The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

I had a spell about 3 weeks ago when I was waking with cranp in my legs each night. No idea why and no idea why it decided to disappear.

Lower half of the legs, concentrated/more on the right leg?

 

[Dave7]

My curry is done and tasting goooood. It just needed some mango chutney and is good to go.
Sharwoods naan bread to do.
For rice we tend to use the 2 minute microwave stuff.
Just enjoying a whisky and will have a mandatory lager with the curry. MrsD has water with curry but I think that should be against the law.

 

[Mo1959]

Lower half of the legs, concentrated/more on the right leg?

I reckon a lot of my leg problems follow on from lumbar disc herniations and 2 bad bouts of sciatica which have also squeezed the nerves I think. Sitting here with my feet up and my calves are writhing and jumping as though there's a dozen snakes inside them! Muscle fasciculations I think is the technical term.

 

[Dave7]

Lower half of the legs, concentrated/more on the right leg?

Left leg affected more.
Is that terminal ?

 

[classic33]

Good news for Mrs D!

She's deputy head of year at a very large school. she doesn't teach, does all the pastoral stuff, the exclusions safeguarding, all of that malarkey. She's been working from home due to being vulnerable due to her MS, but wants to go back. Fortunately, the head teacher's sister also has MS so he knows the crack with the illness and he's quite protective of Mrs D. Therefore, she's being moved sideways to be the PA to the 2 x deputy principals - a slight pay rise, shorter hours, and her own office so she'll be physically isolated at work.

And more good news! The DWP have written to her today, they're delaying her PIP reassessment for another year due to C19. It's a horrible, hateful process, so that's good news.

Yet more good news! My niece gave birth overnight and i'm an uncle again to young Jenson, 6lbs 2oz.

Will you be passing the mint balls round?

 

[classic33]

Left leg affected more.
Is that terminal ?

Means I'll have got the wrong person.

 

[classic33]

What is too hot for you folks? Just curious. I too have had cramping , feet, calves and thighs but not all those at once. I put it down to not drinking enough water. Whichever muscle it is shrinks down to half its normal size and gets really hard. Frequently comes in waves. Other than water any ideas? Praps we'll have breakfast for dinner..huevos rancheros. This would be a couple of fried eggs on corn tortillas, pinto beans and chunky little potatoes roasted to a golden crust and floury innards covered with a handful or two of grated sharp cheddar and the last of the red Chile pork chops and their red Chile sauce. Then some chopped tomatos, onions and lettuce. Those tortillas, beans, spuds and one slice of whole wheat bread will be my carbs for today. I will enjoy them, to quote Beldar Conehead.

Currently 20°C, 68°F, outside. I've a t-shirt, shirt, sweatshirt and body warmer on. If it gets warm, I'll think about taking a layer off.

 

[Drago]

20 degrees Celsius? Can human beings survive those sort of temeperatures?

 

[Dirk]

CRV sorted - new set of brake pads and one new brake caliper. At least it gives me peace of mind for when I start towing next month.
It's due an MOT in a couple of months, so I asked them to give it all a good once over, while it was there, to see if anything looks like it needs doing. They said it was all good. Not bad for a 15 year old vehicle.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I had a spell about 3 weeks ago when I was waking with cranp in my legs each night. No idea why and no idea why it decided to disappear.

It's my hips that usually wake me up, I usually sleep on my side and the hip I'm laying on usually wakes me complaining about 5 - 6 o'clockish, if I turn over the other hip complains, I recon its all to do with my dodgy back.

 

[welsh dragon]

Good news for Mrs D!

She's deputy head of year at a very large school. she doesn't teach, does all the pastoral stuff, the exclusions safeguarding, all of that malarkey. She's been working from home due to being vulnerable due to her MS, but wants to go back. Fortunately, the head teacher's sister also has MS so he knows the crack with the illness and he's quite protective of Mrs D. Therefore, she's being moved sideways to be the PA to the 2 x deputy principals - a slight pay rise, shorter hours, and her own office so she'll be physically isolated at work.

And more good news! The DWP have written to her today, they're delaying her PIP reassessment for another year due to C19. It's a horrible, hateful process, so that's good news.

Yet more good news! My niece gave birth overnight and i'm an uncle again to young Jenson, 6lbs 2oz.

Well done Mrs D. .And congratulations

 

[numbnuts]

I've been shopping

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The forecasters got the weather wrong today, they forecast rain all day today, the rain has only just arrived, complete with thunder. We managed a walk in the park this afternoon, we've been back about half an hour and its just started.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Set off driving for a lockdown walk in the murk then after a few miles, all that we are permitted, suddenly it was blazing sunshine, 19 degrees, and we were feeling distinctly overdressed.
Our walk took us past some local Outlander locations, including Blackness Castle (Fort William), Abercorn Church ( courtroom in witch trial), and not least, a distant view of the secluded Midhope Castle (Jamie’s home Lallybroch).

Enjoyed choc ices in the garden on our return.

 

[FrankCrank]

Why not? I just play it by taste and add whatever I happen to have available. I like to add a bit of coconut when I have creamed coconut in the larder.

I used to hate sultanas and currants - still do in fact. At junior school the teacher had to pick all the currants out of the cake before I'd eat it for pudding, can remember it like yesterday. The sultanas I managed to just leave on the side of the plate. There are currants in my breakfast muesli, but mixed in with all the other stuff, and yogurt, they seem to slide down the old gullet easy enough.
Each to their own I guess, dull world if we were all the same eh