The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

I was at the IN door in Aldi a few days ago, spraying an anti-viral product onto the handles of the shopping basket and my hands, when I heard a loud THUD! behind me. I turned and saw that a young woman had tripped and faceplanted on the floor. I asked if she was ok; she did the jumping up and shouting "Thanks - I'm okay - it didn't hurt!" thing, then staggered off in front of me. From the way she was moving, I reckon that it actually hurt a lot!

A young guy today risked a much more serious faceplant. I was walking back to the shops again when I saw him hurtling up the pavement towards me. When I say 'hurtling', I mean that he would have been very competitive in a decent 100 metres race! He wasn't wearing running gear, just normal 'civvies'. I had never before seen anybody who wasn't actually in a race run that fast. It was a very impressive turn of speed, but it seemed very odd to be doing it where he was. There was a risk of tripping on the inevitable uneven paving slab, or colliding with one of the many other pedestrians wandering about. Todmorden's excellent park is only a couple of minutes away. He could have strolled to that then run around in safer, more pleasant surroundings. After I came home it occurred to me that perhaps he'd had an emergency phone call from a loved one and was rushing to help?

Escapee shoplifter! Maybe I worked in the prison service too long.

Another 5 miles walked. Few showers but not too bad.

 

[numbnuts]

He must know that you need more than that for the replacement car!

And I bet he still thinks wagon wheels are bigger too

 

[ColinJ]

Escapee shoplifter! Maybe I worked in the prison service too long.

Actually, he WAS coming towards me from the shop direction...

I have never seen a security guard fit enough to catch someone running that fast!

 

[ColinJ]

I should add that seeing the runner made me feel incredibly old! I could never run that fast even when I was young but I doubt that I could do more than 1/3 that speed now.

My legs are still feeling stiff and sore from the walk on Saturday. I realised how inflexible I had become when I struggled to clamber over stiles and get down steep, rocky descents safely.

I'm also too heavy. I wish we had some decent weather now to encourage me to go out more. As it is at the moment I am doing the bare minimum to stay healthy, but not enough to get fit.

 

[BoldonLad]

Rain and hail on the M40SB this morning, yes, it is May!

 

[Dirk]

Fresh Cheddar strawberries and clotted cream scones for tea.

 

[oldwheels]

I was at the IN door in Aldi a few days ago, spraying an anti-viral product onto the handles of the shopping basket and my hands, when I heard a loud THUD! behind me. I turned and saw that a young woman had tripped and faceplanted on the floor. I asked if she was ok; she did the jumping up and shouting "Thanks - I'm okay - it didn't hurt!" thing, then staggered off in front of me. From the way she was moving, I reckon that it actually hurt a lot!

A young guy today risked a much more serious faceplant. I was walking back to the shops again when I saw him hurtling up the pavement towards me. When I say 'hurtling', I mean that he would have been very competitive in a decent 100 metres race! He wasn't wearing running gear, just normal 'civvies'. I had never before seen anybody who wasn't actually in a race run that fast. It was a very impressive turn of speed, but it seemed very odd to be doing it where he was. There was a risk of tripping on the inevitable uneven paving slab, or colliding with one of the many other pedestrians wandering about. Todmorden's excellent park is only a couple of minutes away. He could have strolled to that then run around in safer, more pleasant surroundings. After I came home it occurred to me that perhaps he'd had an emergency phone call from a loved one and was rushing to help?

The side window of my van was broken in an attempted robbery in Largs one night. I was asleep in the van at the time fortunately and the would be thieves made off. The police told me later that they saw them running through the bus station as tho' all the devils in hell were after them. I know I get all sorts of non compliments but that beats them I think.

 

[oldwheels]

Escapee shoplifter! Maybe I worked in the prison service too long.

Another 5 miles walked. Few showers but not too bad.

I was never in law enforcement but see my reply to ColinJ.

 

[numbnuts]

morning it's not ..............yet

 

[Mo1959]

morning it's not ..............yet

Dry here too with showers forecast later. Suppose I should have a bimble. Not very enthusiastic or energetic but might be ok once I get going.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Black bin day and vegbox! There’s a possibility that we’ll be off to Casterbridge again today, having left my “manbag” in the pub near the Station when we visited last week 🙁
A silver lining is that there’s a brewery shop a couple of minutes walk away so we can stock up on “ essentials “ 🍺🍺
Now if only this blasted rain would stop…

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day people. 💨💨💦💦☹️☹️

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
Guess what..... go on guess.......ok I will tell you.
Its raining !!!
A weird nights sleep. Fell asleep at 1730 and woke at 2230......so sat watching crap on TV then went to bed 0130. Woke again at 0630. A bit groggy but otherwise fine.
No idea what to do today. If my name was Mo I would go for a walk but its really not nice out there.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!