The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Gosh, Paul is here first and has just popped in to say Hi before trying to doze again. I am a little peeved, only a very, very little. Mrs P has a consultation today. I didn't even consider a ride. I thought it was face to face, only discovered it was phone about 10.15 last night.

As I headed up to bed last night she said "I thought you were riding tomorrow?" The unwritten rule for me is I should accompany Mrs P for any appointment that is face to face. She regards the phone ones as very routine. I feel she's right, the consultant wouldn't call with bad news.

😴😴😴 👋👋

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Which Tile have you bought? I have just bought a Eufy one (from Amazon). I would have bought the Apple tag, but, we are a “mixed family” of Apple and Android users, and, the EUFY works with both. So far, it is working as required.

I will get a couple of those next time they go on sale ( about £12 ). I am using a couple of Eufy 2K WiFi security cameras as wildlife cameras and the video quality, WiFi range and battery life are exceptionally good.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Any good?

Sorry for late reply, very good, slightly thicker than a normal card, 3year batter life and a beeper you can trigger if your wallet is under a cushion etc. Also has a NFC chip facility that still works when the battery eventually dies.

 

[Dave7]

I've never heard that phrase before...

I/we first heard it some 30 years from one of the guys building our extension. It tickled me up and I've used it ever since.

 

[Drago]

Got a blocked ear and it's doing my head in.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning. I had planned an hour or two on the bike. It's blowing a gale and tipping down here. I have reconsidered. A very good sleep last night - 10.00pm to 2.30am and 4.30am to 8.15........I know it's weird.

@welsh dragon in my house that's known as a boy look. 🤣 I used to have a Tile, one on the key ring and a credit card sized one in my wallet. I lost my wallet one day, switched it on and Google maps showed it was in Aldi. What I didn't know was it would start to beep..........I got to Aldi, it was in the manager's office......beeping!!!!

@Tenkaykev you're a tease. Come on, we want to hear more. Wimborne Mowers Club? This must be men, men who like widgets and stuff. Did they parade down the street pushing their mowers? Rides on ride on mowers for the kids? Do tell 🤣

 

[Dave7]

Morning everyone.
Quite mild this morning but the week ahead is to be very up and down if the forecast is to be believed ie 14° one day and down to 7° the next.
One difficult job today, to sort out Sue's aunty's finances. Basically she did have a healthy bank balance but 18 months in a care home has seen that dwindle dramatically. Some difficult phone calls to make

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
Another damp, drizzly start to the day here.
A domestics type of day here. The kitchen floor needs washing and the rest of the house needs a good vacuuming.
We have some old friends coming round late this afternoon for tea, so I'm cooking a park, apple and cider casserole. Dessert will be an apple crumble.

 

[PeteXXX]

Busy day, today. I have a blind to fit on the kitchen window and it turns out that yesterday's cancelled trip to a Retail Park was only actually a postponement ☹️

 

[Drago]

I had to nip to Tesco for some ear drops yesterday. It was so busy with the Christmas lemmings that I almost lost it and went all Falling Down in there.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeee 9 deg dy and calm here it was quite windy last night.

I have started a casserole in the slow cooker.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Dave7]

Cooooeeee 9 deg dy and calm here it was quite windy last night.

I have started a casserole in the slow cooker.

Stay safe peeps

I am on beef stew as it was one of the meals that defrosted.

 

[Dave7]

More bad news!

Another one of my balls has fallen off