The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

Morning all. They has been some deep and interesting conversations on here this morning 😀. I try and stay away from commenting on that sort of things on forum as I find it too easy to upset people as I get older. I tend to keep that sort of stuff on fb as it’s much more fun. Oh the good trolling fun one can have on far right or far left fb pages is to die for . When the weather is bad and I am bored it can keep me amused for hours. Anyway no need for digging in the under belly of Facebook today.
The sun is shining, coffee needs drinking , strawberries need picking, a bike needs riding and even Mrs exlaser 2 is happy. So all is good in my little world 😀

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Don't worry about it as the human race will be gone by then.

That wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I visited here quite a few years ago. Quite interesting to see.

https://www.samyeling.org

That’s the one I had in mind
I know it from of all things being used as an audax control.

 

[classic33]

Whatever they are on.....its still bl**dy crazy.

With that pay they could be on anything!

Our council's Native American Advisor, on all things Native American locally, convinced the local council to ban kids from playing cowboys and Indians. If they were caught at school, they were disciplined for saying Indians not Native Americans.

 

[screenman]

Anyone else get this, we do.

 

[classic33]

I think the whole of the United Kingdom should be pulled down as it was built on the exploitation of its colonies.

I think that France should acknowledge that Joseph-Ignace Guillotin stole his "idea" for the guillotine and claimed it as his own. Also that this minor detail, not taught in France, be rectified immediately. With royalties on the "invention" being paid to the town he stole "his idea" from.

 

[gavroche]

I think that France should acknowledge that

Yes , I agree, we exploited our colonies too, so did Spain and Portugal. The list is long.

 

[PaulSB]

What,s in the past is in the past, its done and can't be undone, but we shouldn't try and bury it, rather learn from it and try not to make the same mistakes again. I often wonder, in 500 years time what will people make of us?

Absolutely though we are avoiding this topic of conversation in my house!!!!

 

[classic33]

Yes , I agree, we exploited our colonies too, so did Spain and Portugal. The list is long.

See the now edited/complered post to see how it should have read.

 

[classic33]

Absolutely though we are avoiding this topic of conversation in my house!!!!

You planning on being around in 500 years time then?

 

[PaulSB]

You planning on being around in 500 years time then?

Hopefully not.......50 years ahead isn't looking too pleasant right now

 

[welsh dragon]

I have bimbled before the storm hits us. Here you go @classic33 . The photo of the sign as promised. It has a horse and rider in blue on it.

 

[numbnuts]

I've been on my turbo

 

[Drago]

I'm like a coiled spring, coiled, quivering, waiting for the first person to yawp off at me about "white privilege", at which point I can explode with indignant rage and ask them how that helped the 6 million of my white ancestors that were murdered by Hitler.

 

[Tenkaykev]

When all this is over I’m going to see if the local Tibetan monastery are running any Buddhism for Beginners weekends. Seriously !

I went to a few weekend retreats at Sharpham College near Totnes. A wonderful, wonderful experience. There were people from all walks of life. There were several discussions of aspects of Buddhism throughout the day, and these were interspersed with meditation sessions.
I'd certainly recommend it to anyone, it's a great way of detaching from the hubbub of the ever changing news/social media bubble.

( Mrs Tenkay was a tad concerned as I headed off to my first retreat. On return I was so tempted to hire a saffron robe and carry a wooden bowl as I walked down the garden path, just to see the expression on her face) 😁🙏