The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Weather looks a bit yucky for the next few days in this neck of the woods

I was hoping for a nice start to the day on the 21st for the Solstice sunrise, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to see it for cloud/drizzle.

 

[classic33]

Good morning. Looks as though we are in for a warm and cloudy day. That will do. We had a good walk yesterday though I forgot to switch my activity tracker off at the end - walked a long way quite fast!!

Today? Well I've wandered through CC scattering pearls of wisdom around. 🤔 Not really sure after this. I have to deliver cycle kit to three members, visit my son, fiddle with a cadence sensor** and will probably do a bit on the allotment.

** Cycling used to be a simple hobby.

Just don't get caught.

 

[classic33]

Thank's for the suggestion, I've slid the lower cover off and checked the reset button hasn't popped, then followed the relight procedure detailed in the instructions panel. It goes through the starting sequence, pump starts running and I can see a small pilot flame through the inspection window, but the main flame doesn't light ( I'm used to hearing the " Woomph " as the boiler fires up ) I can also hear a regular tic, tic, tic, of the ignition circuit. At this stage my strategy would be to think of @welsh dragon and her Bloomers and then immediately jump under a cold shower, but it appears that that avenue is no longer available to me...

Why do you need a boiler for a cold shower?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've had to have words with the carers this morning, the carer was here far to early this morning, someone woke me up about half five this morning knocking on the door but by the time I got downstairs they had gone, it turned out to have been the carer, she came back at six, I've now had words with the office and made it plain thats too early,

 

[Mo1959]

I've had to have words with the carers this morning, the carer was here far to early this morning, someone woke me up about half five this morning knocking on the door but by the time I got downstairs they had gone, it turned out to have been the carer, she came back at six, I've now had words with the office and made it plain thats too early,

That's ridiculously early. I actually think anything before 7 is too early for most folk.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's ridiculously early. I actually think anything before 7 is too early for most folk.

Yes, after seven would be good, but they are telling us its before seven or after nine, which is too late.

 

[classic33]

Yes, after seven would be good, but they are telling us its before seven or after nine, which is too late.

There's before seven and before seven, an hour and a half before seven is pushing it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Gas lady has been. It was an issue with the thermocouple, luckily a five minute fix. She wouldn't take any money so I gave her a couple of decent bottles of wine. The Boiler is a "Glow Worm Ultimate" which was installed in 1997, I did wonder about changing it a few years ago but she advised me not to, as it was working perfectly well and spares were still readily available.
I do like it when you have managed to accumulate good tradespeople over the years.

 

[Dave7]

Gas lady has been. It was an issue with the thermocouple, luckily a five minute fix. She wouldn't take any money so I gave her a couple of decent bottles of wine. The Boiler is a "Glow Worm Ultimate" which was installed in 1997, I did wonder about changing it a few years ago but she advised me not to, as it was working perfectly well and spares were still readily available.
I do like it when you have managed to accumulate good tradespeople over the years.

Thermo couple.
Does that make me clever or what

 

[Dave7]

I have just filled our wine rack up
I called in the local co-op and noticed a shelf full of "end of line" wines at ridiculous prices eg ......
Shiraz, down from £6.50 to £2.83.
The girl explained they were all end of range bottles.
That'll do for me Tommy

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There's before seven and before seven, an hour and a half before seven is pushing it.

Definitely taking the water this morning, fortunately our bell push was missing so they could only bang on the door and my Good Lady didn't hear that, she was seriously unimpressed when she was woken at six, I hate to think what she'd have been like if she'd been woken earlier.

 

[Exlaser2]

Yes, after seven would be good, but they are telling us its before seven or after nine, which is too late.

Just wondering what time it says in your wife’s care document, I am assuming she has been assessed by social services?. My mums time was nominally 8 plus or minus half an hour but most days they came at 6.30 or 7. Which was fine as she used to wake up at 5 most mornings. The only time I had to step in was when they started coming at 9.30 as that was just to late . The trouble is the time slot from seven to nine is the slot most people need.
I sorted it by arranging a meeting between the care company, social services and and myself and we came to a compromise that suited everyone and my mum didn’t have another problem with them .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've been down B & Q this morning and we now have a working bell, lets see how long it lasts. I also made the mistake of nipping into the Morrisons next door for a couple of bits I didn't get yesterday, getting through the checkout took longer than the shopping, it reminded me why I try not to go shopping on a Saturday. Roadworks are still ongoing in Bedworth and I couldn't get to my usual Tesco's there yesterday, I'm going to have to change my time.

 

[GM]

Morning all... Just had a very gentle virtual spin around part of Lake Garda, I'll do another part tomorrow morning. Yesterday it was Lake Tyrol. Definitely putting those 2 on the bucket list.
Giving the dog a walk/run shortly before we get more rain.

Have a good day folks!

 

[ColinJ]

We had a good walk yesterday though I forgot to switch my activity tracker off at the end - walked a long way quite fast!!

That reminds me of a news report yesterday about that poor British woman murdered by her Greek husband.

At the time, the husband's story was that the couple's home had been invaded by foreign burglars who had allegedly tied up the man and then beaten the woman to death. I have probably been watching too many cop shows and documentaries but I immediately thought that sounded very fishy. If I were a murderous thug who had just murdered someone, the last thing I would do is leave their partner alive in the next room to identify me later...

Kudos to the Greek detectives for not falling for the story. They investigated and found that the woman's fitness tracker showed that she had been alive for hours after she had allegedly been killed, and the husband's phone records showed that he had been moving around for hours after he had supposedly been tied up. Oh, and the burglars had taken the memory cards from the CCTV security system hours after they had supposedly left...

The cops interrogated the husband for hours and he finally confessed to the killing. Hopefully, they didn't use any illegal 'persuasion' to extract that confession, so it will stand up in court.

The thing that I wonder about is how he tied himself up afterwards...? Did he get someone else to help him, or did he devise some clever slip knot and pull the knot tight with his teeth, something like that?


Here I am again just hanging around in case my new wheels turn up. I have a very strong suspicion that I won't get them until Monday now but I can't take the chance of missing the delivery if I am wrong.

When I rang the shop yesterday it was about an hour and a half before closing time and the lad I spoke to said that he was busy preparing the day's outgoing parcels for collection. I bet mine didn't get done in time and that he is doing it today instead... (I'd be very pleased to be proved wrong!)

There is discussion elsewhere on the forum about shortages of bike parts. That definitely seems to be the case. I searched for ages for those wheels. Normally I would have found scores of different stores with them in stock, but I only found 2 or 3 in the UK. A few in Germany had them but I didn't want the post-Brexit hassle. (One German company said that they try to get orders to the UK in good time but sometimes goods are being delayed for a week or so. No use to me, because I want to be riding the wheels before then !)