The Retirement Thread

[SpokeyDokey]

Don`t talk to me about ID. I have spent nearly all morning trying to verify who I am, in order to renew my driving licence. Never mind the fact that they had written to me anyway. No, I don`t have a valid passport. I got there in the end, at least only £14 and not over £20 at the PO.

I'll have that problem in 3 years time. I still have the old pink paper driving licence and will need to apply for a new photo one when I'm 70. I don't possess a passport either. The only photo ID I have is my bus pass.

We had to pay £50 to identify ourselves so we could redo our Wills. We do not have passports and our driving licences weren't enough!

An online portal was sent from the Solicitors for us to use. The strapline on the site was 'Improve your profits'.

 

[Binky]

Morning ride on an old route I haven't for a few years. Nice out although a cool breeze.

 

[Tenkaykev]

No voting here, either.

Still limping from my bone marrow biopsy of 2 days ago. I hour of absolute torture whilst they screw a huge needle into your hip to extract the marrow. Feeling sorry for myself!

Not much planned, maybe a Carnic in the offing.

Have a good one, all.

They weren't sure about the results with my first bone marrow biopsy so I had to have a second. The consultant ( looked about 14 ) happily produced her small blue and yellow £7 Wilko toolbox ( I had the same at home so I asked and she confirmed) and in she went. I worked in engineering so I have drilled and tapped innumerable holes, she was very good indeed and showed me the sample before dropping it in a container.
I think they go for the hip as the bone is easier to get to. As you say, not a very pleasant experience.

 

[Chief Broom]

Afternoon folks battled a headwind over to Golspie today as i needed to arrange delivery for some compost which the hardware store does- so mission complete and i whizzed back along my 'favourite' road the A9..
I do like feeding the blackbirds but the ***ers are digging holes everywhere i apply a mulch and the blackbirds re-apply it over paths and young plants...Think they were confused today as one minute i gave them some cheese and later shoo'ed them away....

 

[PeteXXX]

Swim has been swum 🏊
Only 350m today but enough to have earned myself a treat on the way home 🍦

 

[Chief Broom]

Well that was interesting and not saying my eyes got moist... Been watching Hendrix vids and this one really shows where he was coming from.


View: https://youtu.be/dKmHFK0Log0?si=kq6vVpkPP4Nq7m62

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Well that was interesting and not saying my eyes got moist... Been watching Hendrix vids and this one really shows where he was coming from.


View: https://youtu.be/dKmHFK0Log0?si=kq6vVpkPP4Nq7m62

Great musician! Albeit very raw.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

We had to pay £50 to identify ourselves so we could redo our Wills. We do not have passports and our driving licences weren't enough!

An online portal was sent from the Solicitors for us to use. The strapline on the site was 'Improve your profits'.

Strange that, about your driving licences not being enough. I was excecutor to my late father`s will. I had to verify who I was, with both his bank and the solicitor. As well as photo id ( driving licence) they needed a current utility bill as well. Both were accepted. Sometimes I think that these bodies make things up as they go along, that is why there is no consistency. My father`s will was purchased from a stationery shop, filled in and witnessed. Mind you, what the solicitor charged for the discharge of the will was eye watering, in my mind. It was an easy 50/50 split.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Strange that, about your driving licences not being enough. I was excecutor to my late father`s will. I had to verify who I was, with both his bank and the solicitor. As well as photo id ( driving licence) they needed a current utility bill as well. Both were accepted. Sometimes I think that these bodies make things up as they go along, that is why there is no consistency. My father`s will was purchased from a stationery shop, filled in and witnessed. Mind you, what the solicitor charged for the discharge of the will was eye watering, in my mind. It was an easy 50/50 split.

Latest money laundering regulations, apparently.

How the hell can you launder money by creating a Will?!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

They weren't sure about the results with my first bone marrow biopsy so I had to have a second. The consultant ( looked about 14 ) happily produced her small blue and yellow £7 Wilko toolbox ( I had the same at home so I asked and she confirmed) and in she went. I worked in engineering so I have drilled and tapped innumerable holes, she was very good indeed and showed me the sample before dropping it in a container.
I think they go for the hip as the bone is easier to get to. As you say, not a very pleasant experience.

I have had 8 now. The first was just plain awful, the middle 6 were bearable and Tuesday's was virtually beyond unbearable. I had to apologise for swearing at a couple of points!

They went 'in' 3 times, apparently the Leukaemia trial that I am on needed more samples than usual. And I have very hard bones (good at my age) and they are evidently tough to bore through. In the USA they do these under GA which makes more sense to me.

I am now bloody terrified of the next one in 3 months time.

 

[Dave7]

Welshie, how was your sausage, egg and chips ?
Mine was good