The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Bit of culture now. BBC Proms Classics on BBC 4.

 

[PaulSB]

Thanks Paul......appreciate any advice I can get.
The pots are small but as you say, there are flowers. As they will be inside I would like to put them in nice pots...... will that be ok??

Absolutely. I would suggest buying nice pots which are larger enough for the black plastic pot to simply slip in to. Saves a lot of mess.

 

[PaulSB]

It has indeed got one 'head' and 5 buds.
I was hoping for a 5 foot tall sun flower

I'll have a look in Aldi early this week and get back to you.

 

[screenman]

I think you may have had 1 to many drinks.

Different keyboard, this one cannot spell as well as the other one.

 

[classic33]

Bit of culture now. BBC Proms Classics on BBC 4.

I am!!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Spent the evening watching back to back episodes of Mrs America. The characters are fantastic and there’s some great music but for the most part I haven’t the faintest idea what’s going on

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

PS And why isn’t Germaine Greer in it ?

 

[classic33]

Spent the evening watching back to back episodes of Mrs America. The characters are fantastic and there’s some great music but for the most part I haven’t the faintest idea what’s going on

Sounds as though it'll be a big hit then.

 

[classic33]

PS And why isn’t Germaine Greer in it ?

Who?

 

[Dirk]

PS And why isn’t Germaine Greer in it ?

She's Australian isn't she?

 

[Mo1959]

Morning Well, being caffeine free for a week now and no difference in sleeping I will persevere for another couple of weeks.

Bit more cloud this morning. Not sure if we might have a few showers.

 

[screenman]

Morning all, just been having a look at some other parts of the forum, there are some angry people that I hope never retire and join this very friendly group, have a great day and keep smiling 😃.

 

[PaulSB]

Morning all, just been having a look at some other parts of the forum, there are some angry people that I hope never retire and join this very friendly group, have a great day and keep smiling 😃.

Ah yes, a couple of them visited us a few weeks ago. Not good. I'm always surprised people have time in their lives to read another's opinion, dissect it word by word and then claim the poster said something entirely different. One should read what was said and the intent making allowance when needed.

Years ago I had to put someone who gets pleasure from constantly doing this on to Ignore. I took him off a few months ago and see he's still doing it.

 

[PaulSB]

Anyway. Good morning. When I got up we had a lovely blue sky but now I wouldn't be surprised if it rained.

Heading out with the pensioners at 9.00 and then home to a lot of fruit picking, cleaning and freezing. My black and red currants are ready as are my green gooseberries and dessert gooseberries. Also need to make some gooseberry gin and vodka .... scrumptious. Right now I've got a mountain of gooseberries from yesterday's picking to top and tail before I go riding today.

Back later.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

A sunny day today🌞

Yesterday was quite illuminating,
Rummaging through a drawer earlier, I found my old garmin chest strap heart rate monitor.
I'd not used it for a few years since getting a watch with a wrist based sensor but a quick check revealed that the battery was still good so I thought it a good idea to do a stress test to discover my current maximum heart rate (this gradually decreases with age)
My methodology involved a gentle 1k is run to a local hill which is 250 metres long, starts gently and gradually gets steeper before a sharp rise to the summit.
Run hard to the top, jog back down, repeat four times with the last effort absolutely eyeballs out.
Anyway, I managed it and I'm still in the land of the living 😁
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🚶🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏊🌞