The Retirement Thread

[rustybolts]

Oh yes, forgot. I watched "News of the World" a couple of days ago on Netflix. An excellent, off beat, western starring Tom Hanks. Thoroughly recommended and offers a different perspective on those days.

It's pouring with rain now. Hope there's no queue at the vaccine centre. 🤞

I loved News of The World too , great film . Heavy rain over us but Texas is an absolute nightmare with snow. Thousands of frozen sea turtles being brought to rescue shelters and Wind turbines freezing etc . There was a very bad 100+ vehicle pile up in Texas a few days ago . World is getting weirder by the day !!

 

[pawl]

We spent a day in Venice a few years ago and the temperature was between 40 and 45 degrees, I think that was about the hottest I've encountered, as well as the canals theres a maze of little streets to wander round.

I was looking at a broacher for Venice Think there must have been some problem with the photos. All the streets were flooded

 

[Dirk]

Sun's out!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I decided to treat myself to a new helmet yesterday and it came today. It is one of those with a detachable visor, held with magnets so no need for glasses anymore. If the weather decides to improve in the near future, I will try it on my next ride.

Oooo - I was wondering about one of them - partly so I can wear my glasses while riding and not get them 'sandblasted' by flies in summer

which have you gone for???

my problem is being over 60 and overweight so anything looking cool would make me feel silly!!!

 

[numbnuts]

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have been discussing asthma and the vaccine on another forum - but though it might be useful here as well
Basically I have mild asthma and am over 60 (just!!!) and I have been confused as so which vaccine group I am in. At first it looked like Group 6 but the definition seemed to move to being for move severe asthma - but no as bad as the shielding group.
Anyway - after a lot of looking and wondering I found this yesterday - confirmed from other sources by someone on the other forum

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But the Government clarified on Tuesday evening that asthmatics who have had an emergency hospital admission because of their condition, or those who have been prescribed three courses of steroid tablets in a three-month period, will fall into priority group six. For the asthmatics who do not fall into either of these groups and are under the age of 50, they will be vaccinated after the first nine priority groups.
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Link

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/ast...nation-change-guidance-priority-groups-875286

 

[welsh dragon]

I have been discussing asthma and the vaccine on another forum - but though it might be useful here as well
Basically I have mild asthma and am over 60 (just!!!) and I have been confused as so which vaccine group I am in. At first it looked like Group 6 but the definition seemed to move to being for move severe asthma - but no as bad as the shielding group.
Anyway - after a lot of looking and wondering I found this yesterday - confirmed from other sources by someone on the other forum

Quote
But the Government clarified on Tuesday evening that asthmatics who have had an emergency hospital admission because of their condition, or those who have been prescribed three courses of steroid tablets in a three-month period, will fall into priority group six. For the asthmatics who do not fall into either of these groups and are under the age of 50, they will be vaccinated after the first nine priority groups.
Unquote

Link

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/ast...nation-change-guidance-priority-groups-875286

I will be in group 7. So I am expecting the jab between 31st March and 14th april. That's in Wales, so it could be next year.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Oooo - I was wondering about one of them - partly so I can wear my glasses while riding and not get them 'sandblasted' by flies in summer

which have you gone for???

my problem is being over 60 and overweight so anything looking cool would make me feel silly!!!

I went through a helmet buying spell. I quite liked the look of the ABUS Metronaut Helmet. It looks quite stylish and has a flap that folds down for colder weather and a decent peak for the low sun. Wore it once and found it too warm so it went in the cupboard. I also like the POC helmets. Mrs Tenkaykev said I should have a helmet that is easy to notice so I ended up with a POC Core Pro in green, extremely comfortable but I don't think the colour matches my Orange and Black Brommie and a guy has to look coordinated 😄

 

[oldwheels]

Another damp day but not so much wind yet. Calmac are putting out warnings tho' about possible disruption due to weather.
My snowdrops are beginning to recover from the freezing they got earlier but the only ones looking really good are under bushes where they are sheltered.
The snowdrops on my wife's grave are coming out early this year. It is usually mid March before they appear. I went up to check that the flowers had not disappeared in the recent gales but they were still there tho' somebody had disturbed the tub they were in and the slab it was sitting on is broken. Need to fix it when the weather improves. There have been recent funerals so the gravediggers probably dumped earth on the grave.
That cemetery has only 6 spaces left and the council have no idea what they are going to do next. The nearest crematorium if you like that sort of thing is about 100 miles and a ferry journey away so not really very practical.

 

[GM]

Morning all... Had a problem trying to get to sleep last night, ended up sitting up at 3am with headphones on watching the last episode of Marcella. I did wonder how it was going to end, not what I thought though.

Might meet up with my brother lunch time for a coffee as he's working fairly local to me and staying in a Travelodge. Normal times we would be able to put him up. He's another workaholic at 68, I keep trying to tell him!

Have a good day folks!

 

[gavroche]

Oooo - I was wondering about one of them - partly so I can wear my glasses while riding and not get them 'sandblasted' by flies in summer

which have you gone for???

my problem is being over 60 and overweight so anything looking cool would make me feel silly!!!

Mine is a Stanper from Amazon. £28.99 and they do it in white, black or red. I chose the red one.

Oooo - I was wondering about one of them - partly so I can wear my glasses while riding and not get them 'sandblasted' by flies in summer

which have you gone for???

my problem is being over 60 and overweight so anything looking cool would make me feel silly!!!

Stanper from Amazon

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've had a bonus, picked up the post from the mat and there's a brown envelope for me, its the pension people, I'm getting a twenty five quid cold weather payment.

 

[numbnuts]

Walk done that was the highlight of the day, it's all down hill from now on .......soon be bed time

Vaccine calculator
There are 896,585 people in front of you in the queue for a first dose of COVID vaccine across the UK.
Could be a long wait, still I ain't going anywhere

 

[Dirk]

I've had a bonus, picked up the post from the mat and there's a brown envelope for me, its the pension people, I'm getting a twenty five quid cold weather payment.

I've had 2 brown envelopes.
1 was the increase in my State pension, the other was a second increase to reflect my additional NI contribution.
Now they just owe me 4 months back pay, which amounts to about £80.
I'll see if they pay it in next months payment, if not I'll get onto them.

 

[Dave7]

My day so far.
After the hospital allowed the aunties night clothes etc to grow green mold they agreed to pay £100 .....so far so good.
Now they have managed to completely lose ALL her belongings including specs, money and clothes......must be £300s worth at least.
Been onto complaints and they are following it up.