The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Good morning. We had loads of rain last night, but inhad stopped now. Not cold either.

Stay safe folks.

 

[GM]

Morning all...

 

[numbnuts]

Hi

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all crappy hampers,
Poached eggs on toasted bagels for breakfast this lovely day. The normal dog walking, followed by a ride around on the bike to the local shops and the post office.
Then a few hours in front of the box watching the Tour. It's turning out to be a great race this year. But for how much longer is the question?

 

[Dave7]

The words p*ss up and brewery come to mind.
Just got through to United Utilities.
Nice young lady.
She..... the engineers report states water looks clear.
Me.....NO NO NO... he didn't even turn the tap on. He just looked at the residue in the sink.
She.......they will be analysing the samples taken.
Me.....NO NO NO... they have not taken any samples.
She...... ..oh. hold on while I check. Oh right, they are taking samples on Thursday.
Me......what about the free water I was promised?
She......oh sorry, the request was sent to the wrong team. You will get it this afternoon

 

[welsh dragon]

The weather is going downhill a bit here. Looks like rain is going to be the order of the day for us

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Another sunny day here in Portobello. A quite day today after yesterday's exertions. There's a new coffee shop /restaurant that needs checking out and we're running low on beer😯
Have a lovely peaceful day folks 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

 

[oldwheels]

The words p*ss up and brewery come to mind.
Just got through to United Utilities.
Nice young lady.
She..... the engineers report states water looks clear.
Me.....NO NO NO... he didn't even turn the tap on. He just looked at the residue in the sink.
She.......they will be analysing the samples taken.
Me.....NO NO NO... they have not taken any samples.
She...... ..oh. hold on while I check. Oh right, they are taking samples on Thursday.
Me......what about the free water I was promised?
She......oh sorry, the request was sent to the wrong team. You will get it this afternoon

We once had a major burst pipe and no tap water for 3 days. We learned through the local grapevine that you could just go up to the filter station about a mile from our house where there were bottles available on a help yourself basis.They managed eventually to get a delivery service to all households. They had pallet loads of bottles but when I looked the use by date was 2 years out of date as they had been lying there on standby for years. We used then anyway with no ill effects.
We had three water butts in the garden which we used for toilet flushing.
You tend to take clean drinking water from a tap for granted until you lose it.

 

[Mo1959]

I can hear bagpipes. Wonder if it’s coming from the cemetery.....maybe a funeral. It backs on to the houses across the road from me.

 

[Dirk]

They had pallet loads of bottles but when I looked the use by date was 2 years out of date as they had been lying there on standby for years.

How can water have a use by date?
It's probably been in the ground for thousands of years, they pump it out, filter it, then bottle it and all of a sudden it has a limited shelf life.

 

[Dirk]

I can hear bagpipes. Wonder if it’s coming from the cemetery.....maybe a funeral. It backs on to the houses across the road from me.

It's probably someone strangling a cat......

 

[numbnuts]

I can hear bagpipes. Wonder if it’s coming from the cemetery.....maybe a funeral. It backs on to the houses across the road from me.

The way I feel I can hear harps

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all . It’s an ok start to the day here in Coventry. Not that I am going anywhere this morning. Got the last bit of the POAs back from the independent witness yesterday , so I need to check them all though and get them sent off today .

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just caught sight of MrsF’s working from home screen. Don’t know if there are any old school IT workers on this forum but if there are you might be as amused as I was to hear that she was sat typing into an ISPF screen on TSO. The last time I saw something like that was 20 years ago, it was outdated even then

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I can hear bagpipes. Wonder if it’s coming from the cemetery.....maybe a funeral. It backs on to the houses across the road from me.

Love the sound of pipes, especially distant ones being carried by the wind from somewhere unseen
We hear them often here, there’s an Army piping school at Redford barracks just down the road, also nearby a very expensive public school that has a pipe band.