The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

Can’t say I fancy trying it. Haven’t even had a Mars bar for a long time now.

I used to like Mars Bars but find them too sickly now. Mebbe they have changed the recipe.

 

[Dirk]

Never actually seen one. I assumed they were only produced for some would be comic television programme.
Did you see it in real life and where was it?

Our local chippy does deep fried Mars bars.
Never fancied one though.

 

[PaulSB]

The mark up on some items can be ridiculous but the retailer has more overheads than the online shop. There is also purchasing power as well as higher turnover and a shop buying from a wholesaler often has to pay a discount store retail price.
When we were manufacturing we pitched our wholesale price to give us a profit but also allowed the final retailer to double our selling price to give them a reasonable profit. Not quite as rip off as it sounds as they also had overheads. One retailer tripled out price. He sold a lot of our products in his 3 shops which could only be described as tourist tat in general. We used anonymous labels for him as while it was good business we preferred not to be associated with that type of shop.

Almost exactly what we used to do. One thing which always irritated me was if we had a lot of stock we would reduce prices to encourage customers to take volume and put on a retail offer. They never did. We took to offering 3 for the price of 2. It meant we reduced price but shifted volume. Rarely did our retailers make a similar offer.

I've plenty of sympathy with retailers and had Ryman's been £29.99 against online of £24.99 I would have paid up but a £35 difference is simply a rip off. The young woman serving said prices would continue to go up as supply was short. As it is I won't go back which is more damage to declining retail sales.

 

[oldwheels]

Our local chippy does deep fried Mars bars.
Never fancied one though.

That is not in Scotland tho'. We are told everywhere else is much too health conscious to indulge in such things.

 

[ColinJ]

House? I don't know that one.

It was a very popular American medical show. Hugh Laurie plays an obnoxious but brilliant diagnostic clinician. His team handle serious and seriously baffling cases that nobody else can solve. The writers scoured the medical literature for material, so even the wackiest cases are (loosely?) based on things that do happen to people.

Laurie's agent suggested that he would be good for the part so he turned up for the audition and put on a fake American accent. Apparently they didn't know who he was, and thought that he was an unknown US actor. He got the role... Here is a recording of his audition using the script from a scene which featured in series one. It gives a good idea of what the House character is like.... (the actual scene eventually broadcast features in the second video below)



Here is a real doctor reviewing clips from the first episode of the show...



I discovered that all of the series are available on Amazon Prime Video.

 

[pawl]

Dear doctors - If I ever have to have any serious medical things done to me... KNOCK ME OUT FIRST!

Private patients get an anaesthetic Everyone else gets bashed over the head with a b%#@& great mallet

 

[12boy]

Sticky rice in our case is Japanese style rice as opposed to Bismati rice which cooks up to separate grains, Crimini are small brown mushrooms.
It was 27C yesterday. Will be about 24C today, possible rain this evening.
Mrs 12 wants to go to the indoor Super Flea market today. Seems unwise to risk it for a bunch of crap but we will see. If she goes I will have to as well. The patrons and vendors are the type that don't wear masks and refuse vaccinations. They are common in Wyoming. Some feel the need to come with sidearms. Screw them.
A lot to do today especially if we waste a lot of time at the Super Flea. I have to dig up a sickly lilac to plant my Eidelweiss grape vine. Charlie, Charlie..where art thou gone, Charlie? I need your mighty back and bulging thews! BTW, I have some wild plums and I leaves them uncovered.
Be safe and well, amigos y amigas.

 

[GM]

Good afternoon.... Back home now

That's down the throat is it ?
If so..... my advice is to be sedated.
I chose not to (after the nurse told me it makes little difference). Since then several people have told me it is so much easier when sedated.

That's the one, and definitely a sedation, I'm not that brave. As @ColinJ said I've got Barrett's Oesophagus.

Back home now and tucking into a big bowl of porridge as I type. First time I've been a the tube for over a year, they seemed to be clean enough and not too busy. Feet up now and catch up on the snooker, getting very exciting now!

 

[Dave7]

Can’t say I fancy trying it. Haven’t even had a Mars bar for a long time now.

Nor me.... Ì find it too sickly.

 

[classic33]

Our local chippy does deep fried Mars bars.
Never fancied one though.

"Mars Bar Mondays" to go along with "Fish Fridays "!

 

[gavroche]

I worked in the garden, took Molly on Angel Bay where I fell and bruised my knee and now deciding if I should go for a ride although I am not in the mood.

 

[classic33]

That is not in Scotland tho'. We are told everywhere else is much too health conscious to indulge in such things.

First seen in a small, but busy, chip shop just on the outskirts of Fort William.

 

[Dave7]

Never actually seen one. I assumed they were only produced for some would be comic television programme.
Did you see it in real life and where was it?

Fort William.
I recall it was silly money.
We were staying at Ardnamurchan and I realised I had not put my camera battery in the bag. FW was the nearest place to buy one.

 

[classic33]

It does remind me of a procedure I had years ago when a tube is inserted into an artery in the groin and fed up to the kidney. I was told when the dye was put in it would feel a little warm and to remain very still. In fact it felt like I had been kicked in the back by a horse and I was rigid with the shock. I had been told in advance that I would be sedated but after the procedure I mentioned this omission to a nurse. " Oh we only do that if you try to jump off the table" was the reply. I was then given a pad to hold over the insertion point and told if it started to bleed to shout loudly for help immediately as it was an artery.
We should have a new thread for gruesome medical stories.

Barium meal prior to a scan in '95. Two litre jug and a small cup. "Sorry for the small cup, but it's all we have. Just drink as much as possible." From previous experience, I knew I'd not be refilling the cup, just picked the jug up and drank the lot in the one go.

It was only when she came back with some more small cups, for others who'd arrived, I realized I didn't have to drink the lot.

 

[Mo1959]

Another win for my team. Tommy Wright must be kicking himself leaving Saints to go to Kilmarnock. They are in danger of being relegated.