The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

Hopefully the traffic will have died down from now on as most will have buggered off back home because the kids will be going to school.

There was a news story that said an argument and scuffle has taken place on top of Snowdon for God's sake. Apparently there were so many people there that a 1 way system was in force for going up and down the mountain. One man clearly decided he didn't want to stand In a queue to go up so tried to go up the down way. Handbags at dawn type of thing. Who would have thought we would ever see this sort of thing.

My stepdaughter went up Snowdon last weekend with her partner and two friends. They were disgusted with the amount of rubbish left up there.
Why don't people have more respect for the environment, do they leave rubbish on the floor in their own houses?

 

[pawl]

I've been watching a film tonight, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a bit of an uncomfortable watch in a couple of places, but interesting and better than a lot of them you find on the internet, I'm going to watch the final hour tomorrow.

There are two more books in the trilogy by stiegLarsson The Girl who Played With Fire.The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest.Im not sure but I think The Girl Who Played With Fire was also made into a film

 

[Dirk]

..... do they leave rubbish on the floor in their own houses?

Yes.
You wouldn't believe the state of some of the places I used to have to 'visit'.

 

[Mo1959]

Brrrr. It's not very warm out there. 34 miles done, including giving a Strava segment a good go for a bit of fun. Back before the school run and fruit and fibre finished. Cuppa now.

 

[Dave7]

That's a very tidy garage, you even have room to put the car in.

I am the only person I know that does actually put the car in at night.
Just something I have always done.
With my job I would often have to be up and on the road by 0500 so in winter it made life so much easier.

 

[welsh dragon]

My stepdaughter went up Snowdon last weekend with her partner and two friends. They were disgusted with the amount of rubbish left up there.
Why don't people have more respect for the environment, do they leave rubbish on the floor in their own houses?

Seems to have been a problem everywhere. People leaving rubbish in hedges, on beaches and everywhere in between. They claim to want to come to the countryside to enjoy the scenery and cleanliness etc, but then act like animals and leave the locals and councils to clean up the mess.

 

[GM]

Morning all... Just had some scaffolding delivered, the naughty delivery driver was a bit early, I had to get up to deal with it.
Today the garage will be totally cleared out, we've got a firm coming tomorrow to remove the asbestos roof.
Out with the dog shortly, he must have his run!
Have a good day folks! 🌈

 

[oldwheels]

Nice morning and down for shopping at 0700 to find the council in their wisdom have decided to cause more chaos by replacing the seafront railings and blocking off all parking anywhere near the coop at a particularly busy time of year. Forgot to get carrots but I am not going back down again today.
We have two FB pages here, one run by and for recent incomers and the "we love all tourists regardless of their bad behaviour" groupies.
The other does moderate a bit but his morning a guy I know is in full flow after his dog rolled twice in human excrement in the local forest park and rudely awakened and ejected 8 campers from beside the No Camping sign at 0600. He was a ships officer and is able to put on the voice of authority and also much colourful language. The local bus route has also been blocked since they ignore No Parking signs and just hope there is not a fire anywhere near as the fire engine would not get past either.
That is the mildest bits and there is much more.
A house just along has turned into an AirB&B and they park one vehicle occupying 2 spaces so those who live here are beginning to hate tourists even more.
Nice to have a good rant first thing to set me up for the day.

 

[aferris2]

Where is home, and where are you flying from?

Home is Essex and we are coming back from Perth, Australia. We've been here for just over a year so it's going to be a whole new world when we get back. WA is pretty well virus free, not sure what Essex is like though. 2 weeks quarantine to do though because were coming back via Doha.

 

[oldwheels]

Seems to have been a problem everywhere. People leaving rubbish in hedges, on beaches and everywhere in between. They claim to want to come to the countryside to enjoy the scenery and cleanliness etc, but then act like animals and leave the locals and councils to clean up the mess.

I have a nice little rant on this very subject this morning and we are the ones who are expected to welcome such people.From our angle it just gets worse.

 

[Dave7]

Seems to have been a problem everywhere. People leaving rubbish in hedges, on beaches and everywhere in between. They claim to want to come to the countryside to enjoy the scenery and cleanliness etc, but then act like animals and leave the locals and councils to clean up the mess.

One of our pet hates that.
What puzzles me is they take cans/bottles/ wrappers etc with them when they are full. Why can they not take them away when they are empty.
I still recall seeing a guy eating fish n chips (I think) out of paper. When he finished he literally just dropped it on the pavement. He didn't even bother to screw it up Dreadful.

 

[welsh dragon]

We need tourists especially now, but it has to be said that their behaviour is often quite disgusting. Bags of dog poo all over the place and other quite horrendous stuff.

Their road skills leave a lot to be desired as well. Good job I don't often have to go to town.

The other day, someone who is staying at a holiday home in the village had a yappy terrier with them that went for Mr WD as he walked down the lane. The owner saw that Mr WD was about to hit the dog with his fist and quickly pulled it back. Good job there were no kids about as it could have attacked them.

 

[Paulus]

Home is Essex and we are coming back from Perth, Australia. We've been here for just over a year so it's going to be a whole new world when we get back. WA is pretty well virus free, not sure what Essex is like though. 2 weeks quarantine to do though because were coming back via Doha.

A very good friend of mine lives in Perth WA, South Como to be precise. I was over there a couple of years back. I liked Perth and the way it is laid out.

 

[welsh dragon]

A very good friend of mine lives in Perth WA, South Como to be precise. I was over there a couple of years back. I liked Perth and the way it is laid out.

I understand that cyclists are not liked very much over there, in fact they are disliked even more than they are over here

 

[weareHKR]

Yes, it's totally out of order, I see the new trend now is to discard face masks on the floor...