The Retired Dude

Technology, Food, Travel and Life from the Perspective of a Retired Dude

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  • Isolation Lockdown Day 3

    Well as we enter Day 3 the sun in Grande Prairie is shining with a little snow melt going on. School is Out Schools where closed in Alberta just over a week ago and we now have a teenager wandering… Continue reading

    Isolation Lockdown Day 3
  • Juno Awards organizers ‘hold off indefinitely’ on revealing this year’s winners | CTV News

    So I am not sure of the logic on this one. Just a thought here, they say in the article they want to support the music industry during this time surely announcing the winners will help musicians as people would… Continue reading

  • Should I exercise.

    Seems people cannot use common sense when it comes to exercise and to be honest even the professional seem to muddle things up. Common sense to me is you can go for a walk, but with people from your own… Continue reading

  • Isolation Lockdown Day 2

    …if you are not doing a self imposed isolation for reason 1 then you should be doing it for reason 2. Continue reading

    Isolation Lockdown Day 2
  • Isolation Lockdown Day 1

    This should have been posted yesterday evening. Yesterday was the start of our self imposed lockdown First thing in the morning I went grocery shopping and picked up food for about 2 weeks, we already had an emergency supply in… Continue reading

    Isolation Lockdown Day 1
  • Have You Looked Behind Your Stove of Late?

    Being the retired dude in this household I get to do most of the housework, this is ok with me and means my wife and I can enjoy weekends together doing things we want to do instead of cleaning house.… Continue reading

    Have You Looked Behind Your Stove of Late?
  • R Day

    Well today, August 9th 2019, I had my last day at the office doing a days work, I actually did some work, which suprised me, my systems admin had been away and was back so I had some transition work… Continue reading

  • A week with the Bike

    The past week has been fun with the new bike, put on a good number of clicks, I only really started riding it last Saturday and managed a few commutes to work along with a couple of rides in the… Continue reading

    A week with the Bike
  • Voltbike Yukon 750

    Well, my new bike arrived, it’s a eBike, Voltbike Yukon 750. This is a first pre-review, there will be some further reviews Great looking bike, ordered it on June 14th, but took almost 3 weeks to get here, Voltbike maybe… Continue reading

    Voltbike Yukon 750
  • 81 Days

    Well I have done a fantastic job at writing Blog posts of my 100 day countdown, so here we are at day 81, Victoria Day, one of the last long weekend, left. So what has happened over the last 20… Continue reading

  • The Event

    It’s been a few days since my event, so felt it was time to document and get it out there for people interested. On Monday evening I came home from work and because I am a wuss and it was… Continue reading

    The Event
  • 99 Days to go, May 2nd 2019

    Here we are, this will be the 3rd full day in the hospital. It’s a wet day outside, supposed to snow later which makes me a little concerned about tomorrow, the, yes tomorrow I will be going to Edmonton, I… Continue reading

    99 Days to go, May 2nd 2019