The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Today’s hi light Tesco delivery at 11am.Feeling a little rebellious this morning so I am going to put the blue recycling bin and the garden waste bin (which is only a quarter full )out for collection whic is tomorrow

 

[oldwheels]

I don't believe theres anything after death, the lights just go out permanently.

That is the logical conclusion but I have had a couple of very strange experiences which cannot be explained by any logic.

 

[numbnuts]

I've got a guardian angel who looks after me, no seriously

 

[pawl]

That is the logical conclusion but I have had a couple of very strange experiences which cannot be explained by any logic.

To much of the amber falling down water?

 

[numbnuts]

I'm defrosting my small freezer, it's got more ice that the north pole

Freezer done and all cleaned out, now I just have to wait for the postman as I have a parcel coming

 

[rustybolts]

Morning. Overcast and drizzly here. Walk done though and decided to jog a couple of miles of it. I have been eating for Scotland lately and am currently around a stone too heavy and really feeling it so would like to get back into the running I think. Cycling just seems to make me hungry!

My missus puts cinnamon on stuff , she says it helps stop her over eating. Drink lots of water with your meal is another trick and if peckish eat an apple with a glass of water. You all probably know this already but Health Authority in Ireland recommend people over 60ish should not drink tea with their meals as it inhibits the absorption of iron . I got my first Astrazeneca on Sunday morning and fell asleep watching snooker ( but I fall asleep a lot anyway as am usually up half the night wandering around like nearly Headless Nick ! )

 

[rustybolts]

A quick hello before we set off for the hospital.
Gawd knows what MrsD is going through mentally as I am bricking it.
She was sick during the night which I am putting down to nerves...... so at 0300 I was doi g the washing

Best of luck Dave

 

[classic33]

Freezer done and all cleaned out, now I just have to wait for the postman as I have a parcel coming

Is the parcel going in the freezer!

 

[numbnuts]

Is the parcel going in the freezer!

No what's in the parcel is going on my back and no it's not a back pack and it's yellow

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've been for a bimble this morning, 29 miles, out through Baginton and onto Cubbington and Weston Under Wetherley then back into Coventry through Wolston, Brandon and Binley Woods, a cold grey morning with a hint of a breeze, my regular route into Baginton, the path by the allotments, was closed and I had an interesting couple of minutes riding a large multi lane roundabout, next time I'll choose a different route, I was expecting the bridge on Mill Hill Baginton to be closed but it was open, I wasn't aware that the path had been closed. Apart from the mild excitement caused by the closure it was a good ride, a bit chilly but very enjoyable.

View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/66226521

 

[Mo1959]

Overcast and very blowy out there now but should manage another walk soon.

 

[oldwheels]

To much of the amber falling down water?

Not long after we got married my wife wakened me in a panic during the night.
" There's somebody in the room".
When I turned a light on nothing to be seen. There had been somebody standing beside the bed she claimed and gave a detailed description of this person.
Tall man with a wrinkled tanned face and white curly hair and very bushy eyebrows. He was wearing a green smock of some kind. He also appeared sightly malevolent.
Next morning when I went into the distillery I gave this description individually with no explanation to any of the older employees. They all said that it sounded like old Tom Duncan who had been manager and after retiring died in that house. I later met the managing director's wife who had the same reaction.
My wife had never met this person or seen any photographs which could have influenced her and it remains a mystery.

 

[Mo1959]

Not long after we got married my wife wakened me in a panic during the night.
" There's somebody in the room".
When I turned a light on nothing to be seen. There had been somebody standing beside the bed she claimed and gave a detailed description of this person.
Tall man with a wrinkled tanned face and white curly hair and very bushy eyebrows. He was wearing a green smock of some kind. He also appeared sightly malevolent.
Next morning when I went into the distillery I gave this description individually with no explanation to any of the older employees. They all said that it sounded like old Tom Duncan who had been manager and after retiring died in that house. I later met the managing director's wife who had the same reaction.
My wife had never met this person or seen any photographs which could have influenced her and it remains a mystery.

My dad’s Uncle Alister was killed in the war and the night he died, dad said he suddenly sat up in bed and saw him at the bottom of the bed.

 

[oldwheels]

My dad’s Uncle Alister was killed in the war and the night he died, dad said he suddenly sat up in bed and saw him at the bottom of the bed.

I quite believe that. When my wife died I was not at the hospital but I am convinced she came to tell me. Something did anyway and I cannot explain it. It took me 18 minutes to get there but her death was recorded at the time I "knew".

 

[numbnuts]

Postmans been and gone and no parcel