The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Haggis tend to make a mess everywhere they go. Not very good eating either that's why there are so many of the buggers around.

Let’s ban the Haggis preservation society

 

[Mo1959]

Let’s ban the Haggis preservation society

Nooooo

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

OK - so maybe the plural is Haggis or Haggises

but what is the name for a group of them??

herd

flock

mob

murder (is that crows???)

just wondering - weather is rubbish so I've nothing else to do (don't mention the ironing)

It should be a Scots word I think. I quite like the idea of a blether of haggis. They’re quite friendly creatures I think.

 

[ColinJ]

Sounds like you need to run different length cranks. Someone I rode with years ago used to have to do that it was the only way he could be comfortable on the bike.

I ended up doing that on one bike, purely by coincidence!

I spotted a problem when cleaning the bike...

(For those who can't work it out - it is a square taper left crank with a seriously dodgy crack in it. Imagine standing up and sprinting, only for the crank to snap!)

I looked around in my junk box and found an old crank and put that on. I felt more comfortable on the bike and investigated. Turned out that the original cranks were 175 mm and the replacement was 170 mm.

If I could afford it I would do the same on my other bikes, but I would use (otherwise) matching cranks - it looks odd to have ones that are very different.

 

[Mo1959]

I ended up doing that on one bike, purely by coincidence!

I spotted a problem when cleaning the bike...

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(For those who can't work it out - it is a square taper left crank with a seriously dodgy crack in it. Imagine standing up and sprinting, only for the crank to snap!)

I looked around in my junk box and found an old crank and put that on. I felt more comfortable on the bike and investigated. Turned out that the original cranks were 175 mm and the replacement was 170 mm.

If I could afford it I would do the same on my other bikes, but I would use (otherwise) matching cranks - it looks odd to have ones that are very different.

That’s a funny looking haggis! Oh, wait it’s a cycling forum innit.

 

[welsh dragon]

I googled Beaver once.

 

[oldwheels]

Whoa!!! What do you mean a "haggis maker", you said they were real. You mean you weren't the expert I thought you were

Oh no these are real haggis and he sorts them into sizes and precooks them to make them customer ready. Up around the Neil Gunn monument is a favourite place for them but the hill is so steep few people are fit enough to catch them by the time they get up there.

 

[GM]

Nonsense. A properly matured haggis is the food of the gods. You only get synthetic ones in supermarkets with no real taste.

I'm all in favour of trying local delicacies when ever I can. This time last year in Sydney I had a Kangaroo burger, and it was quite nice

I googled Beaver once.

You mean this one?

 

[oldwheels]

I'm all in favour of trying local delicacies when ever I can. This time last year in Sydney I had a Kangaroo burger, and it was quite nice







You mean this one?

Never had kangaroo but ostrich was quite nice tho' it never seemed to catch on.

 

[Mo1959]

 

[classic33]

Let’s ban the Haggis preservation society

What about these?

"Wild haggis (taxonomic designation Haggisscoticus) is a creature of Scottish folklore, said to be native to the Scottish Highlands. It is further claimed that there are two varieties ofhaggis, one with longer left legs and the other with longer right legs."

 

[classic33]

It should be a Scots word I think. I quite like the idea of a blether of haggis. They’re quite friendly creatures I think.

They sought safe refuge north o'border and look what you've done to them. Hunted to the point of extinction!

Furthermore,
In his last book before his death, Hugh Trevor-Roper, the eminent historian, wrote that the kilt's inventor was a Quaker from Lancashire.

 

[PaulSB]

Never had kangaroo but ostrich was quite nice tho' it never seemed to catch on.

I had ostrich in Holland once. It was on the menu and I thought I really had to try it. A beefy flavour and texture.

 

[PaulSB]

Retirement, would you if you could??

Anyone who read that and then popped in here over the last two days has probably changed their mind.........

 

[Tenkaykev]

I had ostrich in Holland once. It was on the menu and I thought I really had to try it. A beefy flavour and texture.

i remember there were a few investment scams where people were conned into investing in Ostrich Farms.