The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Our baling twine is hideous orange poly. As one of my LSD aficiando amigos once said...Orange would be a nice color if there wasn't so much purple in it.
Great ride on the Brompton although some zip ties holding the saddlebag on failed so repairs were made.
If a man was alone in a forest and said something his wife would still know he was wrong.
Tenkaykev, I loved your verse.

Orange baling twine!
You still using that old stuff?

 

[welsh dragon]

Will you be cooking the egg!

A master chef cannot divulge her secrets.

 

[classic33]

I remember baling twine with nostalgia. I don't suppose it is easy to get nowadays as bales not wrapped in polythene are not common. It was used for all sorts of things like holding up your trousers or as a belt round an old coat used for working out on wet days and more commonly nicky tams.
Nicky tams for the uninitiated were tied round your trouser legs just below the knee to raise the hem up a bit out of the mud. The posh ones were leather but the common herd just used baler twine.

Still used in the wrapped bales. About two dozen cords approximately fifteen foot long each. Normally blue.

 

[classic33]

A master chef cannot divulge her secrets.

There's not much to divulge if the egg is being given raw.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. A 3 degrees here. At least it’s dry. Off for a wander.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
Cool and grey this morning, a bit of a change from the last couple of days.

Oven repair person is arriving after 8am. It's only the bulb that has gone, but I can't get the cover off to replace it.
It's covered by a repair scheme anyway.

Sainsbury's delivery this afternoon, and I will take a bimble on the bike to try to get some more M+S cheese and Marmite buns.

Living the dream

Stay safe everyone

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Dave7]

A master chef cannot divulge her secrets.

I am sure you can do a (very hard) boiled egg along with the best of them.

 

[Dave7]

WoW. In bed and asleep by 10.00 and woke at 0600.....a good kip.
Just a few bits n bobs to do.
The auntie came home a few days ago and needs some money, which I have so I will take that round.
MrsDs carer will be here shortly.
@dave r we have decided we do not require the afternoon or 'bed time' visits so will be stopping them as soon as we are certain.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

WoW. In bed and asleep by 10.00 and woke at 0600.....a good kip.
Just a few bits n bobs to do.
The auntie came home a few days ago and needs some money, which I have so I will take that round.
MrsDs carer will be here shortly.
@dave r we have decided we do not require the afternoon or 'bed time' visits so will be stopping them as soon as we are certain.

Thats what we did, we started out with four visits a day and reduced it so we only get the morning visit now, the carer gets my Good lady washed and dressed and moves her to the settee.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

On the look out for April Fool jokes.
Any good ones?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook memories, Lol

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Is the saying "white rabbits" for the beginning of the month? I could be wrong of course and probably am

Dull and overcast here. 4 deg. Oh well. That's summer over then.

Stay safe folks

 

[Dave7]

Morning. Is the saying "white rabbits" for the beginning of the month? I could be wrong of course and probably am

Dull and overcast here. 4 deg. Oh well. That's summer over then.

Stay safe folks

6° on Monday apparently.
That will be MINUS 6° for Mo and Oldwheels.