The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

I am looking forward to it getting otter here but I doubt it will for at least 5 months.

 

[numbnuts]

Thank you. xx Were you fishing?

No I had to see a man about a dog in Dormy Way

 

[screenman]

Good to see you back monkers, you have certainly been dragged through it, onwards and upwards from here on I hope, keep smiling.

 

[monkers]

Good to see you back monkers, you have certainly been dragged through it, onwards and upwards from here on I hope, keep smiling.

Thank you Screenman. I'm managing OK.

 

[Paulus]

Thank you Screenman. I'm managing OK.

Glad to have you back. Keep well, keep safe.

 

[Drago]

Harry @monkers is back! Obviously the allure of a man in Y fronts was too much to resist any longer.

Been right busy today. Rearranged the summer house to bring my bikes in there. Gives me some space to work, and its now a funky man cave.

 

[12boy]

Monkers, I like having ladies on this thing and I'm most pleased you are one of them. I enjoy hearing the women's point of view and maybe having your female presence makes the rest of us more south. OK....so nothing will make us more couth, but I still appreciate your presence and the way you can express a little Rabelasain wit in your refined ladylike way.

 

[BoldonLad]

Monkers, I like having ladies on this thing and I'm most pleased you are one of them. I enjoy hearing the women'swomen's. point of view and maybe having your female presence makes the rest of us more south. OK....so nothing will make us more couth, but I still appreciate your presence and the way you can express a little Rabelasain wit in your refined ladylike way.

What a crawler!

 

[Drago]

No I had to see a man about a dog in Dormy Way

See a man about an album deal. A triple album with gatefold sleeve, no doubt.

 

[pawl]

Hi Paul, hi all. Thank you for thinking of me. I'm still alive! I haven't been posting for a number of reasons, but long story short I've had some difficulties of one kind and another. I didn't want to come here day after day posting tales of woe so decided to give it a break.

Long story short of past 8 weeks.

We went on holiday for a couple of weeks cycling in Suffolk - most enjoyable.

I've had a health issue since mid January. Appointments were made and cancelled due to Covid through the summer, but I've had appts since being wired up to machines and being fed meds which didn't suit me - causing me to randomly blackout and pass out much of the time, often for several hours at a time.I now have a diagnosis of Long Covid causing damage to my heart and lungs. I've taken myself off all the meds they prescribed and am now getting better for it.

My mum had her 91st birthday in September. She had been doing quite well but she now has difficulties and has become very frail in a short amount of time. She lives nearly 200 miles from us and has spent a deal of time in hospital. I've spent a good deal of time trying to be with her expecting the worst, but she's home again now.

My much younger sister is only 51 but now has MS, has had to leave her job and there's complications around that. She lives near my mum.

I've been the subject of an elaborate identity theft which has been pretty horrendous.

Other than that I'm fine. And now that I've got all that off my chest, I'll just leave it there and not elaborate further, but I'm riding again despite the lungs. We've just come home for a ride in fact and a notification came up on my screen of a mention.

My fitness started to improve, then plateaued, and then dropped dramatically as the long Covid took another bite out of me. We've invested in a turbo so we can keep our fitness up indoors during what looks to be a long winter what with second waves etc. I'm impressed I hadn't realised the level of sophistication of these machines. There wasn't much choice as stockists seem to be sold out and we ended up paying more for the turbo than I paid for my Trek Emonda earlier this year.

I did the FTP test last Sunday which I found pretty hard. I got a result of 145 which I understand is pretty low and doesn't even get me on the coupon to be a Cat5 rider, but I'm not surprised. I'm looking to get that to 200 over the next twelve months.

I look forward to being back here more. I've certainly missed the company of the fine folk here. xxx

Welcome back Keep in touch

 

[classic33]

Dunno.......don't care......

You should, if you appreciate a fine pint.

 

[classic33]

Electrician turned up at 4pm I suppose I shouldn't grumble he did turn up

Was he able to fix it though!

 

[numbnuts]

Was he able to fix it though!

Yes needed a new light fitting

 

[Drago]

New lighting rig?

 

[Dirk]

@monkers
We were missing you.
Welcome back.