Wednesday afternoon live! 21 November 2018

Archive edition of our Live edition, 21 November - main feature do we really, REALLY, need MPs?

Thinking Aloud Allowed: Do we really, REALLY, need MPs?

Here's a really good question, inspired by the BBC programme "Thought Cages - A Parliament by Lottery" in which ad guru and expert on human behaviour Rory Sutherland explored how a “House Of The People”, comprised of a random cross-section of the British public – might be better at truly reflecting the considered will of the British people. I really love the idea and wanted to think about it - and I'd like you to think about it, too!

Monday 19 November - Recorded Live

Live chat about computer scans, and dying - a topic we need to talk about sometimes! The sound in the first part is defective, but is fixed fairly soon after.

New Retired People's Club video - part 2 of our short break at Pontins Pakefield, complete with a review of comedian Joey Howard:

Short break at Pontins Pakefield, October 2018 - part 1.

Join Retire People's Club at Pontins Pakefield Holiday Centre, near Lowestoft. It's an amazing deal - 4 nights half board - apartment, breakfast and dinner for around £59 . . .

Archive: Monday Afternoon Live, 12 November 2018

Recorded copy of today's live Retired People's Club live show - 20 minutes.

Afternoon Live, 8 November 2018

Thursday Afternoon Live - chat and a video, programme first shown at 3pm on 8 November . .

Retired People's Club AFTERNOON LIVE, 6 November 2018

The archive version of our programme 2, broadcast live on Facebook Live at 2.30pm on the afternoon of 6 November, 2018. The show includes use of our new and excellent Datavideo mixer.

Retired People's Club, programme 1, 5 November 2018

The first in a new series of Retired People's Club online programmes - this show launched at 12 noon on Monday 5th November 2018. New edition up on Tuesday. 6 November

Retired People's Club - online next week!

A little more info about what's coming up next week!

From our rainy break at Pakefield - programmes start next week!

It may be be raining outside - but this is a break in Britain . . . . :-)

New live video series online starts next week!

A little promo from Pontins Holiday Centre at Pakefield, near Lowestoft. Reports online in our clips next week . . .

Retired People's Club launch week starts on 5 November 2018

A chat from Chris Gosling about RPC's launch, starting on 5 November 2018 . .

Hobbies and Interests: live steam model railways, October 2018

A look at a live steam model railway display by the East Anglian Group of the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association, including a chat with Secretary Chris Turnbull.

Short break at Pontin's Sand Bay resort - park 2, 16 October 2018

It's October, it's not raining - so it may be time for a stroll on Sand Bay's beach before breakfast!

Short break at Pontins, Sand Bay, part1:

Watch - Retired People's Club at Pontins, Sand Bay near Weston Super Mare: part 1, Monday:

Archive: Retired People's Club live, Saturday 13 October 2018

An archive edit of the Saturday Live show, first played live at 11am on Saturday 13 October 2018

Older people should eat more cake and fried food . . . yes, really . . . 12 October 2018

Watch: RPC News video - no kidding, Consultant gastroenterologist says older people should eat more cake and fried food What do you think?

Retired People's Club - Live clip, first shown 10 October 2018

Live chat time - Wednesday

Watch: Retired people still at work - are you? 8th October 2018

A surprising number of retired people still work - around 750,000 men and 450,000 women over 65 go to work, part time or full time. Does this include you? We'll be talking about this in our Wednesday Morning live show, at 11am on 10th October on Facebook Live - do your best to join us!

Friday Night Live:

Retired People's Club video:

New channel identifier:

Live video from 2 October 2018

Today's live clip from Retired People's Club:

Watch: Live tomorrow (Tuesday) get your help with stories and reports

Take a look at this short video to see what we'll be talking about live on Retired People's Club tomorrow:

McDonald's abandon Toffee Sundae lovers!

From Chris's Old Geezer's Diary video blog: Abandon hope, all ye McDonalds Toffee and Strawberry Sundae fans! They've been withdrawn from the menu!

Trial show - Saturday Live on Retired People's Club - you opinion invited!

Watch the show, and tell me what you think . . we'll be improving the tech soon. . .

Coming up tomorrow - Saturday Live chat show on Retired People's Club

Watch this video, and join Chris tomorrow morning to have a natter . . . your input is welcome!

Cheating at Chinese!

I really do like Chinese and Indian food - at least as served in the UK's huge numbers of take-aways.

I'm not so convinced that I'd be quite so keen to eat real Chinese food or Indian cuisine, although I must say I'd be entirely willing to take a crack at it . . But it isn't the kind of food you can easily do at home - til now.

 I must say that if it were a good few years ago, and were I still in the trying to impress ladies stakes, I'd be using this discovery to do the trick - as long as I could keep people out of the kitchen!

So here's a plate full of the meal I told Dot I cooked from scratch - no, not really:
 

 

 And here are the two main ingedients:

To be honest, they tasted every bit as good as the dishes we get from a local take-away, and they took around 9 minutes each in the microwave, plus another 2 minutes for a sachet of Uncle Ben's rice, done last. When each of the main dishes was ready to eat it went in the oven at around 120 to keep warm, no problem.

There you are - and all for about £4.20 for the two of us - £1.59 for each of the two main dishes, and a quid for the rice - no problem. There are more similar dishes in the range, and the chicken curry is really tasty, too . .

Thanks, Iceland - a nice product line!

Archive copy of RPC's first live clip - 27 September 2018

This is a low-resolution copy of Retired People's Club's first live clip, hosted by Chris Gosling, shown live on Facebook Live on Thursday, 27 September 2018.

Introducing Retired Business Club - and looking for business partners.

Retired People's Club is a new online blog and magazine - and we're looking for businesses to help us reach our objectives, while we help you to reach yours!

Are you a National Trust fan? Here's a chance to get involved with a project . . .

Good value for money, and yummy, too . . .

Like a lot of people of our age, I do enjoy my own cooking - and I'm not wildly enthusiastic about eating out at whatever expense, when I can probably do just as well in my own kitchen. Of course, there are exceptions - Chinese food being a prime example. I do have a secret formula for tasty proper home Chinese, which I'll reveal in another post, but I don't object to paying for something different and yummy in a Chinese Restaurant - especially if you can get a good variety of tastes at a reasonably price.

So we're in Kent, staying with friends in Gillingham, and we were looking for lunch when we remembered this restaurant - The Real China, at the Dockyard shopping centre in Chatham.

At £6.95 a head for an all-you-eat buffet, it seemed like a deal, so we decided to give it a try. The place itself is clean and tidy, the welcome friendly, and essentially, you just get on with it after ordering your drink - a self refilling Pepsi Max is £2.80, which expensive but at least it gives you an ample drink with your food.

There was a good selection of both starters and main dishes; and it all tasted pretty nice. The only dish I wasn't keen on was the spare ribs - the sauce was OK, but the meat was dry and unappetizing, sadly. Here are pics of the starter plate and the three main plates I worked my way through:

3, Dickens World, Leviathan Way Maritime, Chatham ME4 4LL