The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good day all and happy fathers day to all dads.
Forcast seems amazingly accurate so far. Raining at 0600 with sun breaking through now. Lets hope it improves.
My plans for today are......
1. a 2 mile walk which will include picking up a fresh loaf**
2. A bike ride
3. A drink of malt.....now which one?
4. Some sport on tv including Liverpool away at Everton (please god make sure its an lfc win
5. **Chunks of that fresh bread with some camembert cheese. Red wine?? beer?? Difficult decisions

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks

 

[screenman]

I am laying in bed eating sea salted caramel chocolate, I have not opened the bottle of Liverpool Gin bought me as well. Not sure if I will see any of the kids today, one lives in Provence, one is working an 18 hour shift today, and the other has symptoms and is waiting for his test results, no worries though as I will still have my best mate here with me all day.

 

[Dirk]

Yesterday we had a day out visiting the wife's brother and family. They live about a 2.5 hour drive up country - very nice mountainous scenery. We also visited an old friend who lives nearby, always enjoy a beer or three with him putting the world to rights. During our discussions he disappeared for a minute and came back with a bag of cicada insects, which he though would make a nice addition to the crisps we were munching
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He even chopped up some of his over sized homegrown lemons to go with them
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He tried very hard to get me to partake, but I was not tempted in the least. Of course, he said, you don't know till you try some, and I of course said that I'd never eaten dog s**t, but I knew I wouldn't like it. Anyways, a great day out, and Mrs Crank chauffeured me safely home, with a belly full of crisps and beer, and no cicadas

I've eaten worse in the field.

Morning all

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Both my Sons have sent me Fathers day wishes over facebook. both have included photo's in their greetings, this photo's great.

 

[Dave7]

I am laying in bed eating sea salted caramel chocolate, I have not opened the bottle of Liverpool Gin bought me as well. Not sure if I will see any of the kids today, one lives in Provence, one is working an 18 hour shift today, and the other has symptoms and is waiting for his test results, no worries though as I will still have my best mate here with me all day.

You should have asked Frank to send you some of those Cicadas.....I imaginge they would go well with salted caramel chocolate.

 

[Dave7]

Both my Sons have sent me Fathers day wishes over facebook. both have included photo's in their greetings, this photo's great.

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Is that you on the left with the blue trainers on ?

 

[Mo1959]

I am laying in bed eating sea salted caramel chocolate, I have not opened the bottle of Liverpool Gin bought me as well. Not sure if I will see any of the kids today, one lives in Provence, one is working an 18 hour shift today, and the other has symptoms and is waiting for his test results, no worries though as I will still have my best mate here with me all day.

That'll be the diet gone then!

It has rained most of the night here. Easing off a bit now. A lazy day ahead I think.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. What a glorious morning has dawned. Bright, clear, sunny and a gentle breeze. Woke at 4.00 with rain hammering down and high winds. Went back to sleep till 7.35. 😊

🍪 in 🛌

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Morning dodderers? Been treated to a Fathers Day lay in. Lucky me.

 

[Mo1959]

Oh, forgot it was fathers day. Happy Fathers Day to all here and sadly departed.

 

[welsh dragon]

As Mo says, happy fathers day to all.

 

[screenman]

That'll be the diet gone then!

It has rained most of the night here. Easing off a bit now. A lazy day ahead I think.

Thanks for reminding me, I have been good though as the gin is not open yet.

 

[oldwheels]

Not heard from my family yet re father's day but my remaining son is at the moment on his way to Taiwan arriving about midday so I expect DIL to be on shortly.
Rain overnight here but cleared now tho' still a bit windy. A rest day is due I think.
Last evening a different small cargo boat headed down the Sound. I get to recognise the regulars but this one had a deck cargo of what looked like gigantic pipes and different colour from the usual ones.
We no longer see the Lys Line boats coming this way since one of them tried a shortcut across Morvern a couple of years ago. It did get refloated but it illustrates the perils of automatic pilot and I think the person on watch just fell asleep.

 

[Dirk]

As Mo says, happy fathers day to all.

It's discrimination against all of us non fathers.
#nondadslivesmatter