The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

I was $42.00 dollars down on my stocks and shares. Luckily they are starting to go back up. Phew

 

[PaulSB]

It's turned in to a beautiful sunny but windy afternoon. My cycle club is now Covid secure.

Just been to check last week's seed sowing and lettuce, broccoli, purple sprouting and peas are on the way. I've sown black Kale today.

ALDI dash next.

It didn't escape my attention that some of you had the audacity to question my shed. I wouldn't say I was hurt, perhaps a little offended but I'll shrug it off. My shed is OK, I think. 🤔

 

[numbnuts]

My bread machine stopped working as the bearings seized up a couple of years ago and now just use a Kenwood to mix the dough and the rest is easy but needs attention.

My bearing went too, I also have a Kenwood, but I thought the machine is so easy so bought another one

 

[GM]

G'day all... Been tidying the garden up a bit this morning until rain stopped play, forgot how sharp Pyracantha's can be, ouch! We've got a green bin collection in the morning so had to fill it up.

Enjoy the rest of your day folks!

 

[gavroche]

Looks nice.
No rain ???

Not at the moment cos I am not there but back in 3 weeks so get your umbrellas ready.

 

[gavroche]

I managed to paint half the decking before running out of paint. Screwfix only had one 2.5 litres left so I used that. I also took Molly round the lake in Rhyl and it was very windy.
Yesterday, I installed the second security camera on the side of the house but it gets a weak wifi signalled there so I may have to move the router from upstairs to downstairs to get it a bit closer.

 

[classic33]

I realised something the other night and it shook me. To illustrate it I will ask a question and you need to select the answer immediately without actually calculating it...

I am 65 years old. How many months have I been alive?

1. 6,500
2. 7,200
3. 8,000

And the answer is - none of the above! Covid-19 has been going for 15 months already but I went from baby to (nearly) a pensioner in only 780 months!

Even more scary... Even if I live to be 100, I only have 420 months left!!!


I used to buy 12" pizzas from my local takeaway which were 50% thicker, with 5 or 6 toppings. I'd eat the whole pizza in one sitting, with about 20 olives added!

"None of the above" isn't an optional answer though.

 

[12boy]

I have had 3 chiro visits since Wednesday last week because I was too impatient to let my lower back heal completely since my Wednesday back blowout. After all the snowy weather it is finally ok for riding but I can only now just walk a bit. How digruntling.
It is looking like the nausea and vertigo troubling my wife was not caused by her cancer meds nor is a tumor but rather a delayed reaction to the Pfizer vaccine. She will still have a brain MRI on Monday, but unless I do more lumbar stupidity I should be able to drive her.
Gorgeous pics, Dirk. No scampering doggie, though.
Polar bears are very photogenic but are relentless and cunning hunters. They will eat whatever they can catch, including us, of course. Apparently their hair is hollow and transmits light to their black skin. Solar heating.
Be well and safe.

 

[classic33]

Cooooeee. I am back. We did our chopping this morning as the electricity was going to be off for maintainance for about 6 hours. Just came back on.

Chicken and bacon sandwich for us today from Morriston. I am expecting the boys to be here as they know we have lots of grub including donuts for them.

Are the two things connected?
As in did the first lead to the second.

 

[classic33]

It's turned in to a beautiful sunny but windy afternoon. My cycle club is now Covid secure.

Just been to check last week's seed sowing and lettuce, broccoli, purple sprouting and peas are on the way. I've sown black Kale today.

ALDI dash next.

It didn't escape my attention that some of you had the audacity to question my shed. I wouldn't say I was hurt, perhaps a little offended but I'll shrug it off. My shed is OK, I think. 🤔

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Is that a 5p piece under that seat?

 

[welsh dragon]

Are the two things connected?
As in did the first lead to the second.

Shopping. Dam

 

[ColinJ]

"None of the above" isn't an optional answer though.

That was deliberate. The idea was to get people to quickly go with their gut feeling, not to suggest that those numbers are way out.

I was a bit shaken by how low the number is when I worked it out. A month doesn't really seem that long so to realise that average life expectancy in the UK these days is only about 950 months for males and 1,000 months for females is a bit scary!

 

[welsh dragon]

The weather is turning horrible here now. High winds, and pelting down with sideways rain.

 

[ColinJ]

The weather is turning horrible here now. High winds, and pelting down with sideways rain.

I nipped out on my lumpy Metro loop earlier. I set off in sunshine. There was a chilly wind, which suddenly blew rain showers in, and then that turned to hail. Later, we got more sunshine!

 

[ColinJ]

I've emailed the shop. It will be interesting to see if they reply. I emailed 3 or 4 other bike shops about this before the pandemic and not one of them replied. I don't know why companies publish email addresses if nobody actually bothers to do anything with the emails that they receive!

I have now received a helpful email back from them, so all being well I will take my bike over there in April!