The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Back from Curry's ....... again. The store is closed but the click and collect was very slick. An email arrived letting me know it was in store. Car park is set out in to individual collection bays. QR code at each bay, scan the bar code to sign in, staff come out to check all the usual details, I open the boot and sit in the car, two minutes later TV is in the boot.

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[Deleted member 1258]

Back from Curry's ....... again. The store is closed but the click and collect was very slick. An email arrived letting me know it was in store. Car park is set out in to individual collection bays. QR code at each bay, scan the bar code to sign in, staff come out to check all the usual details, I open the boot and sit in the car, two minutes later TV is in the boot.

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Sounds like a similar system to the one our B & Q was running last lockdown, it worked well till one day they E-Mailed everybody who were waiting for their click and collect and give them all the same time to come for their orders, we only realized what was going on when we found ourselves queuing to get in the carpark, it was chaos.

 

[welsh dragon]

Evening all. Been a busy day here. About to sit down and watch Brokenwood Mysteries

 

[oldwheels]

Probably the new Brigadoon Bypass being built...

Nothing to bypass over there and there is already a track over to a cottage at the west entrance to Loch Teacuis off Loch Sunart. Very remote spot but I think now turned into a holiday cottage only for those who like solitude.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Nothing to bypass over there

Isn’t that the point of Brigadoon ?

 

[oldwheels]

Turned out quite a nice day here but felt a bit fresh as we say. Got a nice run out on trike but being Saturday more cars heading in for shopping to the big city. All gave me a wave or a burst of hazard lights as they passed except a fancy Audi with a personal number plate spelling MULL. Might as well just shout White Settler as they roared past rather fast.
Only one junk call this morning which set me reminiscing again. In the past when we first came here the only cold calls said something like " Hello this is Lexi in the exchange. Have you seen Dr Clegg anywhere this morning? In Breadalbane St you say ,ah yes he'll be at Mary Ann's, I'll just give them a ring". We did not need to know any local numbers either but just asked for the person by name and got connected.
Nothing could be regarded as confidential and once allegedly they were accused of listening which brought a response " No I am not".

 

[gavroche]

I tested the ebike but couldn't really appreciate it because the bike is the wrong size for me ( too big) , the saddle was too high and the handlebar twisted downward too much and I couldn't clip in properly either and he wants to go for a ride with me in the morning. Don't know about that cos he wants to go at a time when I usually get up.
Having said all that, I really like the look of the bike but it is much heavier than a normal road bike. Would I buy one? At £2000, not just now but in the future, who knows?

 

[classic33]

There's some odd board games this year!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXVVcmoPCbA

 

[PaulSB]

"White Settler" @oldwheels - love it. Very, very good!

 

[numbnuts]

It's very dark outside

 

[Mo1959]

It's very dark outside

It’s also freezing and very foggy here I noticed on some of yesterday’s Strava and Facebook posts that anyone that had walked or cycled to higher areas got some amazing sunshine looking down over the cloud and fog.

 

[rustybolts]

Foggy and clammy cold , who managed to get through Black Friday without buying anything?

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Foggy out there in Poshshire.

 

[Mo1959]

Foggy and clammy cold , who managed to get through Black Friday without buying anything?

Me. Even being a spendaholic there was nothing tempting. Just firms doing their best to sell stuff that isn’t shifting I think. No great bargains that I could see.

 

[screenman]

I am still in bed and it is very dark outside, I am staying here a bit longer. Morning swim starts again next Wednesday it will do me good to get a bit of routine going again.