The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Out in the bike shed enjoying a Clooneys while I read and update the CCTV apps on Mrs D's phones.

I'm hoping for a long cold winter so I can enjoy the cosiness.

 

[Dave7]

@PaulSB what/which is the LBS........just so I can drool over it

 

[welsh dragon]

I have made the effort to throw some washing in the machine. Not sure I will actually be able to get it dry but I can live in hope

Now for another

 

[welsh dragon]

This is the best fashion in Paris on the catwalk.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow wheezers.
A cloudy day here in Barnet.
I've already been out with the dog, but mrsP wants to go out again after her Zoom pilates class is done. So Millie gets a second walk this morning. No doubt by 4 this afternoon she will want to go out again. Millie that is not MrsP

 

[Tenkaykev]

Quite a big chopper you've got there @Drago...

 

[welsh dragon]

Quite a big chopper you've got there @Drago...

Do. Not..encourage. Him

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just back from my run over the Heath. Wore a long sleeve top which I soon regretted as it is actually quite mild. Detoured onto another part of the Heath which was a mistake as the trail became quite narrow with lots of tree roots to be wary of. It started to brighten up towards the end of my run, in one place it passes the local Golf course and there were three ladies lining up their puts on the green as I passed.
Still, that's another 5 miles in the bank and I feel I've earned breakfast.

 

[classic33]

Out in the bike shed enjoying a Clooneys while I read and update the CCTV apps on Mrs D's phones.
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I'm hoping for a long cold winter so I can enjoy the cosiness.

Is that a Master or Yale lock, and why isn't that hatchet sheaved?

 

[Mo1959]

Just back from my run over the Heath. Wore a long sleeve top which I soon regretted as it is actually quite mild. Detoured onto another part of the Heath which was a mistake as the trail became quite narrow with lots of tree roots to be wary of. It started to brighten up towards the end of my run, in one place it passes the local Golf course and there were three ladies lining up their puts on the green as I passed.
Still, that's another 5 miles in the bank and I feel I've earned breakfast.

I find trail running much harder work. The old feet don't always lift very high these days so I've to be careful not to trip on stones and tree roots

 

[Tenkaykev]

I find trail running much harder work. The old feet don't always lift very high these days so I've to be careful not to trip on stones and tree roots

Yes, usually towards the end of the run when the legs get tired. I've taken a tumble on several occasions over the years.

 

[pawl]

Congratulations to you all

As a child within the family we would refer to the grandparent as Granny Surname, Grandpa Surname but when I spoke directly to them I would use Granny, Grandpa etc. As it happens everyone else called my Grandpa "Pops." Both my parents died before my children were born, something I've always been very unhappy about, and my mother's sister asked if she could be there Granny. She is referred to as Granny Cardiff as she lives there.

My children called their maternal grandparents Granny and Granddad. There are more possibilities for grandmothers, Nan, Gran, Grandma, NaNa

These days young children call their elders by their Christian name. There is the most charming and engaging young lad, five, who lives on our row whi is very comfortable with calling me Paul and likewise all the other neighbours by their first names. I think it's great.

You got me thinking.when I was growing up I knew the surnames of everyone in the street but not their first names and even if we did we always called them Mr or Mrs.Even my mates parents we called by their surnames.We were brought up properly in those days

There was one exception our next door neighbour.She was a good friend of my mum.I always called her auntie Lillian .When I came home from school I called in to feed her goldfish George.Auntie Lillian became very ill with a brain tumour and had very little time left to live .Two days before she was admitted to hospital she asked me to take George and look after him She knew she had very little time left.

She passed away within the week I don’t know how old George was ,he must have been knocking on a bit. and only lasted a couple of weeks.Dad came home from work one evening with a very small Gold fish I called him or her Lillian.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Back from my first hobble for 3 weeks, my legs didn’t want to work at all. Felt a bit better towards the end. 2.5 miles. Very mild, just the one top needed. Sun has burst through in the last few minutes, perhaps the 14 degree forecast wasn’t so far fetched after all.

 

[Dirk]

This is the best fashion in Paris on the catwalk.

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I can just see MrsD strutting her stuff around Braunton dressed like that.
WTAF?

 

[BoldonLad]

Busy day today.

Collected "J" thru "N" in the Cyclechat ABC Street Names thread, now, off to the pub, to sit outside with a maximum of five of the "boys" (average age 70+)