The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Popped downstairs to make the coffee and noticed that the dishwasher needed emptying. Mrs Tenkay's rearrangement of the kitchen meant hunting high and low to find the new storage locations 🙁
Heavy rain overnight again so it might be a short walk followed by a turbo session.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning folks. It's been all night and still is. We are in for 4 days of this.

So lots of slurping for me and binge TV

Stay safe folks

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Might nip down to the caravan today and try to figure out how to remove the pelmet light bulbs, which are concealed behind diffusers and on top of cupboards
I've changed all of the other lights to LEDs, but there are 3 strip lights which I have never figured out how to access.
You would think it would be a straightforward job, as bulbs are known to fail, but I've looked at it 3 or 4 times before and couldn't figure how to remove them.
Nothing is ever straightforward on a caravan!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning all, dull with rain on its way.
Listened to a great Scotland Outdoors podcast yesterday, a fascinating interview with a witch . She had a lot of interesting things to say, mostly about the need to reconnect with the natural world. Made perfect sense to me.
Also yesterday, thoroughly enjoyed the scenery of the Vuelta stage, they were riding through a gorgeous tapestry of multicoloured crops, shrubs of some sort, blocks of green, yellow, and red. And in the low afternoon sun it was an absolute picture, just stunning.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Popped downstairs to make the coffee and noticed that the dishwasher needed emptying. Mrs Tenkay's rearrangement of the kitchen meant hunting high and low to find the new storage locations 🙁
Heavy rain overnight again so it might be a short walk followed by a turbo session.
Have a lovely peaceful day folks

Ah, yes. Reorganisation!! Mrs P organised four drawers yesterday. This will bring new challenges to my life. A lot of "stuff" was binned. I'm all for binning stuff but don't understand why we have to keep it for ten years first!! 🤔

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Drizzly but quite bright and no wind. Better than the biblical event the Met Office are forecasting for 9.00

The dozing didn't work instead I had to settle for sleep till 8.20. Yeah!

Cycle club admin beckons. After this it will probably be an ALDI run and either allotment or housework.

 

[BoldonLad]

Ah, yes. Reorganisation!! Mrs P organised four drawers yesterday. This will bring new challenges to my life. A lot of "stuff" was binned. I'm all for binning stuff but don't understand why we have to keep it for ten years first!! 🤔

Mrs @BoldonLad is an avid "re-organiser" and "binner".

I did suggest on one occasion that, next time we went (clothes) shopping in Newcastle, we should just take a Charity Bag with us, put the stuff directly into the bag, at the checkout, and drop it off at the Charity Shop.

My suggestion was not well received

 

[welsh dragon]

Ah, yes. Reorganisation!! Mrs P organised four drawers yesterday. This will bring new challenges to my life. A lot of "stuff" was binned. I'm all for binning stuff but don't understand why we have to keep it for ten years first!! 🤔

10 years? That's nothing. Mr WD keeps things for 30 plus years

 

[Mo1959]

Just shy of 40 miles done on rather wet, mucky and puddly roads. At least I've done something in case the rain arrives soon.

Not sure if I can recommend Aldi's fruit and fibre as I don't think it's nearly as nice as Kellogs. Maybe not as sweet which maybe isn't actually a bad thing!

 

[Dave7]

Just shy of 40 miles done on rather wet, mucky and puddly roads. At least I've done something in case the rain arrives soon.

Not sure if I can recommend Aldi's fruit and fibre as I don't think it's nearly as nice as Kellogs. Maybe not as sweet which maybe isn't actually a bad thing!

You have to learn with Aldi don't you. Some things are as good, maybe better than main brands. Others are dreadful.
eg I have recently been picking at food as I can't face a full meal. Those Chicago Town pizzas are just about right. On Tuesday I tried the Aldi version. Straight in the bin.........absolutely awful.
I also enjoy Batchelors chicken flavour noodles. Tried the Aldi version......lovely.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
Constant rain forecast for the next few days.
WoWza.......another 9 hour sleep .

My back 'went' yesterday. Bit of a bummer really. Think I am turning a corner Covid wise then that happens. Never know if it will be a day or 2 weeks.....it makes life interesting.
I am going to have a slice of toast then some Ibuprofen, see if they work.

 

[PaulSB]

You have to learn with Aldi don't you. Some things are as good, maybe better than main brands. Others are dreadful.
eg I have recently been picking at food as I can't face a full meal. Those Chicago Town pizzas are just about right. On Tuesday I tried the Aldi version. Straight in the bin.........absolutely awful.
I also enjoy Batchelors chicken flavour noodles. Tried the Aldi version......lovely.

Now taste is a strange thing. We don't like Chicago town but always buy ALDI pizza. ALDI caramel wafers are better than Tunnock's, now that is saying something!!

 

[Dave7]

An interesting (and worrying) fact.
When we were in Majorca we got talking to a family. Turned out they live less than a mile from us........we keep in touch.
The hubby came down with Covid and ended up in hospital on oxygen.
Yesterday the wife told us there are about a dozen cases in or around the close they live in .
Their Close forms part of our 2 mile walk.
When we are well enough to resume our walks we may give that a miss