The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
It's a grey cloudy start to the day here.
MrsP has a Zoom call with her friend in Australia at 9.
I have the dog walking duties.
My ex colleagues from work are working nearby based at a local station this weekend (engineering work on the railway), so a bimble on the bike to where the messing facilities are based for a natter and catch up, also to scrounge a cup of tea
Stay safe everyone

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. A beautiful day has dawned though it's cold. Sun and cold is fine, much better than warm and wet.

I'm going to polish my car for the first time in a year. I've noticed minor scratches I hope will polish out. Usually I do this 3-4 times a year but the last 12 months.........nah.

We have children visiting by rota this weekend, No 3 son + granddaughter for tea today, No 1 + partner tomorrow for a walk, we will visit No 2 on Monday.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Forgot.
I took MrsD out in the wheel chair yesterday. Quite an experience. Up and down pavements. Over cobbled sections. Not as easy as I imagined to push someone around in it.

Its a good fitness workout, made more interesting by the crap uneven pavements. Last year we had some good outings, I'd put the wheelchair in the back of the car and we'd go out to a local park, Coventry's memorial park, Jephson Gardens and the bandstand gardens in Leamington and St Nickolas Park in Warwick, I'm hoping the physios can get my Good Lady walking well enough to do it again later this year.

 

[PaulSB]

Not too far back.

You should know there's no door knocking allowed. Or visits to private property for non essential purposes.

Hadn't thought of that but a visit was certainly the pre-Covid routine.

BTW - the chippy was like a madhouse - not many customers in the shop but the staff - 8 of them - were running round like blue A****d flies sorting out deliveries - mostly involving fish!!!

One local chippy does online orders only for click and collect. At around 8.00pm Thursday they had stopped taking orders for Friday - sold out!!!

A sold out chippy? Would you ever have thought of that?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Pete, one of my cycling friends, is 80 today, and he's still riding around a 100 miles a week.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. It's here. Lots of frost

Supposed to be 2 deg here, but I don't believe that for a moment.

Stay safe folks.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Hey ho! What to do today?

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Baltic with icy windscreens again but the sun is out so it should warm up before long. Lovely clear sky for my early walk.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Lovely daffs Mo!

today is quite busy - have to go for a ride - because
also some shopping needs doing - emergency as we are almost out of Ketchup!!!!

Oh - and some veg and spuds and chicken - but the ketchup is the most critical

 

[oldwheels]

Forgot.
I took MrsD out in the wheel chair yesterday. Quite an experience. Up and down pavements. Over cobbled sections. Not as easy as I imagined to push someone around in it.

One tip you may already have thought of. Mark your name or some other id in an inconspicuous place. If you have to go somewhere and the wheelchair has to be left temporarily it is sometimes assumed to belong to the surgery or hospital and gets borrowed. With a hidden id you can prove it is yours if need be.

 

[oldwheels]

Another nice morning and up the garden early to open the sheds to dry out inside. Did not even need a jacket. Notable was the complete silence. Even the pigeons seem to have shut up. Either that or I am getting more deaf than usual.
Need to make sure it is sorted before the end of May as I must hear the cuckoo before that to ensure another year. Too early yet but early morning is best. So many houses have been built around me that the bird does not come as close as in the past.
A cheerful old sod who lived in a flat above one of our shops used to come down if there was a particularly nice day and intone " we'll pey for this". According to the forecast we will indeed pay for it over the next week.

 

[oldwheels]

Pete, one of my cycling friends is 80 today, and he's still riding around a 100 miles a week.

I remember it well being able to do just that, mainly off road.

 

[Mo1959]

Another nice morning and up the garden early to open the sheds to dry out inside. Did not even need a jacket. Notable was the complete silence. Even the pigeons seem to have shut up. Either that or I am getting more deaf than usual.
Need to make sure it is sorted before the end of May as I must hear the cuckoo before that to ensure another year. Too early yet but early morning is best. So many houses have been built around me that the bird does not come as close as in the past.
A cheerful old sod who lived in a flat above one of our shops used to come down if there was a particularly nice day and intone " we'll pey for this". According to the forecast we will indeed pay for it over the next week.

I usually hear my first cuckoo around 14/15th of the month.

 

[Dave7]

I usually hear my first cuckoo around 14/15th of the month.

Makes me feel a bit sad tbh. We used to hear a cuckoo regularly, then with all houses being built it went away.
Progress eh