The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Oops, I’ve just bought another bike

Had a hankering for a comfortable titanium frame and this seemed like a good price. Happy with rim brakes as I find it easier to source and fit wheels and find the brake pads less faff than discs.

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Lockdown fever getting to you Mo?

 

[Dirk]

A question for you oldies.
No cheating......no google.
The song 'Hear My Song Violetta
Who sang the original hit ??.
One clue.........there are only a few on here that will recall the actual song in the charts.
BTW, if you are won It was played while I was dosing in bed earlier.

Joseph Locke.
I've got a CD of his..........how sad is that?

 

[Dave7]

The version I played must have been a cover then.

Must have been.
In 1947, too, Locke released "Hear My Song, Violetta," which became forever associated with him. "Hear My Song, Violetta" was based on a 1936 tango.

 

[welsh dragon]

The rain has set in again. That's it for the day now.

 

[Mo1959]

Still dry here with a bit of sun but a chilly breeze. Just back from the supermarket and having a protein bar with my coffee. Spied them on the shelves and took one to try. Not bad.

 

[PaulSB]

Daft question.
How do you actually cancel a credit card ?
I have one I no longer wish to use but can't recall when/if I have ever cancelled one.

Well I've been working my way through a ridiculous number of accounts. Between us we had nine redundant bank accounts - the sort were you paid in £xx/month to get 5%/year. Those were the days. Also had three credit cards to shutdown which I took out when my lad bought a new car. I paid on my regular credit card and then took out three new 0% cards, transferred the debt across to those and my lad paid me back with £250/month - saved him over £1200 in finance charges.

Came across three different methods:

Ring up
Simple tick a few boxes online
Fill in an online form then upload a copy of photo driving licence or passport

 

[Dirk]

Must have been.
In 1947, too, Locke released "Hear My Song, Violetta," which became forever associated with him. "Hear My Song, Violetta" was based on a 1936 tango.

The Biopic about Joseph Locke was quite good. It's called 'Hear my song', funnily enough.
He were a bit of a lad in his time.

Worth a watch......

View: https://youtu.be/wO4rjO4Vl-g

 

[Dave7]

2 more old fart questions.
Again... no cheating, no googling.
Who were.......
Clint Walker

Ed Byrnes

What do you remember about them?

 

[Paulus]

If I drag up some distant memory, wasn't Ed Byrnes Cookie in 77 sunset strip?

 

[PaulSB]

2 more old fart questions.
Again... no cheating, no googling.
Who were.......
Clint Walker

Ed Byrnes

What do you remember about them?

Clint Walker was, I think, a British film star who did a lot of westerns. Don't know why but it springs to mind.

Ed Byrne was a BBC radio presenter.

 

[Dirk]

2 more old fart questions.
Again... no cheating, no googling.
Who were.......
Clint Walker

Ed Byrnes

What do you remember about them?

Clint Walker was a tall dark haired western actor also appeared in several war films.
Think he was in Rawhide, or something similar.
Ed Byrnes - 77 Sunset Strip??

 

[Dirk]

OK.........
William Bendix
Sam Kydd
Arthur Haynes

 

[Mo1959]

OK.........
William Bendix
Sam Kydd
Arthur Haynes

Not a clue being a youngster! If I had to guess, Haynes manuals and Bendix washing machines?

ok I cheated and had a peek at google. Mr Bendix is another actor. Lol. Takes me to remember modern actors names never mind those from Nineteen Canteen!

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning, it's windy, grey and heavy drizzle. I didn't wake till 10.15! "Hurrah" I hear you say. Wrong! woke at 1.00, couldn't sleep as all sorts of negative stuff running through my head, went downstairs to watch a film till 5.00am.

Mrs P has just wondered out loud if it's worth getting dressed today😄 She's planning to light the fire.

I've nothing planned other than a bit more internet security stuff and a walk if rain stops. The negative thoughts are just me being pissed off with the current situation. Nothing more.

@monkers I 👏 you @Drago watch is a significant contribution to our little online community. 😂

 

[Drago]

The lockdown isn't bothering me one whit. By nature im a loner anyway, and the older i get the more people simply annoy me, so having an excuse not to see any is fine by me.

But I do appreciate not everyone feels the dame way, and some are suffering pschologically.