The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Lawns mowed Last time hopefully

 

[pawl]

I've been for a bimble this morning, my Meriden loop, I've ridden 25 miles, its the slowest loop I do, but I was disappointingly slow this morning, about a 12.5 average, the slowest ride I've done since my heart attack in 2016, originally I was planning to ride my Hatton loop which is a bit longer but I was a bit late setting off so swapped my ride around, its not been a bad morning for a bike ride, its been still grey and a bit chilly, its not been bad under foot either, just the odd patch of wet leaves and mud to keep you on your toes. it was a good morning on the bike and another fixed wheel ride under my belt, it always takes me a few rides to get back into the swing of riding fixed after riding gears in the summer.

Bit quicker than me yesterday well done.

 

[Dave7]

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Thats an excellent piece of parking

My wife was good at parking.
She once parked a brand new (2 weeks old) Volvo part way through our garden fence
That takes some doing

 

[numbnuts]

I've been for a little spin, just to keep the wheels moving
Nice loaf cooking at the moment , won't be ready for lunch so have to find something else to eat

 

[Mo1959]

That’s the rain on here now. Looks set in for the afternoon. Given this morning was the first walk in a couple of weeks my foot felt a bit better, I should maybe just take the chance to rest it. I had a headache last night so went to bed really early and missed Angela Black. I could catch up on that I suppose. New 3 parter starting tonight called The Tower that will hopefully be good.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

No ride today - or yesterday - or the day before

either too much rain or too much to get done!

ACtually stupidly busy week
today we are kid sitting - looking after the baby, waiting in for the 5 year old's bus from school and picking up 9 year old from her school
then getting their tea (dinner) and keeping them alive until their Dad gets home from work
The tomorrow I have to take the car to teh garage for fixing
Then Thurday we are kid sitting again - and being available for IT support - do their Mum can do an online parent's evening
Then Friday I am having my Covid Booster

Damn this retirement is hard - bike will think I am ignoring it

 

[Mo1959]

bike will think I am ignoring it

I am ignoring mine!

 

[welsh dragon]

That's a pretty good piece of driving for Mach as well. I once saw a little old lady take up 4 parking spaces in the car park.

Mr WD bought me a new t shirt.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The physio was on time today, he was early last week and I was still changing the beds, this week they were changed and the old sheets were in the washing machine, they were going to work on getting my Good lady in and out of the car but his mate wasn't available so it was laps of the lounge instead, my Good Lady can manage about 4 before she's knackered so she had a good workout. I got a brown envelope through the post dinner time, it turns out that as well as getting 140 quid from the warm homes discount I'm also getting 200 quid from the winter fuel allowance. I also got curious, I knew that riding down Beake Avenue this morning I'd got up around 28 MPH on the hill past the shops but wondered what cadence I'd managed, I quick check on an online cadence calculator showed that on my 42 x 17 gearing I'd managed 145 RPM.

 

[Chief Broom]

The forecast here today was cloudy with light rain at 2pm.... at 1pm it absolutely tipped down and i got drenched i rode home against a 12mph head wind and torrential rain ho hum i wonder if the local forecasters are using a crystal ball or just guessing Did have some good news though - my gear changing is working perfectly! Just a few tweeks and it snicks into gear beautifully up and down. Buying a bike at the budget end i thought i might have to put up with rough changing but all it needed was adjustment and now works fine,,,,just a few tightening turns of the barrel adjuster. This newbie has got a lot to learn!

 

[ColinJ]

I knew that riding down Beake Avenue this morning I'd got up around 28 MPH on the hill past the shops but wondered what cadence I'd managed, I quick check on an online cadence calculator showed that on my 42 x 17 gearing I'd managed 145 RPM.

That's pretty impressive! On my singlespeed I rarely pedal to 24 mph in 52/19 which is around 110 rpm. It might be slightly easier on fixed? (I find the looser connection between chain and wheel on singlespeed means that it feels like it is 'getting away from me'.)

I couldn't remember a hill on Beake Avenue so I just checked on Street View. I assume you mean heading N approximately from Charlewood Road and on past Rotherham Road? I never used to venture that far. I used to turn off to the right just before and cross Holbrooks Park on the way to work in Lythalls Lane.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's pretty impressive! On my singlespeed I rarely pedal to 24 mph in 52/19 which is around 110 rpm. It might be slightly easier on fixed? (I find the looser connection between chain and wheel on singlespeed means that it feels like it is 'getting away from me'.)

I couldn't remember a hill on Beake Avenue so I just checked on Street View. I assume you mean heading N approximately from Charlewood Road and on past Rotherham Road? I never used to venture that far. I used to turn off to the right just before and cross Holbrooks Park on the way to work in Lythalls Lane.

Thats the one, its steeper than it looks on street view, in 2008 when I was having my close encounter with Angina I called it angina hill as I couldn't even walk up it without sparking of an angina attack.

 

[ColinJ]

I just got asked to give a character reference to someone for a job in Calderdale...

Our Vision

Our vision for Calderdale in 2024 is for a place where you can realise your potential whoever you are.

We aspire to be a place where talent and enterprise can thrive. A place defined by our innate
kindness and resilience, by how our people care for each other, are able to recover from setbacks
and are full of hope. Calderdale will stand out, be known, and be distinctive.

A great place to visit, work, but most importantly, a place to live a larger life.

Meanwhile, from 2021 to 2023, you can remain unappreciated, be held back, treated unkindly by people who don't give a sh*t about you, and filled with gloomy dread about the nightmare unfolding in your life. Calderdale will be just one of the many employers who will make your working life a misery!

 

[oldwheels]

My wife was good at parking.
She once parked a brand new (2 weeks old) Volvo part way through our garden fence
That takes some doing

My wife did a good bit of parking as well by reversing our Cortina up on to a pier bollard thus lifting the rear driving wheels off the ground. The petrol tank had a slope so it slid up easily with no damage. She got a round of applause from the stevedores but they did come and lifted the car back on to 4 wheels.😄

 

[classic33]

I just got asked to give a character reference to someone for a job in Calderdale...


Meanwhile, from 2021 to 2023, you can remain unappreciated, be held back, treated unkindly by people who don't give a sh*t about you, and filled with gloomy dread about the nightmare unfolding in your life. Calderdale will be just one of the many employers who will make your working life a misery!

And the person that wrote that piece, for the council, lives over Preston way.