The Retirement Thread

[PeteXXX]

I wish to inform the collective that I am now officially an Instagram star

well I'm on it anyway

well I'm not but a video and an image of me is

Just look up AgeUK Mid Mersey on Instagram and there I am


I am working ou the best way to cause the 13 year old grand-daughter the highest level of embarrassment with it!

Post/link it to her Insta page? 🤔

 

[Oldhippy]

A frosty morning on the river.

 

[PaulSB]

I wish to inform the collective that I am now officially an Instagram star

well I'm on it anyway

well I'm not but a video and an image of me is

Just look up AgeUK Mid Mersey on Instagram and there I am


I am working ou the best way to cause the 13 year old grand-daughter the highest level of embarrassment with it!

I had a look. Very good. Well done. 👏👏

 

[PaulSB]

I just farted and blamed the noise on plate tectonics. I think I got away with it.

Nah, we felt the earth move in Lancashire

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. It's very still and there has been a frost but it doesn't feel too chilly. A bright day, warm in the sun I guess. One of my buddies is heading off to explore a gravel route to Stockport.....I'm envious. A crap sleep last night, nodded off at 11.00pm and woke at 3.00am. I feel truly horrible now. A busy day beckons; u3a committee meeting at 09.30, Family Group meeting with my lad's care providers at lunchtime and Rovers this evening. There should be a two hour gap between the two meetings, with luck I'll get a nap, if not I must get one this afternoon.

I felt very hungry so I've just finished a three egg cheese and ham omelette. That's usually an evening meal, I often have a plain two egg omelette for breakfast but this morning I went for it!!!!

 

[Mo1959]

Wonder if we’ll all be a bit poorer after the budget.

 

[PeteXXX]

We’ll all be poorer after the budget.

FTFY 😉

 

[Drago]

Cold and proper icy out there. Enjoy the frost while you san before it becomes taxable.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
A heavy frost down here, but due to be sunny but cold today.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Nice out there at the moment but forecast rain later.
Off to meet up with mates in Minehead for lunch.
Some good news which bucks the trend; 2 local pubs which shut some time ago are reopening this weekend.

 

[Binky]

Morning.
How I'd love some frost instead of rain! Wet, grey and forecast same for foreseeable. Grim.
Time for another holiday!

 

[Drago]

Nipping out to fill up the van this morning in case Rachel Thieves does a number on fuel duty. I doubt itll save much, but every penny I can hang on to is a victory.

 

[PeteXXX]

Nipping out to fill up the van this morning in case Rachel Thieves does a number on fuel duty. I doubt itll save much, but every penny I can hang on to is a victory.

I topped mine up yesterday.. 👍

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning from a sunny frosty Dorset. Fox on the prowl in the garden overnight and hedgehog is still housekeeping with the fresh barley straw I put out. Had a bit of a brainwave to use straw to pack around Christmas presents. Minus 3 earlier but toasty warm inside. I decided to run an experiment over the winter, heating went on on 1st October and set to 21 degrees running 24/7 with a setback to 20 degrees between 10pm and 6am. Will leave it like that until 31March and see how " low and slow " works for us.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
As with many places it's cold at -1° here but supposed to warm up and rain later.
When i was doing serious mileage i would fill up before the budget but now it matters little in the grand scheme of things.
I have it from a good source that Chorley Paul has stocked up on chain lube before tax goes up.
A few domestics to do then off for pub lunch at 1200.