The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

Bonjour. I am making traditional rice pudding. It is in the oven and should be ready in about 2 hours time. I washed the car earlier to get rid of all that Devon's muck and done a load of washing which is in the dryer now.
As it is very windy with a cold wind, I have cancelled my ride planned for today. I have also done some shopping in Aldi and walked Molly of course.
Now, I am looking forward to the rugby later , Wales - Ireland.
I was a bit disappointed yesterday as I was on the road when the Italy-France game was on and was hoping to watch it on catch up later but they are only showing the England- Scotland game. That's discrimination!!
All this should keep me going until it's dark.
Roast chicken and mash for tonight, all home made of course.
Have a good safe day les amis et amies.

 

[Dave7]

And on important subjects........I am preparing to hang my jigsaw .
Its all glued.
The backing board is ready to trim.
I have just been out to buy some heavy duty, double sided foam backed tape.
I have the hanging wire
What could possibly go wrong

 

[Dave7]

Bonjour. I am making traditional rice pudding. It is in the oven and should be ready in about 2 hours time. I washed the car earlier to get rid of all that Devon's muck and done a load of washing which is in the dryer now.
As it is very windy with a cold wind, I have cancelled my ride planned for today. I have also done some shopping in Aldi and walked Molly of course.
Now, I am looking forward to the rugby later , Wales - Ireland.
I was a bit disappointed yesterday as I was on the road when the Italy-France game was on and was hoping to watch it on catch up later but they are only showing the England- Scotland game. That's discrimination!!
All this should keep me going until it's dark.
Roast chicken and mash for tonight, all home made of course.
Have a good safe day les amis et amies.

What!!!! You make your own chickens

 

[pawl]

Interesting.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/socia...its-for-carers/carer-breaks-and-respite-care/

Just looked at the above I worked with a brilliant medical consultant and multi disaplnary care team

we had weekly team meetings where patients and carers needs were assessed pre discharge Where needed we did an home assessment to. establish the requirements for daily living for both carers and patient.Every thing that was needed was in place prior to discharge After a month I would do a review of the package to ensure that the care was meeting the needs of all concerned before transferring the case to the area.Social Work team Back then care was provided by the council home care team

Not sure what the procedure is now but back then patients or their had the right to request an assessment of need.

 

[ColinJ]

Yikes... My sleep pattern is actually getting worse rather than better. It was gone 05:00 when I turned the lights out but another 20 minutes before I got to sleep.

I was just woken up by a suspicious noise. If this were the USA (or South Africa - think Oscar Pistorius!) I would probably now be sitting in bed with a smoking gun and the dead body of my bubble pal lying on the floor across the room... I had forgotten that she came over a day early for her weekly support visit this time. She was creeping in with a mug of tea for me. I think it would definitely be dodgy having a loaded gun on a bedside cabinet!

 

[numbnuts]

According to faceache, last night 5 bikes were stolen from my area

 

[Tenkaykev]

You don't carry your water bottle on the downtube normally then.

I do, and my towel is draped over the back of a chair next to the bike. I like to be aware of what’s around me, comes from watching too many horror films 😉

 

[Mo1959]

According to faceache, last night 5 bikes were stolen from my area

Theft in general is dreadful just now, between property getting stolen and even a huge number of dogs! Given that dogs are currently selling for up to a couple of thousand on Gumtree, I’m not surprised.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just back from a 6k run/ walk with Mrs Tenkay. She has her Garmin set for 5 minutes run / 1 minute walk intervals. The route we took was a tad lumpy, some of it into a bitter headwind, I found that I needed to keep running during the walk intervals in order to catch up with Mrs Tenkay. She’s a lot stronger on the hills than I am. Back home now, time for a shower and a bite to eat.

 

[Dave7]

According to faceache, last night 5 bikes were stolen from my area

I believe none of his neighbours knew were Classic was last night
Just sayin like

 

[ColinJ]

Theft in general is dreadful just now, between property getting stolen and even a huge number of dogs! Given that dogs are currently selling for up to a couple of thousand on Gumtree, I’m not surprised

My sister was telling me about that last week. She paid £500 for her border terrier pup about 8 years ago, which I thought was expensive at the time. The £2-4k quoted in some reports now is bonkers!

I suppose her dog won't be so much at risk because he is well beyond the cute age but she said she is aware that she should keep him close. (You can't trust the little fella off the lead anyway - I took him for a walk in Scotland once and he chased a rabbit into its warren. It took him over an hour to find his way back out! )

 

[numbnuts]

Just been for a walk bloody freezing it was 2c, but with the wind chill it felt like -2c

 

[welsh dragon]

2 deg and feeling like -4 here.

 

[gavroche]

What!!!! You make your own chickens

Yep, it all starts with the egg.

 

[numbnuts]

As I never had any fish on Friday I thought I would have it today with chips and peas with Christmas pudding and custard, weird combination to say the least........




Next time I try it I'll use separate plates