The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

I know there was some dodgy stuff years ago. Do you mean the recovery is dodgy as well?

Your original post was bit ambiguous so I went with the downfall angle. Not bothered either way but you have to have lived in the West/Central belt of Scotland to really understand that football itself is not too important to many supporters of 2 clubs at least. Still there in the East but not so prominent.

 

[PaulSB]

Your original post was bit ambiguous so I went with the downfall angle. Not bothered either way but you have to have lived in the West/Central belt of Scotland to really understand that football itself is not too important to many supporters of 2 clubs at least. Still there in the East but not so prominent.

I'm aware of the sectarian stuff, largely because a great friend who like me * is a huge football fan, though not Celtic or Rangers, has passionately explained it to me. This is something he detests.

I used to keep an eye on Celtic in my youth, Lions of Lisbon era, Aberdeen under Ferguson and Rangers under Souness. I'm a big fan of Souey as a player and of course excellent manager at Ewood.

* Have to say Sky TV and the PL have largely killed my passion.

 

[PaulSB]

Walk time

 

[Dave7]

Light snow but forecast is for heavy snow this afternoon.

 

[Dave7]

I'm aware of the sectarian stuff, largely because a great friend who like me * is a huge football fan, though not Celtic or Rangers, has passionately explained it to me. This is something he detests.

I used to keep an eye on Celtic in my youth, Lions of Lisbon era, Aberdeen under Ferguson and Rangers under Souness. I'm a big fan of Souey as a player and of course excellent manager at Ewood.

* Have to say Sky TV and the PL have largely killed my passion.

I loved Souness as a player.
Not too bad as a pundit.
Didn't rate him/his attitude as a manager though.

 

[Dirk]

Light snow but forecast is for heavy snow this afternoon.

Bit black over Bill's mother's.

 

[Exlaser2]

Afternoon all . As Dave r has already said , we have snow in Coventry. I am sat here having my second coffee listening to next doors kids squealing and having fun in the snow and it’s really made me smile . It just proves you can have fun , even in this worrying time if you try and look at the world through a child’s eyes.
Anyway I am now off to find some waterproof socks so can go for a walk in the snow with Mrs exlaser . Have a good afternoon everyone.

 

[Mo1959]

This is why I no longer go back out at the weekends! Our local reservoir where there would normally only be a couple of cars. Someone said they had come from quite a distance and there were used face masks and rubbish left lying around. I will just have a siesta instead. Hopefully Monday to Friday might not be quite as bad.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just heard from a friend who turned 70 a few weeks back. He’s had a text from his doctor to say he can have the jab tomorrow. He’s registered with a different Practice so perhaps fewer patients in his age group?

 

[Tenkaykev]

This is why I no longer go back out at the weekends! Our local reservoir where there would normally only be a couple of cars. Someone said they had come from quite a distance and there were used face masks and rubbish left lying around. I will just have a siesta instead. Hopefully Monday to Friday might not be quite as bad.

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Might be a doggers convention

 

[Dave7]

Just heard from a friend who turned 70 a few weeks back. He’s had a text from his doctor to say he can have the jab tomorrow. He’s registered with a different Practice so perhaps fewer patients in his age group?

Interesting.
I thought that, after essential persons, it was strictly according to age.
I guess some areas have more than they need.
I will have it** MrsD is still not sure.
**I decided to wait and see how it affected people. No evidence that it works but I've not seen any adverse evidence either.

 

[Dave7]

Might be a doggers convention

No.
We only have them midweek or 2nd weekend of each month.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

This is why I no longer go back out at the weekends! Our local reservoir where there would normally only be a couple of cars. Someone said they had come from quite a distance and there were used face masks and rubbish left lying around. I will just have a siesta instead. Hopefully Monday to Friday might not be quite as bad.

I’ve just been out for a couple of hours around the streets. Managed to avoid the masses which I could see gathering in large numbers on the hills. We can see the top of one of the Pentlands from the house, Capelaw. Normally there’s no-one up there, I just looked up and could see absolutely dozens silhouetted along the skyline.

 

[Dave7]

Waiting for the big match, Utd Vs LFC in the FA cup.
Watching an old Indiana Jones film.....Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. Rubbish but entertaining rubbish.

 

[ColinJ]

I will have it** MrsD is still not sure.
**I decided to wait and see how it affected people. No evidence that it works but I've not seen any adverse evidence either.

There is a huge amount of evidence that the vaccines work against the original virus - the evidence in the clinical trials and endorsed by regulatory authorities round the world!

It is true (for obvious reasons) that there isn't yet scientifically rigorous evidence about how well the vaccines work with the new variants, but that evidence should be available soon. (Lots of people have been vaccinated and with the new variants popping up everywhere it should be easy to see if many of the vaccinated get ill from them.)