The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Surely the bike was getting lighter as the electrons were being used up, making it easier to pedal 😉

Wellllll

at university we did Wave Mechanics (commonly know as quantum mechanics) in the final year
and the lecturer was total rubbish so I can;t claim to totally understand the schroedinger equation and its relation to electron mass and probability and orbit

I do know that when I was riding up Dundalk road then there was a mathmatical probablilty that an electron from the battery was actually close to @Drago 's Bruce
Or someone's tractor

but I'm really not sure it works like that in terms of effort and pedals and stuff

 

[ColinJ]

OK OK OK - and ebike - actually my wife's folder to check it worked OK after recelling

why 3 times - kept forgetting stuff - look at the name of the thread for details

anyway - final run - MASSIVE PROBLEM
battery ran out of electrons

actually had to pedal using muscle power almost all the way there
then the battery recovered enough to help up the hill on the way back but most of the way was muscle only
and then it cut out again as I turned into our estate (as in housing estate - I don;t live on an ancestral park) so I had to pedal the rest of the way home

Are you saying that the recelled battery is faulty, or that it is working perfectly but you drained it?

 

[classic33]

Question for the car owners on here.
Is a mileage of 10268 in between successful yearly MOT's high? And would you buy it?

Vehicle appeared on the street today, with no-one appearing to accept ownership.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my facebook page tonight, lol.

By the time John pulled into the little town, every hotel room was taken. "You've got to have a room somewhere." he pleaded to the last hotel manager, "Or just a bed--I don't really care where. I'm completely exhausted"
"Well, I do have a double room with one occupant," admitted the manager, "and I'm sure he would be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained all week. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."
"No problem," the tired traveler assured him. "I'll take it."
The next morning John came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. The manager asked him how he survived.
"Never better." John said.
The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?"
"Nope. I shut him up in no time."
"How'd you manage that?"
"He was already in bed, snoring away. when I came in the room," John said. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said, 'Good night, beautiful' and he sat up all night watching me."

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Not sure I’m happy being first up at this time

Rained all night and still raining. Not sure if I will brave a walk or not.

 

[PaulSB]

Question for the car owners on here.
Is a mileage of 10268 in between successful yearly MOT's high? And would you buy it?

Vehicle appeared on the street today, with no-one appearing to accept ownership.

10-12000 miles per annum is considered normal mileage and not unusual. If the vehicle is driven for 10,000 pa it will show a mileage of 30,000 at the first MOT, 40 at the second etc.

Would I buy it? Personally no but this is because I'm fortunate to be in a position whereby I could afford to buy something with a much lower mileage. My car at 2.5 years old had 5000 on the clock, Mrs P's was around 7000 at two years old. They were both very good value in relation to a brand new model. Mine is now six years old and 30,000 miles which would be considered low mileage. When I worked at three years old my cars typically had 85,000 on the clock. Always well cared for but very high mileage.

The questions you should ask are:

Is the vehicle in general good condition and looks cared for. Check for signs of dirt in difficult to access places. If they're clean the owner is/was a careful one.

Is there a full service history, service book stamped by a realiable garage, are the service invoices available?

Is the MOT history regular and the paperwork trail available?

If the answer is yes then it's probably a decent buy. If you wanted to buy my car the answer would be yes to all of the above.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. It's wet and windy.

I decided to lay in today but if I woke early I'd go cycling. Weather is miserable but I'm awake!

Currently worrying about a pension investment. The paperwork says one thing, my FA another. I truly like and believe in my FA, she's a very decent person. I hate questioning her advice in the way I have been and feel bad about it.

Ah well. I'm off to find bits and pieces to keep me occupied for the day.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Heading out for a run soon, inspired by our daughter finishing her first complete Marathon yesterday. 🏃‍♀️

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, its a tad damp today, my fault, I washed the car yesterday, family here this morning, I'm not sure what we're doing this afternoon.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Mo1959]

Good morning folks,
Heading out for a run soon, inspired by our daughter finishing her first complete Marathon yesterday. 🏃‍♀️

Have fun. I jogged the middle section of my rainy walk. Pathetically slow as the legs don't want to work as usual but I need something for the CV system if I'm not cycling. As much as all my walking will be good for the legs, it doesn't get the heart rate and breathing quite high enough so I will persevere, no matter how slowly these days.

 

[welsh dragon]

Good morning. Feom a cold wet place in Wales

Stay safe peeps

 

[welsh dragon]

Looks like today is going to be a very wet rainy day here.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Off out to get some shopping this morning, then doggie walking and Sunday lunch at the King William Inne.
Bit overcast and misty out there at the moment.

 

[Dave7]

Have fun. I jogged the middle section of my rainy walk. Pathetically slow as the legs don't want to work as usual but I need something for the CV system if I'm not cycling. As much as all my walking will be good for the legs, it doesn't get the heart rate and breathing quite high enough so I will persevere, no matter how slowly these days.

Keep it up Mo