Retirement

[vinteuil]

But do you start at 9am? ... and is the "another bottle" the one after the 7am slurp?

" ... a very nice breakfast wine" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbt1LRs4lXY

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[Edgy 2]

When I was diagnosed with heart failure the cardiologist suggested as a way of keeping active,amongst other things,vigorous housework.
I kept that to myself

[Mal]

I used to play badminton quite seriously at club level until my knees started to have problems in my early forties - I think racket sports are worse than running, with all that twisting, turning, and explosive moves. Look at the problems Andy Murray is having! I also gave up running - still knee problems. Slightly older friends had to retire completely through injury, one had a hip replacement. So for the last twenty years I've stuck to walking briskly to the supermarket and back through scenic parks. Seems to be working, at least, no more knee problems, no hip replacement, no heart attack, no diabetes, no strokes, etc... plus parks are a lot more interesting than badminton halls. Caveat - I have the Aussie flu at the moment, so I'm not recommending it as a cure all!

I'm also not sure about badminton as a social glue, I found the women tended to give up the game 'cause it needs upper arm strength to play at the back of the court. Plus all you tend to have in common with the players is... er... badminton, which (really) isn't enough.

[Richard Tarleton]

Belated good wishes Pet.

My last few years at work were largely spent indoors - managing other people doing the outdoor stuff I used to do. And doing various things involving computers. So retirement was a chance to reclaim the outdoors - birding (both recreational and survey work), wildlife photography, walking generally. The Wetland and Estuary Birds Survey (WEBS, coordinated by the BTO) is a monthly fixture from September to March, as are winter farmland bird surveys....then breeding birds take over, butterflies and dragonflies, moths....within a year of retirement I'd lost nearly a stone and felt much fitter. Some fascinating results from my genealogy/family history project..... Much reading, listening to music, keeping my Spanish up to snuff....the one thing that's rather fallen off is the classical guitar, as the law of diminishing returns was setting in. Gym twice a week, originally because Mrs T was prescribed it, but beneficial and useful when the rain is just too heavy. I even took out a subscription to The Times when I retired - I seldom sat down to read a paper before that.

Badminton features in the latest John Le Carré.

[Rjw]

Belated good wishes Pet.

My last few years at work were largely spent indoors - managing other people doing the outdoor stuff I used to do. And doing various things involving computers. So retirement was a chance to reclaim the outdoors - birding (both recreational and survey work), wildlife photography, walking generally. The Wetland and Estuary Birds Survey (WEBS, coordinated by the BTO) is a monthly fixture from September to March, as are winter farmland bird surveys....then breeding birds take over, butterflies and dragonflies, moths....within a year of retirement I'd lost nearly a stone and felt much fitter. Some fascinating results from my genealogy/family history project..... Much reading, listening to music, keeping my Spanish up to snuff....the one thing that's rather fallen off is the classical guitar, as the law of diminishing returns was setting in. Gym twice a week, originally because Mrs T was prescribed it, but beneficial and useful when the rain is just too heavy. I even took out a subscription to The Times when I retired - I seldom sat down to read a paper before that.

Badminton features in the latest John Le Carré.

Yes, it's all about keeping busy and getting lots of fresh air.

As for Badminton I never really liked the dressage.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, it's all about keeping busy and getting lots of fresh air.

As for Badminton I never really liked the dressage.

Too much horseplay while you're on the trot.

[gurnemanz]

I even took out a subscription to The Times when I retired - I seldom sat down to read a paper before that.

I bought Indy then I-paper for years. When the recently Daily Mail bought the "i", I took it as a signal to stop buying it. My friend has "lent" me his Times login which is useful, also for printing off the cryptic crossword which I do most days.

Ongoing rain in North Wilts. Shed is leaking and beyond repair.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

You are doing well if you are back in time for BaL !! i can probably just about get back to the car for the start.

Well - yes... But I listen to BaL in the car on the way home.

Current PB - 22:53

[Dave2002]

Well - yes... But I listen to BaL in the car on the way home.

Current PB - 22:53

Yes, but do you do the Sudokus?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Yes, but do you do the Sudokus?

Not when I'm driving.

[gradus]

Not when I'm driving.

A friend has written a Sudoku solver (in Python), helpful if you really stuck

[teamsaint]

Well - yes... But I listen to BaL in the car on the way home.

Current PB - 22:53

Thats a great time EA. Is it all downhill ?

I’m way off that at 28.15. But next year, with a bit more training......

No chance of a PB tomorrow, as Salisbury is off due to flooding. But off out for a run with a few friends at 8.30.
And easily home in time for BaL.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Thats a great time EA. Is it all downhill ?

I’m way off that at 28.15. But next year, with a bit more training......

No chance of a PB tomorrow, as Salisbury is off due to flooding. But off out for a run with a few friends at 8.30.
And easily home in time for BaL.

The courses vary so much. I’ve done Parkruns in Torbay and Dalby Forest - both fast courses, where I achieved identical PBs. But the Sewerby (Bridlington) course is much more undulating, so my best time is 23:29, so that’s work in progress.

[Keraulophone]

" ... a very nice breakfast wine"
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Churchill preferred to begin his day with what he called ‘mouthwash.’ This was a fairly weak Johnny Walker Red Label and soda that he would sip from about 9.30am and top up all morning. Then came Odette Pol-Roger‘s one pint bottle of Champagne, drunk from a silver tankard. One of his alcohol reduction plans was: ’I have knocked off brandy and take Cointreau instead’.

But I digress; my preference is for a small glass of Sauternes with the breakfast fruit, something like a La Tour Blanche 2003: ‘intense aromas of dried apricots, citrus, honey and maple syrup with lots of spice, with lovely sweetness and a long, creamy peach tart, tobacco, honey aftertaste. This is pure botrytis. Best ever from here.’ (James Suckling). What a relatively inexpensive route to breakfast vinous bliss!

(BTW, I loved the Irish film - thank you.)

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[ardcarp]

Good God. I'd never get through the morning if I imbibed at breakfast. Maybe that's the point......