The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Good Morning. It's been pouring with rain overnight so I suspect doing much outside will be off the agenda. There's a mountain of ironing which I'm about to start after I've found something to watch on Netflix. Speaking of which we watched "Don't Look Up" on NYE - great film which I highly recommend.

I ordered a new phone on December 27th which Curry's confirmed would be delivered on January 4th. I received an email overnight saying the order has been cancelled for one of four issues; invalid PAC code, payment issues, technical issues, lack of stock. The PAC isn't applicable as it's an outright purchase, my bank hasn't notified a payment issue, so that leaves the last two. I just tried re-ordering to the point of payment and was able to order for Home Delivery at 2.00pm on January 4th. Samsung UK are offering delivery on January 13th

So I think a phone call is needed...............................

Won't you have to wait until you get the phone, so that you can make that phone call?

 

[classic33]

Nah!
11°C forecast here for Monday, dropping to 5° - 7° in the week, before lifting again.

Don't say you weren't warned when it does happen.

Arrived/starting a day early here.

 

[classic33]

Can you freeze mince pies

Don't think he gives them time to cool down, much less freeze them.

 

[Dirk]

Don't say you weren't warned when it does happen.

Arrived/starting a day early here.

I'll believe it when I see it.
We rarely get snow/ sub zero temperatures here.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Bucketing down here now. Just had beans on toast, really enjoyable after so much rich food over the past week or so.

 

[Paulus]

The rain has arrived .
It's still quite warm though.

 

[Juan Kog]

The rain has arrived .
It's still quite warm though.

It’s raining here now . The BBC forecast rain arriving 13.00 , so I planned a morning only ride . I got home at 12.50 , started raining 13.10. . This morning it could have been the 2nd of March ,13.5 degrees and a mixture of clouds and blue sky with sunshine.

 

[Juan Kog]

Yes and I do and fruit cake

I freeze small blocks of fruit cake to take cycling .It’s great on the bike fuel, far more palatable than those over priced energy bars .

 

[Chief Broom]

Afternoon folks my poem 'The Hill' came back to bite me on the r's a 15mph sidewind turned into a full on headwind....if there had been a sofa on the side of the road i couldnt have resisted and would've flopped down on it , but got to the top..just!
Anyhow it was nice to be out and waved at variety of other cyclist- electric/racer/mtb

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour. After looking at the sky and although it looked a bit grey, I decided to do my first ride of the new year. Big mistake !!!
Within 10 minutes of my ride, the heavens opened and I got truly drenched. I did manage to do 19 kms in the pouring rain.
The bike needs a good clean now and I definitively am a fair weather rider as I don't intend to repeat another ride like that.

 

[12boy]

Today will be a 31/31 day....31F and 31 mph winds. I did ride a few miles yesterday to check out my Sorels and my mitten bags. Still a little cool on dem toes but better than boots. Sure felt awkward with those big suckers on my feet.
Last night's small eats were good...Mrs 12 put away quite a bit of mini beef wellingtons, mini wieners in a pastry shell,fruit salad, mini quiches, tempura shrimp and carrot and blue cheese dressing which she made.
I have been making sort of a box from old kraft paper type work folders upon which I will glue black canvas to make sort of a basket/bag thingy which will be attached to the Al bagframe which clips on the front block of my Brompton. I have a big shopping bag setup but it is a real drag in a headwind. This smaller one will hold 4-5 library books, my water flask and tool roll and perhaps a few paper towels for when the toilet paper in the bike trail PortaPottis is absent. Something to do when going outside is sub optimal.
I read a book put out by Men's Health that espoused a weight loss diet that instead of focusing on denying yourself certain foods stressed eating what you should to be healthy. After you eat all the good stuff you are too full to eat empty calories. just a thought to encourage eating lots of veg, protein and nonprocessed stuff.
Be well and safe and enjoy that four pounds of oatmeal and kale daily.

 

[numbnuts]

Thunderstorms this afternoon for me and a few others

Didn't get our thunderstorms

 

[welsh dragon]

The wind and rain is back with a vengeance here.

 

[welsh dragon]

We are having soup and home made bread. It's turned out really well (the bread that is) not the soup

 

[classic33]

Didn't get our thunderstorms

Ask for a refund.