The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

I've got a trophy.
18 years in.

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   Eighteen years in​

 

[Mo1959]

Enjoyable women’s quarter final. Too late to catch the end of the cycling but just watching the follow up.

 

[Dirk]

Hooked it up to a drip feed and got the Barracuda started for the first time this afternoon. 2nd kick and it fired up.
It sounds very 'crisp' but needs a carb rebuild kit, as the float needle is mullered and it's peeing out fuel.
Parts ordered. Should be here by the weekend.

 

[Dave7]

I had omelette for lunch and am about to search the freezer and decide on tea.

 

[Dave7]

Decision made.
Sweet and sour chicken with rice.

 

[Binky]

So, after much faffing and cursing the weathervane is up. Getting rawl bolts in and holding was the issue. I won't bore with the details but it was a hassle. Fingers crossed it stays there next storm. As can be seen, I wasn't exaggerating about height. For the eagle eyed the top but not in yet.

The finished article

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just back from a nice circular walk from East Quantoxhead to Kilve Abbey.
Very pleasant, with a nice cuppa in the abbey gardens half way around.

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Lovely! My sort of walk these days, having gotten tired of flogging up and down mountains over the past couple of years.

I have done everything 'high' in the UK that I really wanted too.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hooked it up to a drip feed and got the Barracuda started for the first time this afternoon. 2nd kick and it fired up.
It sounds very 'crisp' but needs a carb rebuild kit, as the float needle is mullered and it's peeing out fuel.
Parts ordered. Should be here by the weekend.

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You're Alan Millyard and I claim my five pounds

 

[Mo1959]

You're Alan Millyard and I claim my five pounds

Had to Google him to see who you were referring to.

 

[rustybolts]

Must admit it does worry me a bit how poorly I sleep these days, but I just don’t seem to get very sleepy and even when I do drop off, a few hours seems to do me and I can’t get back to sleep. Maybe I should just accept I am one of these people who don’t need much and try to stop worrying about it.

I am the same and dont worry about it . I sleep during the day , nod off in a chair etc . Garmin watch warns me my body battery is very low and " you may feel very tired today " etc keep off tea , coffee and tv and pc screens before bed helps a bit

 

[rustybolts]

So, after much faffing and cursing the weathervane is up. Getting rawl bolts in and holding was the issue. I won't bore with the details but it was a hassle. Fingers crossed it stays there next storm. As can be seen, I wasn't exaggerating about height. For the eagle eyed the top but not in yet.


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The finished article

where did you get the scaffold/double ladder platform ? did you hire it or buy it ? I am interested in getting one