The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Morning all...Finished watching The Serpent on iplayer last night, by 'eck that Alain is a nasty bit of work. Also found watching Winter Walks very relaxing. Selina Scott, The Reverend Richard Coles and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, two more to watch. They're only short programs but very watchable. Shame about the scenery though!

One of Mrs GM's friends has a dilemma, her dad will be 100 in two weeks. The social club that he goes to were going to put on a big celebration for him but that's a no no now. The question is how to celebrate it when she's the only one in his bubble. He's one of these sprightly old boys that you hope you'll be like when you get old. It'll be a novelty for us too, first time we've ever bought a 100 year old a birthday card.

Suggestion. It was our 40th Wedding Anniversary in November. Same problem. I ordered a cake and bought mini bottles of Prosecco. I delivered cake and Prosecco to all our friends and neighbours but didn't tell Mrs P.

For the evening I told Mrs P we would have a family Zoom party but the surprise was I'd invited friends and neighbours to join in as well.

It worked. I appreciate it may be more difficult with an older generation but should be possible to get at least family involved.

 

[GM]

Suggestion. It was our 40th Wedding Anniversary in November. Same problem. I ordered a cake and bought mini bottles of Prosecco. I delivered cake and Prosecco to all our friends and neighbours but didn't tell Mrs P.

For the evening I told Mrs P we would have a family Zoom party but the surprise was I'd invited friends and neighbours to join in as well.

It worked. I appreciate it may be more difficult with an older generation but should be possible to get at least family involved.
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That's a brilliant idea! she has two brothers, one lives in Norfolk and one in America, so the Zoom seems ideal. Thanks for that

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

What a gorgeous morning Back from a little walk. Temp has now risen to minus 2.

 

[numbnuts]

What a gorgeous morning Back from a little walk. Temp has now risen to minus 2.
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WoW you got white stuff

 

[Dave7]

@PaulSB I have just been on to the only local milk delivery company I can find.
78p per pint!!!
Over 50% more than you pay......that is expensive.

 

[ColinJ]

This is the problem with the BBC, their funding model is such that they do not have to actually succeed at attracting an audience.

As opposed to the problem with ITV & CH5, their funding model is such that they DO have to actually succeed at attracting an audience!

When I was setting up my Freesat box I accidentally deleted those 2 channels. It took me about 18 months to notice that they were not available!

Back to milk - 50p a pint delivered. Wonderful value

I will stick to walking/cycling to Lidl and paying £1.10 for 2.27 litres (27.5 p/pint)!

Maybe we won’t see Colin again! He only seems to come out at night and disappears during daylight.

Aargh, something is leaking round the blackout curtains. I think it is... DAYLIGHT!!

I've ridden with Colin, he's not a Vampire, he's a very pleasant fella

Dave is nice too, but a bit forgetful. The second or third time I met him was at an Audax event from Meriden (between Coventry and Birmingham) to the Cotswolds. I spotted a cuddly little bearded man sitting across the room at event HQ. Ah, that's Dave, thought I, and wandered over to have a chat. He seemed startled by the tall stranger...

 

[PaulSB]

One other thing. The people I couldn't get deliver mini prosecco to I asked to make sure they had a drink of some sort for a toast - tea, coffee, beer, cordial or whatever. This was people too far away to get to. We had folk on from the States as well so timed it for 7.00pm, they are on the West Coast. Good luck with it.

 

[PaulSB]

@PaulSB I have just been on to the only local milk delivery company I can find.
78p per pint!!!
Over 50% more than you pay......that is expensive.

That does seem expensive. I have told Elaine, our milk lady, she's too cheap. I think it should be 55-60p. I remember her apologising profusely to everyone in a letter for increasing it to 50p. We get a great service and 50p is very reasonable.

 

[PaulSB]

@dave r how is your good lady doing? Don't think we've heard anything since Monday or I may have missed it

@Dave7 what about Auntie?

 

[PaulSB]

@ColinJ I agree there's a big price difference but our nearest shop is two miles away and stocks the same milk! I like knowing the milk will be there when I get up. Security blanket!!!

 

[Mo1959]

Jeez. Unless there’s more to the story, this sounds a bit excessive given what’s gone on in some areas!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-55560814

 

[Dave7]

@dave r how is your good lady doing? Don't think we've heard anything since Monday or I may have missed it

@Dave7 what about Auntie?

Thanks for asking Paul.
MrsD is still weak. Problem being I cannot get her to eat. She got up at 0830 today and is back in bed now having eaten nothing.
auntie seems to have responded to the blood transfusion and is now coherent. I am to phone the Doc after 1400.
I will let you know what he says.

 

[Dirk]

Devon and Cornwall are coming in for a bit of advertising recently. Julia Bradbury has a program on at the moment walking around those counties.

Yeah......we'll be beating off Grockles by the ton soon.

 

[numbnuts]

The news so far, took the Nytol last night still awake 4 hours later, maybe they don't work on a Thursday night I'll try again tonight.
Went shopping not many people about, got home and made six prawn curry dinners for the freezer.
Fish'n'chips and peas later for dinner.
and on the weather front no snow and 2.7c

 

[Dave7]

Jeez. Unless there’s more to the story, this sounds a bit excessive given what’s gone on in some areas!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-55560814

WoW......seems as though its down to each individual bobby......as if the force have given up trying to understand the rules.