The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

You’d have thought that perhaps all of the upheaval and death would have given people pause for thought and a re-evaluation of their lives. I’m sure that it has in a lot of instances but there’s the steady drip of “ news” articles and other PR stuff promoted by the travel industry, desperate to return to the status quo.

On a similar vein, on the PM program R4 yesterday there was a long piece about the virtual meeting between world leaders about climate change. This was followed by an article on driving tests resuming. They spoke to a couple of women who took the test yesterday and had passed. At the end of the piece Eddie Mayer asked one of them about climate change and why they wanted to join the school run and use the car instead of walking and using public transport as she had done up to now.
Her answer was that she had done her bit for climate change up to now and was not going back.
I think that she hasn't really grasped the idea of changing your lifestyle to help the planet.
It is similar to those who are rushing to book a couple of weeks on a Costa and hang the consequences.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Good morning all.

Down here in the South East, the day has dawned bright and sunny, but there is a fresh breeze so it looks like a day for a coat.

Miss Salad is having trouble with the laces of her work safety boots, even as I write, and I may have to go on the search for some more suitable replacements today.

Also, today I get my second covid jab. (I wish I could have invented a covid vaccine. I would have called it Jibbyjib. That way, people could have got a Jibbyjib jab......)

Finally, on a less whimsical note, if any of you can spare a moment in your thoughts or prayers today, send positive thoughts to my friend Sue, who has had two ops recently for breast cancer, and is due to get her results today.

Take care, everyone.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all

Yay! Tis Fish Friday
Will nip into Wadebridge in search of a decent chippie later.
Currently about to have our 2nd cuppa in bed, overlooking Padstow.
Still no sign of Rick Stein yet.
Sign of the times - 5 units on site and we are the only caravan, all the others are mohos.

I was a out to ask what a moho was when the penny dropped

 

[Dirk]

I was a out to ask what a moho was when the penny dropped

So long as there's no mofos in the Mohos, I'm cool.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees.
Another glorious morning

Good morning all.

Down here in the South East, the day has dawned bright and sunny, but there is a fresh breeze so it looks like a day for a coat.

Miss Salad is having trouble with the laces of her work safety boots, even as I write, and I may have to go on the search for some more suitable replacements today.

Also, today I get my second covid jab. (I wish I could have invented a covid vaccine. I would have called it Jibbyjib. That way, people could have got a Jibbyjib jab......)

Finally, on a less whimsical note, if any of you can spare a moment in your thoughts or prayers today, send positive thoughts to my friend Sue, who has had two ops recently for breast cancer, and is due to get her results today.

Take care, everyone.

Very best wishes to your Friend Sue, Mr Dodger, hope the results are favourable.
With regard to laces Mrs Tenkaykev purchased some for her new walking boots she found the supplied laces just a tad too short for her liking. She purchased them online from a place called " biglaces.co.uk" and they arrived the next day. ( I never realised the breadth of options with regard to laces )

 

[Juan Kog]

Cycling this morning third ride this week , at this rate I may even get fit- ish . On the holiday travel front , one of my regular routes takes me round the southern perimeter of Luton Airport . So that has been a good indicator of the state of the holiday and aviation industry. PaulSB I caught the last 5 minutes of that Clare house programme ,I was waiting for the news . You were being kind , what was it doing on prime time BBC 1 . At best it was afternoon channel 5 material.

 

[Dave7]

So long as there's no mofos in the Mohos, I'm cool.

 

[Tenkaykev]

On a completely off topic, topic, Brazil Nuts!

I like to read a random article each day that expands my knowledge into areas that I'm not familiar with. While I'm familiar with Brazil nuts, and very familiar indeed with the chocolate coated variety ( grown by grafting a brazil nut stem onto a cocoa bush 😉 ) , yesterday I learned about why in a container of mixed nuts, the Brazils will eventually rise to the top.
I now know a little about Fluid Dynamics and convection currents in bodies containing assorted solids in random orientations. I can see it now, Christmas 2021, I take the top off a tub of mixed nuts and before offering them around I pass on my new found knowledge while family and friends hang on to every word. ( or the more likely response of "Oh f*ck off Kev and give us a nut")

 

[oldwheels]

Nice sunny calm day again. My outside temp sensor is hidden in the middle of a shrub [I almost wrote bush there but decided it was not wise ] and is showing 17.6C. The sun in the morning certainly warms up the house nicely as the heating is turned off and I only have a small fire in the evening, more for the appearance really than any heat it gives.
Should really have a last turn down Loch na Keal before the roads get too busy and all the parking spaces filled up with mohos. Cannot be bothered today so just have a rest day.
Calmac just sent me advice for travellers for my trip to Oban on Monday. The assumption is that I am travelling on holiday despite there being a return booked for the same day.
People are advised to get tested twice before travelling to any island. Cynics are wondering just how many will bother.

 

[PaulSB]

So long as there's no mofos in the Mohos, I'm cool.

But have they found their mojos?

 

[ColinJ]

I've been up since 08:30 and I am knackered! I didn't get to sleep until about 04:30 and it was not a deep sleep.

The reason I got up while still tired is that I have been trying to get my broken smart meter comms unit fixed for months and today is the day that broken smart meter comms unit fixer person is due. I was told to expect her/him 09:00 - 13:00 and didn't want to be upstairs snoring when (s)he knocked at the door.

I'm going to try to doze off on the sofa downstairs and get another couple of hours sleep. It is a really nice day here so I'm hoping that I don't have to hang about until 13:00 for comms fixer to arrive. I'd like to go out on my bike for a decent ride.

Worse still would be comms fixer NOT arriving because then I would be back into the British Gas complaints system...

On the holiday travel front , one of my regular routes takes me round the southern perimeter of Luton Airport . So that has been a good indicator of the state of the holiday and aviation industry.

My recently retired sister worked for Luton council. They had invested heavily in Luton Airport, which took a BIG financial hit from the collapse of the travel industry due to Covid-19. As a result, the council are making hundreds of redundancies. Not great for younger workers who lose their jobs, not great for the ones left who will have to do more work, and not great for local people whose services will no doubt be slashed further...

Great for my sister though... She was hanging on for her pension, but got to retire to Devon 3 years early with enough redundancy pay to make up a lot of the shortfall in her pension.

That's yer lot... I'm going to try to sleep. What's the betting that I have just dozed off when fixer arrives?!

 

[classic33]

I was a out to ask what a moho was when the penny dropped

New one, 2014 onwards, Tails
2007 - 2012, Tails
Old one, pre 2007, Heads

 

[Dave7]

I was up at 0600.
Got very tired by 0900ish so went back to bed.
Just woke up, feeling groggy but (i think) better for the kip.
The plan is to listen to Pop Master, have a shave and shower, get MrsD in the wheelchair and walk to the pub.
Fish n chips I think** but they used to do a mean gammon n egg.
**assuming their crap system lets us eat.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

On a completely off topic, topic, Brazil Nuts!

I like to read a random article each day that expands my knowledge into areas that I'm not familiar with. While I'm familiar with Brazil nuts, and very familiar indeed with the chocolate coated variety ( grown by grafting a brazil nut stem onto a cocoa bush 😉 ) , yesterday I learned about why in a container of mixed nuts, the Brazils will eventually rise to the top.
I now know a little about Fluid Dynamics and convection currents in bodies containing assorted solids in random orientations. I can see it now, Christmas 2021, I take the top off a tub of mixed nuts and before offering them around I pass on my new found knowledge while family and friends hang on to every word. ( or the more likely response of "Oh f*ck off Kev and give us a nut"

Its the same reason that means in a bag of mixed veg the peas always end up at the bottom of the packet.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've just been jabbed for the second time, now having a cake and a before finishing the shopping.