The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Bloody newsies. Its getting harder to find news anywhere without some stupod political slant.

Like the Gruinard. A violent extremist on the left with ideology that they agree with (if not the methods) is a militant, yet a right wing nutter is a plain old terrorist. Makes me angry! I want news, not political bollocks.

 

[Dirk]

Bloody newsies. Its getting harder to find news anywhere without some stupod political slant.

Like the Gruinard. A violent extremist on the left with ideology that they agree with (if not the methods) is a militant, yet a right wing nutter is a plain old terrorist. Makes me angry! I want news, not political bollocks.

GB News - Andrew Neil's outfit.

 

[Mo1959]

…..and we’re off.

 

[Drago]

GB News - Andrew Neil's outfit.

They have their moments for sure, but they're not as bad as the doomsayers were forecasting. The biggest problem with GB News is that its simply boring. Still, 5 minutes of the Guardian requires about 30 minutes of GB News to restore my mental equilibrium.

I actually subscribe to the New York Times. They're a bit lefty, but not rabidly so and are fairly sensible. Isn't it a joke that in order to find a fairly level and even handed news source we have to look abroad

 

[Drago]

Anyway, thats todays moan done. Anyone had any thunder up their end ye1t?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Bloody newsies. Its getting harder to find news anywhere without some stupod political slant.

Like the Gruinard. A violent extremist on the left with ideology that they agree with (if not the methods) is a militant, yet a right wing nutter is a plain old terrorist. Makes me angry! I want news, not political bollocks.

I’ve given up watching any so-called UK National News, they all seem to think that UK=England only.

 

[gavroche]

I’ve given up watching any so-called UK National News, they all seem to think that UK=England only.

Correction, they only seem to think that the UK and the USA are the only countries in the world.

 

[Mo1959]

Anyway, thats todays moan done. Anyone had any thunder up their end ye1t?

Not yet but I see we now have yellow warnings for thunder today and tomorrow. Certainly feeling very humid.

 

[classic33]

Anyway, thats todays moan done. Anyone had any thunder up their end ye1t?

No, and there's non in the air either.

 

[ColinJ]

Typical... The weather has actually improved here but Carrie has gone off with my pump and I don't want to risk going out on the bike without it.

Looks like I will have to get on with my tasks.

The pond pump impellor seems to be shafted (forgive the pun!)... A small stone had got in and jammed it. I think a chunk of plastic got stripped from the drive shaft as a result. I just went online to look for spares. A quick search found one company selling the small plastic parts. There is probably a few pence worth of plastic etc. Ok, shall we call that, er... £10? Nope - £29.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll have another look later.

Carrie's slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww laptop is working better than it was the other day, but something still isn't right. It is trying to do a Windows Update but has taken 2 hours to go from 50% done to 55%! I haven't spotted the problem yet. The disk has loads of free space and is not fragmented. Half the memory is free. Not too many processes running in the background... I'll keep at it.

I'm intending to assemble the gym gear WITH my nephew, not FOR him. He works nights so he hasn't got up yet. Unless that was him stomping about upstairs just now...? Mind you, no DEATH METAL blasting out (yet) so maybe it was just the cats jumping around...

 

[12boy]

Will be 33C by 1 pm so my ride will be soon.
Pablo de Chorley hope you are ok, and if not, feel better soon.
Got a velcro splint thing for my left flipper for doing work. The Doc said it will needed for 3 weeks and then little chips of bone will have fused back, reconnecting ligaments within my fingers. It is much more comfortable than the Al splint.
Dirk, my little pooch had gone deaf and the thunder and the 4th of July fireworks are no longer a problem. When it was, we swaddled her in a Thundershirt which really helped. An author named Temple Grandin, who has written extensively about both autism and animal responses to stress makes an argument for swaddling as an effective calming technique for dogs and babies.
Be well and safe

 

[Mo1959]

When it was, we swaddled her in a Thundershirt which really helped. An author named Temple Grandin, who has written extensively about both autism and animal responses to stress makes an argument for swaddling as an effective calming technique for dogs and babies.

Bit like the weighted blankets? I tried one but not for me but some people think they are brilliant and help with insomnia, anxiety, etc.

 

[Dave7]

Anyway, thats todays moan done. Anyone had any thunder up their end ye1t?

MrsD is always complaining about thunder up my end

 

[Dirk]

Well.....according to the BBC weather site, we have rain and a thunderstorm at the moment.
We actually have sunshine, some blue sky and no rain.
They're bloody useless. How can they get it so wrong, so consistently?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its now gone very dark, when I was out just now the sun was shining brightly, I've been out for some bits and pieces, pick up my prescription and deal with a parcel return, what chance have I got when even My Good Lady doesn't know her bra size.