The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

From my facebook page this morning.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeee. Cooler here today. A bit Brrrr.

Stay safe folks

 

[Salad Dodger]

Good morning, peeps.

Well, we wandered around in the mist yesterday without mislaying anyone, so that was good.

Today, I shall mainly be toddling into town to drop off some signed forms at my solicitors. But just over the road is a Morrisons, an emporium that I rarely frequent. Apparently (according to my all things made of apple and fermented connoisseur) daughter, boxes of cider made by Westons for the supermarket are being sold for £5 each. So I may get one for her, purely for quality assurance purposes......

Have a nice day, everyone.

 

[Dirk]

Have you ever had this on your laptop screen ? It came on suddenly yesterday so I just switched it off until today but I managed to get rid of it . I have checked my firewall and all security apps and they are all on so don't know how that came through. A bit worrying. View attachment 584950

It's a scam.
Call the number and be connected to a 'Microsoft Level 3 techneeshan' in Mumbai, called Christopher.
They'll do a 'scan' and then try to sell you AV for $299 a year.
They need nuking.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Out and about this morning and then back to the van for a barbecue.
Teriyaki chicken kebabs on the menu.

 

[Mo1959]

I am stuffed. Big bowl of fruit and fibre then a slice of toasted tiger bread.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Apart from a sore arm I’m feeling no reaction to my second jab. I’m taking paracetamol as a prophylactic just in case.
Mrs Tenkaykev has fitted a child seat to her Roberts so she can take our granddaughter for a bike ride and see if she is happy with it.
Firstly though she is going to strap a rucksack of the same weight as our granddaughter into the child seat and get used to the change in load and balance.
Yesterday saw me make a start on the shed, I couldn’t bring myself to chuck out the commemorative medals from the various running events we did over the years, so I made a note of the year and location on each medal, wrapped the ribbon around them and layered them into a big tin. A bit of nostalgia 😊

 

[yello]

It's a scam.
Call the number and be connected to a 'Microsoft Level 3 techneeshan' in Mumbai, called Christopher.
They'll do a 'scan' and then try to sell you AV for $299 a year.
They need nuking.

This happened to a neighbour of mine. All the time he was on the phone to 'tech support' his wife was imploring him to hang up, telling him it was a scam, etc. He wouldn't listen so she hung up for him. I went around later and did a virus sweep, removed some stuff like browser add-ons (that he always clicks 'accept' to) and such like, maybe a startup link, rebooted and all was OK. He's a clever bloke with the DIY and engines etc but he's not at all au fait with computers. He really ought let his wife drive!

 

[Mo1959]

Good morning folks,
Apart from a sore arm I’m feeling no reaction to my second jab. I’m taking paracetamol as a prophylactic just in case.
Mrs Tenkaykev has fitted a child seat to her Roberts so she can take our granddaughter for a bike ride and see if she is happy with it.
Firstly though she is going to strap a rucksack of the same weight as our granddaughter into the child seat and get used to the change in load and balance.
Yesterday saw me make a start on the shed, I couldn’t bring myself to chuck out the commemorative medals from the various running events we did over the years, so I made a note of the year and location on each medal, wrapped the ribbon around them and layered them into a big tin. A bit of nostalgia 😊

I threw mine away years ago and regret it a bit now. Nice to look back on and some of them were very attractive.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I threw mine away years ago and regret it a bit now. Nice to look back on and some of them were very attractive.

My running buddy of 40 years took all his trophies and medals to the council tip and dropped them in to a skip. He said a council employee climbed down in to the skip and started hoiking them all out… 🤔

 

[Tenkaykev]

I threw mine away years ago and regret it a bit now. Nice to look back on and some of them were very attractive.

Yes, there are some really chunky ones and some that had the design commissioned from local artists.
I’ve got a couple of finishers certificates that are pen and ink drawings from a local artist when we used to run the Lincoln 100k

 

[Juan Kog]

That is truly dreadful.
Problem is there doesen't seem to be anything you can do.
I just hope the 9 night party cancels last minute.

My thoughts as well , maybe a comment on trip advisor. 2 phone calls last night GP surgery called would I like to pop in Saturday afternoon for my second jab , a choice of times so 16.10 it is . The second call the leader of the club easy pace group, rides are starting up with time and place for next Sunday.

 

[classic33]

I'm getting very pissed off with the "hospitality" industry. I use "_" because my recent experience is they're not very hospitable.

Last week I mentioned the Lake District business which turned down our booking because they couldn't get a cleaner. The booking was for three chalets, £900 spread across three couples.

Yesterday I received a phone call from a small Yorkshire hotel cancelling our June reservation. The woman was quite open about the reason - she has an enquiry to book the entire hotel for nine nights which includes the dates we booked. She's cancelling all existing bookings.

Part of our stay was to be paid for with a gift voucher from our son. A Christmas 2019 present we haven't been able to use to date. I've already twice persuaded the voucher company to extend the expiry date. This time, the third, they've refused.

I guess we've been unlucky but I've very little sympathy left for the hospitality industry if this is typical behaviour.

Pure idleness in the first instance and greed, understandable I guess, in the second.

I'd be asking for a refund, from them, on other activities planned. And I'd certainty be contacting the voucher company, giving them the reason.

Does the hotel feature in any local guides at present? When the Tour de Yorkshire started, there were a few places that did similar, who were removed from local guides, and no longer listed by the Tourist Board.

I know you're from Lancashire, but that is taking the pith to the extreme.

 

[Drago]

A neighbour is walking Mini D to school this week so I can isolate. So instead of turning left out the house towards school I turned right and left the village, so I could walk the dog with little danger.of encountering anyone (didn't see a soul).

Here's a snap from local high ground looking back towards the house.

 

[classic33]

Good prog' that.....we just watched last weeks and recorded tonights.
She has "written" a series of 3 books detailing everything from how she left Huddersfield, got into farming and met Clive etc.
I am near the end of book 2 (was about to type "number 2" but rephrased it).
A good read... enlightening and funny.
They also help me to understand Classic a bit.....but only a bit

Oi, less o'that!!
I'm not from 'Huddersfield either.