The Retirement Thread

[monkers]

Unfortunately I have to keep taking the tablets.

Although one per day is the standard dose, taking two per day provides the additional benefit that it prevents gentlemen from rolling out of bed at night.

 

[Tenkaykev]

A question of a horticultural nature, perhaps @PaulSB might know the answer. My Calathea eventually died, it had lasted for over a year and had seemed to be thriving. I followed the correct watering recommendations. A few months ago we were given a coffee bean plant as a gift from one of our sons. It came in a large coffee mug and that too seemed to be thriving. My watering protocol was the same as for the Calathea, once a week I'd put the plant pot in a dish and add rainwater covering the bottom inch or two of the pot using rainwater at room temperature, leave it to drink for an hour or two and top up the water in the dish if necessary. I'd also mist the leaves with rainwater a couple of times a week but late last year it the leaves started to discolour and get dry and crumbly and eventually died.
The coffee bean plant has grown a bit and it was repotted and thriving, but now some of the leaves are starting to turn dry and crumbly instead of shiny green.
One thing that popped in to my mind was the water aspect. I installed a new water butt last year. It is fed from the garden shed along a length of guttering and into the butt. I wonder if the rainwater is being contaminated by the roofing creosote used to stick the roofing felt and joints and slowly poisoning the plants?🤔

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Although one per day is the standard dose, taking two per day provides the additional benefit that it prevents gentlemen from rolling out of bed at night.

That particular brand of tablet is of no use to me, it has no effect on me at all, to much damage, but I'm told that they are very useful in the old folks home, not only does it stop the old boys from falling out of bed, but but it also stops them from peeing on their shoes.

 

[monkers]

That particular brand of tablet is of no use to me, it has no effect on me at all, to much damage, but I'm told that they are very useful in the old folks home, not only does it stop the old boys from falling out of but but it also stops them from peeing on their shoes.

Sincerely I'm sorry to hear of your health problem. It's very sporting of you to follow that up with the joke. x

 

[oldwheels]

Hate to post this so late but MrsD has had her scan results.
Sadly 2 problems.
Breast cancer confirmed. They are planning to move quickly but it will be a day or 2 before we know exactly what they will do.
The other problem is compression in the spine. They had planned to transfer her to Liverpool Walton Neuro but then the cancer took precedence .
As I have said.....I am not after sympathy.
Stay strong my friends and sleep well.

Wife of a friend of mine had a double mastectomy about 10 years ago followed by radiotherapy and chemo. Took a while but she is recovered completely now so it is not the total disaster it once was.
Best wishes to you both and stay strong.

 

[oldwheels]

Crikey, can’t get my car MOT till 13th April! It runs out on 23rd March. Shouldn't need to use it anyway.

I did that once when I had to make an urgent trip and discovered I had no MOT which would also invalidate the insurance. Down to the local garage in a panic and they did it in time for me to get off legally on the ferry. Since they get all my business and my son employed some family members in fish cage construction I was due a favour.

 

[oldwheels]

....or you could just wait and see what everyone else puts out, unless your neighbours are like the doughball along the road that has put their brown one out today even although it’s next Tuesday!

Or be like some of the holiday homes near me who put all the bins out regardless but never take them in when or if they are emptied.

 

[oldwheels]

They normally leave us a calendar which we stick up in the kithen. Its colour coded black one week, blue/green next week. Not had this years so hope they leave it Thursday.

They save money here by making you print out your own calendar if you want one.

 

[classic33]

They save money here by making you print out your own calendar if you want one.

The double up round these parts. The council send one out, as do the waste company. One year they'll match each other.

 

[welsh dragon]

Wel I seem to have missed a lot of smutty talk this afternoon.

Another night of sod all on I suppose

 

[oldwheels]

Seemed to be a very busy day today.
Forecast was sunny and light wind so off down to my alternative route on Loch na Keal. Decided to go a bit further to the top of the hill overlooking the Treshnish Isles for a photo but it proved to be too misty so had to abandon that and had a trike run further down instead.
Nearly all the holiday homes down there had cars parked at them and my neighbour tells me that motorhomes are lined up along the road verges down at the south end of the island.
So much for restricting travel to near home. There is talk now of banning non essential travel to the islands but this is shutting the stable door too late.
Met the roofing guy who said he would come this afternoon to fix my shed roof. Still waiting.

 

[classic33]

Wel I seem to have missed a lot of smutty talk this afternoon.

Another night of sod all on I suppose

You trying to say it's warm down west Wales?

 

[welsh dragon]

You trying to say it's warm down west Wales?

It was..and tomorrow is supposed to be another nice day.

 

[numbnuts]

Wel I seem to have missed a lot of smutty talk this afternoon.

Another night of sod all on I suppose

I never wear any thing in bed, not unless it is really cold or I'm ill

 

[Paulus]

I never wear any thing in bed, not unless it is really cold or I'm ill

If it is very cold I wear a pair of swimmers and a T shirt. Otherwise I sleep in the buff. Not a pretty site probably, but I am naturally a warm person and don't suffer from the cold.
MrsP reckons the only time I will be cold is when I'm departing this mortal coil.