The Retirement Thread

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Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Good morning one and all,
Overcast and a bit chilly, I've been prevaricating again, do I head down to the shed and continue painting the inside or do I take a bag of clothes to the charity shop?
I've ordered a generic cover for my new E reader, It's not an exact fit due to the age of the reader I have, but it's the correct size. At less than a fiver posted it's worth a punt.
A flurry of excitement yesterday afternoon as I noticed a pair of Tits in the garden, I grabbed my binoculars for a closer look but the birds had flown. I'm thinking of advertising the nest boxes on AirBnB as there doesn't appear to be any interest from the local community.

Stay safe folks 👍
 

Sterlo

Early Retirement Planning
Hope you're all mended now.
Getting there slowly thanks. In case you hadn't seen my original post, back in early March, came off on a corner on a night ride and landed on my left elbow, had to get an ambulance out. Turns out I've shattered my elbow. In hospital for 4 days, op to fix it was a success, now all plated and screwed together, no real elbow. Rehab is going slow and painful, after nearly 2 months, still can't straighten the arm or bend it up (can't even pick my nose!) too far. Don't think I'll get out on the bike for another couple of months at best. Good news is the bike seems okay, I think I took all of the impact, just a couple of scuff marks on the brake lever and the pedal, they'll act as a good reminder if I get too cocky.

Just found a pic I took, 1 week after the op, nice scar!
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Mo1959

Legendary Member
Getting there slowly thanks. In case you hadn't seen my original post, back in early March, came off on a corner on a night ride and landed on my left elbow, had to get an ambulance out. Turns out I've shattered my elbow. In hospital for 4 days, op to fix it was a success, now all plated and screwed together, no real elbow. Rehab is going slow and painful, after nearly 2 months, still can't straighten the arm or bend it up (can't even pick my nose!) too far. Don't think I'll get out on the bike for another couple of months at best. Good news is the bike seems okay, I think I took all of the impact, just a couple of scuff marks on the brake lever and the pedal, they'll act as a good reminder if I get too cocky.
Oh, was that the horrible pic where you could almost see the bone? Not worth rushing things. I took a full 3 months before risking a very careful spin after my collar bone was plated.
 

Sterlo

Early Retirement Planning
Oh, was that the horrible pic where you could almost see the bone? Not worth rushing things. I took a full 3 months before risking a very careful spin after my collar bone was plated.
No I didn't put any pics on at the time. I knew something was wrong when I sat up in the road and my forearm stayed flat on the floor xx(. I didn't see any blood which surprised me, but the ambulance lady was very quiet when she cut my jacket off so I guessed it was pretty bad.
 

Salad Dodger

Legendary Member
Location
Kent Coast
Good morning, chums, from a dry but fairly cloudy Thanet. This morning I shall amble along to the chemist's to pick up copious quantities of prescription goodies.

Early lunch will be followed by band practice this afternoon, all socially distanced and in a garden. There may be local news headlines tonight about several members of a band being beaten to death by a bass guitar. But if they don't agree a band name pretty soon, that's what I might be forced to do.....

Have a good day, everybody!
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Morning all.
Cold here but a decent sky. Should be a good trip to Clitheroe.

Bottled water anyone ?

I always refused to drink it.....prefer to have good old tap water......until we had problems last year.
Anyway, we have been drinking Aldi stuff. Its OK but never quite quenched a thirst.
Tried Tesco stuff last week. More expensive but we both immediately "tasted" the difference......much nicer.
Probably just filled up from a tap round the back.
 

Mo1959

Legendary Member
No I didn't put any pics on at the time. I knew something was wrong when I sat up in the road and my forearm stayed flat on the floor xx(. I didn't see any blood which surprised me, but the ambulance lady was very quiet when she cut my jacket off so I guessed it was pretty bad.
Makes me feel sick just hearing about it. I have a bit of a weird phobia about broken bones for some reason. Get quite queasy and light headed even thinking about it.
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
I think that might be Faith's little boy's name in Keeping Faith. Lol.

Have you been in Faceache this morning? I'm just getting a blank page when I try to go on this morning. Doubt I'm missing much anyway! :laugh:
I also got a blank page when I looked in to FB this morning but assumed they had blanked me out after appealing for moderation in tourist numbers and suggestions for "real" jobs as opposed to seasonal service ones. Need to keep out of FB anyway as I just get shouted at by the twee tearoom and crafty shoppe brigade.
 

Mo1959

Legendary Member
I also got a blank page when I looked in to FB this morning but assumed they had blanked me out after appealing for moderation in tourist numbers and suggestions for "real" jobs as opposed to seasonal service ones. Need to keep out of FB anyway as I just get shouted at by the twee tearoom and crafty shoppe brigade.
I still can't get in. Just goes to a totally blank page. Not important.....I doubt I'm missing much!
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Still nice bright and sunny but cold northerly wind.
Been out to top the car fuel up. 130.9p per litre.
Got back into town and met a traffic jam. The Main Street has been narrowed slightly for a few hundred yards by a flood prevention barrier and this means when cars are parked on one side [as they always are] there is just enough room for confident drivers to pass in both directions. We are now in the beginning of the silly season when tourists need at least a couple of feet clearance on each side so chaos reigns already. Delivery vans are wider than cars and so it makes the situation even worse.
 
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