The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good sherry is delicious, bulk brands

When we visited Portugal I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Might get Marsala or a port, it really depends on what Booths have in - it may all be stuck in Kent 😄😄

That will be where I have gone wrong then. I have only ever had the stuff you get at weddings. I bought a cheap bottle some years ago to add to some recipe.....its still in the cupboard waiting for a visit of someone I don't like

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

well every cloud, maybe an excuse to buy that Mercian frame I wanted 30 years ago , but couldn’t afford.

Good choice !
They used to be my LBS.
Their paint chart was a thing of beauty.
I still have my Strada Speciale from the early 80’s.

 

[screenman]

Just booked and paid for flights to Turkey later next year, hotel paid for already as they carried it over for us.

 

[ColinJ]

Just booked and paid for flights to Turkey later in the year, hotel paid for already as they carried it over for us.

Which year?

Hopefully, not 2020!

 

[screenman]

Which year?

Hopefully, not 2020!

Well spotted.

 

[oldwheels]

That's unfair!!! 😂😂

@12boy gets a prize if he works that one out.

Missed out the last bit which continues with " wi ither folks coal".

 

[Dirk]

The Eagle has landed (more like a duck actually, given the weather).

 

[Dirk]

Dinner has been partaken of.....

 

[12boy]

Off to the dentist toot sweet....semiannual (no nasty comment) cleaning. A bit of snow last night, -6 this am, -10 the high with "blustery wind". Gotta allow 40 minutes for a 10 minute drive.. hasta luego.

 

[Dave7]

Dinner has been partaken of.....

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Blimey......you manage to eat a meal and quaff a pint while you are driving!! Amazing

 

[oldwheels]

Not 200 miles, but, travelling to York (approximately 85 miles) from this area (Tyneside) to drink in pubs, has been a reasonably common "pass-time" for some sections of the population, for the past few weeks or even months.

Remember the Sunday closure of pubs in Scotland. They were only allowed to serve drinks to genuine travellers so you had to travel on a Sunday to get into a pub. I think you had to sign in with your departure point and destination. No doubt there were a lot of imaginative entries.

 

[Dave7]

I am definitely getting old.
I was watching a porn film last night and thought, bloody hell that bed looks comfy

 

[Tenkaykev]

The Eagle has landed (more like a duck actually, given the weather).

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Dirk, you forgot to unplug the extension lead before you left home...

 

[PaulSB]

I've been queuing outside the butcher's for 25 minutes. It's bloody freezing and blowing a gale.

😭

 

[oldwheels]

That will be where I have gone wrong then. I have only ever had the stuff you get at weddings. I bought a cheap bottle some years ago to add to some recipe.....its still in the cupboard waiting for a visit of someone I don't like

I agree that cheap sherry is not good normally. It needs experimenting find one you like as there are enormous variations. Sweet sherry is the most common to be seen in supermarkets and is yuk.