The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

I seem to be following closely behind you Dave. Not nice to watch them struggling is it.
Mrs D got up at 08.30. Was back in bed by 09.30. Up again at 11 00ish and is back in bed again.

No its not nice, Margaret is a pale shadow of the woman she was, it does my head in but all I can do is look after her as best I can.

 

[classic33]

Just walked up the hill to meet Mrs Tenkay walking down the hill and help with the shopping bags. On the way I walked past a phone box and felt the urge to open the door, go inside and start taking my clothes off 🤔

Were you going to pick the shopping up and continue walking or swap for another set of clothes, costume maybe.

 

[BoldonLad]

Just walked up the hill to meet Mrs Tenkay walking down the hill and help with the shopping bags. On the way I walked past a phone box and felt the urge to open the door, go inside and start taking my clothes off 🤔

I will just check my AZ fact sheet, it may be a known side effect 😊

 

[welsh dragon]

I have roped Mr WD Into trying to turn my rivet press into a sort of arbor press. Well, it keeps him off the streets and gives him something to do

 

[Dirk]

MrsD just said that she's clearing the freezer out and I'll have to have Scallops for lunch and Venison for dinner tonight.
Oh the decadence!
I daren't complain that we've run out of Veuve Clicquot.

 

[oldwheels]

No its not, Margaret is a pale shadow of the woman she was, it does my head in but all I can do is look after her as best I can.

I know how you feel but often I thought the best I could do was not good enough after all those good years.

 

[oldwheels]

Got a nice run out on the trike again this morning before too much traffic started. Temp said 5C but with a brisk NE wind straight off the snowfields it felt like minus instead of plus. Even out early a couple of cars badly parked with people climbing the volcano. Not ones I recognised but there were others passing who were certainly strangers by the hesitant way they were driving and obviously did not know where the passing places were.
One buzzard as usual but looked like disturbed from some prey as I passed. There are also sea eagles around somewhere as I have heard them several times now around the same area in woodland I think. They make a noise a bit like a small dog barking. My ranger pal says I should look up very high above but still cannot see anything. On the loch a mallard drake and his harem as well as the usual cormorants and some shelduck. Got clear sight of what was probably a goshawk last time I was out.
Reasonable exercise as I had to pedal even downhill on the way back and kept in a lower gear than usual.

 

[ColinJ]

I am (half) awake and have my usual headache! I also feel like I have been grinding my teeth while asleep...

I'm going to buy the Chambers dictionary and thesaurus apps. They are supposed to be among the best for crossword puzzle fans.

I bought them late last night. I am very pleased with them. They are very quick to load and do searches from the local database so there is none of the lag involved in going online to find a word.

Wildcard searches are very easy. For example, searching for 'acc*d*n' finds accordion, accommodation and others. 'acc?d*t*' returned 11 matches. 'Accidental' is obvious, but have you heard of 'accidentalisms'?

A quick swipe from the left makes it easy to switch between the dictionary and the thesaurus.

There is a nice random word feature. I spent 10 minutes trying it out. I knew about 50% of the suggested words but some of the others were interesting...

klinostat /klī'nō-stat/
noun
A revolving stand for experimenting with growing plants

ORIGIN: Gr klīnein to incline, and statos standing
[© Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. 2014]

Put a large spoon of curry powder into a saucepan of baked beans, add 3 cloves of finely chopped garlic . Then a large spoon of finely chopped onion . Finally a teaspoon of powdered ginger with a dash of chilli powder . Heat gently and serve on hot buttered toast . Sprinkle with ground black pepper and wash down with a very large mud of steaming hot tea. 👍

I always add curry powder, chilli flakes, garlic and mixed herbs to my baked beans. Yummy! The side effects can be a bit much with doors and windows closed for the winter though...

Just walked up the hill to meet Mrs Tenkay walking down the hill and help with the shopping bags. On the way I walked past a phone box and felt the urge to open the door, go inside and start taking my clothes off 🤔

I will just check my AZ fact sheet, it may be a known side effect 😊

It sounds like the early stages of Numbnutsititis... Unfortunately, there is no known cure. Symptoms are less troublesome in the summer, but in the winter they can be very uncomfortable. Turning heating up high can offer some relief.

 

[12boy]

I'll go clear the little bit of snow we were not supposed to get with a pushbroom after a bit. -17C per national weather service. You can see Gracie, my rattie, on her whiz trip this morning. Now she is curled up on her feather quilt on the couch, muttering to herself like ratties do. Not sure if it's her arthritis or cataracts but she now has to be lifted onto the couch, at least a 100 times a day.
Not much to do today, a little yoga and upper body and maybe a studded tire ride. We had the Chinese style eggplant and pork last night and it was good. Tonight will be an earlier meal with chile over rice so there will be time to watch The Dig.
It is sad to watch your partner slip away. It has been 4 years since stage 4 breast cancer was diagnosed, and the decline overall has been very slow but noticeable. 5 years ago we would take 5 mile walks at 8k altitude, and now a mile is the limit, if it all. Having the first grandbaby in Oct and looking daily at his parents posting pics and vids is a boost, though. I would like to be half as strong and brave. If I have a sniffle I have to lie in bed and moan.
Be well and safe. Warm is good, too.

 

[Mo1959]

Better feed Molly then I’ll get peace to watch the rugby.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Managed to get out this morning for 90 minutes or so - a sort of made up route where I found a greenway that I didn't know about - research needed
Weather was supposed to be rain all day but the clouds on the radar looked like they would miss us so I took a chance and, although it felt sort of rainy, it didn't actually rain at all

bike is much better since I cleaned the gears a few days ago - dunno if it was the crud in the derailleur cogs or the loose screw holding one of the cogs in that was making 5,6 and 7th make horrible noises but it is much better off now!

Anyway - a bloke is a kilt is currently strangling a few cats judging by the sound from the TV so I guess it's Rugby for the next hour and a bit

followed by checking of the sheets are dry yet

Damned exciting this retirement

 

[Juan Kog]

Late report of yesterdays ride . I didn’t leave home till 11.30 it was a sunny balmy 11 degrees, I felt really smug that I live in the tropical south and not the frozen north. Well I paid for that smugness 2 hours in sunshine, hour and 1/2 in freezing driving rain . When I got home the hot shower seemed the best part of the ride.

 

[Paulus]

One of my bean seeds has grown 3" overnight. There was no sign of it yesterday.

Isn't it a bit early for beans?

 

[classic33]

Isn't it a bit early for beans?

These are magic beans though!

 

[Dirk]

Isn't it a bit early for beans?

Everything is early down here.