The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

My mother had all her teeth removed. It was free up until age 21 (I think) but then you had to pay for dentistry so it was "a thing" to save money in the future. However my dad still had all his teeth into his 40s.

My understanding was that dentistry was free at the inception of the NHS (1948), but, that charges were introduced at some stage (1952, according to Google/Wiki). I was only 5yo in 1952, so, no personal experience that I remember. 😂

 

[numbnuts]

Well the 11:00 weather warning never came as we have sunshine and 22c
My grill on the stove the self igniter stopped working the other day, had to use a mirror to have a look and the wire had broken
off the spade connecter, it was 2.8mm wide, never seen one that small, found the same on ebay.
They came today, lucky for me the wire was quite long when pulled so it was easy to reattach the connecter, but putting the spade
connecter on the igniter was a pain, I had to use a mirror again and spent quite sometime getting back on, but I won in the end

 

[PeteXXX]

My alarm is set for 02:00 for the next two days ☹️

 

[Oldhippy]

Still in Kent @PeteXXX ?

 

[PeteXXX]

Still in Kent @PeteXXX ?

Nope, left this morning @ 08:30. Back in Hamtun now

 

[Dave7]

You mean ones like this?

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/t...-thick-webs-of-deception.304006/#post-7467511

Yeah, tragic try-hards.

I opened (I think) the 1st one as I assumed it must just be me.
My next thought was "why don't they get a life".
Since then i just ignore them.

 

[Dave7]

I managed to wake myself up earlier on and got my Aldi dash in.......it was surprisingly quiet considering it was 10.30.
I was then 'in the mood' so went on to Homebase so the birds are well fed.
Next was the post office for some bits. I get cash from there so as to avoid a 'hole in the wall'
I also got my lunchtime pub visit it.

No one understands just how busy I get

 

[welsh dragon]

Well, probably, when we want to be or feel it necessary 🤣

Which isn't very often I must say

 

[welsh dragon]

I have been working.... No. Stop. I know you might find that hard to belive.

I have been shovelling gravel what I ordered I to the holes that we have In the drive. It was getting to the stage where there were more holes than drive.

I am pooped now.

 

[Baldy]

I get cash from there so as to avoid a 'hole in the wall'

qu'est - ce que c'est. What is this cash you talk of?

 

[Dave7]

qu'est - ce que c'est. What is this cash you talk of?

I did think of that when I posted.
It can be useful if you haven't got round to nicking an up to date credit card.

 

[Dave7]

ITS ALL IN THE NAME !!

M Bro (lives in Birkenhead) went to a hairdresser this morning......his name is Mr Whiskers. Apparently genuine as I googled it to make sure.

 

[BoldonLad]

Is it just me, or do these silly new threads with the mad titles annoy any one else? I just stick them straight on ignore.

Actually read through one of them. It is just the Retirement thread, without the Retirement. 😂

 

[Dirk]

My new 20t press arrived this afternoon.
Duly assembled and tested out on a crank that my 6t press wouldn't look at.
New one breezed it.
I do like having a massive tool.

 

[Gunk]

We’ve had a couple of loose tiles in the kitchen for a while and now one has cracked. Luckily I had two spares in the garage.

Managed to get them up and revealed the Roman pavement underneath!

Good friend of mine is a builder so he lent me everything to do the job including these little clamps which hold the tiles level

I’ll grout them in the morning and then job done!