The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Hope this brings a smile to you. Its the mothers day card from our son.

 

[Dave7]

And with the card came this

 

[IaninSheffield]

@IaninSheffield How was your tour of NZ ?

Amazing, thanks. So good to spend February and March in shorts and tee shirt rather than thermals.
Given the current situation I was fortunate with the timing; if I'd organised it for a few weeks later, I wouldn't have got in.
Journal here, if you fancy a look.

 

[Dave7]

Well, no cycling for me today.
Chest is sore where I landed. I need to bathe and dress the wound on my leg but its about 4" long and we (stupidly) dont have any dressings long enough. We had just one that I used Friday. The blood has seeped through so I have to do something.
Might use a clean hanky.
Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[PaulSB]

Be ready with the wallet!

I'm hoping this is all it is. Though as I said to Mrs P we will need to think carefully. Don't get me wrong, we're not struggling but I'm sure the pension pot has tanked. It's the kids and we'll do it if needed but right now I'm in no mood to look at the fund and do the sums!!

Our daughter has her No1 son home (from uni) together with his girfriend (school teacher)...... we have sadly had to ask them to stay away.

This is happening in our house today. No.1 and No.3 plus partners are visiting. We won't allow them in the house and it will be two metres apart in the garden. We will tell them we want to see them in the months ahead but it will be in the garden, on a nice day and strict distancing. We will also ask them to consider visits carefully.

We had a cafe/bar like that. Over priced & poor quality. Never had a chance and folded within 12 months

Quality is good but prices are outrageous. They don't understand the area and it's needs. There aren't enough yummy mummies. Plus they are incredibly rude. The stories are legion and they fail to understand how these spread in a small community.

Friend of mine went in recently and asked for milk. He was offered two litres of organic. "Have you got anything smaller?" was met with "What do you think this is? A corner shop?" 😲

My next door neighbour has real financial problems and depression. She hardly ever goes out. She applied for and was given a part-time job. This was massive mentally, socially and financially.

She went for induction on a Monday. Yes, great first shift on Saturday. She arrived Saturday to be told "Oh sorry that was only a trial, we've found someone else!' 😲

I've refused to enter the place since. Though I'm going to get three bottles of wine this morning with the £20 voucher out of revenge!

 

[IaninSheffield]

Well, no cycling for me today.
Chest is sore where I landed. I need to bathe and dress the wound on my leg but its about 4" long and we (stupidly) dont have any dressings long enough. We had just one that I used Friday. The blood has seeped through so I have to do something.
Might use a clean hanky.
Any suggestions are welcome.

If you are near to a pharmacist or someone is able to call in for you, I've found these are not bad. Hanky will do a good job in the meantime, with the inside of the folded part (i.e. cleanest area) applied to the wound.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Little twenty miler this morning. Chilly but tolerable, especially when the sun was out. Lots of folks out on the Trans Pennine Trail, mostly distanced from one another.

 

[welsh dragon]

Don't know.......if you wore Drago's y-fronts on your head nobody would come near you!

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[Dave7]

If you are near to a pharmacist or someone is able to call in for you, I've found these are not bad. Hanky will do a good job in the meantime, with the inside of the folded part (i.e. cleanest area) applied to the wound.

Thank you for that Ian. Will do that.

 

[Dave7]

Further to @Dirk 's post and bearing in mind what special day this is, do you know that Jehovahs witnesses are not allowed to celebrate Mothers Day ?
Or birthdays.

 

[PaulSB]

There is an app called "Houseparty' which is great for virtual socializing. Up to eight people can simultaneously be in an online video chat with a live video feed of each person showing on screen all the time.

It works for both iPhone and Android.

Played with this today with the kids. Looks like a great way to keep up with family and friends over the coming months. No.1 son says it was originally intended for children so shouldn't be too hard for us oldies to handle.

 

[pawl]

Bloody ell Mo.....if you must use big words will you at least explain them. I had to break off and google that hypothe thing.

Oh come on every one knows it’s what you do with two pieces ofwood together in a y shape when looking for an under ground water source😀😀😀😀😀

 

[Mo1959]

Oh come on every one knows it’s what you do with two pieces ofwood together in a y shape when looking for an under ground water source😀😀😀😀😀

Dowsing. My dad seemed to have the knack, although he used two l shaped pieces of wire gripped loosely in his hands to find underground drains. Quite a good success rate.

 

[Dave7]

There is an app called "Houseparty' which is great for virtual socializing. Up to eight people can simultaneously be in an online video chat with a live video feed of each person showing on screen all the time.

It works for both iPhone and Android.

Played with this today with the kids. Looks like a great way to keep up with family and friends over the coming months. No.1 son says it was originally intended for children so shouldn't be too hard for us oldies to handle.

What!!! Are you serious? Intended for kids so us oldies can handle it. hahaha. I can maybe understand stuff for under 3s

 

[Dirk]

Further to @Dirk 's post and bearing in mind what special day this is, do you know that Jehovahs witnesses are not allowed to celebrate Mothers Day ?
Or birthdays.

.........or Christmas.
They are also forbidden to vote or take part in any form of government, local or national.
They also discourage education of children beyond basic legal requirement ie. no college or university.
I've worked with a few and although they generally come across as being extremely amenable to your face, deep down they hold 'worldly' people in utter contempt. If you're not with them, you're against them, is their real worldview.
They are a cult by the very definition of the BITE model - but they always deny it when asked. (Well....they would, wouldn't they?)
Weird bunch.