The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

So my gas story. We have British Gas Homecare. Once a year an engineer turns up and services the boiler. This particular time the engineer was a similar age to me, BG all his life, very experienced.

He arrives and says "I can smell gas in your porch." Shuts everything down. Makes a call and inside two hours there's a team digging up our backyard.

When we bought our house in 1982 the gas meter was in the back room. The gas main came underneath our porch, through an 18-24" stone wall and in to the meter. We had this moved to outside in the backyard.

BG dug up the backyard, found the original gas feed in to the house. The feed was still open and had never been blanked off. For approximately 36 years we had a live uncapped gas main underneath our porch floor.........BOOM.

Guess who moved the gas meter for us? British Gas.

After digging up the backyard it took three weeks for BG to fill in the hole. They have one team that digs holes. A different team follows round filling in the holes.

Did you ever wonder why your gas bill was high ?

 

[Dirk]

Dinner would be supper up here. Dinner being a Midday meal.

Do you still eat using your fingers up there?

 

[classic33]

Do you still eat using your fingers up there?

Depends on what's on the plate.

Fish and chips, only fingers, never a fork. Much less a knife as well!

 

[Dave7]

Why is Marmite such a bone of contention ? I must try it and see what all the fuss is about. Can anybody recommend a good brand of oven chips ? My Mrs got some a while ago and I threw out the box/bag before taking a note of the brand. They were delicious, Can't identify them in the aisles. They came with a sheet of paper to line the baking tray I think. Have a fierce hankering for chips , fish fingers n beans drowned in vinegar n salt. I am going mad ( madder )

Aunt Bessies are good.
I buy Aldi's own. They have a good selection but tbh some are not good so I stick with the traditional style.
BTW, although we buy "oven" chips I do them in an air fryer.

 

[Dave7]

Morning gang .
How are things with you.
OK Dirk ?? How's it hanging this morning?
Up early again, listening to Tony on SoTS.
Just enjoyed coffee.
I may get a walk in later.

An update on MrsD (if I may).
We are discussing a wheel chair. No one wants that but with Spring arriving but if that is the only way then so be it
Shame really......in 6 months she has gone from a healthy, strong woman to one that can't walk.....I've said it before but this virus is a real bastard.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
I've been awake since 04.45.
Listening now to TB on the radio.
It's a grey start to the day here, with a touch of frost on the grass.
Time to make some more tea

 

[PaulSB]

Crikey is everyone else having a lay in? Morning Daves. Morning Paulus. Grey and a bit dismal outside. 4⁰ already though. I notice the birds aren't singing. What do they know that I don't?

I'll do an hour's jigsaw shortly. Probably pop out to buy a new track pump but might ask for CC recommendations first. My good one is nackered and the replacement I bought 5-6 months ago is shite.

Not much else to report. More coffee ☕ I think.

Oh yes. Forgot. The world has gone mad. Utterly crazy. The first ever "tweet" is up for sale in an online auction. The current winning bid is $100,000. Apparently the tweet belongs to Jack Dorsey and is locked in a secure digital vault.

You couldn't make it up. Who are these fruitcakes? I'll happily accept $100,000 for my first ever CC post.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Dave7]

Crikey is everyone else having a lay in? Morning Daves. Morning Paulus. Grey and a bit dismal outside. 4⁰ already though. I notice the birds aren't singing. What do they know that I don't?

I'll do an hour's jigsaw shortly. Probably pop out to buy a new track pump but might ask for CC recommendations first. My good one is nackered and the replacement I bought 5-6 months ago is shite.

Not much else to report. More coffee ☕ I think.

Oh yes. Forgot. The world has gone mad. Utterly crazy. The first ever "tweet" is up for sale in an online auction. The current winning bid is $100,000. Apparently the tweet belongs to Jack Dorsey and is locked in a secure digital vault.

You couldn't make it up. Who are these fruitcakes? I'll happily accept $100,000 for my first ever CC post.

For your 1st post I will start the bidding at 1p BUT it must be locked in a secure vault.

 

[PaulSB]

For your 1st post I will start the bidding at 1p BUT it must be locked in a secure vault.

Well as you're clearly interested perhaps we could cut to the chase and agree a price now. I'm prepared to meet you halfway between your 1p and my $100,000. It seems fair as you would be saving $50,000.

I'll encrypt it now, Paypal the cash to me and I'll post the password in here for you. Deal??

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooeee. -1 here. Ooh It's the weekend .

Stay safe folks

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Looks like a nice sunny day today
Off for a walk down to the village first thing.

 

[Juan Kog]

Morning all

Looks like a nice sunny day today
Off for a walk down to the village first thing.

8 am is not first thing .

 

[BoldonLad]

Do you still eat using your fingers up there?

Is there another way to eat chips?