The Retirement Thread
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Five sausages! Wonderful.The Eagle has landed in Rutland.
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Overlooking Rutland Water.
Nipped over to the Horse and Jockey for lunch.
Child's size portion of sausage and mash, £5.95.......
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Stuffed now!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
At midday today I answered a cryptic crossword clue:
That fellow's put into care after developing wild fancy. (7)
Now that is a word that I have never used and very rarely heard used by anybody else in my 66 years. I had only a vague idea what it meant so I looked it up to confirm my answer.
At 5 pm I started watching a computer programming video. In the final sentence of the 45 minute video, the presenter used that word. How SPOOKY!
That fellow's put into care after developing wild fancy. (7)
CHIMERA
Now that is a word that I have never used and very rarely heard used by anybody else in my 66 years. I had only a vague idea what it meant so I looked it up to confirm my answer.
At 5 pm I started watching a computer programming video. In the final sentence of the 45 minute video, the presenter used that word. How SPOOKY!
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
A word I'm very familiar with as it's used in horticulture quite frequently. I would though spell it chimaera.......so I would probably never have solved the clue.At midday today I answered a cryptic crossword clue:
That fellow's put into care after developing wild fancy. (7)
CHIMERA
Now that is a word that I have never used and very rarely heard used by anybody else in my 66 years. I had only a vague idea what it meant so I looked it up to confirm my answer.
At 5 pm I started watching a computer programming video. In the final sentence of the 45 minute video, the presenter used that word. How SPOOKY!
It's usually used to describe a natural graft when two plants fuse together.
Deleted User
Guest
- Location
- Wolverhampton
Are you now a drockle, or whatever it is, or someone simply on holiday?The Eagle has landed in Rutland.
View attachment 639492
Overlooking Rutland Water.
Nipped over to the Horse and Jockey for lunch.
Child's size portion of sausage and mash, £5.95.......
View attachment 639493
Stuffed now!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Apparently, in the botanical sense the word can be spelt either way.
The computer guy was talking about combining 2 different styles of programming so that makes sense.
I'm a Pikey Pensioner.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Not in my education!
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Suppose I should have breakfast. I could do with a change from porridge now the weather is getting milder. Must buy some cereal again on my next shop.
Changing my breakfast cereal from Weetabix to Shredded Wheat
Two Shredded Wheat and around of Marmite on toast
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Went for a normal ride this morning - earlier than normal but normal loop to Moore
2 things happened that were unusual
firstly - on getting back towards Spike Island in Widnes I noticed a bloke walking along the canal bank towards me - and behind him to 2 wheeled vehicles
Looked a bit like bike except that they had headlights like a car which meant I couldn;t see the vehicle properly
Anyway - I stopped to let them all past
Turns out the bikes were scrambler type bikes but being ridden very sensibly
As they got close I noticed the front bike had a set of blue LEDs on the front flashing on and off in a line - and when they got closer I noticed that they were Police Officers patroling the canal banks
Nice to see!!!
Anyway - a bit later I was cycling around Spike Island and there was a lady in front of me with a small dog (Yorkie??) in a coat happily sniffing around on the grass on the other side of the path
the dog and the lady were some distance apart
I rang my bell and the lady stayed on her side of the path so I rode forward
the dog carried on sniffing around happily, if anything it was moving even further away from the path
suddenly I noticed that there was a very faint red line coming up at an angle from the dog
almost invisible
I slowed and as I got close the red line became slightly clearer and I stopped in case it was a lead
The lady - seeing I was about 5 yards away and stopped by now - suddenly told the dog off and started realing the poor thing in like a fish on a line
all the while telling the dog off for
dunno what - she had never called it
she never attempted to cross towards the dog to give me room
as I passed her she blamed the dog
some people shouldn;t be allowed out in public
and also - thinnest and longest damn extending lead I have EVER seen
and thickest operator
2 things happened that were unusual
firstly - on getting back towards Spike Island in Widnes I noticed a bloke walking along the canal bank towards me - and behind him to 2 wheeled vehicles
Looked a bit like bike except that they had headlights like a car which meant I couldn;t see the vehicle properly
Anyway - I stopped to let them all past
Turns out the bikes were scrambler type bikes but being ridden very sensibly
As they got close I noticed the front bike had a set of blue LEDs on the front flashing on and off in a line - and when they got closer I noticed that they were Police Officers patroling the canal banks
Nice to see!!!
Anyway - a bit later I was cycling around Spike Island and there was a lady in front of me with a small dog (Yorkie??) in a coat happily sniffing around on the grass on the other side of the path
the dog and the lady were some distance apart
I rang my bell and the lady stayed on her side of the path so I rode forward
the dog carried on sniffing around happily, if anything it was moving even further away from the path
suddenly I noticed that there was a very faint red line coming up at an angle from the dog
almost invisible
I slowed and as I got close the red line became slightly clearer and I stopped in case it was a lead
The lady - seeing I was about 5 yards away and stopped by now - suddenly told the dog off and started realing the poor thing in like a fish on a line
all the while telling the dog off for
dunno what - she had never called it
she never attempted to cross towards the dog to give me room
as I passed her she blamed the dog
some people shouldn;t be allowed out in public
and also - thinnest and longest damn extending lead I have EVER seen
and thickest operator
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
At midday today I answered a cryptic crossword clue:
That fellow's put into care after developing wild fancy. (7)
CHIMERA
Now that is a word that I have never used and very rarely heard used by anybody else in my 66 years. I had only a vague idea what it meant so I looked it up to confirm my answer.
At 5 pm I started watching a computer programming video. In the final sentence of the 45 minute video, the presenter used that word. How SPOOKY!
I think chimera is a fusion of different animal parts as in many mythical beasts.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - I was thinking about centaurs after solving that clue and looking up what the word means.
classic33
Leg End Member
Chimera is currently on Forces TV!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That must be one of the channels that I deleted from my Freesat box - It should be on ch 165 but there is a gap there.
There are many channels that I have never watched (e.g. HGTV) which I should also clear out.
I don't even watch some of the common channels. For example, I can't remember the last time I watched ITV - I accidentally deleted it when I first got the box and it took me over a year to notice!
Exlaser2
Veteran
I'm a Pikey Pensioner.
You might be a pensioner but you are definitely not a pikey for two big reasons.😀
1) Your caravan only has two wheels not four .
2) You are not pulling your caravan with a transit van or a ranger pick up . 😂
