The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

I'm bored

Yep, I get this. I usually have plenty to do but not always. Sometimes I get be arsed to do anything.

Those circumstances often leave me feeling bored and listless.

 

[welsh dragon]

We had chicken curry and rice for lunch.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page Lol!

 

[Dave7]

I'm bored

Try some nude sun bathing.

Oh....you already have

 

[BoldonLad]

Forth load in the machine, second load on the line, first load dry, I've cleaned the car and checked to cars fluid levels this afternoon, now sat having a, I might start the polishing later.

I need a sit-down after reading that

 

[Paulus]

I'm bored

It's a lovely day, get out on the bike for a bit, go for a walk, watch all the other lemmings struggling to get somewhere in the heavy traffic and laugh at them.
Plenty of things to do on a day like this.

 

[classic33]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpx31Y8874

 

[ColinJ]

I'm going out to do a little bike ride. What I have in mind is to do some laps of my hilly little Lumbutts loop...

I had intended to use that loop for some intensive training rides, but... (bearing in mind the discussion about boredom, above!) last time I tried it I got bored after 3 laps and went home.

Maybe I should try harder. If I were absolutely thrashing myself I'd probably feel too knackered to be bored, but then I would use exhaustion as my excuse after 3 laps instead.

I'll see how I feel. I'll try to get 4 laps in this time, but I suspect that I won't!

 

[Mo1959]

What I have in mind is to do some laps of my hilly little Lumbutts loop...

You could take numbnuts and he could climb Lumbutts

I got myself out for a bimble. Not far or fast but pleasant enough and not too busy on the minor roads. Big mug of tea with a bit of banana soreen loaf now.

 

[oldwheels]

Oban for eye test today but with various admin problems and emailing the wrong appointment time it was 3 hours before I got out. Fortunately the parking gestapo had not been round.
Macular degeneration ie old age and bleparitis so on to antibiotics for this latter.
Went to Aldi for some supplies and while I was inside some eejit hit the front of my car with a shopping trolley and scraped some paint off.
Relaxing back at N Connel and this is Stanley and the view over Loch Etive to Connel.

 

[Mo1959]

Oban for eye test today but with various admin problems and emailing the wrong appointment time it was 3 hours before I got out. Fortunately the parking gestapo had not been round.
Macular degeneration ie old age and bleparitis so on to antibiotics for this latter.
Went to Aldi for some supplies and while I was inside some eejit hit the front of my car with a shopping trolley and scraped some paint off.
Relaxing back at N Connel and this is Stanley and the view over Loch Etive to Connel. View attachment 591491

Bet Stanley is feeling the heat in that coat!

 

[Dave7]

It's a lovely day, get out on the bike for a bit, go for a walk, watch all the other lemmings struggling to get somewhere in the heavy traffic and laugh at them.
Plenty of things to do on a day like this.

On one of my 30 mile Cheshire rides it takes me over a motorway (think its the M6) and several times I have seen 3 guys sat on chairs, with flasks, binoculars and note books.
I stopped once to ask what they were doing.
Answer was.... lorry/wagon spotting .
They travel all over taking notes of all the ones they see.
Each to his own I suppose.

 

[oldwheels]

Bet Stanley is feeling the heat in that coat!

Probably. He had just been for walk along the shore and a steep climb up to base. He will be getting shorn soon and looks totally different. I think more or less normal working has started at least in that field of operation.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

On one of my 30 mile Cheshire rides it takes me over a motorway (think its the M6) and several times I have seen 3 guys sat on chairs, with flasks, binoculars and note books.
I stopped once to ask what they were doing.
Answer was.... lorry/wagon spotting .
They travel all over taking notes of all the ones they see.
Each to his own I suppose.

IIRC there used to be a thing about spotting Eddie Stobart trucks. Perhaps there still is.

 

[Dave7]

IIRC there used to be a thing about spotting Eddie Stobart trucks. Perhaps there still is.

Indeed.
They all had names.....that's the cabs not the spotters