The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
A miserable day here. Local forecast is thundery showers all day......no rain yet but very overcast.
Watched 1 1/2 films last night. 2nd one was Arnie in Collateral Damage. We were both falling asleep so switched off and went to bed. I managed to sleep through to 0700.
@PaulSB another prog we watched was "new lives under the sun". One of the couples has started a cycling holiday business in a mountain area of Spain. Some serious climbs for you there.
Its on Virgin 141 at 1600. Worth a watch imo.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. A bit misty here and zero degrees I did think it might be an OK day, but just looking at the forecast and yep, rain is on the way. Great.

Stay safe folks.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning all

Off to B&M in Barnstaple for a mooch around this morning.
Latest Govt Covid map shows that it's pretty well non existent here - local pressure is building for an earlier cessation of lockdown.

 

[PaulSB]

No change in the weather in the last two hours. Decision made, visibility potentially dangerous, miserably cold so staying in unless the sun comes out.

@Dave7 unfortunately we don't have Virgin but sounds great. I'm desperate to tour or get abroad again. 2019 my brain haemorrhage meant I missed the Majorca 312, 2020 Covid-19 cancelled a three week tour to Nice for the TDF depart. Although she wouldn't stop me I know Mrs P doesn't want me to solo tour because of the health thing. For me solo touring is the purest form of cycling but I have to respect her wishes and accept I'm done with that.

On the positive front my three best cycling buddies all want to UK, possibly Ireland, tour and we do have summer plans if the government will let us out to play. We all get on really well so it would be a barrel of laughs all the way.

 

[Mo1959]

Brrrr. A chilly and misty 6 miles odd walked. Was a hilly route so was warm on the way up but starting feeling chilled coming back down. Porridge this morning.

 

[Dave7]

No change in the weather in the last two hours. Decision made, visibility potentially dangerous, miserably cold so staying in unless the sun comes out.

@Dave7 unfortunately we don't have Virgin but sounds great. I'm desperate to tour or get abroad again. 2019 my brain haemorrhage meant I missed the Majorca 312, 2020 Covid-19 cancelled a three week tour to Nice for the TDF depart. Although she wouldn't stop me I know Mrs P doesn't want me to solo tour because of the health thing. For me solo touring is the purest form of cycling but I have to respect her wishes and accept I'm done with that.

On the positive front my three best cycling buddies all want to UK, possibly Ireland, tour and we do have summer plans if the government will let us out to play. We all get on really well so it would be a barrel of laughs all the way.

Paul........just checked. Its channel 4 which is also on Freeview etc .

 

[PaulSB]

Paul........just checked. Its channel 4 which is also on Freeview etc .

Thanks. I'll have a look in breaks from the new jigsaw which looks to be today's central activity.

A dolphin. I've been given a dolphin jigsaw!! Gonna be a lot of blue and grey in this one. 😭

 

[Dave7]

Nearly forgot today's rant.
Wanted the new doorbell from Argos.
Bearing in mind I was togged up and ready to go.......
Tried to book 'click n collect'. It asked for a password which I don't have. Never needed one before.
So as I knew the catalogue ref I just went.
No chance.
Security on the door.
Click and collect only. Not possible to get in without the reference.
I asked "why doesn't it say that on the web site".
She said "don't blame me".
I sat in the car and tried to set a password etc......no chance.....it just kept denying it.
Grrrrhhhh

 

[Mo1959]

Nearly forgot today's rant.
Wanted the new doorbell from Argos.
Bearing in mind I was togged up and ready to go.......
Tried to book 'click n collect'. It asked for a password which I don't have. Never needed one before.
So as I knew the catalogue ref I just went.
No chance.
Security on the door.
Click and collect only. Not possible to get in without the reference.
I asked "why doesn't it say that on the web site".
She said "don't blame me".
I sat in the car and tried to set a password etc......no chance.....it just kept denying it.
Grrrrhhhh

It’s all these constant annoying things about Covid that wears you down I think. You just can’t seem to escape it at the moment. Here's hoping that at least the summer months will feel more relaxed.

We have the budget to look forward to today. Hopefully won’t affect us retirees too much.

 

[Dirk]

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If your feet are on the ground, you don't need the parachute.

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour hommes et femmes.
A quick question for you. Have you ever tried to phone the taxman lately? I have yesterday and after going through all the security questions and how to do it on line, what I want to query, etc.... the voice on the machine ask me to wait while they put me through to a human being. I waited 20 minutes and got fed up so hang up. I might try again today but will have to be patient I guess.
What happened to the days when you could talk to somebody right away .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Bonjour hommes et femmes.

What happened to the days when you could talk to somebody right away .

They're long gone.

 

[classic33]

Good morning all.
A miserable day here. Local forecast is thundery showers all day......no rain yet but very overcast.

Don't say you weren't warned!

 

[classic33]

@PaulSB, any idea on which part of Ireland you want to do?

 

[Mo1959]

It's not getting any warmer! Had another little leg stretch before lunch.