The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

I've been for a walk this afternoon, the physio was early seeing my Good lady, which made lunch late, after lunch I drove over to St Giles church and parked near by, I then did a triangular walk taking me up to the double roundabout, then I turned towards home and walked passed the post office before turning down the hill towards the church and back to the car.

 

[classic33]

I've bin shopping, 9 two finger KitKat only a £1
if they can sell it at half price why is it not that price all the time

Simple answer: They're resizing the fingers(reducing the weights, 2,3 & 4 fingered KitKat's) and selling the new smaller ones at the same, full price.

 

[classic33]

£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.

Suez or Sita involved?

 

[Dave7]

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.

We have 2 large gardens plus a front garden.....all surrounded by bushes and with several shrubberies......our green bin is full every 2 weeks.

 

[Dave7]

On the bottom because the top always seems to crumble!

You are not putting jam and cream on my bottom.

 

[oldwheels]

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?

The short one allegedly in bother. She has nothing to do with the ferries but any excuse for blaming the Essenpee for anything whether true or not cannot be passed by.

 

[oldwheels]

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.

I have several compost bins and a couple are kept for anything which will not compost easily and just left for a year or two with top up with some easily composted stuff.

 

[Paulus]

Suez or Sita involved?

Local authority, direct labour. Everything was taken back in house a couple of years back. The council negotiators weren't very good and the private sector were fleecing them, then they went bust.

 

[Paulus]

You are not putting jam and cream on my bottom.

There are specialised websites for that sort of behaviour, I understand.

 

[The Rover]

Afternoon, another irregular check in....
Its been another busy week or so, my Brother in law has helped me replace two rotten fence posts with another two to be done later this week. The house hold chores are up to date and I’ve increased my riding mileage, just under 100 miles last week with 8000ft of climbing. Not at @PaulSB miles but I’ll take it given my up and down health.
I took the mtb out this morning as the roads looked a bit slippy. Another great ride, only 21 miles but some ropey terrain included.
I stopped to take a couple of photos near to Darwen Tower and thought “ this retirement larks not too bad”!!

I took the dog out for a 5 mile walk this afternoon and look like I’ve got sunburn!
A very enjoyable day which has lifted my spirits considerably.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[numbnuts]

I've been for a walk

 

[pawl]

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 😄

sensible young lady .Will have to try that👍👍👍

 

[pawl]

I have just tried to add a large jar of Marmite to my next Sainsburys order. Shock and horror, they don't have it, only there own branded stuff, which may or may not be the real thing

Marmit llovers unite Chain yourselves to their shopping trolleys

 

[PaulSB]

Afternoon, another irregular check in....
Its been another busy week or so, my Brother in law has helped me replace two rotten fence posts with another two to be done later this week. The house hold chores are up to date and I’ve increased my riding mileage, just under 100 miles last week with 8000ft of climbing. Not at @PaulSB miles but I’ll take it given my up and down health.
I took the mtb out this morning as the roads looked a bit slippy. Another great ride, only 21 miles but some ropey terrain included.
I stopped to take a couple of photos near to Darwen Tower and thought “ this retirement larks not too bad”!!

I took the dog out for a 5 mile walk this afternoon and look like I’ve got sunburn!
A very enjoyable day which has lifted my spirits considerably.

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Where do you start this route from? Looks like gravel bike territory for me?

 

[PaulSB]

I have several compost bins and a couple are kept for anything which will not compost easily and just left for a year or two with top up with some easily composted stuff.

Yes I should do this but don't have space for another compost bin at present - I already have four. There is a spot I could use but it's got a real pile up of rubbish I need to take to the local tip when allowed.