The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

Lovely sunny morning with light wind. Still got half the garden to go over to get the worst of the grassy lumps out before firing up the cultivator. Took it out to run for a bit last weekend. Fired up then stopped and refused to restart. This has happened before so called over my neighbour who is building some decking construction and asked him to try. Started first pull. Why? I give the same hefty pull and nothing happens but he used to work for the council graveyard squad and started mowers etc regularly. Must be a magic word or something.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning fellow retirees,
It's very grey here down on the coast but at least the rain has stopped ☔

Noticing a lot more birdsong, its wonderful to hear 😊
Have a lovely day folks 😊🙏

Dont know if I ever told you but I did my Scuba diving training at Poole. It was an 8 day course so I took the family. Had a lovely time. Weather was perfect. Beach was lovely.
We came home to find we had been robbed........furniture van etc they cleared every room.

 

[Dave7]

I was feeling fine earlier but feeling a deep depression coming on.
Welshie is talking about putting her bloomers away for the summer.
Thongs and suzzies are maybe OKish but really Welshie, I can't picture you in anything but huge pink bloomers.
Please have a re-think.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Dont know if I ever told you but I did my Scuba diving training at Poole. It was an 8 day course so I took the family. Had a lovely time. Weather was perfect. Beach was lovely.
We came home to find we had been robbed........furniture van etc they cleared every room.

Crikey, that's really sad to hear about the burglary Dave.
I knew a few people through work who were keen Scuba divers, our apprentice took it up and being young free and single used to visit Egypt and other exotic locations. There is/was an indoor training facility just around the corner from where I worked. Another guy used to visit a submerged village in Wales that he said was deep, cold and spooky. There are a few wrecks around Weymouth that they would regularly visit.
I don't know if you and the family visited Shell Bay, it's can be a lot quieter and it's a lot prettier than the main beaches at Poole and Bournemouth. That was once my regular Sunday routine, 08:20 chain ferry with a group of local runners to Studland and then we'd run a loop along the beach, up past the Bankes Arms and Old Harry towards Corfe Castle and back through Rempstone Forest. Lovely in spring and autumn, very busy in summer and quite challenging in the winter months.

 

[welsh dragon]

I was feeling fine earlier but feeling a deep depression coming on.
Welshie is talking about putting her bloomers away for the summer.
Thongs and suzzies are maybe OKish but really Welshie, I can't picture you in anything but huge pink bloomers.
Please have a re-think.

It's too cold to put them away at the moment so you have a reprieve.

 

[welsh dragon]

It's raining, so it seems it will be another slobbing day for me.

On the other hand Mr WD has a busy day in store. Washing, hoovering, dusting, bathroom cleaning. I am exhausted just thinking about it.

 

[Dave7]

Crikey, that's really sad to hear about the burglary Dave.
I knew a few people through work who were keen Scuba divers, our apprentice took it up and being young free and single used to visit Egypt and other exotic locations. There is/was an indoor training facility just around the corner from where I worked. Another guy used to visit a submerged village in Wales that he said was deep, cold and spooky. There are a few wrecks around Weymouth that they would regularly visit.
I don't know if you and the family visited Shell Bay, it's can be a lot quieter and it's a lot prettier than the main beaches at Poole and Bournemouth. That was once my regular Sunday routine, 08:20 chain ferry with a group of local runners to Studland and then we'd run a loop along the beach, up past the Bankes Arms and Old Harry towards Corfe Castle and back through Rempstone Forest. Lovely in spring and autumn, very busy in summer and quite challenging in the winter months.

Kev, the quarry you may be thinking about is Dorothea (spelling??) . Very deep, dark and cold at depth. You get to 20ish metres and hit a thermo clyme (spelling again??) where you can literally see the water temperature shivering as it drops. When you hit it, its a physical blow to the body.
Dotted around are all the old stone cabins and machinery. Very eery.

 

[classic33]

I have my ways I tell yer

But how often do you get yer ways.

 

[Dave7]

But how often do you get yer ways.

Been married 52 years.
Last time I recall getting my way was July 26th 1968 (day before we married).

 

[Dirk]

Just chatting with my neighbour who is currently working from home.
He's in his 50s and works in the council planning department.
Just said that he's realised how much less stressed he is because he doesn't have to go in to work, and that he might be looking for early retirement when this is all over.
I reckon a lot of folk may be thinking the same way.

 

[gavroche]

Running out of things to do now but dare not tell my wife about it so I just pretend to keep myself occupied but it is getting harder.

 

[welsh dragon]

The temp has dropped to about 6 deg. I have had to start a fire, in the wood burning stove if classic says anything, not just anywhere.

 

[PaulSB]

Morning. Today is a brrrŕr day. I have coffee so I will be able to be civil to you all in about 30 minutes.

I was thinking of putting my winter bloomers away but I fear I will be needing then for a few days yet. The best thing about them is that I can pull them right up to my chest so they keep everything warm from my calves to my armpits.

Stay safe peeps

Tooooooo much info.............................

 

[Dave7]

The temp has dropped to about 6 deg. I have had to start a fire, in the wood burning stove if classic says anything, not just anywhere.

Classic?? Comment?? Never.
But yes, we have fire on in the conservatory as its raining and quite cold (thats raining outside classic, not inside)
Thats one of the things I dislike about our weather, the massive fluctuation in temperature.

 

[PaulSB]

The temp has dropped to about 6 deg. I have had to start a fire, in the wood burning stove if classic says anything, not just anywhere.

It's down to 7C here. Went to hang the washing out at 8.30 and abandoned ride plans. Went to local pharmacy at 10.30 and still frigging cold. Mrs P is talking about lighting a fire.

I'm going to plant my onions, clean out the shed and go for a walk later.