The Retirement Thread

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks doesnt look to bad out, still cold though. I did find [accidentally] find something to watch on tv yesterday, a film story about the origin of Melvilles book Moby Dick, it was quite good
I hope my new toaster arrives soon i can stick Tesco's past use by date bread in it

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooeee peeps. It's dry it's calm. It's 3 deg and feeling like -2 apparently.

The sky is an odd colour. Looks like we might have snow sometime today.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning Dave.
Re the "dead" gas fire. Maybe a stupid question but could it be the battery to the ignition.
I only found that when ours died...... I changed it and bingo!!! all was good.

That was the first thing I checked, I'd got a spare battery, boiler man's here now so it won't be long now. I'll have to get the fire sorted next.

 

[Dave7]

Horrible day here.....dark, cold, rain, hail.
I woke and got up at 0550, thought 'sod that' and went back to bed.
A few errands to run but not much else.

 

[pawl]

WOW! That's a posh multi-tool. Does it have a thing for getting stones out of horses' hooves?**

** this may be an old family joke. Not sure.

What you should say is does it have a tool for getting Boy Scouts out of horses hooves

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Still messing around on my new phone.......nearly there!
Had a problem with Norton Vault (password manager) yesterday.
I'd forgotten the password to get into the vault and, after chatting to Norton, it appears that the only way to change the password is to access the vault from another device using a biometric password (fingerprint etc). As my new phone hasn't been set up for this yet, and my old phone was factory defaulted yesterday morning, they said I'd have to delete the vault and download a new one (very helpful.....not). So basically, I've lost all my passwords!
Guess what I'll be doing today and tommorrow?

On a brighter note - we're having lunch at the Ebby, which has recently reopened after a refurb and being closed for the best part of 18 months. So......Yay.....it's Fish Friday!

 

[Tenkaykev]

If I look North I see ominous roiling clouds, If I look South I can see ominous roiling clouds underlit by bright sunshine.
Fortunately the Post Office is south so I'll head there to post a few letters. This weather I've gone back to having porridge, I make it with Vanilla flavoured soy or oat milk, slice in half a banana and a few chopped up dates prior to cooking in the microwave. It's wonderfully delicious, and the discussion about rice puddings up thread has got me wondering if I should have a go at making one using vanilla milk. I've not made rice pudding before but looking at the various recipes on the BBC Good Food web site has given me a few ideas. Given the two hour cooking time it makes sense to wait until there's several things to oven cook.

 

[Mo1959]

If I look North I see ominous roiling clouds, If I look South I can see ominous roiling clouds underlit by bright sunshine.
Fortunately the Post Office is south so I'll head there to post a few letters. This weather I've gone back to having porridge, I make it with Vanilla flavoured soy or oat milk, slice in half a banana and a few chopped up dates prior to cooking in the microwave. It's wonderfully delicious, and the discussion about rice puddings up thread has got me wondering if I should have a go at making one using vanilla milk. I've not made rice pudding before but looking at the various recipes on the BBC Good Food web site has given me a few ideas. Given the two hour cooking time it makes sense to wait until there's several things to oven cook.

I’m really enjoying my porridge with soya milk. Gives it a nice flavour. I bought an almond one to try but wasn’t very keen on it.

 

[PaulSB]

Before I clutter up the whole of CC and possibly crash the servers with a complex new thread

Can anyone tell me how I might discover which set of smileys I added to the keyboard on my old phone? They worked well.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

🤔 Tenkaykev has raised an important point about ring pulls or lack of . Why don’t tins of rice pudding have ring pulls . If they did ,it would be another food I could buy from village stores when I’m on longer rides . I have a can opener on a multi tool , but using it would only end in tears .

I have an old can opener that my Dad used to keep in the car - I think it dates from the war or just after

Only problem is that when the metal it leaves behind after the lid comes off it is like a rather extreme throwing weapon from an over-the-top marshal arts action film

It is very light though

It was great fun when I was a kid in the 60s in the days when Men where Men and anyone opening a can of fizzy pop after a long car journey had to have nerves of steel and a change of clothes handy!



(note - for the young people - cans didn't have ring pulls then - you used a sharp object to pierce the top - and if the hole was too small or you did't enlarge it quick enough half the contents of the can did an impression of Old Faithful Geyser)

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Boiler man has gone, the house is returning to its normal tropical levels, and the sound you can here is my wallet crying in the corner.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Paulus]

I have an old can opener that my Dad used to keep in the car - I think it dates from the war or just after

Only problem is that when the metal it leaves behind after the lid comes off it is like a rather extreme throwing weapon from an over-the-top marshal arts action film

It is very light though

It was great fun when I was a kid in the 60s in the days when Men where Men and anyone opening a can of fizzy pop after a long car journey had to have nerves of steel and a change of clothes handy!



(note - for the young people - cans didn't have ring pulls then - you used a sharp object to pierce the top - and if the hole was too small or you did't enlarge it quick enough half the contents of the can did an impression of Old Faithful Geyser)

This was the type of can opener I used to use to open cans of fizzy pop when I was a kid.
Two holes, one either side of the can.
https://images.app.goo.gl/g7fJSK8tncckRn7X6

 

[Mo1959]

These icy pavements seem to be taking forever to clear. Really needing out for a walk now. Hopefully be ok after lunch.

I can feel my arms and shoulders a bit today after my little weight session yesterday.

 

[numbnuts]

The washing done, other than that nothing else to report
Oh..........Scampi, squid rings, chips and peas for dinner