The Retirement Thread

[Juan Kog]

That is truly awful

Started to rain here as well and the sky is dark.

Good I hope the storm is followed by pestilence and a plague of locusts .But I’m not bitter or angry about you rubbishing my joke Last night. ....................

 

[Deleted member 1258]

@Dave7 I'm pleased to hear Mrs D is improving.

@dave r how is your Mrs D fairing? @Mo1959 how's the wrist?

My Good lady is about the same physically, the physio is here twice a week doing good work with her trying to get her mobile,we're trying to get her assessed for a knee replacement. Mentally she's much improved and a lot brighter and more cheerful. I think its a long road we're walking.

 

[PaulSB]

Finished my morning stretches. I've skipped the last four days, stiff as a plank today. Ouch!

We have a small nature reserve about 7-800 metres from the house, just on the edge of the village. Amongst many other creatures we have deer, kingfishers and badgers. The badgers sett has been dug out sometime in the last few days. The Wildlife Protection Police Officer is visiting today at 11.00.

I do hope the police get the barstewards who have done this.

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959 how's the wrist?

6 weeks today since I fell and no where near back to normal but much better than it was. Time for some gentle strengthening/stretching now I think as a lot of the discomfort is probably stiffness.

 

[PaulSB]

My Good lady is about the same physically, the physio is here twice a week doing good work with her trying to get her mobile,we're trying to get her assessed for a knee replacement. Mentally she's much improved and a lot brighter and more cheerful. I think its a long road we're walking.

Obviously the physical side is very important but I feel the mental one is even more so. Feeling down and fed up stops us trying to get better.

This is great news Dave as it's so important to keep battling these things.

 

[PaulSB]

6 weeks today since I fell and no where near back to normal but much better than it was. Time for some gentle strengthening/stretching now I think as a lot of the discomfort is probably stiffness.

Yep, though I'm far from expert I think this would be right. Good luck.

 

[numbnuts]

Currently sat outside the jab centre waiting for MrsD to come out.
They are running ahead of time, so it's straight in - straight out.

Yeah they don't leave the needle in there for long

 

[PaulSB]

Right then. I have to drag my slightly less stiff body in to action. Just remembered I was supposed to inspect the village orchard yesterday, sounds grand.....we have 14 fruit trees!!! Must do that next and then it's banana loaf time.........I can almost taste it.

Great thing about making your own cake is you get the bowl to lick out afterwards. Used to fight like cat and dog with my sister over that when Mum had been baking. 😂😂

Possibly I'm regressing this morning......🤔

 

[Mo1959]

Right then. I have to drag my slightly less stiff body in to action. Just remembered I was supposed to inspect the village orchard yesterday, sounds grand.....we have 14 fruit trees!!!

My dad had some lovely apple trees. He did lots of grafting too so had lots of varieties. I bought him one for his birthday years ago called Katy. It was a lovely, sweet crunchy apple and always got a good crop. Sadly there was a lot of waste as he had so many.

 

[welsh dragon]

My dad had some lovely apple trees. He did lots of grafting too so had lots of varieties. I bought him one for his birthday years ago called Katy. It was a lovely, sweet crunchy apple and always got a good crop. Sadly there was a lot of waste as he had so many.

Our apple trees and pear trees and cherry trees are bloomin rubbish. .

We get some fruit setting but then the frost
Gets them or the dam birds and we get sod all.

 

[Mo1959]

Our apple trees and pear trees and cherry trees are bloomin rubbish. .

We get some fruit setting but then the frost
Gets them or the dam birds and we get sod all.

I don’t think it would be very easy to cover trees with a net either to protect them. Once they were ripe the wasps used to go for dads too.

 

[Dave7]

My Good lady is about the same physically, the physio is here twice a week doing good work with her trying to get her mobile,we're trying to get her assessed for a knee replacement. Mentally she's much improved and a lot brighter and more cheerful. I think its a long road we're walking.

Dave, I don't know what the underlying problem is but... will a knee replacement enable her to get up and about ?

 

[welsh dragon]

I don’t think it would be very easy to cover trees with a net either to protect them. Once they were ripe the wasps used to go for dads too.

I know. Wasps are a real pest.

 

[Dave7]

Finished my morning stretches. I've skipped the last four days, stiff as a plank today. Ouch!

We have a small nature reserve about 7-800 metres from the house, just on the edge of the village. Amongst many other creatures we have deer, kingfishers and badgers. The badgers sett has been dug out sometime in the last few days. The Wildlife Protection Police Officer is visiting today at 11.00.

I do hope the police get the barstewards who have done this.

Sounds fantastic.....apart from the last bit.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Dave, I don't know what the underlying problem is but... will a knee replacement enable her to get up and about ?

Most of the problem is arthritis in her knee, its badly swollen, sore and she can't straighten it, it affects her posture, she does stand strange. She should be having a steroid injection in her knee but its been delayed because she had the jab, apparently they won't do it straight after the jab and she's having to wait two to four weeks before she has it.