Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven


blue1948 said:
Good morning all on this lovely day ,-22° here so just for @Sassy Colombian that is "Brass monkey weather "
Finally got the snow blower part yesterday but it is too cold to work outside on metal parts ,I will try this afternoon or tomorrow .I hope all have a fine and healthy day today .
Reading through the posts from yesterday it struck me how much of a meeting place this is ,nattering about whatever and not being made uneasy over your views .
I am trying to compare it to a place or time in the past but I am finding it hard .From being helped to helping ,from laughing at to laughing with and from explaining to having something explained ,I love to come on here .
Long may it continue .
I don't know if I have posted this before but the wife and I get up quite early and have a cuppa then we go back to bed to plan our day and the menu for the weekend -yes we do it everyday from Tuesday onwards and it does change -then we get up pool evercise and shower and the real day begins .
I have been retired 10 years almost and it took me the first five to stop feeling guilty about receiving money for doing nothing ,now I just enjoy showing this little plastic card and getting whatever I want .
Someone once said the retirement is so good they should make it compulsory for twenty year olds as they are young enough to get the best from it .
We started to watch the latest Bond movie but I thought it was riculous so we watched Gordon Ramsey ,I never liked him as although I swear Ithink there is a time and place and that TV isn't the place for effing and blinding ,we then bt chance found he had done a Christmas program in Finland ,we found it very good and we have since found some tours he has done with Gino and Fred -no not that one - and they are quite entertaining albeit a little childish ,I hope you all will find that as pensioner childish is actually very good ,they do say it is your second chilhood .
Have a great day .
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Morning Blue , yes I noticed from your posts how early you awake although you are 2 hours ahead I think ?

Me and Mrs J are similar. I'm an early riser and get up about 6.30 , see to the dogs and make breakfast which I bring back to bed ( boring details - porridge in autumn winter / cereal with fruit in spring summer.

Since Covid I've done all the shopping for us and my mum . I tend to go first thing on Monday when It's quietest and get a weeks shopping.

However being the planners that we are the first task on Monday is to work out our list of meals for the week and then shop accordingly. Thatt way we have virtually no wasted food , which is good.

I've also been retired for about 10 years - fab isn't it !

Mrs J at the charity shop today and I'm off to the gym in half an hour.

Have a lovely day everyone.

Good to see you back @Terrarian
 
Good morning all. I'm enjoying reading the retirement way of life. I'm very much looking forward to it! Maybe another 3 or 4 years to go. I also agree with you about Djokovic. What an arrogant git he is with some very questionable views.

Not much happening here today. I'm at the gym later. We had a PT session last night. The gym was packed - obviously a lot of people with New Year resolutions! I actually felt a bit uncomfortable in there because of all the people so I'm going to do a COVID test this morning.

Speaking of COVID tests Klopp may have shot himself in the foot with the absolute bilge he has been spouting about all the false positives they had. I hope they get chucked out of the competition for what appears to be blatant cheating. I'm not holding my breath though.... He's another one who thinks he can do what he likes.
 

I wish I had retirement to look forward too, as it is it has been thrust upon me semi-retirement far too early and it doesn't have a good vibe, I'd much be out earning some money. It gets very draggy and days blend into each other.

It's a good thread this, like a little meeting place for idle chit chat, more of the same. Everton are causing enough troubles lol
 

Mr G. has been retired for 8 years now, I gave up my part time job at the age of 50 (long story). This meant that I was able to take on childcare duties when our grandkids started to arrive. Although this has meant we were restricted to a certain extent regarding school terms etc I’ve never regretted it. We aren’t needed so much these days but are still on hand for emergencies . Mr G. helps his mate with his decorating business from time to time and we both help our neighbour with gardening and odd jobs etc. It’s a cliche but often wonder how we found the time to go to work, although have to say on a morning like this(grey and cloudy) sometimes it can be hard to get motivated. One of the best things is the bus pass and when we are released back into the wild I hope to use it to visit further afield than 20 miles which is as far as I been with it so far. Have a good day all.
 
Terrarian said:
I wish I had retirement to look forward too, as it is it has been thrust upon me semi-retirement far too early and it doesn't have a good vibe, I'd much be out earning some money. It gets very draggy and days blend into each other.

It's a good thread this, like a little meeting place for idle chit chat, more of the same. Everton are causing enough troubles lol
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I agree, retirement is best when you an old codger ( a word for you there @Sassy Colombian ) like me. Hope you continue to feel better.
 

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