The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

@Dirk I thought you might like to know that the French word for potholes is " Nid de poules" which means Hen's nest. You must have plenty of hens in Devon then.

 

[Dirk]

@Dirk I thought you might like to know that the French word for potholes is " Nid de poules" which means Hen's nest. You must have plenty of hens in Devon then.

Gert big 'uns!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Gert big 'uns!

I used to know a girl called Gert Bigguns

 

[ColinJ]

There is one “ game” app that I find enchanting, “ Monument Valley “ on the iPad. It’s a puzzle game where you have to guide a young cartoon girl through a series of geometric landscapes. The accompanying soundtrack is gentle and calming.

Checks Google Play Store... Yes, available for Android too.

Wow - that looks stunning! I don't even aspire to creating something as sophisticated as that. Mind you, the studio spent $1,400,000 developing it, so you would expect it to be good... They made over $14,000,000 in the first 2 years after its launch.

Don't stop or alter the timing of the medication, just put up with no milk in the cuppa. The safer option.

I definitely wouldn't mess with the warfarin just to enjoy a cuppa, but I wouldn't enjoy the tea without milk. I might get away with half the amount of milk though. I'll try that tonight.

What happened to this new "rota/timetable" you said you were going to be sticking to, to help you sleep?

I know...

This lot logging back in, unable to sleep, before I go to bed... that doesn't help! I dread lying there staring at the ceiling for hours - I did too much of that in the past. In those days the only way I could be assured of shutting my mind down was to drink 5 or 6 pints of beer and I'm not going back to that. My wallet can't afford the booze, and my mind and body definitely can't either!

I'm going to have to wean myself off the late nights. Okay, tonight... bed by 03:00, lights out by 03:45. Let's see how that goes! If that works, I'll try 02:30/03:15 and so on. I'd be happy going to sleep at 01:00. With that, I'd be getting up at 08:00 and having plenty of time to do what I want to do in daylight.

 

[12boy]

Classic 33...it took my neighbor about an hour and a half to go from his place to Bear Trap Meadow which is a mile or so past the top, and maybe 8 miles from his place. Not only would he do this on a recumbent but at other times a Montague Paratrooper with enough stuff in panniers to make it weigh 60 lbs. He loves that kind of pain. Now his leg has healed he says he will be riding again.

 

[BoldonLad]

Finished on the allotment, about two hours tomorrow should see the essentials finished.

Time to shower, lunch - naan bread, tuna, gherkins, cuppa - and prepare for the reunion.

Any tips on how I can take ten years off my appearance? In an hour........

If I recall, you said it was a Zoom re-union?, get one of your sons to sit infront of the webcam ?

 

[gavroche]

Driving back to the potholes on Saturday and I am very likely to stay until the end of the month .
I am taking my bike with me this time and hope the weather will improve.
Our daughter won't be moving house until the third week of April apparently but we should come home before that as she is using a removing firm.
My wife has been there since the beginning of December and is ready to come home now, it all depends how our daughter will react to the radio therapy.

 

[pawl]

for tripe
And
for curried tripe

Welcome to Marmite appreciation

 

[PaulSB]

If I recall, you said it was a Zoom re-union?, get one of your sons to sit infront of the webcam ?

Get this man the prize!!!! My eldest actually looks very like me as a young man.......................you know incredibly handsome

 

[numbnuts]

for tripe
And
for curried tripe

We use to have tripe as a child, my Mum said it was offal, she was very polite, I couldn't stomach it now

 

[Dave7]

Get this man the prize!!!! My eldest actually looks very like me as a young man.......................you know incredibly handsome

The word oxymoron comes to mind

 

[oldwheels]

Are you sure

Heathenish mixture even tho' I like haggis and also marmite but not together. Yuk.

 

[oldwheels]

I've just found something that makes me think maybe Marmite isn't that bad after all.
Curried tripe recipe | Food | The Guardian

Tripe needs something to add taste so why not. Nothing much can be done about the texture tho'.

 

[Dirk]

Bought myself a new watch.
@Dave7 - You're into diving aren't you? This is a 1960 British submariners service watch apparently.
What do you reckon?

 

[classic33]

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Whoever owns those feet, doesn't do that job. Lace up boots, clean as well!

The perfect footwear to allow warm tar into the inner, where the foot is. Doubt they're steel toecapped either.