The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Inadvertently I did yesterday. Decided to go to a cafe in Ainsdale which is 2-3 miles from Southport which is in Lancashire. I wore my club shirt - Chorley - one of my buddies said I should put my rain jacket on before we got there. Eh???? I now know Ainsdale is in Merseyside in Tier 2, Southport in Lancashire in Tier 3. Apparently people wearing club kit were refused service last week for being out of area.

I've been out for the morning. Had a little read in a football thread on here I wanted to respond to, spent quite a while typing, spent more time thinking and decided I should just come home without saying anything!

Can we have a vote on what @PaulSB's punishment should be?

 

[PaulSB]

I manage to stay away from those threads for months on end, then I see something that gets my goat and stupidly say something.

I know, I know it's so difficult to keep quiet but it's really best to curl up with a coffee and daft old folk

 

[pawl]

Of course not.

Thank god for that.😍😍😍

Stay safe

 

[Dirk]

Must be Christmas - sat here drinking beer, eating chocolate and watching Jason and the Argonauts.

 

[PaulSB]

Can we have a vote on what @PaulSB's punishment should be?

I'm just about to have a ham sandwich, pork pie and a brew........I'll pop back later to see if I'm allowed in

 

[Deleted member 1258]

+1

+2

 

[Dave7]

Back from hospital. Very thorough tests.
Not anywhere near as bad as feared.
They had to touch my eyeball with a gizmo which turned my stomach but having the drops was not too bad.
Turns out I have 2 problems and will need an operation. They will analyse everything and let me know what/when etc .
Life is interesting .

 

[BoldonLad]

Now this is a rip off, this one really takes the biscuit. In December 2018 No2 son was given a gift card for a company called 0ne4all which provides a Gift Card which can be spent in many different outlets - M&S, Halfords, Debenhams, Primark, Argos, B&Q to name a few. Today Mrs P found said card knocking around and asked me to check how much it was worth. I did so.

In December 2018 it was £10, today it is worth £3.70. It's never been used but the company who run this business make a monthly "management charge" each month. For this they have charged 90p/month since June taking a total of £6.70. For doing what? Feck all.

I wonder who thought that scam up? Literally, "Money for nothing".

Never understood Gift Vouchers, personally, £5, £10, and £20 notes make perfectly good "Gift Vouchers", and, you can spend them wherever

 

[classic33]

Back from hospital. Very thorough tests.
Not anywhere near as bad as feared.
They had to touch my eyeball with a gizmo which turned my stomach but having the drops was not too bad.
Turns out I have 2 problems and will need an operation. They will analyse everything and let me know what/when etc .
Life is interesting .

There you go, did you get a lollipop for being brave?

Next year for the operation then!

 

[ColinJ]

Can we have a vote on what @PaulSB's punishment should be?

Send him to Coventry!

@dave r could treat him to a socially distanced coffee on his punishment ride...

 

[Dirk]

Started on the Lebekuchen (sp?) now!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I got back about an hour ago with 52 miles under the wheels, rode over to Middleton Hall and back, it turned out to be a nice day for a bike ride. The fog started to lift just before nine so I got my gear on, grabbed my bike and headed out. Took the short route out, left Coventry through Allesley, Browns Lane, Washbrook Lane and Harvest Hill Lane, then crossed the Meriden Road and rode down Kinwalsey Lane and picked up my regular route out through Maxstoke to Middleton Hall, on the was back I ignored Kinwalsey Lane and rode into Meriden where I turned towards Birmingham then picked up the path down the side of the golf course turned right then up Cornets End Lane and through Berkswell and onto Burton Green to ride into Coventry through Tile Hill and across the city and home. It was a bit fresh but an enjoyable mornings cycling, though I could have done without the noisy bottom bracket, I'm still waiting for the replacement to arrive.

 

[ColinJ]

Took the shorted route out, left Coventry through Allesley, Browns Lane, Washbrook Lane and Harvest Hill Lane...

That's the area that I used to cycle out to as a child. (And also which I used to go via on circular rides to visit my mum's care home for her last few years.)

 

[welsh dragon]

Must be Christmas - sat here drinking beer, eating chocolate and watching Jason and the Argonauts.

It's hilarious. Especially the special effects although when I was a kid I thought it was fantastic

 

[PaulSB]

Send him to Coventry!

@dave r could treat him to a socially distanced coffee on his punishment ride...

Have you got a route Colin? Weather is decent tomorrow