The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning all.
Funny how the talk has turned to Zulu. Yesterday I was watching the Michael Portillo documentary on South Africa. The film Zulu was referenced quite a lot, but not for any good reasons.
21 years ago I was working on a data warehousing project for a bank. In those days a Terabyte of data was a big thing, I remember one of the reference sites at the time being Bank of America which it was said Mrs Bennet style had a data warehouse of 10TB. Of course the main show in town at the time was y2k.

 

[welsh dragon]

Where the hell do they put it??
I am older than you but we never had access to the food these young ones do. There were only so many dripping butties or sheeps brains we could eat.

They are nearly 18. They are 6 feet 3 inches tall. They never stop eating. Ever.... And they don't have an ounce of fat on them. Horrible young men.

 

[Landsurfer]

I watched the film on Channel 4 about the kidnap of John Paul Getty’s grandson. Quite good. Meant I missed the new series started on BBC1 The Luminaries. Not sure if it will be any good. Might try it on catch up another night.

The Luminaries ..... dire .... in fact beyond the planet Dire to a place where dire is the norm .... 0/10 ......

 

[PaulSB]

Where the hell do they put it??
......... sheeps brains we could eat.

Aaah, things start to make sense........

 

[Paulus]

The Luminaries ..... dire .... in fact beyond the planet Dire to a place where dire is the norm .... 0/10 ......

I and MrsP managed to hold on to the storyline, just about. It is a bit strange, but we'll give it another go next week.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Talk of a Brommie bimble from Mrs Tenkay this morning.
I sense the turbo trainer is less appealing now that JOGLE, London to Paris and two separate Coast to Coast journeys are under her belt 🚲🚲

Have a lovely peaceful day folks
🚲🏃🚶🌞🙏

 

[PaulSB]

I and MrsP managed to hold on to the storyline, just about. It is a bit strange, but we'll give it another go next week.

I wouldn't wait if I were you.............................next episode is 9.00pm tonight. I'll probably be in the room but less sure about actually watching.................

 

[Dave7]

They are nearly 18. They are 6 feet 3 inches tall. They never stop eating. Ever.... And they don't have an ounce of fat on them. Horrible young men.

Our son is in his 40s and 6 foot.
He was born hungry and has never stopped......never got fat though.
T'other night I did that curry. MrsD only ate half of hers so he hoovered that up.
Then he ate 2 pork pies.
Then he ate 2 M&S sandwiches.
Next morning he made and ate a stack of bacon butties.
Why am I glad he lives 60 miles away

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Off to LIDL in Ilfracombe this morning, then walking doggie around Bicclescombe park on the way back.
Need to drop into the caravan shop at Mullacott as well.
Weather's looking good.

 

[welsh dragon]

Our son is in his 40s and 6 foot.
He was born hungry and has never stopped......never got fat though.
T'other night I did that curry. MrsD only ate half of hers so he hoovered that up.
Then he ate 2 pork pies.
Then he ate 2 M&S sandwiches.
Next morning he made and ate a stack of bacon butties.
Why am I glad he lives 60 miles away

We probably only eat half the food we buy. The other half is eaten by those 2. Shopping is very expensive.

 

[oldwheels]

Heavy rain and strong winds forecast which is not too far out tho' so far it is only showers with blinks of sunshine. Thursday looks to be the only decent day this week.
No reason to get out of bed in the morning but I still do even if I have nothing particular to do. The highlight this week is a trip on Friday morning to get bloods done again. My last visit to GP last week this one said something along the lines of " You are in pretty good shape for a 99 year old. What is your date of birth again?" Now I have developed a corn on my right foot which is agony. Arrgh.

 

[Mo1959]

The Luminaries ..... dire .... in fact beyond the planet Dire to a place where dire is the norm .... 0/10 ......

I'll maybe not bother then! Even reading the synopsis, I wasn't sure I fancied it.

I went out and had a spin. Actually felt quite good once I got going. Nearly 32 miles with a bit of hills at an average of 15mph. Not done that for a while. My body is all over the place these days. I am liable to go out again tomorrow or the next day and struggle to get much over 12mph. Lol. Not that it actually matters I suppose.

 

[GM]

Good morning all.... I also started to watch The Luminaries. Sparked my interest when wifey told me it was set in NZ, and Bono's daughter was in it. I also gave up after 5 minutes. Apparently it's going to be scorchio this week, so I must try to get up earlier, busy week! 🌈

 

[numbnuts]

 

[welsh dragon]

I was Hoping to go for a bimble but the wind is picking up so maybe not. I recorded the Luminunsmsmsmaries . Not sure I will bother watching it now.