The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Sorry Mo......I cannot just get up and eat. I have to wait for my body to kick in. But tbf you posted that at 07.15 when you have been up for 2 hours

Maybe years of shift work means I can eat at any time! I remember getting back to the prison at 5am after being up at hospital with one of the prisoners and eating a curry when I got back.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its been on one of the local pages I follow on facebook this morning, someone had their front fence nicked last night, three slot in panels, the buggers will nick anything that aint nailed down.

 

[BoldonLad]

Porridge time. I'm starving. I love my breakfast. I can never understand these people that say they can't eat first thing

Agreed. I never miss breakfast, no matter what!

 

[Dave7]

We enjoyed our walk. Just 2.1 miles but pleasant. Its amazing how many paths and cut throughs are on your doorstop that you can find when you are forced to walk locally.
It was eerily quiet out there. 2 cyclists (I hate cyclists) 3 dog walkers and one family of 3.

 

[Mo1959]

2 cyclists (I hate cyclists)

Erm.............are you not on the wrong forum then?

 

[oldwheels]

Nice morning here. Little wind, everything a bit damp and sun coming out to dry it off. Smells like spring.
I am getting severe cabin fever and fed up being on same bit of road and need to get further afield as I have always been a bit of a wanderer. My first trip aged 3 on my trike I made it over the Tyne bridge at Pathhead Midlothian before the police got me and took me back to my grandparents where we were visiting.

 

[Dave7]

Its been on one of the local pages I follow on facebook this morning, someone had their front fence nicked last night, three slot in panels, the buggers will nick anything that aint nailed down.

That happened to us some years ago. We have them all strapped and screwed together now.
It also happened years before but that was November 5th and we could see them burning on the bonfire.

 

[Mo1959]

My first trip aged 3 on my trike I made it over the Tyne bridge at Pathhead Midlothian

I once bought a horse in Pathhead.

 

[Drago]

About 25 years ago, one of my then neighbours kept having his big ornamental flower pots nicked from his garden . He was a brute of a man, bearing an uncanny resemblance to big Pat Roach, so I'm sure the thieves didn't know him else they'd have been minded not to bother.

Anyway, he got so fed up with is that he glued a load of stanley knife blades around the rim of one of the pots. Sure enough, a few days later one of the pots was found to have moved a few metres, and then an impressive looking trail of blood led off into the distance. After that no one touched his plant pots again.

 

[GM]

Happy Easter all. Just finished my breakfast, and now its gardening time before the rain comes this afternoon. Easy on the Easter eggs peeps, gotta watch the waist line!

 

[BoldonLad]

Nice morning here. Little wind, everything a bit damp and sun coming out to dry it off. Smells like spring.
I am getting severe cabin fever and fed up being on same bit of road and need to get further afield as I have always been a bit of a wanderer. My first trip aged 3 on my trike I made it over the Tyne bridge at Pathhead Midlothian before the police got me and took me back to my grandparents where we were visiting.

Is there a Tyne bridge in Pathhead?

I thought it joined Newcastle-upon-Tyne / Gateshead ?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Maybe years of shift work means I can eat at any time! I remember getting back to the prison at 5am after being up at hospital with one of the prisoners and eating a curry when I got back.

I was roped in to do Trailwalker by some friends who were raising money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust.
100k along the SDW, had a great time and finished about 2am at Brighton Racecourse where the Gurkhas had set up a field kitchen serving curry 🙏
Tasted absolutely wonderful 👍

 

[Dirk]

Just back from a quick 10 miler on the carbon bikes. MrsD hasn't used hers for nearly a year and I've been nagging her to use it. A mile down the road she says - 'This is lovely - must get out on it more often'.
I've been telling her that time and again!

This is literally across the road from me, on our way back.

 

[Dave7]

So much for our planned BBQ. Forcast promised 17° but the sun has disappeared and it gone decidedly cool

 

[classic33]

Just putting down my marker for the day..........

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