The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

Damp morning but not cold at 4.6C when I got up.
Coop shopping then fill car with fuel before 9o'clock nurse appointment for bloods. should also get a B12 injection but postponed that as getting covid jag on Friday.
Long chat with the Practice Nurse who is local but went off to train. She is also annoyed that while we cannot travel off island somebody from Yorkshire is in a nearby holiday house as are many others. They profess undying love for the island but care not about the resident population. My usual rant.
Since I was out anyway went into the post office to pay car tax. I would be very surprised if once it happened to be the same as the form says and not an unannounced increase.
I know I could do this online but I prefer to use local services wherever possible on the use it or lose it principle.

 

[welsh dragon]

Blimey, MrsP and myself will have been married for 40 years in June

Haircut done, I look decent once again.

48 years here for me.

 

[welsh dragon]

My granddaughter is having her jab today. She should have had it weeks ago, but the Drs surgery here is useless.

 

[Mo1959]

Seems to be more aircraft activity than normal. @classic33 anything on the radar?

 

[welsh dragon]

4 weeks ago my shares were $42 in the red. . Today I am$1.95 in the green

 

[Mo1959]

I think I better go a walk before I eat everything in sight. Maybe I have worms!

 

[PaulSB]

WOWZER!!!!!! Just been to the barber's. That was SO GOOD! It's a Turkish barbershop and they really know what they are doing. I did the works, haircut, beard trim etc. I wonder why it is Turkish men set such great store by having a good haircut? Having a haircut and shave in Turkey is almost an out of body experience!!!

Barber: "What can I do for you sir?"
Me: "Put right what my wife got wrong in the last six months"
Barber: "It had best be a No 2 sir"

 

[oldwheels]

Good Morning! 3⁰ and feels quite mild, silly but it does. Sky is a bit grey but I think a beautiful day is ahead.

@oldwheels - thanks. A wheatear is a new bird to me. Learn something every day.

@ColinJ - thank you, though I may not half way up. I'll study the route properly when I open up the laptop.

@ebikeerwidnes - I have a couple of friends with ebikes. Both bought them to return to cycling after serious illness. As you know the ebike is a heavy machine. After a year or so both went back to unassisted bikes as the ebikes extra weight had massively improved their fitness. This may have happened for you. My friends occasionally turn up on their ebikes if they feel tired or it's very windy.

I'm going to hang the washing out.

Wheatear is a pretty common bird of moorland. Where I see them is on the edge of the moorland on one side of the road and shoreline on the other so there is a bit of criss cross but mostly they stick to the moorland side and perch on rocks quite often.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

4 weeks ago my shares were $42 in the red. . Today I am$1.95 in the green

Don't spend it all at once.

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't spend it all at once.

I will try to curtail my spending urge.

 

[oldwheels]

Seems to be more aircraft activity than normal. @classic33 anything on the radar?

We usually know when the the world is getting a bit unsettled and we are about to attack somebody as there are lots doing practice bombing runs in this area. They also seem to have a lot of other nationalities using this area for practice as well. That will probably stop now as we cannot have nasty foreigners coming here to play.
I was on Barra when they were obviously using Kishmul Castle as a mock target. The noise was incredible and all conversation had to stop on each run. This went on for some hours.
One farmer north of Ft William got fed up with them using one of his barns for dummy runs and eventually got them to stop by painting on the barn roof in large letters " F--K OFF FLYBOY"

 

[Dirk]

@Dave7 I haven't forgotten your photos of Gorran Haven, I left my phone in the car when we got there and had to use MrsD's phone to take piccies. I'll get her to transfer them over to me later.
In the meantime we had bunch at the Ship Inn in Portloe. Crab sandwiches and Proper Job

 

[classic33]

Seems to be more aircraft activity than normal. @classic33 anything on the radar?

There's a bit more than off late, but seem to be cargo, private small aircraft and military.
There is this one down south

Who was it that was into following one!!

 

[Dave7]

Our starter for late lunch.
Very tasty.

 

[Dave7]

4 weeks ago my shares were $42 in the red. . Today I am$1.95 in the green

'They' say you must give shares 5 years and DO NOT PANIC