The Retirement Thread

[GM]

Morning all... Nothing special to do today, the most exciting thing is to hoover the car out and fit a new dog seat cover.

We renewed the pet insurance yesterday £208......£30 cheaper than the car insurance. Can't complain, we had some good pay outs when we had the cat.

 

[PaulSB]

Or bats an eye.....

Not sure why I said that.........must learn to read properly. Exercises and stretches done. The great thing about laying on the floor is it's easy to see the cobwebs

 

[pawl]

I've been keeping the details to myself so no you haven't missed anything. I won't say too much, but a long term ongoing mental health issue, I hate that phrase, she spent six weeks in the local mental health unit in 2018, the last of many visits, a very painful arthritic knee plus other problems. We are with two different doctors but I know my way round the doctors she uses better than the one I use.

Sorry to here that..I trained as a mental health nurse A lot of people don’t understand mental health problems and how it affects not only the person experiencing the problem but also their nearest and dearest..I hope Mrs Dave r soon feels better

 

[pawl]

Afraid I'm the same, my plans for yesterday didn't happen , just didn't have the enthusiasm. Just need to make that first push, once you're out it's fine.

My problem is I know I can go and exercise but should I be doing it.

Stay safe

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sorry to here that..I trained as a mental health nurse A lot of people don’t understand mental health problems and how it affects not only the person experiencing the problem but also their nearest and dearest..I hope Mrs Dave r soon feels better

Thank you.

 

[oldwheels]

Wet and windy with ferries on amber for the morning at least.
When I got up this morning the temperature was 8.3C. Nearly tropical. Tomorrow the forecast seems good at the moment so may get out for a run. Then think the trike will have to come inside as I want to change the front tyres to Marathon Greenguard. Bit of a faff getting it thought the outside door but I have done it before. Not a job I look forward to after fitting a M.Plus to the Brompton.
Shopping problems here generally not too bad apart from lack of supply. Face covering is 100% and most keep a reasonable distance away but not always possible due to a small shop with narrow passageways. Not too crowded either as there is a traffic light system on entry which is adhered to by everybody.
Not sure if I am pleased or not to note than I am not the only one getting very depressed about life in general. The winter is only starting so a long drag ahead. Then when the better weather arrives the hordes will no doubt descend on us again keeping me off the roads.
Son in Taiwan notes that they have double the UK population and 7 [or is it 9 ?]Covid deaths recorded in total since the start of the pandemic.

 

[Paulus]

Or bats an eye.....

🏏🏏🦇🦇

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

Monday, a fresh start, just mopped the kitchen and the bathroom floors before heading out on a walk. I had a text message earlier, asking if I was a “ front line health worker” as they were looking to recruit people to help in the mass vaccine rollout. I immediately sensed a scam as there was a clickable link in the message. It purported to come from my Doctors surgery but the number came up as “ unknown “

 

[ColinJ]

That's pretty exciting compared to my plans!

I've forgotten what excitement actually feels like!

Your non-exciting plans are more exciting than my pre-Covid exciting plans! Mind you, apart from forum rides and a one week holiday every couple of years, I don't 'do' excitement...

I had been hoping to build on yesterday's successful 7 hour sleep. I got to sleep 15 minutes earlier this morning and had set my alarm for 10:45, aiming to slowly nudge my hours back towards 'normality'. That plan was scuppered by a gang of thugs kicking my door down and cackling to each other while ransacking my house! I went from fast asleep to bolt upright in bed with my heart racing in about half a second...

Don't be as alarmed as I was! It took me a few seconds to realise that it was actually my noisy neighbour slamming their front door, stomping about their house, and generally being VERY loud.

I gave up trying to get back to sleep so here I am, groggy again after just 5 hours rest. I might as well get up and start my day and snooze later to try to catch up.

 

[classic33]

Or bats an eye.....

They're keeping out of "batting range".

 

[Dave7]

I've been keeping the details to myself so no you haven't missed anything. I won't say too much, but a long term ongoing mental health issue, I hate that phrase, she spent six weeks in the local mental health unit in 2018, the last of many visits, a very painful arthritic knee plus other problems. We are with two different doctors but I know my way round the doctors she uses better than the one I use.

In that case she seems to do exceedingly well supporting you on your regular bike rides.
I raise my hat to both you and your good lady.

 

[Mo1959]

They're keeping out of "batting range".

That suddenly took me back over 50 years! Just remembered playing rounders at school and a girl standing behind the one who was batting must have been much too close and got clobbered and got an impressive egg on her head just above her eye.

 

[Dave7]

Although I agree with the "single file" comments above (what is difficult about that?), we find the biggest problem is dog walkers, they congregate on paths, talking, with their dogs on extending leads, blocking a 4 or 5 metre area, you don't just have to walk off the path, you have to make a major detour.

Happened to me a few weeks back.
I said "are you going to move"??
Fair enough, they did move over but your point is 100%.

 

[ColinJ]

That suddenly took me back over 50 years! Just remembered playing rounders at school and a girl standing behind the one who was batting must have been much too close and got clobbered and got an impressive egg on her head just above her eye.

Wow, you have just given me a flashback over 50 years too...

I was playing in an inter-school rounders match on a very hot summer afternoon. The heat was making my hands sweat so much that when I took an almighty swipe at the ball, the bat flew from my grasp. It was headed straight at the face of my teacher! Fortunately, he was paying attention and ducked... The bat parted his hair and slammed into a wall behind him!

 

[classic33]

That suddenly took me back over 50 years! Just remembered playing rounders at school and a girl standing behind the one who was batting must have been much too close and got clobbered and got an impressive egg on her head just above her eye.

You're sure it was accidental. I've seen more than one injury happen when rounders bats were to hand.