The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Morning. Waste of time going to bed as I saw every hour. I can’t switch my brain off.

Oh well, the birds are singing so daylight won’t be far away. Another chilly and dull day with the chance of a shower but will be fine for walking.

 

[Dave7]

Morning. Waste of time going to bed as I saw every hour. I can’t switch my brain off.

Oh well, the birds are singing so daylight won’t be far away. Another chilly and dull day with the chance of a shower but will be fine for walking.

A shower would be good as I got a strong whiff while reading that

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

According to my westher station we had 8mm ofmrain overnight.

 

[Dave7]

Hello all.
In bed late (for me) but still woke at 0530 .
An Aldi dash is planned for 0745.... I do not feel like it.
A cold start but it seems to be warming up.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Doggie walking on Croyde beach this morning and picking up a newspaper in Georgeham on the way through.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. A bit murky here but warmer than it was yesterday .

Stay safe folks.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow virus dodgers.

A damp, grey start to the day here.

It's first jab day for MrsP and my good self. The community pharmacy near us uses the Astra zenica (sp) vaccine, so a good start to the day. Our names obviously came to the top of the list as we got a letter from the NHS on Monday to book, and then on Tuesday we both got a text message from our doctors surgery to book, but using a different location. As we had already booked we declined the second offer.

The dog has got a sore eye for some reason and is looking a bit down in the paw.

Stay safe everyone

 

[Tenkaykev]

I have risen!

According to my westher station we had 8mm ofmrain overnight.

Any recommendations?
I’ve been thinking of getting a weather station. A work colleague had quite a sophisticated expensive one. Of course, being maintenance guys we had a look when one of the parts broke. It was quite ingeniously simple.
EDIT:
I’ve done a site search and discovered the “ Amateur Meteorological Thread” with your recent posting 👍😎

 

[PaulSB]

Hello people. A touch grey and a few rain drops, 5⁰ and looks like the sun will appear soon. The birds are almost hoarse. Starlings are nesting under the eves making regular trips, next door I'm relieved to say.

Our wren has appeared, he is so busy - they build multiple nests and the female choses one which she lines with moss, grass, feathers etc. Pretty much like our house......I do all the DIY, rubbing down, painting etc. Mrs P browses the web and orders soft furnishings.

Slept till 7.10. A good thing. Busy day ahead, club kit to deliver to friend, pick up Cervelo from LBS, many minor odds and ends. Then the one I'm not sure of:

The only person I remain in contact from school organises a quarterly reunion on Zoom. Started in 2020. Although we are rarely in touch we remain good friends. I've avoided these for a year, each time my excuse has been I cycle on that day. He knows I don't ride on Thursdays and arranged today's to fit with this. Over the last 10 days people have been emailing a potted history of their life.........I'm not looking forward to this!

 

[gavroche]

We've got hills in North Devon.

And you have even more potholes than hills.

 

[BoldonLad]

Hello people. A touch grey and a few rain drops, 5⁰ and looks like the sun will appear soon. The birds are almost hoarse. Starlings are nesting under the eves making regular trips, next door I'm relieved to say.

Our wren has appeared, he is so busy - they build multiple nests and the female choses one which she lines with moss, grass, feathers etc. Pretty much like our house......I do all the DIY, rubbing down, painting etc. Mrs P browses the web and orders soft furnishings.

Slept till 7.10. A good thing. Busy day ahead, club kit to deliver to friend, pick up Cervelo from LBS, many minor odds and ends. Then the one I'm not sure of:

The only person I remain in contact from school organises a quarterly reunion on Zoom. Started in 2020. Although we are rarely in touch we remain good friends. I've avoided these for a year, each time my excuse has been I cycle on that day. He knows I don't ride on Thursdays and arranged today's to fit with this. Over the last 10 days people have been emailing a potted history of their life.........I'm not looking forward to this!

Reunions... interesting.

Personally, I have never attended one. But, one of my drinking pals is an avid “attender”. He goes to reunions of school, workplaces, clubs. Last year he became quite depressed after attending a works reunion of one of his former jobs. The numbers attending had dwindled from 30+ to 3, (my Pal is 81, so, his ex work mates are similar age). My advice was, don’t go. No doubt reunions this year were cancelled due to Covid, so, perhaps the problem has solved itself.

 

[Sterlo]

We've got hills in North Devon.

We've got hills in Yorkshire, just not in the East Riding part of it

 

[numbnuts]

Hi again

 

[pawl]

York is on a plain. It's 40 years since I lived there but from what I recall you can stay flat for many, many miles. The serious stuff happens in the Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors. It is glorious.........start practicing now and you'll be fine.

York is on a plain Where is it moving too. Oops silly me.Wrong ✈️