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The Retirement Thread
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good morning. Positively balmy outside with no frost. Well Mrs P's windscreen isn't frozen which seems a good indicator. I banked the stove up last night but not quite enough. I've spent the last hour coaxing it back into life. I started using red briquettes this year which we pick up from the local coal yard. £12/20kg which lasts about 3 days and when it's cold enough to want early morning heat I reckon this is better value than the CH. I've given up foraging for logs; two reasons, it's hard work and I'm worried I might slip carrying bags of logs down from the allotment.
This morning I'm going to stretch etc. then do the housework and ironing that should have been done on Thursday!! Hopefully pick up the new telly this afternoon. I'm pleased! Mrs P came home yesterday afternoon. The conversation went like this:
Mrs P "Did you get the new telly?"
Me: "No, I've found one but thought I should speak to you"
Mrs P: "Why?"
Me: "How much do you think a new TV will cost?
Mrs P: "£800 - £1000?"
Me: "I'll get it tomorrow"
That went a whole lot better than I had expected.
This morning I'm going to stretch etc. then do the housework and ironing that should have been done on Thursday!! Hopefully pick up the new telly this afternoon. I'm pleased! Mrs P came home yesterday afternoon. The conversation went like this:
Mrs P "Did you get the new telly?"
Me: "No, I've found one but thought I should speak to you"
Mrs P: "Why?"
Me: "How much do you think a new TV will cost?
Mrs P: "£800 - £1000?"
Me: "I'll get it tomorrow"
That went a whole lot better than I had expected.
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Now it's lighter outside, its 3 deg and we don't have any fog.
2nd lot of washing is in the machine.
2nd lot of washing is in the machine.
When I was trying to figure out what size TV to get I read a comment from a dealer who said "I have often heard people say 'I wish I'd got a bigger TV but I've never heard anyone say they wish they'd got a smaller one".
I got a 65" and it's great for me.
It's Sunday, a day of rest!!!!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
It's warming up rapidly other there.
When I left to take Bruce for his Sunday walk I was swaddled up jn my tristy M1965 jacket, cardie and woolie hat. By the time jn nearly home and hour later the hat is in my picket, the jacket and cardie are undone, I'm sweeting and the front is melting.
When I left to take Bruce for his Sunday walk I was swaddled up jn my tristy M1965 jacket, cardie and woolie hat. By the time jn nearly home and hour later the hat is in my picket, the jacket and cardie are undone, I'm sweeting and the front is melting.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
65” in the living room and 55” in the bedroom. If I ever need to change the living room one, I might go bigger again.
6.5 mile walk done with some climbing. It’s time I was going longer and climbing more. I’ve just been doing the riverside trail lately and it’s pretty flat. My legs and lungs are getting a bit out of shape.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
We have 55" in the living room as that was bought for the last house and had to fit next to the chimney breast.
On the one hand I'd like to go bigger, but unless this one dies I shan't be doing so as I don't watch much tv, and all of that is on demand stuff.
On the one hand I'd like to go bigger, but unless this one dies I shan't be doing so as I don't watch much tv, and all of that is on demand stuff.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Yes, I can see that. 65" wouldn't physically fit. This is about aesthetics and available space. There's only one spot to put the TV which a 42" fills well. A 48" would be 3cm wider on each side. That works. The height though would be 11cm greater. That doesn't work in our little cottage. Squirrel Nutkin book is the extra 11cm height.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I remember in the 90s I bought a 42" telly and it seemed enormous.
For a period every single house burglary victim reported their 42" tv was stolen, which in most cases was about as realistic as reporting their Faberge egg collection or Bentley being pinched, but I guess insurers are used to it.
For a period every single house burglary victim reported their 42" tv was stolen, which in most cases was about as realistic as reporting their Faberge egg collection or Bentley being pinched, but I guess insurers are used to it.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I haven't got a telly and the way the licencing peole treat me I'd never buy one,
but there is talk again on putting the cost with council tax
but there is talk again on putting the cost with council tax
classic33
Leg End Member
OwdoMorning
classic33
Leg End Member
You've a curtain pole to put up as well!
classic33
Leg End Member
Is that why you asked the question about leaving him alone?
