The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

I was wrong before...I did not eat meatloaf but rather panko encrusted oven baked trout, and some cheddar. Never got around to the pear but I will. Dinner will be curried prawns, bismati rice, roasted cauliflower, some chutney, sliced banana, hard boiled egg and other additions to the meal.
My friends tell me I look so much like Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi that I could be his Anglo half brother. I don't know if I really cotton to that. Having lived in India from age 3 months to 10 years I encountered lavish curried meals that had so many other additions to eat with the curry and rice it took 12 boys to carry all that to the table, hence my forum handle of 12 boy.

13 being unlucky for someone!

Now about that bear you were going to have. Was it a brown or grizzly bear?

 

[12boy]

It was a pear, amigo. A bear might eat me. Every once in a while a bear or cougar will come down from Casper Mountain. The bears get into the trash dumpsters and the cougars like cats and dogs. Game and Fish are called, the animal is tranked and released somewhere away from people. I've seen a few bears but never a cougar in the wild but nevertheless less hiking around our mountain in the fall when the bears are trying to fatten up for the winter I have felt eyes upon me....

 

[classic33]

It was a pear, amigo. A bear might eat me. Every once in a while a bear or cougar will come down from Casper Mountain. The bears get into the trash dumpsters and the cougars like cats and dogs. Game and Fish are called, the animal is tranked and released somewhere away from people. I've seen a few bears but never a cougar in the wild but nevertheless less hiking around our mountain in the fall when the bears are trying to fatten up for the winter I have felt eyes upon me....

A pear!
That makes a bit more sense.
Thought it was something along the lines of "I could eat a horse".

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Dry but a biting wind out there.

Might have a short jog. Don't want to do much as my back/sciatica has been bothering me lately. Already put on four pounds with not doing so much lately.

 

[Dave7]

My mum used to make a mean meatloaf.

As a kid (maybe 7 or 8) my Dad was forcing me to eat brawn at one meal. I got some down then promptly threw up over the table. I was never forced to eat it again.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello everyone The ground is dry, the sky is clear, no wind,+ (PLUS!) 2C. There seems to have been a light frost but nothing to stop our ride which I have planned using local roads and avoiding all lanes bar a one mile stretch. If we dodge the one mile stretch it means 3 miles on the A59, a major trunk road.

Bit of a restless night.......for Mrs P who was still reading at 3.00am since when she tossed and turned. I got up at 5.00am to escape this. No one wonder I don't get enough sleep.

I am about to make another effort to prove who I am to the NHS log-in to allow me to use the myGP app. My local practice keep urging this but the NHS don't seem to like my credentials. They've fixed enough bits over the years, you'd think they could have popped in one of Bill's chips while I was there!!

 

[PaulSB]

My mum used to make a mean meatloaf.

So did mine. Think I might have attempted to make one many years ago. Think I might try this next time it's my turn to cook. I've cooked every night since Sunday so hopefully it will be a few days before I have to again.

 

[Dave7]

Minus 2 here. And sooo dark.
Don't know how you do it Mo.....tbh jogging in pitch black, freezing conditions seems a tad dangerous to me BUT you do it successfully so good on you.
A few bitty jobs on.
Looks like the auntie is coming out of hospital on Monday depending on
1) she is still Covid clear and they can find a spare room somewhere that offers physio.
2. Her specs never turned up so I need to get some ordered asap
3. I need to visit her flat, flush the water etc and sort the mail out.

Have a nice day. May it be free of soiled undies and chlorinated chicken

 

[PaulSB]

Have a nice day. May it be free of soiled undies and chlorinated chicken

Possibly the two go together?

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, the news from Warrington is that the water is going down, here we have a cold and frosty morning.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I am about to make another effort to prove who I am to the NHS log-in to allow me to use the myGP app. My local practice keep urging this but the NHS don't seem to like my credentials. They've fixed enough bits over the years, you'd think they could have popped in one of Bill's chips while I was there!!

I've recently set up both myself and my Good Lady on the NHS app, a right royal faf.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
A frosty start to the day here.

Out with the dog shortly for an hour or so and then tackle the domestics.

My new jigsaw puzzles arrived yesterday, 3x 1000 piece jobbies should keep me busy for some time.

I'm going to get my PPE on and have a quick look in another part of the forum, wish me luck, I may be gone some time.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

It's Fish Friday.
I may even summon up a muted 'Yay'.
Apart from that, it's same old, same old..........again.

 

[Mo1959]

I'm going to get my PPE on and have a quick look in another part of the forum, wish me luck, I may be gone some time.

Will we all come in and rescue you if you don't return? Sometimes I have a good chuckle reading some of the posts over there, but tend not to post for obvious reasons.