The Retirement Thread
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dickyknees
Guru
- Location
- Anglesey
That is the chimney that remains from the Anglesey Aluminium works that closed in 2009.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Aluminium
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Neither do I, although when I happened to glance in a window on the way along one of the streets on the way back from my walk, I spied one in a house that somebody has put up already!I don't have a Christmas tree. Seriously I don't have one.
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Deleted member 1258
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I don't have a Christmas tree. Seriously I don't have one.
We have the Xmas tree plus all the other tinsely stuff, I'm disinclined to put it all up this year, but my Good Lady might want the place decorated.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Same here Tomorrow looks favourable.
Never had one.I don't have a Christmas tree. Seriously I don't have one.
A number of reasons but no, never had one.
Not knocking them though as they can look nice.
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Tomorrow does look nice at the moment, Wellesbourne looks favourite for tomorrow, ride into the village then turn round by the Garden Shed cafe and retrace my steps home stopping by the roadside for a cereal bar.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Good morning. As you say Dave, our lockdown is over.now so we shall see what happens now.
A bit dismal here as well but at least it isn't raining yet.
Stay safe folks
Hope things go well Not sure about fifteen people allowed in an indoor setting. If this means in a household
Stay safe.
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Thanks. We will still be staying away from people to be honest. Apart from shopping and seeing family who are also staying away from others, we won't be mingling.
I see that, following the mink in Denmark, they are checking the sheep in Wales.
Be careful, be very very careful.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Apparently the civil aviation authority will be doing low level jamming in Powys which means sat navs, GPS and other electronic devices as well as drones may suddenly stop working up to 40,000 feet. This can't be the civil aviation authority, it must be the armed forces. It will take place at Sennyvridge and there is an air force base there, so it must be them testing jamming. Curious and a bit disturbing as well especially as civil aircraft might also be effected.
No reason has been given for the testing.
No reason has been given for the testing.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Me neither.I don't have a Christmas tree. Seriously I don't have one.
Good morning fellow retirees,
Slept late this morning following yesterday's excitement.
Mrs Tenkay had a rear wheel puncture on her Brommie just as she reached the egg ladies cottage on the outskirts of Wimborne. She'd left home without her bike toolkit
I was just about to head out on my brommie on a rescue mission when I had a thought. We're fortunate to have a decent bus service and a quick check revealed that there was a bus due from near where Mrs Tenkay had punctured, the bonus was that it's the bus that stops around the corner from us.
Mrs Tenkay pushed her bike to the stop, folded it and got the bus home. We had a bit of lunch and then removed the rear wheel ( a bit more convoluted on a Brommie due to the chain tensioner mechanism). The tyre was a write off, there was an arrow shaped gash in the side wall and inner tube. I'd swapped the Marathon Plus on my Brommie for Conti Urbans a few months back so there were a couple of almost new Marathon Plus Tyres in the shed. New Marathon Plus and Schwalbe inner tube fitted, gears readjusted and all is well.
We've been very lucky with regard to visits from the P*ncture fairy, that's the first one in over two years. The tyre that punctured was a factory fitted Marathon Racer, the Marathon Plus although heavier should be a lot more puncture resistant.🤞
I've been to Screwfix this morning to get some bits for a project that our daughter has undertaken. Storm forecast for noon so I've avoided that.
Stay safe folks 👍
Slept late this morning following yesterday's excitement.
Mrs Tenkay had a rear wheel puncture on her Brommie just as she reached the egg ladies cottage on the outskirts of Wimborne. She'd left home without her bike toolkit
I was just about to head out on my brommie on a rescue mission when I had a thought. We're fortunate to have a decent bus service and a quick check revealed that there was a bus due from near where Mrs Tenkay had punctured, the bonus was that it's the bus that stops around the corner from us.Mrs Tenkay pushed her bike to the stop, folded it and got the bus home. We had a bit of lunch and then removed the rear wheel ( a bit more convoluted on a Brommie due to the chain tensioner mechanism). The tyre was a write off, there was an arrow shaped gash in the side wall and inner tube. I'd swapped the Marathon Plus on my Brommie for Conti Urbans a few months back so there were a couple of almost new Marathon Plus Tyres in the shed. New Marathon Plus and Schwalbe inner tube fitted, gears readjusted and all is well.
We've been very lucky with regard to visits from the P*ncture fairy, that's the first one in over two years. The tyre that punctured was a factory fitted Marathon Racer, the Marathon Plus although heavier should be a lot more puncture resistant.🤞
I've been to Screwfix this morning to get some bits for a project that our daughter has undertaken. Storm forecast for noon so I've avoided that.
Stay safe folks 👍
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