The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

Dry day with a brisk southerly wind. Not the gales forecast tho' Calmac are putting out warnings of disruptions due to wind.
The actual voyage is not a problem but it is coming alongside the pier that can be a problem. I remember in the past they used to lay out an anchor to pull the boat of the pier and the side thrusters were less powerful than present day. In certain winds the boat was unable to get off the pier in Oban even to start the trip. Very frustrating for all concerned.
My twitter feed seems to have gone a bit strange this morning and seems reluctant to provide any relevant information.
Just had a fight with SSE who want me to save their money by reading my own meters. Got a call centre in some other hemisphere with impenetrable accents and gave up on the first attempt completely.

 

[Mo1959]

Dry day with a brisk southerly wind. Not the gales forecast tho' Calmac are putting out warnings of disruptions due to wind.
The actual voyage is not a problem but it is coming alongside the pier that can be a problem. I remember in the past they used to lay out an anchor to pull the boat of the pier and the side thrusters were less powerful than present day. In certain winds the boat was unable to get off the pier in Oban even to start the trip. Very frustrating for all concerned.
My twitter feed seems to have gone a bit strange this morning and seems reluctant to provide any relevant information.
Just had a fight with SSE who want me to save their money by reading my own meters. Got a call centre in some other hemisphere with impenetrable accents and gave up on the first attempt completely.

Been a long time since they read mine, obviously due to Covid. I eventually got a slightly shirty email from them reminding me to send a reading in which I did so all up to date just now.

 

[pawl]

I had the start of a migraine last night and stupidly didn't take a tablet hoping to sleep it off. Big mistake as it was worse by morning and felt quite sick so tablet taken and back to bed for 3 hours and it's nearly gone thank goodness.

Missed a brief window for getting out though as the wind has really picked up and the rain is nearly here.

On a more exciting note, I see my team have actually made it onto live television. The semi final against St Mirren is on tomorrow afternoon. Shame they have 4 players out due to Covid. They haven't disclosed who yet so hope it's not one of their more crucial ones.

Hope they do better than Leicester City did last night against Newcastle

 

[postman]

Well what a way to start the day.As you may know we have been away for three days doing adult care duties.So we were looking forward to a resting weekend.Oh no,we knew the heating boiler has been playing up,our daughter ran us Thursday morning.Well this morning as i opened the cutlery draw in the kitchen,water allover it.Then inside the one below it.Then on kneeling down water drops all along the granite surface.Took the draw out and the underside of the granite worktop is just dripping like a waterfall well not that bad. Then i opened more doors water running down the backs of them.This is excessive condensation ,looks like three days of no heat and cold and wet outside conditions.i have a lovely Saturday to look forward to,i have left a message for our central heating man,please call on Monday.Got to go going to be busy.

 

[gavroche]

Yes, we're good thank you. Things have stalled a bit here, having made good progress with the physios, they transferred my Good lady to different people and now she's in a queue waiting for the physio to restart, apparently the physios she was with only do it for 6 weeks then they transfer people elsewhere, so no physio for several weeks and all the good work gets undone.

Forgive me for being peckish but what exactly does that mean? You are good at doing what ? You are good because you are a good person ?
When asked " How are you? " It seems to be the norm these days to reply " I am good" . Rubbish, this is meaningless by itself, you should reply " I am well, thank you" and this is what I say when asked. Doesn't anyone speak proper English anymore or just foreigners like me?
Rant over thank you.

 

[numbnuts]

I've just cut my finger and it's hurty

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Forgive me for being peckish but what exactly does that mean? You are good at doing what ? You are good because you are a good person ?
When asked " How are you? " It seems to be the norm these days to reply " I am good" . Rubbish, this is meaningless by itself, you should reply " I am well, thank you" and this is what I say when asked. Doesn't anyone speak proper English anymore or just foreigners like me?
Rant over thank you.

It simply means all is well with us.

 

[Dave7]

I had the start of a migraine last night and stupidly didn't take a tablet hoping to sleep it off. Big mistake as it was worse by morning and felt quite sick so tablet taken and back to bed for 3 hours and it's nearly gone thank goodness.

Missed a brief window for getting out though as the wind has really picked up and the rain is nearly here.

On a more exciting note, I see my team have actually made it onto live television. The semi final against St Mirren is on tomorrow afternoon. Shame they have 4 players out due to Covid. They haven't disclosed who yet so hope it's not one of their more crucial ones.

And there was me worried that you had been washed away.
Been pouring here since maybe 0400 snd no sign of it letting up.

 

[BoldonLad]

Forgive me for being peckish but what exactly does that mean? You are good at doing what ? You are good because you are a good person ?
When asked " How are you? " It seems to be the norm these days to reply " I am good" . Rubbish, this is meaningless by itself, you should reply " I am well, thank you" and this is what I say when asked. Doesn't anyone speak proper English anymore or just foreigners like me?
Rant over thank you.

Forgive me, but, this brings to mind an event from my working life....... I will attempt to use the "work" word sparingly....

I was working at a location with predominately Spanish speaking staff. There had been a massive foul up in the accounting system. Myself (IT) and a colleague (Accountant), were tasked with sorting it out. Both native English speakers, and, both prone to the sloppy use of English you speak of, and, of course, being British, no second language skills.

Whilst working through one of the foul-ups with a native Spanish speaker, my colleague asked "are you with me?", meaning, he thought, "do you understand and agree with my analysis",

The Spanish speaking accounts assistant replied "yes".

Next day, it became apparent that the Spanish speaking Accounts assistant had most definitely NOT understood and/or agreed with the analysis.

There was, shall we say, a heated discussion.

My colleague said "but, yesterday, I asked if you understood, and, you said yes!"

The Spanish speaker replied, puzzled, "no, you said, are you with me, I was sitting beside you, so, I said yes"

Still not sure to this day if the Spanish speaker was taking the water, or, if it was a genuine miss-undertstanding

 

[Dave7]

Hope they do better than Leicester City did last night against Newcastle

Bit of a shock that one.

 

[ColinJ]

The local forecast for today was for heavy rain from 06:00 right through to tomorrow morning. My bubble pal didn't fancy being cooped up here all day so she decided to head home last night after our meal. I walked her down to the station after calling in at Aldi just before closing time. I was buying myself a bag of coffee and treated her to one too.

Sure enough, the rain is hammering down now, but the forecast has changed. It is now supposed to stop from 15:00 to 20:00 and, with a change of wind direction, feel much milder than of late. Seems like a good DRY bike ride might be possible after all.

Oh, and the Giro d'Italia starts today with live coverage every afternoon on Eurosport / GCN, and a highlight show on Quest every evening at 19:00. I won't catch up until about midnight most days so... NO SPOILERS, PLEASE!!!!

 

[BoldonLad]

@Tenkaykev, pleased to say, my Kobo EReader arrived today. Could not get same model as you, sold out, but, so far, pleased, delivered quickly, looks brand new. Just charging it up, then, I will be able to play with it, this afternoon

 

[numbnuts]

It's fish Friday Saturday ..........I didn't have fish in Friday so having it today

 

[Mo1959]

I squeezed a walk in and have just got back as the rain has come on. Well timed. I can see an afternoon siesta on the horizon. 🛌

 

[Dirk]

We're off again a week tomorrow.
Going off grid for 2 weeks, so thought it best to check on the gas situation as there is a shortage of Calor 6kg bottles, nationally.
I always carry 2 bottles in the van which will do 2 weeks off grid.
I thought I'd got enough in the one bottle for about 2 days - the other is full.
Now, I was hoping to change the low bottle when we were on the first few days away, so I rang the garage up the road from the site - yes, we've got 6 in stock - no, we can't hold one for you.
So....quick nip down to caravan storage to check on the low bottle. Hmm - less in it than I'd thought. Probably run out on the first day. Remove bottle from van and sling it in the back of the CRV.
We're going to Minehead tomorrow to meet up with our best mates. Just as well that I drive past the garage with 6 bottles in stock on the way. I'll pick one up tomorrow.
Phew! First world problems, eh?