The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Hi I've not been feeling myself for a while now, I'm not depressed or anything like that, but with all the bad news with this virus I think it's not “if” we get but when.............
I have got something wrong with my right knee I think is in cartilage trouble, had it a while back, but it disappeared, but now it's back and I can't put much weight on it so going for walks is a no no so it seems like I'm stuck looking at four walks of my hovel until it gets better.
Looking back through the posts I see I was missed by a few people ….thank you

I'm with you on this. I sit watching the news and wonder if all the effort Mrs P and I make is a waste of time. I get the feeling it doesn't matter what we do short of staying at home 24/7 there is nothing we can do and it's just a question of time. I don't have the feeling all the time, far from it, but it definitely happens. Bumping, not literally, in to a friend yesterday who was on his first walk after recovering from Covid-19 wasn't good. We wondered if he would make it home he was breathing so hard. His wife was with him. It's not so much Covid which scares me but the thought of the potential long term impact on my health.

Have you tried Dog Oil on the knee. It works and yes it does exist.

 

[PaulSB]

So good morning to one and all. We had a very hard frost last night and snow began to fall heavily about 7.30. This is going to be BAD news on the roads as at this time of day LCC will concentrate on the motorways and main arterial routes. Local roads, bus routes etc. are unlikely to be gritted for several hours if at all. It's a day for lighting the wood burner, hunkering down and nipping out for a walk as soon as the weather allows.

I've been awake for hours and a snooze is on the cards around midday. Put the time to good use and finished my training plan for the Fred Whitton. I really need better weather to arrive in the next couple of weeks. I shall find stuff to do today even if some of it is pretty irrelevant to life in general.

 

[PaulSB]

@Mo1959 which drama is this please? Time and channel would be good. Thanks.

 

[Paulus]

Wow. I read the first page and the last one. Thay have me all the info I needed.

Where do we find these people

There have been a few recently who for whatever reason seem to take umbrage at the advice given, and get stuck on a certain train of thought.

 

[welsh dragon]

@Mo1959 which drama is this please? Time and channel would be good. Thanks.

Is that the investigation on BBC2 last night?

 

[Mo1959]

Yep as above was The Investigation BBC2 9pm. Back on next Friday or is all on iplayer I think.

That was a very walk in minus 4! Was fine walking uphill but got quite chilled on the descent. Sun is out now though so will heat the house up.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Have a gander before it gets deleted
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/free-bicycle-accessories-donations.271021/page-4

You try to help, and that happens.

YIKES!!!!
after that my slight mistype kinda disappeared into the background

Conversations on this site can be interesting!!

 

[Mo1959]

YIKES!!!!
after that my slight mistype kinda disappeared into the background

Conversations on this site can be interesting!!

Got to wonder if some are genuine or just having a pure wind up!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Got to wonder if some are genuine or just having a pure wind up!

I think so, they only joined cycle chat on Monday. It’s been fun following the thread and I was tempted to comment myself but then considered that the OP might not be well.

 

[oldwheels]

Started off nice and sunny but a bit overcast now with a sprinkle of snow overnight. Even the highest mountain I can see at about 2500ft {It has a gaelic name about a paragraph long} does not seem to have a complete covering of snow and Morvern is also only a light sprinkle.
Just as well I went up to the farm shop yesterday and got sausages and some cheese. No bacon so need to keep an eye on FB and get up there promptly before it has all gone.
My epson ink which was supposed to arrive last week, then this week will now be next week on the day I have to go to get routine bloods done but knowing which carrier is involve will get stuck in their depot for a while. At least it now seems to be somewhere in the UK.
The holiday house opposite has now got yet another tenant. Could be an essential worker but more likely a refugee.
Holiday houses used to be let out over winter to local workers who lived in caravans for the summer to allow for more lucrative holiday lets. This does not appear to happen any more as agencies have taken over the business side and cannot be bothered with local tenants.

 

[Dirk]

I think so, they only joined cycle chat on Monday. It’s been fun following the thread and I was tempted to comment myself but then considered that the OP might not be well.

I've said as much in the thread.

 

[Mo1959]

The holiday house opposite has now got yet another tenant.

On my walk this morning I walked past Crieff Hydro's chalets and it was quite sad to see them all deserted. Even at this time of year a good percentage would have been occupied. Not sure how much longer the hotel will survive.

 

[oldwheels]

Got to wonder if some are genuine or just having a pure wind up!

The Managing Director of a firm I worked with was a malicious old sod. He had a hobby of setting up fights and rubbed his hands with glee when he discovered that a quarrel he had engineered between others had come to pass. I actually got on well with him as I accepted no nonsense and told him when to get off. He respected that attitude.

 

[welsh dragon]

I think so, they only joined cycle chat on Monday. It’s been fun following the thread and I was tempted to comment myself but then considered that the OP might not be well.

Might not be well. Love it.

 

[pawl]

I get the same with some American films. If the accent is what I perceive to be NY or people talk very fast I can't understand without subtitles.

Ifrequntly use subtitles American.Some Welsh and Scottish Some English actors seem at time’s to mumble their lines