The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

I was absolutely nackered. Mrs P has gone out. I've been back to bed for two hours and feel all the better for it.

@Dave7 - yes. Happy Paul today. ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well it is that time again

apaprently Sky contract is coming to an end and they want to increase the cost by £40 a month
which is £480 a year - which is also a way of thinking about it they don;t want us to do
They would rather we think of "Only and extra £10 a week- ish"

Anyway - we always preferred Virgin - just seems easier to use

so just rung them and it seems like it would be £40 a month LESS that we currently pay
and £80 less soon

just need to confirm a few bits and we might just go with it
I know I could winge at Sky and get it down - but by £80???

might try anyway as I will have to ring they to say f*** off anyway
it might give me some leverage with Virgin

 

[rustybolts]

I agree with you. But who listens at that age.

do not let me hear of the wisdom of old men but rather of their folly

 

[PaulSB]

I was absolutely nackered. Mrs P has gone out. I've been back to bed for two hours and feel all the better for it.

@Dave7 - yes. Happy Paul today. ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

Paul is VERY happy. 👍

 

[numbnuts]

Hi the news so far -
the blood tests I had is showing some sort of infection/virus, no name given and negative on a Covid test......
the other thing that came up was a vitamin D definition so before all this happen all my walks must have been at night.
So far I have very low blood pressure, very short of breath and insomnia I have not slept in the last 10 days which is making me very tired and as weak as a kitten even a small job in the kitchen makes me so tired I have to lay down for at least half an hour or more.
The worse part is getting a meal ready and then being too tired to eat it.
I have an phone appointment on Tuesday with the doctor and more blood tests a months time......that's if I'm still here.

 

[Gunk]

Well it is that time again

apaprently Sky contract is coming to an end and they want to increase the cost by £40 a month
which is £480 a year - which is also a way of thinking about it they don;t want us to do
They would rather we think of "Only and extra £10 a week- ish"

Anyway - we always preferred Virgin - just seems easier to use

so just rung them and it seems like it would be £40 a month LESS that we currently pay
and £80 less soon

just need to confirm a few bits and we might just go with it
I know I could winge at Sky and get it down - but by £80???

might try anyway as I will have to ring they to say f*** off anyway
it might give me some leverage with Virgin

Just scrap it, we got rid of Sky three years ago after more than 20 years, I use a Humax Freesat box for live TV but most of we watch is on demand via a Roku box, if there any sport we want to watch I just buy a day pass On Now TV.

 

[Drago]

I binned off " tv" and thr licence last year.

I watch a lot of stuff on the free catch up services (except for iPlayer, need a licence for that), and subscribe to paramount + for so thing like £68 for 15 months. Dont regret it at all and never find myself short of something to watch.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Hi the news so far -
the blood tests I had is showing some sort of infection/virus, no name given and negative on a Covid test......
the other thing that came up was a vitamin D definition so before all this happen all my walks must have been at night.
So far I have very low blood pressure, very short of breath and insomnia I have not slept in the last 10 days which is making me very tired and as weak as a kitten even a small job in the kitchen makes me so tired I have to lay down for at least half an hour or more.
The worse part is getting a meal ready and then being too tired to eat it.
I have an phone appointment on Tuesday with the doctor and more blood tests a months time......that's if I'm still here.

Good luck on Tuesday.

 

[Mo1959]

I binned off " tv" and thr licence last year.

I watch a lot of stuff on the free catch up services (except for iPlayer, need a licence for that), and subscribe to paramount + for so thing like £68 for 15 months. Dont regret it at all and never find myself short of something to watch.

As much as I grudge the licence, especially with so many repeats, I do enjoy many of the BBC dramas so I’ll need to keep paying them.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I binned off " tv" and thr licence last year.

I watch a lot of stuff on the free catch up services (except for iPlayer, need a licence for that), and subscribe to paramount + for so thing like £68 for 15 months. Dont regret it at all and never find myself short of something to watch.

Ditto.

All our viewing is now on Prime, Netflix or youtube.

Don't miss BBC or ITV etc at all. Certainly don't miss the PC nonsense and political bias of the BBC.

900000 people in the last 2 years have done the same.

 

[Mo1959]

Crikey. Lots of falls in the cycling, including GB

 

[Mo1959]

Talking of TV, does anyone subscribe to Acorn TV? £4.99 per month and seems to be lots of the crime dramas I enjoy.

 

[Paulus]

Crikey. Lots of falls in the cycling, including GB

I think that Ollie Wood was taken out deliberately by the rider from the Netherlands. He made a definite move towards Wood and head butted him as he passed by.

 

[Gunk]

As much as I grudge the licence, especially with so many repeats, I do enjoy many of the BBC dramas so I’ll need to keep paying them.

Me too

 

[Gunk]

Talking of TV, does anyone subscribe to Acorn TV? £4.99 per month and seems to be lots of the crime dramas I enjoy.

Just trying it now, really enjoying Sommerdahl Murders. We are into the third series, nice easy going TV