The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

That's the other side I've seen. Those already there deciding who should be allowed to enter/live there.

A house has skipped a generation, their parents lived elsewhere or been left to the grandkids in a will. There's an air of it "doesn't or shouldn't belong to them", even if the family have been there a while. The wishes of dead are thrown aside not long after they've been buried.

The "new" occupants can be driven mad in trying to continue their lives because of this. The fact they've lived there, all their lives becomes irrelevant.

Local politics and the often convoluted family connections can be a minefield. I often get surprised by people who have family connections stretching in unlikely directions. You learn to keep quiet until you learn just who is related to who or risk causing offence.

 

[oldwheels]

I've never felt anything other than well accepted in Devon.
Maybe because I moved here for work 16 years ago and didn't 'take a local's job'.
I've been here long enough now to know the area and people, and they know me.
It's the first place I've ever lived that felt like home.

You moved there to work and obviously have integrated well. Those who go to retire often do not mix with the local peasantry.

 

[oldwheels]

I thought I would make my contribution to the incomer debate . In the mid 90’s Mrs JK and I were keen to move from a flat to a house ,we realised this would mean a move out of the area . As this was pre internet for us Mrs JK was doing the rounds of estate agents and getting further away in her search . It then occurred to me why not move to the village in Bedfordshire where my family had lived for generations, my Dad moved away with his parents when he was 15 . Then I could do all the things incomers are supposed to do , complain about the church bells , rural smells and anything else I could think of. If any locals complained about incomers , I would take them to the WW 1 war memorial show them the amount of family on it and correct them ,no returnees . The Kogs are back and just as obnoxious as we always were.
In the end we moved less than 10 miles , but it would have been fun.

A bit like the ones who built a house next to a farm and complained constantly about the noise the hens and cattle made. Common story.

 

[oldwheels]

Dry day again but a bitterly cold SE wind and ferries dodgy.
The 0955 will sail from Oban but with no guarantee of landing at Craignure so they may just hang around offshore for a bit or head back to Oban if no improvement likely.
Some of the ancients turned yesterday's covid jag day into a social event, suitably distanced of course. Since I had gone jag ready with a short sleeve shirt and no jersey I only hung around for my 15 minute wait before heading back home to get warmed up.
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[Tenkaykev]

Dry day again but a bitterly cold SE wind and ferries dodgy.
The 0955 will sail from Oban but with no guarantee of landing at Craignure so they may just hang around offshore for a bit or head back to Oban if no improvement likely.
Some of the ancients turned yesterday's covid jag day into a social event, suitably distanced of course. Since I had gone jag ready with a short sleeve shirt and no jersey I only hung around for my 15 minute wait before heading back home to get warmed up.
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Tell me more! Is "jag day" a bit like the geordies wandering around in the depths of winter in T shirts and shorts? Another question, if the ferry cannot land due to adverse weather, does your ticket count until it can land successfully?

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
Out for a bimble on the bike shortly to get a few essentials.
Dog has been walked, and will go again this afternoon.
According to the forecast, it should be raining heavily, but it is not.
We have a few domestics to do, and thats our day sorted.
Stay safe everyone.

 

[classic33]

Morning. I had a pj day yesterday and never even bothered looking in. @Flick of the Elbow you could do worse than retire to the village of Comrie near here. Good community spirit and used to get the nickname of the retirement capital of Scotland. Lol.


The wrist is much the same but I think the swelling has gone down a bit and the bruising starting to come out now. I bought a brace to wear and will try and keep it on as much as possible for support.

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Your head line shows that you go with what you think is right, backed up by your heart line. You have excessive desires(Cut back on the chocolate), you are endowed with a good talent, and have a strong vitality and are full of energy.

Why so dry.

 

[numbnuts]

Still

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Because my Good Lady needed the commode when I first got up I used their machine, I've now been told I need to be trained on it.

 

[classic33]

Good Morning All, very gloomy today.

You were up early though.

 

[Juan Kog]

A bit like the ones who built a house next to a farm and complained constantly about the noise the hens and cattle made. Common story.

Some years ago friends who were long time residents of a small town in the Cotswolds decided to move out to one of the surrounding villages. They found a house on the edge of a village they liked ,sale and move completed . After a short time the farmer who owned the surrounding land relocated his large manure heap to land at the end of there garden . Talking to other neighbours, the farmer had wanted to buy there house but had not been able to agree a price with the previous owner.

 

[BoldonLad]

Tell me more! Is "jag day" a bit like the geordies wandering around in the depths of winter in T shirts and shorts? Another question, if the ferry cannot land due to adverse weather, does your ticket count until it can land successfully?

I was just about to mention that! A Shirt (open of course), no coat, wandering around the "Bigg Market" on a Friday Night !

 

[Dirk]

Some years ago friends who were long time residents of a small town in the Cotswolds decided to move out to one of the surrounding villages. They found a house on the edge of a village they liked ,sale and move completed . After a short time the farmer who owned the surrounding land relocated his large manure heap to land at the end of there garden . Talking to other neighbours, the farmer had wanted to buy there house but had not been able to agree a price with the previous owner.

There's some spiteful people around.

 

[BoldonLad]

Mrs @BoldonLad and myself, just received our COVID Vaccine Appointment letters today.

Presumably, lots of letters received today, because website has crashed.

A very pleasant young lady on the Telephone Appointments line has booked us in for Saturday Feb 6th, and April 25th for second one.

I don't envy her that job, taking hundreds of calls, all day, day after day...

 

[oldwheels]

Some years ago friends who were long time residents of a small town in the Cotswolds decided to move out to one of the surrounding villages. They found a house on the edge of a village they liked ,sale and move completed . After a short time the farmer who owned the surrounding land relocated his large manure heap to land at the end of there garden . Talking to other neighbours, the farmer had wanted to buy there house but had not been able to agree a price with the previous owner.

I think I would have regarded it as bit of a gift and had the best manured garden around.