The Retirement Thread

[briantrumpet]

I don;t think I was being especially obtuse!

I used to have 2 sugars in black coffee but when I was about 18 I was at university and realised I was miles behind with work and only had Saturday to catch up

and the on campus shop was closed on Saturday - and the next nearest was in Beeston and was too far away to get there and back and still get the work done

by the end of the weekend I no longer took sugar in coffee!

anyway - hope that was not overly obuse

coffee - black - no sugar

whiskey in a glass not in hot liquid

and no ice

anyone want details of tea???

That's exactly the same reason I learnt to enjoy black coffee... at uni, when the milk supplies ran out.

Can't stand milk or sugar in coffee now. Beurk ! 🤢

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have just registered a complaint with SWMBO

I have been doing manual labour!!!!

yes - I know
I didn;t have a career in computing and then one as a teacher in order to do manual labour
I mean - does it sound like I wanted an outdoor life weilding heavy tools???


anyway - the bush at the end of the garden

(LOOK - you lot at the back - stop sniggering - it's NOT funny!!!) - @Drago I can see you you know!!!)

needed trimming (STOP IT!!)

so I took the large electric tool
(sigh)
and cut it down to size

then had to brush up the twigs and leaves and put them in the green bin


the I realised that the bare patches on the lawn left by the landscapers might do better if the surfaces was raked
It turned ou t that a lot of it was set cement on the surface that could be broken up by hitting it witha rake and underneath was grass trying to gro (no idea how


so I battered it with the prongs until it broke up and then raked the grass up

and now it looks much better

anyway - lunchtime

 

[welsh dragon]

Most of my washing is now dry.

BBQ pork chop with rice for me today.

And...

 

[classic33]

I don;t think I was being especially obtuse!

I used to have 2 sugars in black coffee but when I was about 18 I was at university and realised I was miles behind with work and only had Saturday to catch up

and the on campus shop was closed on Saturday - and the next nearest was in Beeston and was too far away to get there and back and still get the work done

by the end of the weekend I no longer took sugar in coffee!

anyway - hope that was not overly obuse

coffee - black - no sugar

whiskey in a glass not in hot liquid

and no ice

anyone want details of tea???

I was thinking more along the lines of

 

[Dave7]

Following a recent change in the local M+S foodhall I approached an assistant and said " OK, I give up, where have you hidden the Soy sauce this week? ". I believe it's a deliberate tactic as you have to wander around more of the store and go past items that might grab your attention.

Yes, I shop at Aldi and they regularly change things around. As you say it forces you to wander around the Isles. Very annoying.

 

[Dave7]

Most of my washing is now dry.

BBQ pork chop with rice for me today.

And...

I thought your bloomers took 3 weeks to dry ?

 

[welsh dragon]

I thought your bloomers took 3 weeks to dry ?

If I have a long enough pole and tie them high enough up, they can catch the thermals and dry quicker

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I was thinking more along the lines of
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making coffee with magic might work

but using a kettle seems like an easier option

no need to finding goats and virgins and all that
(yes old joke - why Jesus was not born in Liverpool
God could find the gold frankincense and myrrh - but .............)

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If I have a long enough pole and tie them high enough up, they can catch the thermals and dry quicker

so that's what was slowing down the space capsule on the telly - I thought that was in the USA not mid Wales!

 

[numbnuts]

Chicken tikka and apple pie with cream for lunch

 

[welsh dragon]

so that's what was slowing down the space capsule on the telly - I thought that was in the USA not mid Wales!

They were clearly off course, the astronauts that is not my bloomers

 

[Tenkaykev]

I thought your bloomers took 3 weeks to dry ?

Donovan wrote a song called " Catch the Wind " about welshies bloomers 💨

 

[mistyoptic]

Donovan wrote a song called " Catch the Wind " about welshies bloomers 💨

But was that about drying them, or one of their “in use” functions?

 

[welsh dragon]

But was that about drying them, or one of their “in use” functions?

They tend to be like a Swiss army knife in their functions

 

[Paulus]

Donovan wrote a song called " Catch the Wind " about welshies bloomers 💨

I'm sure that @Exlaser2 could find a use for them at the sailing club as spare or extra sails.😁