The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

£32,, cheap at half the price. Ours is £70, same as last year. It was free up until April 2020, but it looks like many local authorities got together and started to charge.

Was £25 when it first started here, then £30 last year and up to £40 this year.

 

[gavroche]

Was £25 when it first started here, then £30 last year and up to £40 this year.

The answer to all that is: don't get one. I put it all in a bag or two and take it to the tip for free. ( at the moment). I only have grass cuttings and a bit of branch trimming twice a year so not worth having a bin just for that.

 

[Paulus]

The answer to all that is: don't get one. I put it all in a bag or two and take it to the tip for free. ( at the moment). I only have grass cuttings and a bit of branch trimming twice a year so not worth having a bin just for that.

My bin is usually full for collection every fortnight, so that would be a trip to the recycling centre twice or three times a month. The cost of fuel and time possibly is not as much as the charge, but it's possibly worth it in time and cost. I do have a compost heap as well which a lot of the stuff goes into.

 

[Sterlo]

But would you spread the jam cream on the top, or the bottom of the scone?

On the bottom because the top always seems to crumble!

 

[PaulSB]

Mrs p has just told mr that M&S are advertising Marmite flavoured hot cross buns.The people that think Marmite needs to be mixed with other products should be made to work in in Ken Dodd jam butter mines
PURE MARMITE FOR EVER

Oh good Lord.

Mrs P recently came home with hot cross buns which had been adulterated with chocolate. She spent sometime in her room and was later let out to sit on the naughty step.

Marmite ❌❌❌ NO! Greater crimes have been committed against humanity........but not many.

 

[Paulus]

Oh good Lord.

Mrs P recently came home with hot cross buns which had been adulterated with chocolate. She spent sometime in her room and was later let out to sit on the naughty step.

Marmite ❌❌❌ NO! Greater crimes have been committed against humanity........but not many.

All you people who dislike Marmite, food of the gods, are just plain weird.

 

[Sterlo]

All you people who dislike Marmite, food of the gods, are just plain weird.

This is coming from people who like a glutamic acid-rich yeast extract, mmmm tasty

 

[numbnuts]

I've been wiring, I might see the light in the end of the tunnel garage tomorrow

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs p has just told mr that M&S are advertising Marmite flavoured hot cross buns.The people that think Marmite needs to be mixed with other products should be made to work in in Ken Dodd jam butter mines
PURE MARMITE FOR EVER

Our grand daughter came to visit with mum at the weekend. She, the grand daughter, has surprising likes and dislikes with food. She likes Broccoli but prefers the stem over the florets and likes to crunch on raw sprouts and celery sticks ( she is 3 1/2 years old )
I was making her some toast and asked what she wanted on it, "Honey" was her answer. "And Marmite " I cut the slice of toast in half and dribbled some honey on one half and was reaching for the marmite jar. When I looked back she was licking the spoon with the Honey on it. I took the lid off the marmite and started to spread it on the other half a slice when I noticed that she had grabbed the lid and was licking the marmite off it.
I ended up making her a second slice with Toast- Butter- Marmite- Honey which she demolished, just leaving the crusts for grandad 😄

 

[ColinJ]

Yikes - I just looked at the wrapper of the now finished sourdough bread... 145 calories a slice, and that is before adding the butter, banana and honey so it is probably more like 200-250 cals/slice with them on top!

No wonder I got fat years ago when I bought bread regularly. I would eat a whole large loaf and a 250 g pack of cheese in one day.

I'll have to avoid buying a sourdough loaf** unless my bubble pal is coming over. She likes nice bread. It would be okay to share over 2 days rather than wolfing most of it down in one solo meal.



** To me, it is more like half of a very large sliced loaf since it only has one crust and finishes on an ordinary slice.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Maybe they could make a jam cream, then it might stop the age old Devon/Cornwall argument about what goes on first.

I like toast with Peanut butter and Marmite. The butter goes on first, then the Marmite, and finally the Peanut Butter ( If I'm feeling really decadent then I add some slices of banana), but these must be added after the Marmite and squished into a paste with the flat of the knife before adding the Peanut Butter ( Crunchy of course ) It's the one true way 😎

 

[oldwheels]

Knackered as been sorting out rubbish from my sheds and garden. Some of it ended in the general waste bin but no room for more and cannot be bothered taking the wheelbarrow down to the car with more as I would have to take the trike out first before a dump run.
Lovely sunny day to be outside and I was too hot at times.
Calmac have postponed summer. The summer timetables have been change to the end of April as there is no point in running two boats on an extended timetable when they are mostly empty. Once the English restrictions have been eased they will start pouring in tho' regardless of our restrictions.
Most residents regard it as a sensible move. The usual few of course complain anyway as it is all the fault of That Woman. They are not aware that even on the winter timetable there is a better service than we had in summer in the past.
Reflecting on the lack of shoreline birds yesterday. There was a new model Range Rover appeared with a personalised number plate incorporating MUL. A couple with a dog appeared and walked along just above the shore line encouraging the dog to go ahead off the lead. There were lots of sheep around as well. The disturbance which I think they do regularly will certainly discourage birds from remaining and nesting as they use to.

 

[ColinJ]

That Woman

Is that the short Scottish woman currently in bother, or the taller long-dead English woman?

PS And what did she do to the ferries?

 

[gavroche]

I like toast with Peanut butter and Marmite. The butter goes on first, then the Marmite, and finally the Peanut Butter ( If I'm feeling really decadent then I add some slices of banana), but these must be added after the Marmite and squished into a paste with the flat of the knife before adding the Peanut Butter ( Crunchy of course ) It's the one true way 😎

I don't like neither peanut butter nor marmite but I like proper butter and honey. I am the sensible one.

 

[PaulSB]

Our garden waste bin (grey) is £40. I don't mind the charge as I think it's reasonable to pay for a service which others don't need or want.

I compost everything I can so we only use it for garden waste which won't compost easily.