[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Younger wife is good. Wifey is 10 years younger and makes good money. That was a big part of my early retirement decision.

"Somebody's got to keep me in the lifestyle I've grown accustomed to"

[Nachbar]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

"Somebody's got to keep me in the lifestyle I've grown accustomed to"

Yes, that's why I chose a 9 years younger girl. I told my wife, when I retire, I will move to Hawaii. She has to work 9 years longer, but she could come visit me four times a year, or so.


Nah.. It was just luck 😁

[vreihen16]

...when you can't say "a three hour tour" just once.....

[M_Six]

Queen Elizabeth's 1st Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, born in 1874. Her latest Prime Minister is Liz Truss, born in 1975. 101 years apart. Their lifespans cover almost 150 years to date. Queen Elizabeth has been queen for about 1/2 of that time. Now that's when you know you're old.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Queen Elizabeth's 1st Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, born in 1874. Her latest Prime Minister is Liz Truss, born in 1975. 101 years apart. Their lifespans cover almost 150 years to date. Queen Elizabeth has been queen for about 1/2 of that time. Now that's when you know you're old.

Are you making some sort of claim to the queen???

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Are you making some sort of claim to the queen???

Not at all. Although were I granted one request, it would be for her to exert some pressure to straighten out the mess that is Heathrow Airport so Wifey and I can go back to traveling around the UK without the fear of a nightmare return trip through that zoo.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Not at all. Although were I granted one request, it would be for her to exert some pressure to straighten out the mess that is Heathrow Airport so Wifey and I can go back to traveling around the UK without the fear of a nightmare return trip through that zoo.

Amen!

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Queen Elizabeth's 1st Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, born in 1874. Her latest Prime Minister is Liz Truss, born in 1975. 101 years apart. Their lifespans cover almost 150 years to date. Queen Elizabeth has been queen for about 1/2 of that time. Now that's when you know you're old.

I remember seeing newsreels of her coronation at the movie theater. That makes me sort of old.

[vreihen16]

Speaking of 96-year-old Aunt Liz, the news this morning is reporting that the Queen is under some sort of non-usual medical care today. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Speaking of 96-year-old Aunt Liz, the news this morning is reporting that the Queen is under some sort of non-usual medical care today. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.....

Royal family heading to Buckingham Palace. That doesn't sound good.

[JJ 911SC]

You droved to one of those...

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Royal family heading to Buckingham Palace. That doesn't sound good.

The Queen did the new Prime Minister greeting ceremony for Liz Truss in Scotland on Tuesday, and it was the first time in her reign that it wasn't hosted at Buckingham Palace. They said that it was because of her mobility issues, and the official press photo showed her standing with a cane and Liz Truss standing more than normal social distancing protocol away. I wonder if she was diagnosed with COVID?

Prince Charles was already at Balmoral, Prince William and Kate are on their way, and Prince Harry and Meghan are in Germany and also heading to Scotland to be with the royal family.

"London Bridge Down" are the words that nobody wants to hear right now, as IIRC it is the official code phrase that the queen has passed and launches the funeral and transition of power scripts....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

The Queen did the new Prime Minister greeting ceremony for Liz Truss in Scotland on Tuesday, and it was the first time in her reign that it wasn't hosted at Buckingham Palace. They said that it was because of her mobility issues, and the official press photo showed her standing with a cane and Liz Truss standing more than normal social distancing protocol away. I wonder if she was diagnosed with COVID?

Prince Charles was already at Balmoral, Prince William and Kate are on their way, and Prince Harry and Meghan are in Germany and also heading to Scotland to be with the royal family.

"London Bridge Down" are the words that nobody wants to hear right now, as IIRC it is the official code phrase that the queen has passed and launches the funeral and transition of power scripts....

Yeah, you don't want to be the one who gave the queen a dose of Covid, especially if you're the new PM. Doesn't sound good, though.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

The Queen did the new Prime Minister greeting ceremony for Liz Truss in Scotland on Tuesday, and it was the first time in her reign that it wasn't hosted at Buckingham Palace. They said that it was because of her mobility issues, and the official press photo showed her standing with a cane and Liz Truss standing more than normal social distancing protocol away. I wonder if she was diagnosed with COVID?

Prince Charles was already at Balmoral, Prince William and Kate are on their way, and Prince Harry and Meghan are in Germany and also heading to Scotland to be with the royal family.

"London Bridge Down" are the words that nobody wants to hear right now, as IIRC it is the official code phrase that the queen has passed and launches the funeral and transition of power scripts....

Well, London Bridge is Down.

Rest in Peace, Queen Elizabeth.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Yeah, you don't want to be the one who gave the queen a dose of Covid, especially if you're the new PM. Doesn't sound good, though.

With the gestation period of COVID, she would have been exposed to it days earlier. Also, FWIW, she met with Boris Johnson as the outgoing PM right before meeting with Liz Truss. Blame Boris!

The eyes of the world are on Balmoral (and Buckingham Palace) today, and everyone is sending their best wishes to the Queen and Royal Family.....

[vreihen16]

I have a question for Murf the Surf - Does Ontario have new highway signs in storage to replace the QEW signs with KCA signs on the change of monarchs, or will they always call it the QEW in her honor? Just curious.

KCA = King Charles Autobahn (wishful thinking).

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

With the gestation period of COVID, she would have been exposed to it days earlier. Also, FWIW, she met with Boris Johnson as the outgoing PM right before meeting with Liz Truss. Blame Boris!

The eyes of the world are on Balmoral (and Buckingham Palace) today, and everyone is sending their best wishes to the Queen and Royal Family.....

Was thinking that. Too soon for it to be anything she caught from the PM. But Boris, now there's an easy target.

[SpeedBuggy]

Well, just finished painting three entry doors on the house, talk about dragging ass. Took better part of six hours including prep work, painting the doors and trim. Had to clean up twice, Front Door is different color than the deck door and garage entrance door.

Still need to do the overhead garage door, but a little more involved in painting that. Typically use Sherwin Williams paints and the overhead door is oil base and our local S/W stores can't get oil base paint. So now it's a primer coat and acrylic latex. Builder originally used oil base on all the doors except the front door. Not sure why, but anyway had the other doors replaced so started new with latex.

So will wait a couple of weeks to tackle that, back and knees need to catch up a bit before putting them through any more abuse.

Getting to old for this, used to be able to get all of it painted in less than a day. Who knows, maybe next time hire it done.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by SpeedBuggy

Well, just finished painting three entry doors on the house, talk about dragging ass. Took better part of six hours including prep work, painting the doors and trim. Had to clean up twice, Front Door is different color than the deck door and garage entrance door.

Still need to do the overhead garage door, but a little more involved in painting that. Typically use Sherwin Williams paints and the overhead door is oil base and our local S/W stores can't get oil base paint. So now it's a primer coat and acrylic latex. Builder originally used oil base on all the doors except the front door. Not sure why, but anyway had the other doors replaced so started new with latex.

So will wait a couple of weeks to tackle that, back and knees need to catch up a bit before putting them through any more abuse.

Getting to old for this, used to be able to get all of it painted in less than a day. Who knows, maybe next time hire it done.

Recently things like this have been getting to me too. For a long time, even though I'm in my late 60s, I never really felt any pain from a little labor. Starting to now, guess it's beginning to catch up with me. Will have to start pacing myself as well.

[M_Six]

I need to get up in our Lilliputian attic next week and run Ethernet cable. Not looking forward to that. Contorting these old bones into tight spaces is not fun at all. I bought a 50ft electrician's snake today that I hope will keep me from having to get into the really tight spaces.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I need to get up in our Lilliputian attic next week and run Ethernet cable. Not looking forward to that. Contorting these old bones into tight spaces is not fun at all. I bought a 50ft electrician's snake today that I hope will keep me from having to get into the really tight spaces.

If you don't feel up to it you can always do what SpeedBuggy mentioned in his post: "maybe next time hire it done."

In the future for some things I'll probably do that. Getting too old to contort. =/

[SpeedBuggy]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Recently things like this have been getting to me too. For a long time, even though I'm in my late 60s, I never really felt any pain from a little labor. Starting to now, guess it's beginning to catch up with me. Will have to start pacing myself as well.

Yeah, kinda disappointing that it is tougher doing things around the house, even the things you hated doing.

You mentioned pacing yourself, I guess I will have to get used to pacing myself doing bigger projects. Always was one to get done without taking too many breaks. Does that include taking a nap in-between? 😂