The Retirement Thread

[Mike Ayling]

Nah - taste of bacon plus melty butter and Ketchup is the whole point!

I mean - I would eat it without the Ketchup - but I would rather not!

(P.S. my wife insists on it being with NO butter and brown sauce spread on the bread like butter and then the bacon put on top of the sauce
The things I have to put up with!!!!)

Well you could cook it yourself!

 

[Mike Ayling]

I don’t keep in contact with anyone. I don’t like people!

Err Mo was your former occupation in corrective services?

 

[classic33]

Well tbh I am desperate for members so willing to think of options

That desperate!

 

[screenman]

I spent a lot of my working life alone ie not in an office. When I had my own company I worked from home.
Like you I had a wife I loved so much so we spent as much time together as possible. Now I have to accept life for what it is.
Seriously, being on this forum helps a lot.

I agree with the last bit.

 

[classic33]

I don't have a car.

What about a set of car keys?

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night Mary Elle

 

[screenman]

Night everybody, after the failure of Age UK to lift my spirits I went and pushed myself hard in the gym for an hour followed by 2k in the pool, that was far better for me.

 

[Mo1959]

Err Mo was your former occupation in corrective services?

Yes, and I often still question myself as to why I joined!

Morning. Seems nice enough if a bit overcast. I am going to try and force myself out for a bimble after my cuppa.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Yes, and I often still question myself as to why I joined!

Morning. Seems nice enough if a bit overcast. I am going to try and force myself out for a bimble after my cuppa.

Thanks Mo.

 

[screenman]

Morning all, the boiler engineer should be her today, it packed up a couple of weeks ago, will it be a few hundred pounds or a few thousand pounds, we will see.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Ironing day today.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning all, the boiler engineer should be her today, it packed up a couple of weeks ago, will it be a few hundred pounds or a few thousand pounds, we will see.

We have a traditional Gloworm boiler ( non Combi ) that's over 25 years old and still going strong🤞Fortunately spares are still readily available. The lady who services our boiler was apprenticed to the chap who used to service it until retirement, British Gas trained in the years when they had a proper apprenticeship scheme and before the introduction of Combi boilers contributed to the deskilling of the trade.
When it eventually packs up then a heat pump will be installed.

 

[screenman]

We have a traditional Gloworm boiler ( non Combi ) that's over 25 years old and still going strong🤞Fortunately spares are still readily available. The lady who services our boiler was apprenticed to the chap who used to service it until retirement, British Gas trained in the years when they had a proper apprenticeship scheme and before the introduction of Combi boilers contributed to the deskilling of the trade.
When it eventually packs up then a heat pump will be installed.

I have thought about air pumps, ideal house for it, I had it built to my ideas sixteen years ago, underfloor heating and well insulated. The only slight problem I have is that I do want to live here much longer, it is too large for one person.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning from a blue grey Poole. Black bin this week, walking group and veg box delivery this morning. Contacted a painter and decorator as the hall, stairs and landing need a bit of tlc.
Yesterday's run with Mrs Tkk saw me turning back after a couple of miles and walking home due to the legs saying " not today ", went for a lie down and slept for a couple of hours after which I felt somewhat better.
Yesterday also saw me trying on different combinations of clothes in preparation for this weekend's trip up to London and the Brompton World Championships, Mrs Tkk and I have places in one of the earlier heats. I'm minded to go for the Johny Cash look, black with a red bow tie and accents to match my Brommie😎