The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Morning all

Dave - if you want cycling (easy and difficult), walking, dog friendly, pubs, beaches, shopping etc, then to be perfectly honest you won't do better than to stay anywhere around the Braunton area. We are close to 3 fantastic beaches and have hundreds of acres of burrows & dunes, handy for Barnstaple shops, got the Tarka Trail starting in the village for 30 miles of flat traffic free cycling and local lanes for as many hills you can handle, got village shops and several pubs & restaurants, easy access up onto Exmoor and handy for places like Ilfracombe, Lynton, Bideford etc.
Theres plenty of caravan & campsites around and lots of other accomodation available.
I might sound biased, but we've got a lot going for us here.

All sounds good (apart from the 'dog friendly part )......no, we're not doggy people.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

I've tried to find a part time job, but never heard back from either of the 2 I applied for.

 

[Dave7]

Over the weekend Lovely Wife has informed me that she will be retiring mid-2021 so I will be doing likewise and will euthanase my little business at the same time.

This will be our second stab at retiring which we last tried in 2004 - I'm hoping now that this will be our final attempt.

So, in preparation for eventually becoming a full-time active member of this thread I need to brush up on:

DIY,

Pub grub,

Smutty remarks/double entendre,

Womens underwear, particularly bloomers which I have never come across before (see how I am getting into the spirit of the thread),

Baking,

Proper beer,

Gardening.

That's a fair old list to be getting on with.

Am I on the right track? Is there more I need to bone up on?

All help will be appreciated muchly.

As an aside, I'm rather looking forward to becoming one of you parasitic spongers who are sucking the life out of the nation's finances despite having paid my dues (of which there was rather a lot).

Seriously, I think you are a lovely lot with a nice upbeat nature and sunny disposition - a nice antidote to the doom and gloom that prevails in the virtual social world.

I can help educate you on bloomers as Welshie left 2 pair here when she had to leave in a hurry.

 

[Dave7]

I have risen!

I've tried to find a part time job, but never heard back from either of the 2 I applied for.

Next time try changing your undies before the interview............it will work wonders.

 

[welsh dragon]

I can help educate you on bloomers as Welshie left 2 pair here when she had to leave in a hurry.

Shhhhhh.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning all. Cool here at the moment.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all, Blue (re-cycled) and green bid days today. I woke you with the realisation that there is a load of old plastic stuff that I meant to put in the bin (from when we got rid of the pond) so I jumped our of bed, went around the garden collecting stuff and binning it (neighbours must think I have gone nuts (MrsD already knows I have).
WoW, yesterday was busy busy busy. New shelving in the shed, shed tidied, all gutters cleaned out, conservatory roof cleaned, garden furniture treated................My Mr Fixit did all that for £120 while I sat and watched while drinking vodka and orange.....it was hard work .

Anyway.......I yesterday I told MrsD that I am going for a bike ride tomorrow. Sorry, but I can't take this not cycling lark any longer.
Her reply was "well, whatever you do, do not tell Sharon (our daughter) or you will never hear the last of it. Daughter & family are (to me) a bit paranoid over this virus. We have a large side garden and it was agreed that, come Friday, they will visit. We will put chairs and tables out 4 metres apart and lay drinks out........they have declined in case the police catch them ahh well, each to their own and everyone has to decide for themselves don't they.

 

[Dave7]

BTW..........who saw the 'super moon' last night. We watched it at 0400. It was soooo bright and looked massive. supposed to be even better views tonight.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sorry Dave. When a chap says 'make a donation...', my naughty schoolboy mind immediately leaps to only one thing.
(I'll get my coat)

Sounds like your definition of a line break is different to mine.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Another beautiful day has dawned. Completely still and 10C already. Managed to get back to sleep til 7.00 so feeling quite chipper.

Edgworth ride today which I had to miss yesterday. Couple of domestic matters came up stayed close to home for 37 miles!! I've discovered Live Strava segments on Wahoo and spent most of yesterday's ride experimenting with those - lots of fun but I need to delete the field "Behind time"!!!

Washing machine pump is nackered. Spent most of yesterday evening trying to get the old one off before I order new. It's a simple job, twist anti-clockwise and pull. I can see the locating slots and it needs to move less than 1cm but can I budge it? No! Left it soaked with WD40 last night and shall try again soon. Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

 

[screenman]

I have risen!

I've tried to find a part time job, but never heard back from either of the 2 I applied for.

That is not on, why cannot firms just give a little feedback on why.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all, a sunny start to the day here.
When I think of something to do I'll get back to you.😁

 

[GM]

Morning all. Been up since 6.30, this is not my usual routine but another busy day beckons.

 

[Paulus]

Between a couple of mates who live a bit further down the road and myself, we ordered a supply of ales from the Oakham brewery in Rutland. It has just been delivered. MrsP wants to go for a longish walk later. There is a nice walk that doesn't get busy across Totteridge fields. It is about a 8 mile walk in lovely scenery.
Happy days.

 

[Dirk]

That will bring back memories for you.
My Dad didn't fight in the war. MrsDs Dad (who I was very close to landed at Dunkirk the day after he turned 19. I know he then went to Burma, was wounded twice and captured by the Japanese although the camp was liberated shortly after. He very rarely talked about the war, in fact MrsD can't recall him ever talking about it.

Morning all

Interesting about your MrsDs dad.
My MrsDs was evacuated at Dunkirk and was then sent on to the far east where he was captured by the Japs at Singapore.
He spent the rest of the war as a PoW in Japan, surviving being bombed and torpedoed by the Americans when on the transport ships to Japan.
He was working outside on a hill at a Kawasaki steel mill, 8 miles from Nagasaki, when they dropped the bomb and had a ringside seat.