The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Just had a clap, the first of many.

You may need to see a doctor for that.

 

[classic33]

You may need to see a doctor for that.

Stopped now, for the time being.

 

[Paulus]

Evening all, it's just occurred to me that @monkers hasn't been around for a while.

 

[cougie uk]

Blooming lawnmower has given up the ghost. Only lasted about 25 years or so.
Hopefully it's replacement will last the same and by then we will all have robots cutting the grass. That or summers are so hot that the grass ignites itself and we don't need to mow.

 

[oldwheels]

We never got them here until relatively recently. Lots now. They are quite attractive but are prone to stealing smaller bird’s eggs and chicks I think?

A now retired farmer called Charlie Allen from Aberdeenshire who was at Glasgow University the same time as me reckoned they destroyed vast numbers eggs and chicks of smaller birds. He hated them so much he set traps and killed as many as possible in his area.

 

[dickyknees]

Dropped into the pub, down the road, for lunch after we had set up.
Had the best pint for a long time!

How much does a pint of best cost in deepest Devon?

 

[oldwheels]

How I spent most of my day. MVCoruisk coming into Craignure with mountains of Lochaber in the background.

 

[BoldonLad]

Blooming lawnmower has given up the ghost. Only lasted about 25 years or so.
Hopefully it's replacement will last the same and by then we will all have robots cutting the grass. That or summers are so hot that the grass ignites itself and we don't need to mow.

You can get a "robot' lawn-mower. Not sure how effective they are. see here

 

[pawl]

Blooming lawnmower has given up the ghost. Only lasted about 25 years or so.
Hopefully it's replacement will last the same and by then we will all have robots cutting the grass. That or summers are so hot that the grass ignites itself and we don't need to mow.

Take it back to the supplier Ask for a replacement as the current on is not up to standard 😡😡😡

 

[classic33]

How I spent most of my day. MVCoruisk coming into Craignure with mountains of Lochaber in the background. View attachment 542154

Wouldn't the tide move faster than that?

 

[pawl]

The Eagle has landed.
View from our side window.

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Tis a bit rainy on Dartmoor at the moment.
Dropped into the pub, down the road, for lunch after we had set up.
Had the best pint for a long time!

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Perfectly kept, perfect temperature and in peak condition.
I had to compliment the landlady.

 

[pawl]

Some years ago I was driving in the Dartmoor area when I observed a very large hotel Looked rather gruesome and gaunt 😱😱😱😱

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It turned out to be a profitable evening down the club, I won forty quid on the bingo then we won a food parcel on the raffle, and as a bonus the was a bag of licorice alsorts in the food parcel, Bertie Basset ones, I'm going to enjoy those one afternoon.

 

[classic33]

Some years ago I was driving in the Dartmoor area when I was a very large hotel Looked rather gruesome and gaunt 😱😱😱😱

When did you stop being a "gruesome and gaunt" hotel?

 

[Drago]

Went to visit a friend this morming and a robot casually sauntered past his house...

Apparently the local coop has a couple of these robots and they deliver shopping around the town.