The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Hells teeth it’s started snowing and the bird feeders need refilling They will have to wait g

Get out there and fill them.
What are you, man or mouse!!

 

[Dave7]

Can we ask why she has left her bloomers at yours???
I mean - we have visitors - but they don't normally leave underwear behind!

Put it this way...... .
She had to leave in a hurry

 

[Dave7]

You should be honoured to have then taking up room in your wardrobe.

I am, I really am.
Bit embarrassing though as I told MrsD they are mine so I have to wear them occasionally

 

[welsh dragon]

I am, I really am.
Bit embarrassing though as I told MrsD they are mine so I have to wear them occasionally

I nearly spit coffee out then

 

[Dave7]

Morning all... I was helping the boy out yesterday to finish a job he's doing by hanging a couple of doors. Got all set up and the boooooomb, my 40 year old Elu planer died on me, so a cheap replacement and try again today.

This came up on my FB this morning, made me chuckle....

Yesterday my daughter e-mailed me AGAIN, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time. "Like sitting around the pool and drinking wine is not a good thing?" I asked.Talking about my "doing-something-useful" seems to be her favourite topic of conversation.
She was "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested that I go down to the Senior Centre and hang out with some of the other old blokes.
So I did this and when I got home last night, I decided to play a prank on her. I e-mailed her and told her that I had joined a Parachute Club.
She replied, "Are you nuts? You are over 83 and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I even got a Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
She immediately telephoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad, where are your glasses?! This is a Membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, I'm in trouble again," I said. "I really don't know what to do. I signed up for five jumps a week!!"
The line went dead...
Life as a Senior Citizen is not getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun...Life can still be fun as an elderly man

Have a good day folks!

Brilliant !!!

 

[Exlaser2]

We went up to shustoke to watch the sailing , sun was shining and we were sheltered from the cold wind. It felt quite warm.
We have now come home and it’s hailing lol😂😂😀

 

[Dave7]

Was just reading that heavy snow is forecast for the Stoke area tonight .
For foreigners on here that is Jcn 15 M6.
When working I would regularly travel the M6 and it was a phenomenomena that it could be light snow up here and down south but heavy around Stoke.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I am, I really am.
Bit embarrassing though as I told MrsD they are mine so I have to wear them occasionally

OK - seems reasonable - fine - I'm sure everyone believes you

 

[numbnuts]

Some prat forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer
On my walk today I counted 15 plastic bin bags full of sand/soil over a 50 yard stretch of road, I've reported it to the council on there web site, I was going to post a photo, but it would not be as nice as MOs

 

[12boy]

We too have snow, and except for tomorrow will most of the week. Still in drought so that is peachy. Lawn is greening and the cotoneasters are leafing out. i managed to get all the damn pots and the very heavy shelves they were on out of the garage yesterday. The dead ones went to a little courtyard in the back with the ceramic ones covered and the plastic not. The survivors are in a coldframe in the drive way with a couple of lights to keep them warmer.
There will be a little upper body work with stretchies and weights as well as stretching, core and yoga.
Later, Mrs 12 wants to go to Johhny Js diner and eat inside. One of their specialities is broasted chicken seved with 2 sides. my sides will be fried okra and a garden salad while she will have the salad and smashed taters. For $10 I get 3 large chicken breasts of which I eat one and take two home for later. If broasted chicken is unfamiliar it is fried chicken cooked in a pressure cooker. The chicken is moist and the crust crispy. We last had this on a warm day in the fall when it was still warm enough to enjoy eating outside.
Great pic, Mo.
I kinda think, PaulSB, that sort of dreams are the brain's way of ridding itself of excremental thoughts. One of the few dreams I can recall was having lunch with a pleasant and courteous ex president George W. I aint a Republican but we had a great lunch.
Be safe and well.... and BTW, Classic 33, that second snow picture seemed a little heavy on the LSD.

 

[ColinJ]

It looks like we had about 8 cm (3 inches) of snow last night but it is melting in today's sunshine. I just went for a little stroll to Lidl and got caught in a snailstorm! Snail = snow-hail. White like snow, but denser and not quite as soft; less dense than hail and not as hard; falls quicker than snow, but slower than hail. (There is probably a proper word for it, but I don't know it!)

 

[Dirk]

Lovely sunny day down here.
Brought the van back home and washed it.
The valeter had to back out the other day due to having a covid jab appointment.
Still, it looks pretty clean now.

All hitched up and ready for a quick getaway tomorrow morning.

 

[oldwheels]

Nice sunny day and not too cold so got some gardening done.
Looking out my front window there is very little seaborne traffic these days. One fishing boat to be seen in the past couple of weeks and a few medium size cargo boats.
Ferries to the other islands are passing every day of course.
No yachts and any that have been out were either local for a day sail or on passage to a home port further north.
Most traffic is workboats of various kinds and a tow going down the Sound this morning since the weather would be good for getting round Ardnamurchan. Probably a fish farm boat as are most of the workboats.

 

[numbnuts]

Lovely sunny day down here.
Brought the van back home and washed it.
The valeter had to back out the other day due to having a covid jab appointment.
Still, it looks pretty clean now.
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All hitched up and ready for a quick getaway tomorrow morning.

I'm away tomorrow too .........dog sitting the owners are going to Cornwall , it's only for 5 days roll on Friday.

 

[classic33]

We too have snow, and except for tomorrow will most of the week. Still in drought so that is peachy. Lawn is greening and the cotoneasters are leafing out. i managed to get all the damn pots and the very heavy shelves they were on out of the garage yesterday. The dead ones went to a little courtyard in the back with the ceramic ones covered and the plastic not. The survivors are in a coldframe in the drive way with a couple of lights to keep them warmer.
There will be a little upper body work with stretchies and weights as well as stretching, core and yoga.
Later, Mrs 12 wants to go to Johhny Js diner and eat inside. One of their specialities is broasted chicken seved with 2 sides. my sides will be fried okra and a garden salad while she will have the salad and smashed taters. For $10 I get 3 large chicken breasts of which I eat one and take two home for later. If broasted chicken is unfamiliar it is fried chicken cooked in a pressure cooker. The chicken is moist and the crust crispy. We last had this on a warm day in the fall when it was still warm enough to enjoy eating outside.
Great pic, Mo.
I kinda think, PaulSB, that sort of dreams are the brain's way of ridding itself of excremental thoughts. One of the few dreams I can recall was having lunch with a pleasant and courteous ex president George W. I aint a Republican but we had a great lunch.
Be safe and well.... and BTW, Classic 33, that second snow picture seemed a little heavy on the LSD.

You don't like the purple snow?