The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

That’s what I was thinking. It looks like a cross between a lighthouse and an air traffic control tower!

It makes me think of a hotel for some reason, it looks too chunky for a lighthouse, though thats probably what it is.

 

[Paulus]

I sometimes like unusual properties, but can’t say that does anything for me. Looks too industrial.

I hope the designers/builders have taken coastal erosion into account. It seems very close to the edge.

 

[Dirk]

I sometimes like unusual properties, but can’t say that does anything for me. Looks too industrial.

It's caused a lot of animosity around here.
The guy building it is a complete knob head. He had a perfectly nice house on the site originally (the programme is still on Channel 4OD) he's taken over 7 years to get this far and got himself into all sorts of serious debt, lost his marriage and peed off a lot of people along the way.
He put up site fencing along the coast road to shield the building site and completely blocked the view as you drove around the headland. Council ordered him to remove it 2 years ago - it's still there.
Wish it was just either finished or levelled.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It's caused a lot of animosity around here.
The guy building it is a complete knob head. He had a perfectly nice house on the site originally (the programme is still on Channel 4OD) he's taken over 7 years to get this far and got himself into all sorts of serious debt, lost his marriage and peed off a lot of people along the way.
He put up site fencing along the coast road to shield the building site and completely blocked the view as you drove around the headland. Council ordered him to remove it 2 years ago - it's still there.
Wish it was just either finished or levelled.

Have you put up a picture of it before? The story sounds familiar, though I don't remember the building.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Had a stroll along the SW coastal path at Downend this morning.

Croyde Bay
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Barnstaple Bay
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As featured on 'Grand Designs'.
£5m and counting........

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Is that going to be a HeliPad on the roof?

 

[Mo1959]

Is that going to be a HeliPad on the roof?

I was thinking that too.

 

[Dirk]

Have you put up a picture of it before? The story sounds familiar, though I don't remember the building.

The programme has been mentioned before.
It's still available on Channel 4 OD.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm back, it was cold in the wind, I'm glad I took my hat and gloves with me

 

[Dirk]

Today's matinee film is - 'Sink the Bismarck!'

 

[Tenkaykev]

I'm back, it was cold in the wind, I'm glad I took my hat and gloves with me

Went for a walk, 7k in total. It was quite chilly when we set out and scorchio (12 degrees) when we got back ☀️☀️

 

[oldwheels]

Funny thing happened on my way to get new trike tyres fitted this morning. A pheasant was standing at the roadside and did not attempt suicide when I passed. Not like them.
New tyres fitted just before the rain came on by my coal merchant at his new campsite.
This only the second year of attempted operation and he has not seriously advertised but tells me the site is fully booked for the whole summer.
Strange battleship grey catamaran lurking inshore and then out in mid sound. No markings to be seen but looks like what my old drinking buddy the admiral described as belonging to the Grey Funnel Line.
There has been a lot of testing of remote control subs been going on around her recently. They are probably training to attack somebody somewhere in the near future but we will not learn about this until after the event.
French fishing boats should mebbe be getting a bit nervous.

 

[12boy]

Yep......it seems that every morning I find myself having to work out what day it is.

I don't have to work it out at all.....I use my 2 week pill receptacle to keep me aware. Aside from what businesses are open and the 3 bills that aren't on autopay it makes no difference to me.
Mrs 12 seemed better yesterday since the cancer doc threatened her with a brain MRI if she didn't. Ate fairly normally and managed to watch a little TV, in spite of becoming very upset about the villain who killed 10 people at a Boulder Colorado grocery store. The store is a mile from where my oldest and his wife were living not long ago and her office is nearby too. One of the benefits of Covid seems to be a decrease in mass shootings but this is the second in a month. It is sad we can't have the kind of gun restrictions you have.
Be safe and well.

 

[12boy]

My aged pooch, who without a watch, knows exactly when her dinner is to be served, expects a bite of egg if we have one, and gets indignant if her biscuits don't appear after her last trip outside at night. I was discussing this with my wife who said "you are exactly the same with your routines". She is too. It's funny how cranky I get if my routines are disrupted, and I've come to dislike traveling because of it. I guess it is all part of attaining true curmudgeon status.

 

[BoldonLad]

Second youngest daughter "volunteered" me to "fix" a bicycle for a friend who has been infected with "Covid Cycling Delusions".

Can't the Younger Generation even inflate a tyre?

The Bicycle is a Townsend Beartooth, I think, "entry level" is being kind. Not sure how old it is, but, my guess is 30+ years, it has indexed gears on rear but, not front.

A trip to Halfords for a new tyre (has probably quadrupled value of the bike), and, bit of cleaning, adjusting, lubricating, today, and, it is rideable

 

[Dave7]

@Dave7 you are quite close to me and we have my Dad's old portable wheelchair ramp in the garage
it is basically two metal tracks that expand to provide a ramp to get in and out of the house easily

If they would be of any use to you let me know - I could bring them round for you to look at if it would help

That is very kind of you...........very much appreciated.
MrsD told me earlier that its likely that the hospital/NHS will provide one but I don't know if that is true. I will not hesitate to take up your offer if they don't.
Thanks.