The Retirement Thread

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RIght - relatives are annoying

some more annoying than others

context:
My wife's son has been living with his partner for years - oldest kid is 11 and they were living together a few years before that
Anyway - about 5 years ago they moved house

In the front garden - at the corner between the pavement and the driveway - was a bush - quite a small one

ANyway - over the years it has grown and they have made no attempt to trim it in spit of it encroaching into the drieway and scratching the cars that go onto it

so I got fed up and offered to take my hedge trimemr round to trim it.

She agreed as it " just needs doing now"
started it last week but had a technical issue with the trimmer (totally did NOT cut the cable with the trimmer and cut the power to the house - no no no not at all)
ANyway - we were picking the kids up from school this afternoon so I took the trimmer back and finished it off - or at least mostly as some of the branches need proper cutters

My wife - who is fussy and says it like it is - says I made a decent job of it considering how bad it was and how long it had been left

but SHE is not pleased - says she wishes I had left it so he could do it (and therefore get the blame!) and it just looks "hacked at")
well - you leave it for 5 years and it does tend to need a while to grow back!

she did back off and thank me for doing it - but in a non-enthusiastic manner

she really can be a miserable self centered git at times!
 
and in other news

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/gwynedd-headteacher-neil-foden-guilty-29176003

That was the school my daughter went to

hope he gets a nice room with a friendly bloke - probably called Bubba - who likes steroids and Viagra!!!!
 

SpokeyDokey

67, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
Moderator
A 500 calorie bike ride got rid of the choccy biscuits from this morning, sausage sandwich lunch time and off out for a swim soon. Forgot, I spent some money today two tubeless road tyres, valves and tyre inserts £178 ouch!

Decent bike tyres - crazy expensive!

What model did you go for?
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Just watching the chick rugby. Men up next

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welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Daughter No3 is 50 today. Makes me feel old to have 4 of "the children" over 50 now, one even talking about retiring "soon"!



I have 1 over 50 and the other will be 50 next year. I could never imagine having adult kids let alone 2 that old.
 

screenman

Legendary Member
Decent bike tyres - crazy expensive!

What model did you go for?

Vittoria Corsa something or other, it is only for my winter hack bike so I did not pay a lot of attention. Well I did pay a bit of attention to the price they were reduced from £79.99 down to £39.99 each. I could have bought them cheaper, but I was being extremely lazy and just pressed the button on them.
 
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