Granny Danger Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 38 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said: I am in Lanzarote at the moment and the temperature has been unreal for the time of the year,during the day it has not been less than 34c and just now at 9.48pm it is still 29c. It’s been like that for weeks. Most of the houses where we live are holiday rentals and only us and one other have air conditioning. How folk staying over here without air con is beyond me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: It’s been like that for weeks. Most of the houses where we live are holiday rentals and only us and one other have air conditioning. How folk staying over here without air con is beyond me. I read today that they closed the schools as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 5 hours ago, The DA said: Right, six weeks into retirement and I'm a bit disappointed. You need a plan, some kind of interest that's going to take up most of your time. Aimless fucking about is fun for a wee while but gets a bit boring after a few weeks. I'm off to do some study. I'm a bit of a renaissance man (read ADHD) but I need a bit more focus to give my retirement some shape. My retirement lasted about five weeks, the longest that I had ever been away from school/work since 1979. Spent most of it either sleeping or lazing around in front of the television. Death was coming fast. Ended up with the choice of divorce or back to work! Work was the cheaper/healthier option… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Smurph said: I managed to break my glasses last night. A pain which makes navigating through the next week difficult, but not the worst thing that could have happened. I’m wearing my sunglasses in the house. Just opened my laptop and the screen on that has broken! No idea how that happened, must have bumped my bag or something. It will be an expensive month but I don’t know what to do with myself now. I’m pretty much housebound until I can see again. Am I going to have to read a book? No, I’ll end up just spending even more time on my phone. Did you take your broken specs off before looking at the 'broken' laptop screen? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 10 hours ago, The DA said: Right, six weeks into retirement and I'm a bit disappointed. You need a plan, some kind of interest that's going to take up most of your time. Aimless fucking about is fun for a wee while but gets a bit boring after a few weeks. I'm off to do some study. I'm a bit of a renaissance man (read ADHD) but I need a bit more focus to give my retirement some shape. Get a packet of cacti seeds and grow them. You will soon get hooked (literally) I have a few hundred now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 hours ago, The DA said: Right, six weeks into retirement and I'm a bit disappointed. You need a plan, some kind of interest that's going to take up most of your time. Aimless fucking about is fun for a wee while but gets a bit boring after a few weeks. I'm off to do some study. I'm a bit of a renaissance man (read ADHD) but I need a bit more focus to give my retirement some shape. 7 hours ago, supermik said: My retirement lasted about five weeks, the longest that I had ever been away from school/work since 1979. Spent most of it either sleeping or lazing around in front of the television. Death was coming fast. Ended up with the choice of divorce or back to work! Work was the cheaper/healthier option… Hmm, not sure I like the sound of that. I’m four weeks into mine and still at the ‘Woo Hoo! I’m not on holiday! I’m retired, no more work ever’ stage. You’re saying there’s less than two weeks of this euphoria left? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 hours ago, The DA said: Right, six weeks into retirement and I'm a bit disappointed. You need a plan, some kind of interest that's going to take up most of your time. Aimless fucking about is fun for a wee while but gets a bit boring after a few weeks. I'm off to do some study. I'm a bit of a renaissance man (read ADHD) but I need a bit more focus to give my retirement some shape. Maybe we need a retirement thread where those retired can offer advice to others in a similar position or nearing retirement. My advice would be walking (for exercise), lying about (for bodily relaxation), reading/listening to music (for mental relaxation), scrabble or equivalent (for mental acuity), and drinking wine (no explanation required). I am 21 months into retirement and feel at times that I’m becoming zombified and that I’d like to be doing something meaningful again but then I remember the stress of working… 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Maybe we need a retirement thread where those retired can offer advice to others in a similar position or nearing retirement. Not a bad idea tbh. IME the "cliff edge" of Work -> Fuckall is not healthy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 13 hours ago, Smurph said: I managed to break my glasses last night. A pain which makes navigating through the next week difficult, but not the worst thing that could have happened. I’m wearing my sunglasses in the house. Just opened my laptop and the screen on that has broken! No idea how that happened, must have bumped my bag or something. It will be an expensive month but I don’t know what to do with myself now. I’m pretty much housebound until I can see again. Am I going to have to read a book? No, I’ll end up just spending even more time on my phone. I watched a sad documentary about how blind people get used to new surroundings. Touching stuff. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Not a bad idea tbh. IME the "cliff edge" of Work -> Fuckall is not healthy. Fair point. Got to admit that as retirement was approaching I was focused entirely on the date, no thoughts whatsoever on what was going to happen after. Nearly 50 years working and now it’s just not there. Still got that ‘extended holiday’ feeling but, yeah, there has to be some kind of structure eventually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said: I am in Lanzarote at the moment and the temperature has been unreal for the time of the year,during the day it has not been less than 34c and just now at 9.48pm it is still 29c. We are in Tenerife and it's the same. Melting. Going home tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Leith Green said: Not a bad idea tbh. IME the "cliff edge" of Work -> Fuckall is not healthy. I tried it for a year and couldn't hack it. My mistake was going from 60-hour weeks to zero hour weeks. I went back to work and am now back at 60 hour weeks but I will wind that down as and when (or if and when) I start to approach 65. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 According to Mrs Granny anyone struggling with retirement has not yet mastered the art of daytime drinking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Good news for Alert Mongoose. A study has found that staring at busty women can lengthen your lifespan, according to a group of German scientists. An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that looking at a woman’s breasts for just a few minutes a day may be better for your health than going to the gym. Author Dr Karen Weatherby, who is an expert in ageing, wrote: “Just 10 minutes of looking at the charms of well-endowed females is equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out.” The doctor’s research team spent five years monitoring the effects of the unique discovery. The men who were told to stare at bosoms daily were found to have lower blood pressure and a slower resting pulse rate. The study’s findings also established a decreased risk of coronary artery disease. Dr Weatherby explained: "Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. "There's no question - gazing at large breasts makes men healthier." She also recommends that men over 40 should spend at least 10 minutes daily admiring breasts size D-cup or larger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I'm going to live forever 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: I'm going to live forever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Maybe we need a retirement thread where those retired can offer advice to others in a similar position or nearing retirement. My advice would be walking (for exercise), lying about (for bodily relaxation), reading/listening to music (for mental relaxation), scrabble or equivalent (for mental acuity), and drinking wine (no explanation required). I am 21 months into retirement and feel at times that I’m becoming zombified and that I’d like to be doing something meaningful again but then I remember the stress of working… Pretty solid. While I am in a large urban/suburban sprawl, I do find that a wander (mostly by car around here) off to look around a newish (to me area) area is a very nice distraction. Spent $12 last week on a regional transit pass and then spent 6 hours riding light rail and wandering downtown a bit…quite amusing… 1 hour ago, bennett said: Good news for Alert Mongoose. A study has found that staring at busty women can lengthen your lifespan, according to a group of German scientists. An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that looking at a woman’s breasts for just a few minutes a day may be better for your health than going to the gym. Author Dr Karen Weatherby, who is an expert in ageing, wrote: “Just 10 minutes of looking at the charms of well-endowed females is equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out.” The doctor’s research team spent five years monitoring the effects of the unique discovery. The men who were told to stare at bosoms daily were found to have lower blood pressure and a slower resting pulse rate. The study’s findings also established a decreased risk of coronary artery disease. Dr Weatherby explained: "Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. "There's no question - gazing at large breasts makes men healthier." She also recommends that men over 40 should spend at least 10 minutes daily admiring breasts size D-cup or larger …and incidentally filled with large breasted women shooting Instagram or Tim Tok videos outside fashion locations in heels the size of the nearby skyscrapers. Was certainly good for my health. Edited October 14, 2023 by TxRover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 54 minutes ago, TxRover said: …and incidentally filled with large breasted women shooting Instagram or Tim Tok videos outside fashion locations in heels the size of the nearby skyscrapers. Was certainly good for my health. BTF 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 35 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: BTF Autocorrect…the generator of soooooo much content. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyBlue Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I realised on the bus earlier that the sentence "I'm here" is always true no matter who says it, where it's said or when. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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