The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Ditto.

And whilst the little buggers carefully tamp down the soil when burying their hoard of nuts, they are less diligent when digging them up!

Yes, although we live on the edge of an urban area, we have recently "acquired" a squirrel. My wife likes to watch it's antics, and, I put a feeder on a tree in our garden. The little blighter goes through enormous quantities of hazel nuts, but, I have noticed it appears to bury most of them (in our garden, and the gardens of neighbours). It does occur to me that, if squirrel does not subsequently dig them up, we are going to be trapped in a dense jungle of hazel nut trees in the future

 

[Paulus]

Update on snowmaggeden.
The half inch we had has miraculously disappeared and it has been lashing down with heavy for the last four hours.
The patio and garden is under water now, and the rain is set to continue right through 'till tomorrow evening.

 

[PaulSB]

We now have rain. I was contemplating a snowy walk. A slushy walk doesn't have quite the same feel.

Christmas is back in the loft. Next year I may ask one of my sons to get it out and put away again.........though I'm not sure if I'll bother?

 

[PaulSB]

Yes, although we live on the edge of an urban area, we have recently "acquired" a squirrel. My wife likes to watch it's antics, and, I put a feeder on a tree in our garden. The little blighter goes through enormous quantities of hazel nuts, but, I have noticed it appears to bury most of them (in our garden, and the gardens of neighbours). It does occur to me that, if squirrel does not subsequently dig them up, we are going to be trapped in a dense jungle of hazel nut trees in the future

I read about this recently. Apparently squirrels retrieve between 25 and 95% of buried nuts. The success rate depends on species and distribution method. The distribution methods are either widespread over multiple locations or creating one or two larders. A squirrel buries up to 3000 nuts.

So you'll either end up in a forest or small wood.

At our last club quiz a question was how many nuts does a squirrel bury each year? I did some idle reading when I got home.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I did get out for my run earlier despite the weather being a bit grim. I tried out my new cap from Alpkit that Mrs Tkk got me for Christmas, it's fleece lined and has stowable ear flaps. What an excellent piece of kit, it kept me dry and warm and doesn't look too geeky.
Had a lovely hot shower when I got back, followed by a big bowl of porridge with a generous dollop of strawberry jam stirred in.
Been doing odds and sods and catching up on some football highlights on YouTube. I also stumbled across a video of Shane McGowans funeral where an=mong other things there was a performance of one of my favourite songs " A fairytale of New York " . I know funerals can be sombre, but this was the polar opposite, seems like everyone was letting their hair down and celebrating his life 😎


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8lvnSmISc

 

[Mike Ayling]

One of my ex colleagues set off on this massive cruise. Not my cup of tea, but she is a very gregarious person and seems to make friends on these holidays.







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What does it cost?

 

[Drago]

A lovely kebab dinner.

Learning some new bass lines and getting into early Faces era Rod Stewart. Never appreciated what a great voice he had and what a good technical singer he was, brilliant vocal control.

 

[PaulSB]

Mrs P agrees we should get a new TV. Yeah!!

 

[classic33]

Mrs P agrees we should get a new TV. Yeah!!

What'll you do with the current one?

 

[PaulSB]

What'll you do with the current one?

Pass it on to my son.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Rain here today. Now passed but still overcast.

 

[Drago]

I have risen! 1st!

Chucking it down here.

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
It's a wild start to the day here. The rain is lashing down and the wind is blowing.
The cats refused to go out.
It will be a very soggy dog walk this morning.
The bin lorries will be down soon, I don't envy their job on days like these.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Cold but dry so far. It should be safe enough underfoot for a wander before breakfast. I’m needing it as I sat on my bum watching telly pretty much constantly from mid afternoon until bed time yesterday.