The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

We have more snow, it is still falling, heavily.

It is unusual for us, we are only 2 miles from the coast and rarely get lying snow.

 

[Binky]

Morning.
Brrr a bit nippy. I've caved in to wifes demands = no not that - and put heating on.
Definitely inside stuff today although I do need to sort out rotary washing line as it's now at a jaunty angle due to wind. Might be a job for tomorrow.

 

[Drago]

Right, homework time.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Good morning. Chilly start with beautiful sunshine forecast. It seems warmer this morning than yesterday evening.

Tyre pressures. Not wanting to feel left out I'd like everyone to know both warning lights for my front tyres illuminated on Tuesday morning. I stopped at a garage, checked the pressure, 28psi, and inflated to 32psi. That cost £1...........this thread gets more exciting by the day 😂😂😂

Mainly u3a stuff today. This morning, wearing my IT hat**, I'm running a short workshop for the committee on how to use shared drives, specifically Google Drive. This afternoon it's the Bridge and Canasta group which is always good fun.

** IT hat is a very, very loose description. I have no IT education or background. I can though make things work!! At work and now retired people think I know what I'm doing. I just read the instructions.

Last week I showed a friend how to cast from his laptop to the clubhouse TV. Safe in the knowledge he would run into bother I turned up at his talk 20 minutes early yesterday to find him and another doing goodness knows what. Hieroglyphics all over the TV screen. I was met with, in a very disgruntled tone:

"It's not doing what you told me last week"

I offered to help. Click, click, click, bingo.........I did wait 20 seconds for the connection to be made before the "click everything in sight" mode kicked in.....a common mistake. Only the very best kit is absolutely instant.

Do you find this @ebikeerwidnes? Folk are so rushed, no patience. And as for touch screen!!! Well! 😲 Stab. Stab. Stab. Keep stabbing till something happens. There is a clue "touch" screen 🤣

I wish to point out that most "proper IT people" do not work like that

basically they don;t read instructions


When I was a real "proper IT person" i.e. I got paid a lot of money to do it
I always read the instructions - but I often had done it several times before I got called in
and I looked good because itt LOOKED like I didn;t read the instructions!!!!


anyway - nowadays instructions are not needed - according to most people

In reality far too many people find that in instruction are about as clear as the atmosphere around Drago's undies!!

I think the art of writing instruction for complex things has become rather a rarity
and as people have got used to a thing being possible to do without them

then people don't think they need to read them
so don;t and then they find they can normally do it


then complain that the IKEA thingy never quite works properly - or it was a rigth pain to get that bit there in

when the instruction make it clear that you ahve to do it in a different order and using different tools


anyway - yes - instructions are important

some are better than others

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

RIght

up early today

for me anyway

have to go to Warrington (there be demons!!) for a thing to spread the word about AgeUK's DIgital Champion programme where they/we help people with phones and tablets and all that

Not exactly sure how ti will go

but they do seem to have listened to me about spreading the word

I have been going on about putting posters in GP surgeries and pharmacies for weeeks and weeks

suddenly they have had a wonderful idea and want to put posters in........

Yeah - I get that a lot - always have

They are nice people and work hard - but the supporting management of every charity I have ever come across is weird!!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Nice and sunny, but cold, at the moment.
Will get out and about later.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning from a sunny and chilly Dorset. Weather app says " -2 feels like -4 ". Mrs Tkk is off to her Pilates class and my task is to dismantle an IKEA " EKET " unit which was being used sans internal dividers to store a brompton. A bit more challenging as it's a " click together " item that's not really meant to be disassembled.

 

[Baldy]

That's what I thought as well. I hope he gets the one in Rutland

Nice if you can afford it.

 

[PaulSB]

RIght

up early today

for me anyway

have to go to Warrington (there be demons!!) for a thing to spread the word about AgeUK's DIgital Champion programme where they/we help people with phones and tablets and all that

Not exactly sure how ti will go

but they do seem to have listened to me about spreading the word

I have been going on about putting posters in GP surgeries and pharmacies for weeeks and weeks

suddenly they have had a wonderful idea and want to put posters in........

Yeah - I get that a lot - always have

They are nice people and work hard - but the supporting management of every charity I have ever come across is weird!!

Great stuff and so genuinely very, very important! In our new, digital world people are getting left behind. Excluded. This is dreadful. The first solution is to offer simple, how to do it advice....this usually means evaluating every single step, click etc. for every action.

Would you be shocked to learn I know people who don't go to places and events they're interested in? They stay at home. Why? Parking. It's all by app. Folk get flustered. Stuck in a car park and can't pay. I find this genuinely very, very sad. Older people being excluded by modern tech.

The solution is so easy. At home, make a brew, settle down in your favourite armchair. Install the app, add your details, car reg and bank card. Arrive in car park, click pay.

Sad old git that I am I have nine different parking apps on my phone.

I'm running a clinic with three others in a couple of weeks time for our u3a.

It's basically bring your device(s), tell us the problem and we will try to help. 😲😲😲

 

[numbnuts]

Morning -2c here

 

[welsh dragon]

Nice if you can afford it.

Indeed. His girlfriend is renting a 1 allegedly 2 bedroom house. It's costing a lot of money each month.

 

[mistyoptic]

The solution is so easy. At home, make a brew, settle down in your favourite armchair. Install the app, add your details, car reg and bank card. Arrive in car park, click pay.

You are presupposing that, when you arrive at the carpark, it uses the same app that you installed. Not always the case 🤬

 

[Oldhippy]

Frosty start but the sun is out so let the stove fitting commence. Huzzah!

 

[numbnuts]

I'm cooking Moroccan chicken (chicken stew with a load of spices in it), never made it before
hope it's OK as I think there is enough for 4 meals.

 

[PeteXXX]

My alarm is set for 02:00 for the next two days ☹️