The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[mistyoptic]

Time to visit the lovely Lucy, my cardiac care nurse. She will want to increase my bp meds. I will try to persuade her not

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Time to visit the lovely Lucy, my cardiac care nurse. She will want to increase my bp meds. I will try to persuade her not

Reminds me - I have to send the doc a list of things I need to talk about

One of which is why I need to keep taking the BP and clotting meds as the apparent stroke was apparently not
but it is a list and that is one of the minor things on it!

 

[Dave7]

Morning

Have to get off soon
Car was serviced earlier in the week and since then the "tyre deflation warning" light has come up 3 times

Took it back for them to check yesterday and they couldn;t find anything
but I had cleared the warning
so naturally it came up again on the way home so I am taking it back as soon as I have finished breakfast
which I am starting now!


and corned beef hash does not include carrots
I was instructed in how to make it my SWMBO and vegetables were not mentioned!!!

If your not careful I will add cheese to it .
Mr Google is your friend. .. recipes vary a lot but most say carrots go in it.
EDIT
There are different 'types' of hash. Some are done in the frying pan and the potatoes are mashed. As I said, the type I have done is in the slow cooker.
Sues Mum used to do it for us 65 years ago, Sue followed suit and I have done the same. Main difference is I like spices whereas Sue and her mum just used salt n pepper.

 

[Tenkaykev]

In other news I finally got around to changing mobile phone supplier from O2 to Lebara. Basically less than half the price and O2 annoy me with endless promotions etc.
Dead easy to switch and kept old number and all done in less than 24hrs.

I'm with Lebara. I get 10GB for about £8 per month. Every so often I go on MSE and see what the best deals are on Lebara. As it's the " budget " brand of Vodafone you get the same coverage, and Vodafone have the better coverage around our area. I don't bother with logging into WiFi when travelling anymore, as the data allowance is more than adequate for me.

 

[Binky]

I'm with Lebara. I get 10GB for about £8 per month. Every so often I go on MSE and see what the best deals are on Lebara. As it's the " budget " brand of Vodafone you get the same coverage, and Vodafone have the better coverage around our area. I don't bother with logging into WiFi when travelling anymore, as the data allowance is more than adequate for me.

The deal I got works out as £2.38 a month for a year with 10GB. Bargain! Edit : it's actually £2.38 for 6 months then goes to usual price of £5.90 a month but still half of what I was paying.

It's go up then but still half price of what I was paying. Crucially get use in Europe same as UK so when I go Mallorca etc can use data as at home

 

[Tenkaykev]

The deal I got works out as £2.38 a month for a year with 10GB. Bargain!

I just checked and it's now 15GB for the £7.99 that I'm currently paying.
EDIT|: I just opened the app on my Phone and see that I am actually on the " YouSwitch " 30GB Data plan 😁

 

[numbnuts]

Been shopping and the sun is out.

 

[Mo1959]

I'm with Lebara. I get 10GB for about £8 per month. Every so often I go on MSE and see what the best deals are on Lebara. As it's the " budget " brand of Vodafone you get the same coverage, and Vodafone have the better coverage around our area. I don't bother with logging into WiFi when travelling anymore, as the data allowance is more than adequate for me.

Shame they don't seem to offer anything to cover the Apple Watch cellular. I don't know if O2 would just do the watch if I switched the phone elsewhere?

We finally have blue sky and sunshine and it is warming up. I fancied some peppermint tea so have just been up to the Co-op for some. I got some watermelon chunks when I was in. I find it quite refreshing when it's warmer.

 

[Dave7]

One for @ebiker. A sign i just saw at a cheese counter.
Sweet cheese are made of this
Who am I to Diss a brie.

 

[welsh dragon]

Houseworky stuff done. A load of washing done as well and it'd outside drying. I have just cleaned the inside of the car and washed the rubber mats. They are now drying in the sun

 

[welsh dragon]

Talking of phone deals. I am with tesco mobile. Unlimited texts and 250 gb each month for £9.00. I got the deal when the bin worked foe tescosl as a driver. It works really well.

 

[PeteXXX]

A Garden Bin full of ivy has been cleared from the sideway.. I've dug up the roots that I can but any new growth will be chemically nuked as & when it appears 👍

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If your not careful I will add cheese to it .
Mr Google is your friend. .. recipes vary a lot but most say carrots go in it.
EDIT
There are different 'types' of hash. Some are done in the frying pan and the potatoes are mashed. As I said, the type I have done is in the slow cooker.
Sues Mum used to do it for us 65 years ago, Sue followed suit and I have done the same. Main difference is I like spices whereas Sue and her mum just used salt n pepper.

I reckon that is you put cheese in it then I am far enough away to not smell it so you're OK!!!

My wife's version is mash - slightly less butter and no milk
then mash the corned beef into it which still hot

that's it

personally I am not keen on it anyway!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

RIght - the saga continues

Took the car for a sevice a few days ago - included replacing one of the back tyres

shortly after the typre pressure light comes on

anyway - took it back yesterday and they cleared it - and checked for otehr faults
came on again yesterday afternoon
took it back this morning

so - they checked it out again - this time with the "fault" still displaying
no errors found

SO they checked "the Honda site" and found that you have to drive it for 20 minutes at over 22 mph to reset the system properly

so they did that and I picked it up again

thought I would do the drive myself and was very careful - and annoying - to do over 20 minutes at about 45 mph on the local motorway

then came home normally
and on the way back - the warning comes on again

so it is booked in for another look tomorrow

I have to say that the garage is being fine - no arguments or anything and they listen to what I say

which is all you can ask really - things happen