The Retirement Thread

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PaulSB

Squire
I've just had a look at that thread, it does seem somewhat bad tempered.
Took a while but found it. Decided there are enough cross people without me e indulging myself with my favourite MTBer rant. 😀
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Good morning all.
Electric bikes on trails I guess, outside of this group is often not a friendly place, which is why I hope many of them do not find us.
Yes I agree. When I make a comment on other threads, I seem to get some abuse because my views conflict with theirs. Not to worry, I am too old and wise to let it get me down now.^_^
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Lol..I see it has been “tidied up”. :laugh:
I was just about to go and take a look! Never mind, it would probably have just raised my blood pressure...

I was heading off to bed at 04:00 this morning and checked the front door as I was passing through the hall. I'd only forgotten to lock it after I got back from my evening Metro/Lidl cycling loop! It wouldn't bother many of you to leave your doors unlocked at night but it isn't something that I'd like to do here. It isn't a crime hot spot, but there are several burglaries a month on average and it is only a small town. No point in making it easy for passing toe-rags... The door opens directly from the pavement, which would make it very easy for a dodgy passer-by to dive in, grab something, then leg it.

(Déjà vu there - I definitely wrote something like that somewhere a few weeks ago, but can't remember if it was on the forum or in an email or text message.)
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
(Déjà vu there - I definitely wrote something like that somewhere a few weeks ago, but can't remember if it was on the forum or in an email or text message.)
Ah, it WAS here, only a month ago! :laugh:
My front door opens straight from the pavement, so someone could be in and out in seconds if they were cheeky enough to risk it!
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Had a lovely morning walking Molly with my daughter and her dog at Aber Falls. I also did my good deed at the same time. On her way to the falls, about 1.5 mile from the car park, we met this man with his young son, walking back towards the car park. He asked us if we had seen a Spaniel anywhere as his run off. We had not but would keep an eye out for him. Anyway, a bit further up the path, we saw this lovely brown and white dog looking lost and stuck behind a fence. I managed to free him but he run off again, looking for his owner , but in the wrong direction. We carried on walking up to the water fall and there he was, on top of a rock. I managed to calm him and put him on a lead. We then walked back towards the car park and met his owner again who was relieved we had found him. The dog's name was Alfie and he is 6 years old. The man said it wasn't the first time he'd done that so why doesn't he keep him on a lead then?
I am glad we got the dog back as I was worried he might be lost overnight and very scared, poor thing.
After getting home, I went for a little ride before dark, so a good day all round. Tomorrow will be busy cleaning both the Cube and the Allez.
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
When y'all take those great pictures are they with your phones or an actual camera? Mine are generally crap for landscape type shots.

Phone camera in my case. I have a Nikon SLR with a hefty lens which I now use very infrequently. My eyes were opened a few years back shortly after I got my Samsung S7. We were visiting a place on the outskirts of Leeds. There was an Anderson type air raid shelter in the grounds and my grandson and I went inside to get an idea of what it would have been like to shelter in one. Grandson was sitting near the door I was at the back so my grandson was heavily backlit. I took a quick “grab shot” no Flash ( first thing I do with a new phone camera is to switch off flash ). I was astonished by how well balanced the exposure was.
I’ve recently got the new iPhone 12 mini and that has an excellent camera.
 
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