The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

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Good morning fellow retirees,
A leisurely cycle into Poole on the Brommies, I just knew that having four of them was eminently sensible as daughter and grandson were able to accompany us. Lunch on the quay followed by grandson wanting to challenge granddad to a race on the way home ( we had a headwind and he’s too young to understand slipstreaming, every time he looked over his shoulder I’d just smile and give him a thumbs up, he’d pedal furiously trying to get away, rinse and repeat )
Off to the Black Bear in Wool today for our monthly get together. Weather looks promising.
Stay safe folks ☀😎👍

At first I thought you had gone surfing!

This has to be the best ever reason for N+1........I may try it in the future. I suppose it's N+2 really.........

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
The sun is trying to break through the clouds.
All the usual stuff to do, dog walking, domestic duties etc. Then a bimble on the bike and a stop at the local shops on the way home for some essentials.
Stay safe everyone

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Hitching up in a couple of hours, then towing across the middle of Exmoor to our bolthole site near Dunkery Beacon (highest point on Exmoor). Weather's looking OK for the next week.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, had a better night last night, feeling a bit more chipper this morning.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

" do you want a cup of tea?" " well all right "" well you know, we all want to change the world " " but if you talk about destruction , dont you know that you can count me out "

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, grey and breezy here. Rain forecast by lunchtime. Will try and get out for a little walk while it’s still dry.

 

[welsh dragon]

There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all.......

First LP I owned, probably cost, 7'6d and I've still got it. We played it on one of these.

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To some old duffers here, that's up to date latest, super duper technology is that.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Bit overcast but dry so a little 20 mile bimble done as there might be rain later. Uneventful apart from a deliberate close pass by someone in a VW Polo. There was a gentleman walking on the road coming towards me so I moved well over towards the centre of the road to pass him. The dick in the Polo was still way back at the time and I was back in to the side but he still moved over really close as if to punish me by daring to being over the road a bit for a few seconds. Probably some little scrote with a shrivelled up willy that couldn't even get his leg over a bike, or anything else!

My first record player was a Dansette too. Nice dark blue colour.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning folks. Dull and overcast here.

I was so hot in bed last night that I thought I had somehow turned my electric blanket on but no, it was just me thank god.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

To some old duffers here, that's up to date latest, super duper technology is that.

Interesting story about technology, I had an old camera and MP3 player, neither of which were getting used so decided to take them down Cash Converters to see what I could get for them, I got offered 50p for the MP3 player and £3 for the camera, old technology they didn't want, on the way home I dropped them into the local charity shop. I'd had them a while and they'd been expensive when I brought them.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page this morning, made me chuckle.

 

[welsh dragon]

Technology has a habit of going round in circles. You can buy new turntables nowadays so people can experience the dulcet tones of warped and scratched old 45's or 78's, and to experience the record skipping along from the begining to the middle in the blink of an eye. Or it can get stuck and just keep playing the same bit over and over forever

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

From my Facebook page this morning, made me chuckle.

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It is indeed a mixed up, shook up World ! Oh wait, when was that written ?

 

[Mo1959]

Technology has a habit of going round in circles. You can buy new turntables nowadays so people can experience the dulcet tones of warped and scratched old 45's or 78's, and to experience the record skipping along from the begining to the middle in the blink of an eye. Or it can get stuck and just keep playing the same bit over and over forever

I used to love turning the speed up on the old turntables and making the singers sound like Pinky and Perky.

 

[welsh dragon]

I used to love turning the speed up on the old turntables and making the singers sound like Pinky and Perky.

Pinky and Perky . My little brother had that one