The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

PS

Different rail companies have different compensation policies.

If you have problems with a journey on Northern, keep your ticket(s). You will need to photograph it/them if you make a claim. 'Delay Repay' details HERE.

A reclaim form is available from all manned/staffed stations. This will ask you how you managed to make the trip home/to your destination. This should be factored into any reimbursement.

 

[welsh dragon]

So I have been told , but I’ve never see it because it always rains on me . North or South Wales is fine , but with mid wales as soon as I get to Montgomery ( where one of my grandads came from ) it starts to cloud over. By the time I get to Newtown it’s raining and by the time I get to Aberystwyth it’s like I am in some kind of weather based disaster movie.😂😂😂

I live in between Newtown and Aber. The weather has been really good. No rain at all in fact the stream has dried up altogether

 

[Deleted member 1258]

A strange but profitable trip to the club this afternoon, the regular caller was absent so my Brother In Law was calling the bingo, which felt weird, I won and my Good Lady won three time.

 

[Dirk]

A strange but profitable trip to the club this afternoon, the regular caller was absent so my Brother In Law was calling the bingo, which felt weird, I won and my Good Lady won three time.

Sounds like a put up job.

 

[Paulus]

A strange but profitable trip to the club this afternoon, the regular caller was absent so my Brother In Law was calling the bingo, which felt weird, I won and my Good Lady won three time.

Now some people might get the wrong idea this not just being a coincidence in a game of chance

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I used to live in Wales

They have these big thing - stony and often covered in either heather or sheep

the local call them mountains

they can - according to myths and legends (and the Met Office) cause some rather localised weather.


I used to drive from Liverpool to Bangor (the Gwynedd one) and the weather would change and I got past Llanfairfechan - I would go from bright sunshine to dark cloud

now myths and legends declare that this is due to to clouds taking one look at Snowdonia and thinking they have WAY too much water so just dumping it on Bangor


a bit like a breakaway on a Grand Tour approaching the start of a summit finish

I taught in Rhyl - always sunny - 'cos it was flat - until it snowed and then it wasn;t so good



Weather in Wales is weird

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sounds like a put up job.

It does doesn't it.

Now some people might get the wrong idea this not just being a coincidence in a game of chance

I know, I don't know but I assume there are ways to cheat at bingo, though a pensioners club session playing for a few quid wouldn't be worth doing, but in the big bingo halls with the big prizes it could be worth doing.

 

[classic33]

It does doesn't it.




I know, I don't know but I assume there are ways to cheat at bingo, though a pensioners club session playing for a few quid wouldn't be worth doing, but in the big bingo halls with the big prizes it could be worth doing.

Be the perfect place to trial any "system" you might be using. Today the local club, tomorrow who knows!

 

[rustybolts]

You ride your bike on a treadmill?

No , I'm not that skilled unfortunately but have you heard of the Lopifit ? see link
(35) Lopifit - A Treadmill On Wheels! | Euromaxx - YouTube

 

[rustybolts]

I've been looking at them online, but not sure I would use one enough to justify the cost. The last one I bought many years ago was used a few times and sold.

Nice brisk walk done. It's overcast but warm enough when you're striding out.

Mo with the beautiful scenery all around you where you live why bother ? its much healthier to get outdoors anyway. Because of my bizarre sleep pattern ( or lack of ) it stops me going semi insane in the middle of the night sometimes Its boring to use but comes into its own in extremely prolonged snowy weather . I use a Kinetic rock n roll bike trainer a lot more

 

[ColinJ]

A reclaim form is available from all manned/staffed stations. This will ask you how you managed to make the trip home/to your destination. This should be factored into any reimbursement.

Your planned route (scheduled times):
Departing 2025 from Clitheroe to Blackburn arriving 2047.
Departing 2120 from Blackburn to Todmorden arriving 2157.

Route we think you took (actual times):
Departed 2125 from Clitheroe to Blackburn arrived 2145.
Departed 2219 from Blackburn to Todmorden arrived 2254.

Delay Repay does not in any way limit or exclude your other legal rights to
compensation as a consumer where we are at fault, under the Consumer Rights
Act 2015 or otherwise.

The 21:25 train that they 'think' I caught back was the next one that actually ran. Given that I knew that I could ride home by just after 22:00 I wasn't going to hang about waiting and trusting that the later train plus my connection would eventually get me home!

The way I read that message is that you can accept the compensation offered but still try to claim more. I'm happy with the offer so I will make do with that.

 

[classic33]

The 21:25 train that they 'think' I caught back was the next one that actually ran. Given that I knew that I could ride home by just after 22:00 I wasn't going to hang about waiting and trusting that the later train plus my connection would eventually get me home!

The way I read that message is that you can accept the compensation offered but still try to claim more. I'm happy with the offer so I will make do with that.

Don't blame you in that case.

 

[12boy]

Converted my 82 holdsworth Special back to a derailleur from a 3 speed SA. I have only a 48 tooth chainring in the front and a 5 speed cluster in the rear so gearing runs from 40.5 to 99, good for these parts. Having just done this it was my go to for today's ride. Very nice ride and pretty quick by my standards.
Ate some oat porridge bread, salami and mixed nuts for lunch and went to the balefill with 1/2 the branches from cutting down the 4 locust trees last week. My bowyer friend took a straight 8' trunk to dry and split into bow staves. Locust aint as good as hickory, Osage Orange or yew but it is still pretty good, especially when backed with bamboo.
Is a lot of the UK below 300 ft above current sea level? If the climate change predictions are correct a lot of the Eastern seaboard and the Southern states will be home for the fishes. Perhaps Kansas will have a lot of beachfront property.
Be well and safe and don't even think about stockpiling Water Wings. I have already got them all.

 

[classic33]

Converted my 82 holdsworth Special back to a derailleur from a 3 speed SA. I have only a 48 tooth chainring in the front and a 5 speed cluster in the rear so gearing runs from 40.5 to 99, good for these parts. Having just done this it was my go to for today's ride. Very nice ride and pretty quick by my standards.
Ate some oat porridge bread, salami and mixed nuts for lunch and went to the balefill with 1/2 the branches from cutting down the 4 locust trees last week. My bowyer friend took a straight 8' trunk to dry and split into bow staves. Locust aint as good as hickory, Osage Orange or yew but it is still pretty good, especially when backed with bamboo.
Is a lot of the UK below 300 ft above current sea level? If the climate change predictions are correct a lot of the Eastern seaboard and the Southern states will be home for the fishes. Perhaps Kansas will have a lot of beachfront property.
Be well and safe and don't even think about stockpiling Water Wings. I have already got them all.

There's a fair bit below the 300 foot mark. Mainly down south, which has been sinking over the years anyway.

I'm safe at 700 feet above sea level.

 

[Drago]

Like Bill Clintons schlong when Monica Lewinsky is in town, I have risen!