daughter lives there and she speaks fluent Welsh.

I already do eg
Yaki da.
Will that do ??

 

[Drago]

I know a fair few phrases of Welsh, having been out with a Welsh lass for a year. Sadly some or the phrases don't mean what I was told they do!

I speak halting Gaelic, schoolboy French, and fairly decent German. Would love to learn Cornish, my Dad's side or the family are from Cornwall of Breton Celt origin, and my dear departed Grandad was a Kernowen speaker. Sadly Poshshire is not knee deep in Cornish language tutors so I can't realistically ever see it happening.

I also speak Shetlandic, which is quite a heavy patois or dialect rather than a language. Having been to public school and live most of my adult life in England I have almoat completely lost my islands accent (Mrs D reckons she hears it occasionally in some words) I find a small majority of my countrymen are anally retentive Scots who can be a bit nasty about what they believe an Englishman in their midst - that's when I break into Shetlandic to show it is they who is the soft southerner and not me.

Language interests me greatly and I wish I'd tried harder with it at school.

 

[pawl]

The suns not out ,The sky’s not blue and it’s wazing it down too.

 

[welsh dragon]

 

[Drago]

Wetter than a back bench politician here. I've a few minor DIY tasks so will be in all day.

 

[Mo1959]

My lack of sleep is catching up. I feel quite spaced out, but not actually sleepy