The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Just looked outside we have too

Looking outside is imo where you went wrong.
If you hadn't looked out you could have told yourself it was sunny.
Sh*t.....I am really morphing into Classic

 

[BoldonLad]

...........
The table behind my wife - so directly in my eye line was occupied by a couple
young woman - early to mid twenties - wearing a nice stylish orange top and nice jeans - blond hair and really good make up - very attractive
and a bloke - probably 40 ish - hairy and sort of maybe Greek looking - quite heavy built - but not overweight
and he had a dog with him
............

So, you hardly noticed her then?

Yesterday, out in Winchester with Mrs @BoldonLad, who commented on some passing bloke, who, was, apparently, "quite attractive". (did nothing for me, I am afraid).

Mrs @BoldonLad then said to me "you must look at attractive women, from time to time". Quick as a flash, I replied "Never!, why would I?". Full brownie points to me, I think

 

[BoldonLad]

Wonder if he proposed

May well have been a proposal, but, perhaps, not marriage

 

[Dave7]

You did! I set off for my run at 5.26. Lol. More of a slog really as the legs didn't want to work. Not sure a rough trail was a good idea as the feet were so heavy I tripped and fell. No damage done other than a bruised knuckle and knee. Often wonder why I persevere with exercise but the alternative is an awful lot worse!

Lovely morning here but showers due by lunchtime. It said that yesterday too and they never arrived though.

I confess that it really was a short walk, mainly to blow the cobwebs off.
As I said, the temperature caught me out as I only had light fleece over my clothes. If I had planned a longer walk I would have turned back for something warmer.

 

[numbnuts]

I pick up my hearing aids today ….. what ............ I SAID I PICK UP MY HEARING AIDS TODAY

 

[Dave7]

Last night we chucked caution to the winds and went out for a meal!!

Yeah I Know !!

Anyway - basically celebrating
my wife's 60th
Both of our 61st 's
2 wedding aniversaries

so we felt we deserved it

It felt weird to be around people - but a nice sort of weird

food was not as good as they used to do there - my wife had the pie and it came with gravy that was quite sweet!

Still nice ot get out for a change


Do have to report a strange incident

The table behind my wife - so directly in my eye line was occupied by a couple
young woman - early to mid twenties - wearing a nice stylish orange top and nice jeans - blond hair and really good make up - very attractive
and a bloke - probably 40 ish - hairy and sort of maybe Greek looking - quite heavy built - but not overweight
and he had a dog with him

I was thinking - probably not father/daughter due to body language and age difference - also maybe not older brother younger sister - same reasons - but neither impossible

they were talking quite happily - he was leaning on the table - not leaning forward just on the table - quite relaxed
she was sitting in a relaxed way - but leaning on the back of her chair

we were just starting pudding - so we had been there for well over an hour
when she stood up in a definite manner - looked at the bloke
and clearly and firmly said

No!

Bye!

and walked out

he was clearly very unpleased
exasperated judging by his body language

No idea what was occurring but loads of possibilities


People watching is really fun - I have missed it!

Blind date gone wrong would me my guess.
BTW MrsD could give lessons in people watching
Where did you go for your meal (out of interest) although places we used to frequent around there are probably long gone.

 

[Paulus]

May well have been a proposal, but, perhaps, not marriage

That was my first thought

 

[ColinJ]

Aargh... Early o'clock! I have actually been awake for 20 minutes and don't like it. The reason is that I have jab #2 coming up shortly. It would be fine if I had got to sleep before sunrise, but I didn't!

In this battle there can only be one winner and it is not going to be me!

I was reading somewhere recently that poor sleep is a significant health risk so I need to try to sleep earlier and for a couple of hours longer.

Doing my normal amount of cycling would help. I have only averaged about 20% of my usual activity levels for the past 16 months.

Oops, jab time...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Last night we chucked caution to the winds and went out for a meal!!

Yeah I Know !!

Anyway - basically celebrating
my wife's 60th
Both of our 61st 's
2 wedding aniversaries

so we felt we deserved it

It felt weird to be around people - but a nice sort of weird

food was not as good as they used to do there - my wife had the pie and it came with gravy that was quite sweet!

Still nice ot get out for a change


Do have to report a strange incident

The table behind my wife - so directly in my eye line was occupied by a couple
young woman - early to mid twenties - wearing a nice stylish orange top and nice jeans - blond hair and really good make up - very attractive
and a bloke - probably 40 ish - hairy and sort of maybe Greek looking - quite heavy built - but not overweight
and he had a dog with him

I was thinking - probably not father/daughter due to body language and age difference - also maybe not older brother younger sister - same reasons - but neither impossible

they were talking quite happily - he was leaning on the table - not leaning forward just on the table - quite relaxed
she was sitting in a relaxed way - but leaning on the back of her chair

we were just starting pudding - so we had been there for well over an hour
when she stood up in a definite manner - looked at the bloke
and clearly and firmly said

No!

Bye!

and walked out

he was clearly very unpleased
exasperated judging by his body language

No idea what was occurring but loads of possibilities


People watching is really fun - I have missed it!

I was out Monday night, the pensioners bingo has restarted, my Good Lady didn't want to go but said to me, "you go", so i hopped in the car, picked up my Brother In Law and his wife and had our first night out for months, it was very enjoyable and not only that I won a line, the first game we played, the flyer and I won £11, we were saying in the car on the way home how nice it was to just get out.

 

[Mo1959]

Aargh... Early o'clock! I have actually been awake for 20 minutes and don't like it. The reason is that I have jab #2 coming up shortly. It would be fine if I had got to sleep before sunrise, but I didn't!

In this battle there can only be one winner and it is not going to be me!

I was reading somewhere recently that poor sleep is a significant health risk so I need to try to sleep earlier and for a couple of hours longer.

Doing my normal amount of cycling would help. I have only averaged about 20% of my usual activity levels for the past 16 months.

Oops, jab time...

Have to admit, poor sleep does worry me a bit too but not sure what I can do about it. I've tried all the usual suggestions and don't want pills. The strange thing is I rarely actually feel sleepy.

 

[Paulus]

Aargh... Early o'clock! I have actually been awake for 20 minutes and don't like it. The reason is that I have jab #2 coming up shortly. It would be fine if I had got to sleep before sunrise, but I didn't!

In this battle there can only be one winner and it is not going to be me!

I was reading somewhere recently that poor sleep is a significant health risk so I need to try to sleep earlier and for a couple of hours longer.

Doing my normal amount of cycling would help. I have only averaged about 20% of my usual activity levels for the past 16 months.

Oops, jab time...

My old mum used to say "that an hours sleep before midnight, is worth two after"
Maybe she just wanted me to go to bed earlier. Although all through my working life I did shift work on the railways, so I was in and out of bed at all times of the day and night.

 

[classic33]

Last night we chucked caution to the winds and went out for a meal!!

Yeah I Know !!

Anyway - basically celebrating
my wife's 60th
Both of our 61st 's
2 wedding aniversaries

so we felt we deserved it

It felt weird to be around people - but a nice sort of weird

food was not as good as they used to do there - my wife had the pie and it came with gravy that was quite sweet!

Still nice ot get out for a change


Do have to report a strange incident

The table behind my wife - so directly in my eye line was occupied by a couple
young woman - early to mid twenties - wearing a nice stylish orange top and nice jeans - blond hair and really good make up - very attractive
and a bloke - probably 40 ish - hairy and sort of maybe Greek looking - quite heavy built - but not overweight
and he had a dog with him

I was thinking - probably not father/daughter due to body language and age difference - also maybe not older brother younger sister - same reasons - but neither impossible

they were talking quite happily - he was leaning on the table - not leaning forward just on the table - quite relaxed
she was sitting in a relaxed way - but leaning on the back of her chair

we were just starting pudding - so we had been there for well over an hour
when she stood up in a definite manner - looked at the bloke
and clearly and firmly said

No!

Bye!

and walked out

he was clearly very unpleased
exasperated judging by his body language

No idea what was occurring but loads of possibilities


People watching is really fun - I have missed it!

All three of you, at the same table!

 

[classic33]

Looking outside is imo where you went wrong.
If you hadn't looked out you could have told yourself it was sunny.
Sh*t.....I am really morphing into Classic

You say that as though it's something bad.

 

[numbnuts]

I've got hearing aids.......my car sounds like a bag of nails and I can here the indicators and the keyboard makes clicking noises, I think they are too loud so I'll read the book on how to turn them down and I also have an app to play with

 

[Tenkaykev]

So, you hardly noticed her then?

Yesterday, out in Winchester with Mrs @BoldonLad, who commented on some passing bloke, who, was, apparently, "quite attractive". (did nothing for me, I am afraid).

Mrs @BoldonLad then said to me "you must look at attractive women, from time to time". Quick as a flash, I replied "Never!, why would I?". Full brownie points to me, I think

The correct response was to say “ I do, every time I look at you darling “ that would have been bonus points !