The Retirement Thread

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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
Morning all :hello:

Didn't get up for a pee in the night. Never do. :smile:
Off to LIDL in Ilfracombe this morning for a bit of shopping and to walk doggie around Bicclescombe park.
You are missing out on one of life's great pleasures. A relaxing 0300 pee is a thing of beauty ^_^
 

PaulSB

Squire
Hello world. Light cloud, slight breeze and 6⁰C. There was a dawn chorus around 7.00am. The Jackdaw calls can be heard down the chimney.** This is Lancashire. Today feels so much better than the last ten or so.

I will be out for a ride at 9.00. Hopefully a steady one as it's ten days since I looked at my bike.

** We used to have a problem with jackdaws nesting in the chimneys till we had mesh caps installed. Our resident jackdaws spend a lot of time trying to get in to people's chimneys and there's a constant clamour of calls echoing down the chimney at this time of year.

A collection of jackdaws is a "clattering." About right for the noisy buggers.
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Uptil last Autumn I met A number of people who said they didn't know anyone who had died as A result of Covid , as if that was a scientific and significant fact. But a Doctor who doesn't , clearly is out of touch with his older patients and his local hospital. This story may well be a media invention \ exaggeration (very irresponsible if the source hasn't checked facts) and in practice he's already retired, if not then it needs to happen now.

If there's anyone reading who suspects he may be right, I urge you to think of any Nurses or Doctors or any other staff working in hospitals that you might know and to get in touch. Listen to their experiences of the past 12 months and you'll be a lot wiser, Covid doesn't just 'take down' the old and there will be a large no of younger people suffering serious consequences for a long time to come. I hope the vaccines will be made available to everyone as although the R no is falling it's still a danger with new cases every day.
I read the original post and felt much the same as you. I wasnt going to post the following as I felt it a bit too sombre and this particular forum tends to be an oasis of calm amidst the more excitable forums. I mentioned last week that Mrs Tenkaykev and I had walked to Wimborne. What I didn’t say was that I bumped into a good friend I know from the running community. He works for a local undertakers. They have a beautiful Woodland burial facility and Crematorium. He told me he was off to work at lunchtime, where he’d be working until midnight preparing bodies for cremation, his would be the second shift of the day, they’d been working two shifts a day until midnight, seven days a week for several weeks. He described it as “ horrific” they are cremating people in body bags and preserving the ashes so families can have memorial services when things return to more normal times. The family business who he works for are in the process of getting a second cremation oven installed.He knows that other local undertakers are in the same situation.
If the Doctor mentioned in the original post was indeed “ highly intelligent “ he would have done some basic research, there’s a wealth of reliable scientifically and statistically checked research available if you avoid the tabloid sensationalism.
 
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This came up on my facebook memories, Lol.

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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
I must admit ( Mo and Welshie look away now ) that my nocturnal micturitions are conducted in the seated position 😮
This is due to not wanting to turn the lights on, and not trusting my aim when still half asleep 😉
ahhh its nice to stand there swaying and hoping your aim is good.
In case its not, a mop to clean the ceiling is useful :rolleyes:
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
At last the wind has gone down temporarily but there is light rain just now.
Need to start trying to salvage something from the wreckage of my now ex polytunnel. Once my tools and some of the wood is out the rest can wait till better weather. Not sure what to do with it but may just put a cover over and leave the ends open as I am not going to be growing anything in it anyway. Could be a handy shelter to work on the trike.
Corran Ferry was off for most of yesterday and it takes a lot of wind to stop them. Today Calmac is in chaos due to boats being stranded out of place and getting everything back on schedule is not easy.
At least it is not as cold as it has been recently but the forecast for the next week or so does not look encouraging,
The Estate Manager of a local large estate told my wildlife pal that all the holiday houses were booked solid from the beginning of May till the end of October. Another horrible summer seems on the cards to depress me further than usual.
 
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