Things you are no longer interested in.

[grldtnr]

Fishing...i did enjoy being outside, watching the wildlife and trying to outwit a sea trout.....but cant do it anymore or kill anything. Towards the end of my fishing career i would only take fish which were deeply hooked but eventually put everything back. I couldnt justify it anymore ie tormenting a fish for my own jollies/amusement. A seatrout is a beautiful fish and stocks are in serious decline, at least im not contributing to their demise. Ive kept my gear in case of apocalypse survival...
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Never seen the sense I trying to out wit a fish, then chucking back in.
But to hunt for the pot, certainly do that, much the same as grow your own veg...

 

[Salad Dodger]

Flying
Kayaking (the kit up in the loft wouldn't fit me, even if I were agile enough to squish myself into a kayak again)
Formula 1
Most spirit drinks
Top flight football. I don't mind watching local semi pro sides occasionally.

 

[YMFB]

Golf
F1
Listening to……

 

[Jameshow]

Never seen the sense I trying to out wit a fish, then chucking back in.
But to hunt for the pot, certainly do that, much the same as grow your own veg...

You mean you take a living carrot chop it up whilst is still alive and then boil it till soft that's really cruel.... 🤣
#savetheveg.... 🤣

 

[Gwylan]

Caving
Ice climbing
Winter dinghy racing
Sleeping on the ground

 

[SpokeyDokey]

BBC TV. Dire output across the board.

BBC Radio 1&2. Mainly self-serving dross, peppered with playground jokes, from what used to be called DJ's on R1 and Old Fogey music on R2.

 

[johnnyb47]

The News,
There's never any good news around nowadays,It's always full of negativity.
Life is getting ever increasingly shorter so why should I fill it with doom and gloom with what's left of my days.
Coronation Street is another (say no more 🤣)

 

[Gunk]

BBC TV. Dire output across the board.

They‘ve completely lost their Mojo, I can’t remember the last really gripping drama on the BBC, even the BBC 4 music documentaries are poor compared with 10 years ago.

 

[postman]

.Nearly all tv,bbc football progs.Mrs P records her faves then fast forwards to cut out the adverts.Things like Vera,Silent Witness i know some are bbc,Midwifes,Ski Sunday,Ambulance progs.WE never watch the news.

 

[grldtnr]

You mean you take a living carrot chop it up whilst is still alive and then boil it till soft that's really cruel.... 🤣
#savetheveg.... 🤣

Yah I would , but I go to Aldis to buy what I want, I don't hint for the pot. I buy....but the principle remains .....I used to do all my baking , but I don't have anyone to share it with, doesn't help i'm diabetic, similarly I was going to have a go at home brew....but you need to keep it going.... I 'll end up a real piss head if I did, ...8 enjoy the occasional pint...but home brew is risky stuff...

 

[Drago]

BBC TV. Dire output across the board.

BBC Radio 1&2. Mainly self-serving dross, peppered with playground jokes, from what used to be called DJ's on R1 and Old Fogey music on R2.

Yep, I've eschewed the Beeb entirely. Don't even pay the licence any more.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Yep, I've eschewed the Beeb entirely. Don't even pay the licence any more.

Ditto.

 

[gbb]

Work.
I loved work, immersed myself in it, it stretched me, I've travelled abroad a lot with it despite being an introvert, I always found myself being 'the guy everyone comes to' for advice, information etc etc. I had continued working beyond retirement age and perhaps intended working till 68...but my wife's ails and the grandkids living with us cut that short.
I thought I'd hate not working, I almost dreaded stopping.
But I love retirement and don't miss work at all. That's surprised me

 

[D_97_goodtimes]

Things I no longer do


Go to the cinema - Is Marvel the best we can do? Barbra Stanwick. Tyrone Power. Jack Palance unbeatable.

Watch Question of Sport - Ian Botham and Emilyn Hughes were the best.

Play Squash - the Khans - unbeatable

Play pub games - Darts, Cards, Dominoes or Uckers. Look it up.

Catch a bus - I’ll ride my bike thanks.

Use the public lido - What lido?

Watch Only Connect - Consistently score zero - can’t make sense of it.

Use the public library - These days I surf the internet or something like that.



Things I do do

Buy raw milk and fresh eggs from the farm

Obey the tyrant known as Garmin for daily steps and training plans

Travel to unknown places.

Have conversations with locals in unknown places

Prepare and eat plain and simple food - Thanks Delia.

Volunteer to help at LEL 2025.

 

[Gwylan]

Seeing "playing squash" as an ex on the list brought it all back.

I played squash, because a girl I went out with did and her dad bumped me into a club.
I realised that I had dreadful hand-eye coordination that was a bummer. But I was left handed and quick, so my Australian coach (drinking mate) suggested I could blag it down in the ladders.
At college my club carried some weight and I found myself out of my class repeatedly.

After college I took up work and got into a respected south london club. Mostly nodded through because of the club I belonged tp amd my erstwhile coach had moved up in the world.
The real bonus was that generally I played ladies in the bottom ladders - or total twerps . The twerps Well that was the price you paid.
The ladies, that was something else. Basically you got to see them at their best and from the back. Learn a lot about their character and buy them a drink if they beat me. I bought a lot of drinks. But some turned into dates.
Then my friend with benefits found out and I had to make a choice.
I took up 10k