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The Retirement Thread
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Got to be a fair bit of luck involved with the first guess I suppose. I just try and go for a couple of vowels and the more used consonants and hope for the best.Well done with the Wordle Mo
Took me five goes yesterday to get "Shire"
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Good morning all, carer was early this morning, ten past six, 
its pitch black and bitter cold out with a thick coating of frost, I'm down the hospital with my Good Lady this afternoon, she's using patient transport but I'm not allowed, I'll have to make my own way to the hospital, if the ice clears I'll try to get a bimble in this morning.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
WOW!!!! Although I report my Covid position to the Zoe study every day I haven't looked at case numbers for a while. These are THREE times higher than usual. I think we hit 3000 a couple of times but highs are usually around 2500. Not surprising in some respects as we know of many people on their second, i.e tested positive, infection. Immediate next door and next door but one neighbours for example. Interestingly all are asymptomatic and tested for work or visiting vulnerable people.
monkers
Veteran
Good moaning world. Chilly in the house this morning. We use the smallest amount of heat possible in the house, and had inadvertently left a velux window 'on the crack' last night, so little heat.
I did the Wordle while the toaster kept Frank Cooper and I waiting. Today's word broke my streak of needing 3 goes; today's word needing 4.
Weather forecast for here today says it's 2 deg feeling like -1, though warming to a max of 9 deg feels like 7 by about 2pm. I feel a bike day coming on after a slow start to the morning.
Have a good day all.
I did the Wordle while the toaster kept Frank Cooper and I waiting. Today's word broke my streak of needing 3 goes; today's word needing 4.
Weather forecast for here today says it's 2 deg feeling like -1, though warming to a max of 9 deg feels like 7 by about 2pm. I feel a bike day coming on after a slow start to the morning.
Have a good day all.
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Chief Broom
Veteran
Morning folks 
still feeling rattled after yesterdays near collision...i guess ive been lucky so far and havent had to endure what cyclists in the city have to 
Anyhow this'll calm me down a Walt Whitman favourite
I Think I Could Turn and Live With Animals
I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contained,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
still feeling rattled after yesterdays near collision...i guess ive been lucky so far and havent had to endure what cyclists in the city have to Anyhow this'll calm me down a Walt Whitman favourite
I Think I Could Turn and Live With Animals
I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contained,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good morning people. Clear and cold with a frost down. Granddaughter minding day today. Covid isolation for me and then #2 son means I haven't seen her properly for a month. Going to be a good day.
I think I'm losing my mind. Went to bed at 10.30 with the most brilliant moonlight lighting up the garden and visible through the curtains, woke at 3.00am to visit the bathroom, looking out of the window it was the same and I'm sure there was snow laying, enough to lightly cover everything. Went outside at 6.15 to check the amount of frost and snow. Yes, there's a frost but not a sign of snow. Has it melted? The path, back road etc. are dry. Was it just the brilliant moonlight reflecting frost off the roofs? I don't know. A mystery. A first world mystery but all the same a mystery.
I think I'm losing my mind. Went to bed at 10.30 with the most brilliant moonlight lighting up the garden and visible through the curtains, woke at 3.00am to visit the bathroom, looking out of the window it was the same and I'm sure there was snow laying, enough to lightly cover everything. Went outside at 6.15 to check the amount of frost and snow. Yes, there's a frost but not a sign of snow. Has it melted? The path, back road etc. are dry. Was it just the brilliant moonlight reflecting frost off the roofs? I don't know. A mystery. A first world mystery but all the same a mystery.
Salad Dodger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kent Coast
Good morning, world.
A bright and frosty 0 degrees on Planet Thanet today, and whilst making my morning cup of tea I was serenaded by a robin, perched on the garden fence and singing his little lungs out.
Just done a clear COVID test, so I will be going walking with our social walking group this morning, and leading the ukulele club meeting ( if anyone else turns up!) this evening at the pub.
Keep warm and stay safe, everyone.
A bright and frosty 0 degrees on Planet Thanet today, and whilst making my morning cup of tea I was serenaded by a robin, perched on the garden fence and singing his little lungs out.
Just done a clear COVID test, so I will be going walking with our social walking group this morning, and leading the ukulele club meeting ( if anyone else turns up!) this evening at the pub.
Keep warm and stay safe, everyone.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
@Chief Broom I was thinking about you on my ride yesterday 
and cycle clothing. The same rules apply re weather and crash protection but keep in mind what I recommend is based around riding 60-80 miles a day two or three days a week and sometimes 100+ in summer. I know your bike, a very lovely one I should add, and therefore cycling style, is different to mine so while I stand by the brand recommendations it could be the actual clothing type you find comfortable is quite different to my needs.
and cycle clothing. The same rules apply re weather and crash protection but keep in mind what I recommend is based around riding 60-80 miles a day two or three days a week and sometimes 100+ in summer. I know your bike, a very lovely one I should add, and therefore cycling style, is different to mine so while I stand by the brand recommendations it could be the actual clothing type you find comfortable is quite different to my needs.
Good morning folks,
Black bin, veg box, and organised walk day today. It’s icy underfoot at the moment with a promised high of 9 degrees. Daughter in Edinburgh messaged to say she’s caught Covid, with flu symptoms and periods of intense fatigue 🙁
Probably picked it up from a visit to the local taproom, they have perspex screens between tables as well as table only service, plus staff doing LFT testing daily, just shows how infectious the Omicron variety is.
Stay safe folks ☕️👍
Black bin, veg box, and organised walk day today. It’s icy underfoot at the moment with a promised high of 9 degrees. Daughter in Edinburgh messaged to say she’s caught Covid, with flu symptoms and periods of intense fatigue 🙁
Probably picked it up from a visit to the local taproom, they have perspex screens between tables as well as table only service, plus staff doing LFT testing daily, just shows how infectious the Omicron variety is.
Stay safe folks ☕️👍
Chief Broom
Veteran
Thanks Paul@Chief Broom I was thinking about you on my ride yesterday
Im no spring chicken so my riding is definitely a laid back style i dont hurtle down hills but gently descend! i say hello to the cows n sheep as i meander the lanes.. .If i ever fall off it'll probably be at 5-10 mph I wont be buying lycra anytime soon but happy to hear advice from experienced cyclists like yourself 
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
Good morning all, a cloudy 3° here.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Morning all
Started looking at houses on Rightmove.
We're not looking seriously yet, just trying to get a feel for the market. Found several nice places on Exmoor but they are all sold.
Hoping that suitable property will keep coming onto the market when we are ready to move in a few months time.
We liked the look of this place just across the road from the Exmoor Inn. Something similar would fit the bill.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/112386458#/?channel=RES_BUY
Started looking at houses on Rightmove.
We're not looking seriously yet, just trying to get a feel for the market. Found several nice places on Exmoor but they are all sold.
Hoping that suitable property will keep coming onto the market when we are ready to move in a few months time.
We liked the look of this place just across the road from the Exmoor Inn. Something similar would fit the bill.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/112386458#/?channel=RES_BUY
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Morning. By god it's another freezing one. -2 here and very frosty. Time to pull my winter bloomers up to my chest for maximum benefit . Or i can always put my vest on I suppose.
Stay safe peeps
Stay safe peeps
