The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning it's today

 

[Dave7]

Morning NNs.... how are you today ??
I (again) went to bed early and slept well but, sadly, still woke at 0400. Managed to doze again till 0500 before giving up.
I am trying to work myself up for a walk ......not far, maybe 2 miles.
Today is (boring for some) TV day. Mainly for the footy and golf.
Have a good day all.
BTW
I have this image of Drago, in bed, covered in black oil and with lots of lawn mower parts around him

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,
We’re heading into town later as we’ll be having lunch with friends. I phoned on Tuesday to enquire about a table and got the last available. It’s a lovely pub, the Rope and Anchor, situated just back from the Quay. We’d usually go for a walk along the quay but the weather is going to be grim.

Have a peaceful day folks 🎂🎂🍺🎂🎂

 

[PaulSB]

Partially correct.
From the 1st March each year, new cars will have the current last two digits of the year(21 this year) in their number plate. Whilst new car registrations from 1st September, through to the 28th February, will have a digit*(which is 7 this year) in front of the last digit of the year reg plates.

*This first digit has been increasing by one, every ten years.

I think, but could be wrong, adding 50 gives the same result. For me it's easier to recall and use as I have found the "new" current system difficult to follow. I tried subtracting 50 from numbers yesterday when I was out and this seemed to work very well.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I think, but could be wrong, adding 50 gives the same result. For me it's easier to recall and use as I have found the "new" current system difficult to follow. I tried subtracting 50 from numbers yesterday when I was out and this seemed to work very well.

Hang on, I think I know this, it’s subtract thirty two, multiply by nine and divide by five. Or was it multiply by five and divide by nine…

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Grey, breezy and I suspect cold outside. There are no plans for today but I have stuff to do, if that makes sense?

Spent the last hour pondering going on a club ride. I haven't ridden for a week. The wind tells me to stay home. My head tells me I must go for a ride. Thing is for months I've found life a bit of a struggle. Too easy to find excuses not to do things. I recognised this a couple of weeks back

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Moving on today to just outside Burnham on Sea.
Weather is OK at the moment, but rain is coming in by 10am - so we'll be out of bed in a moment and packing up.

 

[PaulSB]

Hang on, I think I know this, it’s subtract thirty two, multiply by nine and divide by five. Or was it multiply by five and divide by nine…

That's the one I use to calculate my boys' ages. 😂😂

Since 2000 I always have to think that one through!!!! 2000 - year of birth + current year - 2000 = age this year. So (2000 - 1986 = 14) + (2021-2000 = 21) = 35 which he is.

I'm really fast and accurate with mental arithmetic - I can do many reasonable sums faster than most folk can use a calculator - but since the millennium my kids' ages have been a struggle. Weird.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[oldwheels]

That's the one I use to calculate my boys' ages. 😂😂

Since 2000 I always have to think that one through!!!! 2000 - year of birth + current year - 2000 = age this year. So (2000 - 1986 = 14) + (2021-2000 = 21) = 35 which he is.

I'm really fast and accurate with mental arithmetic - I can do many reasonable sums faster than most folk can use a calculator - but since the millennium my kids' ages have been a struggle. Weird.

Myself and an excise man used to work out results on paper. We both had to get the same answer or we had to do it again. Got really fast.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, a tropical 9° here. Will go out on the bike for a couple of hours then settle down for another day of the Giro.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Myself and an excise man used to work out results on paper. We both had to get the same answer or we had to do it again. Got really fast.

A few years ago I was in a local bakers shop. They had a new girl behind the counter and I chose a few cakes as well as the loaf that I wanted. The assistants would scribble down the prices on the wrapping paper using a pencil, and tot up when you had finished your order. I watched the girl add up and she did it in a different way to what I had always used, I think it's an updated way of carrying numbers. I did ask her about it and she explained, but I've forgotten the method now.
When waiting in the queue at the supermarket with several items in the basket I would add them up in my head and have the correct amount ready to pay. Sometimes I'd get it wrong but mostly it was accurate.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning all, a tropical 9° here. Will go out on the bike for a couple of hours then settle down for another day of the Giro.

Good to see you back Flick, Mrs Tenkaykev is heading up in your general direction as she's walking a few sections of the John Muir Way, ( the bit's she missed out when they announced the Official Opening, that weren't actually open )