The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

Morning all, tough day ahead for me youngest daughter-in- law is coming around to help me sort some of Pam's bits out. It sounds very wet and windy outside at the moment.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. We had rain overnight but it’s cleared now so better get out. I’m late today as my bed was too cosy.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all, tough day ahead for me youngest daughter-in- law is coming around to help me sort some of Pam's bits out. It sounds very wet and windy outside at the moment.

My thoughts will be with you.
I had to get my daughter to sort Sue's things out.
I have Sue's purse but still can't bring myself to empty it.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Covid jabs this morning at Minehead hospital.
Will do a bit of shopping and also drop my mates MiG welder off on the way through.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning,
Achy legs from my stairs session at the hospital yesterday. I have a doctor's appointment this morning for the RSV antiviral. My reminder message tells me it will be administered by the Doctor herself. There’s a small family bakery opposite so I will reward myself with an Eccles cake ( autocorrect suggested ecclesiastical cake ) if I'm a brave boy.
Sunshine predicted for the rest of the day☀️
Have a peaceful day everyone

 

[oldwheels]

My thoughts will be with you.
I had to get my daughter to sort Sue's things out.
I have Sue's purse but still can't bring myself to empty it.

I still have my wife's jewellery and one jacket is hanging in a wardrobe but her wedding ring has vanished. She was not wearing it when she went to hospital as it was a bit loose and she did not want to lose it.
Searched everywhere and even began to have dark thoughts about a carer who came once a week to give me a respite break.
It is now nine years.

 

[Mo1959]

Took the car through to Comrie and walked from there. Mix of road and trail and a bit of out and back, as I would have come down on to the main road if I had kept going. Might be a good mountain bike bimble at some point.

 

[Dave7]

I still have my wife's jewellery and one jacket is hanging in a wardrobe but her wedding ring has vanished. She was not wearing it when she went to hospital as it was a bit loose and she did not want to lose it.
Searched everywhere and even began to have dark thoughts about a carer who came once a week to give me a respite break.
It is now nine years.

Sue had imo a beautiful locket that I bought her approx 1970. My daughter wears it all day now together with Sue's wedding ring.

 

[Dave7]

I am now getting my gob around a full English.
Egg, toast, sausage, beans, tomato, mushrooms and haloumi. Yum yum

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Morning all, tough day ahead for me youngest daughter-in- law is coming around to help me sort some of Pam's bits out. It sounds very wet and windy outside at the moment.

Horrible and sad job that. ☹️

Better doing it with someone else than on your own.

 

[Mo1959]

Horrible and sad job that. ☹️

Better doing it with someone else than on your own.

One of the things that cut me up most after mum died was looking at her diaries. She kept them for years and the final one when she ended up in hospital for her last few weeks of dying with lung cancer the writing got shakier and shakier until it was barely legible a couple of days before she died.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

One of the things that cut me up most after mum died was looking at her diaries. She kept them for years and the final one when she ended up in hospital for her last few weeks of dying with lung cancer the writing got shakier and shakier until it was barely legible a couple of days before she died.

That's a really sad post.

I'm not sure that our society has a very good relationship with death.

One of the most natural things that will ever occur to each of us, yet it leaves so much sadness behind.

I wish it could be more celebratory of a life well-lived. And definitely more celebratory than the faux nonsense of some funeral services!

 

[numbnuts]

Morning, I've been pricked

 

[classic33]

Morning, I've been pricked

Prodded and poked?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Hmm! I just read that not only IHT & pensions are likely to be clobbered on the 30th, but the stealth tax rise of further frozen tax threshold levels has raised its ugly head.

My thoughts on this would definitely contravene site rules, so 🤐 for me.