The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Well, what a morning I've had.
I went to that open meeting at the local pub. Met some nice people.
Free tea/coffee and preserves. Free bingo and GUESS WHAT.......I won, TWICE... £25.00 .
Next I went to the tip and got rid of lots of junk. WoW it was busy.
Next I took the carpet pieces to be made into runners. 2 were approx 1mtr x 0.5 mtr and 2 very small ones for when I lower the treadmill..........she will cut to size and edge them, all for £30.00. I'm happy with that.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Well, what a morning I've had.
I went to that open meeting at the local pub. Met some nice people.
Free tea/coffee and preserves. Free bingo and GUESS WHAT.......I won, TWICE... £25.00 .
Next I went to the tip and got rid of lots of junk. WoW it was busy.
Next I took the carpet pieces to be made into runners. 2 were approx 1mtr x 0.5 mtr and 2 very small ones for when I lower the treadmill..........she will cut to size and edge them, all for £30.00. I'm happy with that.

I bought some of these high density rubber pads for my treadmill from Amazon. About 5" square and 1/2" thick:

 

[Dave7]

I bought some of these high density rubber pads for my treadmill from Amazon. About 5" square and 1/2" thick:

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They do look good.

 

[gbb]

An upside and downside to retirement... the visit to a local cafe..
Im decorating again (phase 3 of the hall stairs and landing, gloss doors, woodwork and paint walls, its a big job done in manageable bits)
So im hungry, off to the cafe to get a breakfast...to be confronted by a major amount of fellow retirees ordering their frappe latte with oatmilk or whatever..and they take a lot of time and effort to prepare. It's always bugged me, I am by my own admission impatient, I like to get on, get done, I always find myself stuck behind people ordering time consuming beverages.
It's not a good thing im that way, I know,...

 

[numbnuts]

I'm bored so I made a coconut cake
I tried to watch a film on youtube, talk about slow........

 

[gavroche]

Hissing down here.

Same here. We had blue sky and sunshine a couple of hours ago. Didn't last long.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning walk followed by lunch with Mrs Tkk and daughter at 29029. Fixed lunch menu was perfect, and needed as the weather has turned so back to my wooly hat ( Edinburgh Cycling Cooperative) knitted beanie. Sitting in front of the flame effect stove as although it's not putting out any heat the flickering " flames " have the effect of making the room feel warmer.

 

[Tenkaykev]

That's odd, a double post🤔

 

[Tenkaykev]

That's odd, a double post🤔

Now it's gone...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just come back from a trip to foreign places

Llandudno

I used to live there and we go to see a Financial Advisor there once a year

weather was bloomin' awful!!!

but its a nice drive there and back

 

[gavroche]

There is a garage mechanic at the back of our house and never thought about contacting him before until today. I called round and the chap is 63 years old, an old school mechanic , so I booked my car for a service with him: £120 all included which is at least £90 cheaper that the dealer and much closer to me . I am happy with that.