The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

Dentist's for a check up this morning and will have a trip to Tesco on the way back.
No doggie walk today as poor Boo started limping yesterday afternoon - think she pulled a muscle when she came down the stairs like a sack of spuds.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning from a damp Dorset. Slept well and managed to read another two chapters of " The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark " without falling asleep. Daughter and other granddaughter are travelling to Madrid today. Granddaughter tells me she is excited about two things, going to the art gallery to view " Guernica " , and eating Churros.
Pleased to say that granddaughter who is staying with us has been practicing piano. I think it was the disruption of changing school and accommodation over the last few weeks which saw her give up on it, hopefully temporarily as her teacher said she was quite talented. Managed to print off some free sheet music and at the moment I'm listening to " Fur Elise " which, while basic, is much better than the songs from " KPop Demon Hunters " that she likes to listen to 🤔

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning Tenkers. Morning Paulius Caesar.

Will get the van prepped and packed ready for my journey to the high peaks tomorrow.

Mrs Tkk and I took part in the " High Peaks Challenge " many years ago. It started and finished in Buxton and was quite treacherous in places as it had been raining and some of the slatey descents were " challenging " ( I guess the name of the event should have been a clue ). A beautiful part of the country.

 

[Dave7]

Mike, you might recognise these Australian sites, Sent by my grandson overnight.

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour tout le monde.
Raining here but no wind.
I am taking Molly for a hair cut at 10 am. Her next one will be end of January.
We also have our son's two dogs ( Molly's brothers) for a week as they are having a new bathroom fitted and the dogs would get in the way .

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Mike, you might recognise these Australian sites, Sent by my grandson overnight.
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The beach I am pretty sure is Bondi. The one of the bridge is coming around from the Darling harbour direction and the other photo would be somewhere in that area too as you can just see the harbour bridge in the distance.
My, it brings back happy memories and sad too, as we lost our friends a few years back.

 

[Dave7]

The beach I am pretty sure is Bondi. The one of the bridge is coming around from the Darling harbour direction and the other photo would be somewhere in that area too as you can just see the harbour bridge in the distance.
My, it brings back happy memories and sad too, as we lost our friends a few years back.

The grandson is at Wollongong for a few days so assume they are in that area.
Typical lad, no info, just 3 photos.
Still, its nice to know his old granddad is in his thoughts.

 

[Elybazza61]

Up at 6:00 this morning so coffee brewed and sat down to watch the Lions-Packers NFL game, breakfast at half-time and another coffee after.

Not a bad start (not windy!) but now raining (although not heavy) and forecast to stay that way for most of the day.

Phoned old work to tell them I'll pop in tomorrow to pick up the forks that got delivered there in error(mine) as we are having a mooch around Cambridge .

 

[Mike Ayling]

Mike, you might recognise these Australian sites, Sent by my grandson overnight.
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The last one is the Sydney harbour bridge.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

????

Ages ago I was moaning about expecting loads of leaves and sycamore seed things being expected to land in teh garden in the next months or so

and "asked" you and other influential members to arrange for the wind to be from the North when they fall so they land on the "black path" at the back

and you did!!!

or so I assume - loads of leave fallen and grass still visible in the garden!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Utterly dismal day here. Thick clag and heavy drizzle. The Lake District at its miserable worst. What a dismal county this can be at times.

Nothing to report other than the above.

Enjoy your respective days!

 

[Dave7]

Ages ago I was moaning about expecting loads of leaves and sycamore seed things being expected to land in teh garden in the next months or so

and "asked" you and other influential members to arrange for the wind to be from the North when they fall so they land on the "black path" at the back

and you did!!!

or so I assume - loads of leave fallen and grass still visible in the garden!

Oh yes, I did say a quick prayer and a few hail Mary's......glad to be of help.

 

[Drago]

Filthy wet here.

On the plus side the forecast for the bigh peaks has dried out a bit.

 

[Paulus]

Definitely an indoor day today, grey, cold and constant rain.
I'll do an hour on the turbo later on in the man cave.
Toasted teacake and coffee just consumed.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Oh yes, I did say a quick prayer and a few hail Mary's......glad to be of help.

I was wondering which Gods you would ask!