The Retirement Thread
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
We went to Waterfront pub in Westward Ho for a carvery.
Wandered up to Wimborne, the square and area around the Minster was closed to traffic. Loads of picnic benches around the area, lots of people drinking fizzy stuff. We ate our sandwiches while sitting on the grass outside the Minster. There's a man buried in the wall of the Minster ( the local Spoons is called " The Man in the Wall " .We ended up in the Butchers Dog, nice window seat so we could people watch 😎
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I got my bike out to cycle over to Hebden Bridge (and back) on leek and red onion delivery duties. As I was locking my door a little girl cycled up to me on her pink bike...
Sweet kid: "That's a big bike, mister!"
Me: "That's because I am much bigger than you!"
Kid: "Oh, yeah."
[Her young friends walked up...]
Kid #2: "Nice bike!"
Me: "Thanks!"
Kid #3: "Where are yer goin'?"
Me: "T' Hebden Bridge."
Kid #3: "'ow long will that tek yer?"
Me: "About 20 minutes."
Kid #3 : "So, yer'll be 'ome in about 40 minutes then?"
Me: "No, about an hour and a half. My friend will make me a drink and I'll have a chat with her."
[I start to ride away...]
Chorus of childrens' voices: "Bye bye, mister!"
As I was cycling along the A646. I thought how nice that encounter had been. But then dark thoughts flitted into my mind... Sweet kids - pah! I think that they were casing the joint! I imagine one of them whipping out a phone and calling her burglar dad... "Dad - it's safe t' brek in - 'e's gone fer over an hour!"
And I got wet cycling on my 17 km round trip ride.
The main road in HB town centre is now a potholed disgrace! Well, by some local get-out clause the imperfections in the surface may not actually be legally classified as 'potholes', but they were big enough and rough enough that you would not want to cycle over them unless you were on a bike with very large tyres which were not pumped to a high pressure!
Anyway, I delivered the veg and had a quick coffee and chat. I couldn't stop long because I needed to get back before those burglars left with all my stuff!
Home. No burglary. So what have I learned from this?
Sweet kid: "That's a big bike, mister!"
Me: "That's because I am much bigger than you!"
Kid: "Oh, yeah."
[Her young friends walked up...]
Kid #2: "Nice bike!"
Me: "Thanks!"
Kid #3: "Where are yer goin'?"
Me: "T' Hebden Bridge."
Kid #3: "'ow long will that tek yer?"
Me: "About 20 minutes."
Kid #3 : "So, yer'll be 'ome in about 40 minutes then?"
Me: "No, about an hour and a half. My friend will make me a drink and I'll have a chat with her."
[I start to ride away...]
Chorus of childrens' voices: "Bye bye, mister!"
As I was cycling along the A646. I thought how nice that encounter had been. But then dark thoughts flitted into my mind... Sweet kids - pah! I think that they were casing the joint! I imagine one of them whipping out a phone and calling her burglar dad... "Dad - it's safe t' brek in - 'e's gone fer over an hour!"
And I got wet cycling on my 17 km round trip ride.
The main road in HB town centre is now a potholed disgrace! Well, by some local get-out clause the imperfections in the surface may not actually be legally classified as 'potholes', but they were big enough and rough enough that you would not want to cycle over them unless you were on a bike with very large tyres which were not pumped to a high pressure!
Anyway, I delivered the veg and had a quick coffee and chat. I couldn't stop long because I needed to get back before those burglars left with all my stuff!
Home. No burglary. So what have I learned from this?
- Local schools are pretty hot on teaching the twenty times table!
- Local schools are pretty lukewarm on teaching "Don't speak to strangers"!
- Some sweet kids ARE just sweet kids!
classic33
Leg End Member
Is this the piece you mean?
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-retirement-thread.216598/post-6739078
The newest is all from last weekend.
classic33
Leg End Member
Dead or alive?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Hmm, an interesting (to me, at least 
) development concerning my numb left leg...
I have been trying to get comfortable since getting back from my ride this afternoon. Every time I sat down the leg went numb, even though it didn't when I was on the bike. On the bike of course I am pedalling, which keeps the blood in the leg circulating, rather than pooling in the calf. I am also in a different position to the one I adopt on my sofa. I have to lie in a semi-recumbent position on the sofa and put my legs up on a footstool to avoid discomfort from the damaged leg, but that has not been working for the last few days...
I discovered that if I turn sideways and take the weight on either hip I am comfortable. That is not very convenient when using a laptop though! I had a flash of inspiration, and wondered if the problem was being caused by pressure at the top of my left leg/buttock. I folded a cushion and sat on that, taking all my weight on the RHS of the seat. Aha - no problem now!
So, there is something wrong on the LHS. I'll avoid putting any weight on that side for a few days and see if the leg/buttock problem eases.
I still don't know why I had the restless legs problem last night though. I'm wondering if that is unrelated and caused by using a dustpan and brush on the lounge carpet yesterday? I am not very flexible and may have overstretched to reach down to the floor. (The reason that I didn't use my vacuum cleaner is that it still smells of my sister's dog 4 YEARS AFTER HE WAS LAST HERE! I have changed the bag a few times since then and cleaned the filter, but somehow the smell lingers and it gets right up my nose!)
Let's see if the problem occurs again tonight... (I hope not because I have enough problems sleeping anyway without my legs going walkabout!)
) development concerning my numb left leg...I have been trying to get comfortable since getting back from my ride this afternoon. Every time I sat down the leg went numb, even though it didn't when I was on the bike. On the bike of course I am pedalling, which keeps the blood in the leg circulating, rather than pooling in the calf. I am also in a different position to the one I adopt on my sofa. I have to lie in a semi-recumbent position on the sofa and put my legs up on a footstool to avoid discomfort from the damaged leg, but that has not been working for the last few days...
I discovered that if I turn sideways and take the weight on either hip I am comfortable. That is not very convenient when using a laptop though! I had a flash of inspiration, and wondered if the problem was being caused by pressure at the top of my left leg/buttock. I folded a cushion and sat on that, taking all my weight on the RHS of the seat. Aha - no problem now!
So, there is something wrong on the LHS. I'll avoid putting any weight on that side for a few days and see if the leg/buttock problem eases.
I still don't know why I had the restless legs problem last night though. I'm wondering if that is unrelated and caused by using a dustpan and brush on the lounge carpet yesterday? I am not very flexible and may have overstretched to reach down to the floor. (The reason that I didn't use my vacuum cleaner is that it still smells of my sister's dog 4 YEARS AFTER HE WAS LAST HERE! I have changed the bag a few times since then and cleaned the filter, but somehow the smell lingers and it gets right up my nose!)
Let's see if the problem occurs again tonight... (I hope not because I have enough problems sleeping anyway without my legs going walkabout!)
classic33
Leg End Member
Have you cleaned all the filters!Hmm, an interesting (to me, at least
I have been trying to get comfortable since getting back from my ride this afternoon. Every time I sat down the leg went numb, even though it didn't when I was on the bike. On the bike of course I am pedalling, which keeps the blood in the leg circulating, rather than pooling in the calf. I am also in a different position to the one I adopt on my sofa. I have to lie in a semi-recumbent position on the sofa and put my legs up on a footstool to avoid discomfort from the damaged leg, but that has not been working for the last few days...
I discovered that if I turn sideways and take the weight on either hip I am comfortable. That is not very convenient when using a laptop though! I had a flash of inspiration, and wondered if the problem was being caused by pressure at the top of my left leg/buttock. I folded a cushion and sat on that, taking all my weight on the RHS of the seat. Aha - no problem now!
So, there is something wrong on the LHS. I'll avoid putting any weight on that side for a few days and see if the leg/buttock problem eases.
I still don't know why I had the restless legs problem last night though. I'm wondering if that is unrelated and caused by using a dustpan and brush on the lounge carpet yesterday? I am not very flexible and may have overstretched to reach down to the floor. (The reason that I didn't use my vacuum cleaner is that it still smells of my sister's dog 4 YEARS AFTER HE WAS LAST HERE! I have changed the bag a few times since then and cleaned the filter, but somehow the smell lingers and it gets right up my nose!)
Let's see if the problem occurs again tonight... (I hope not because I have enough problems sleeping anyway without my legs going walkabout!)
There's usually more than one.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Hmm, I think that I only found one... I'll have another look!
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Just read your post now and am extremely sorry at your very sad news . Hope you have many happy memories to sustain you through these difficult days ahead and that your sons and family will support you. My heart goes out to you
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Hmm, an interesting (to me, at least
I have been trying to get comfortable since getting back from my ride this afternoon. Every time I sat down the leg went numb, even though it didn't when I was on the bike. On the bike of course I am pedalling, which keeps the blood in the leg circulating, rather than pooling in the calf. I am also in a different position to the one I adopt on my sofa. I have to lie in a semi-recumbent position on the sofa and put my legs up on a footstool to avoid discomfort from the damaged leg, but that has not been working for the last few days...
I discovered that if I turn sideways and take the weight on either hip I am comfortable. That is not very convenient when using a laptop though! I had a flash of inspiration, and wondered if the problem was being caused by pressure at the top of my left leg/buttock. I folded a cushion and sat on that, taking all my weight on the RHS of the seat. Aha - no problem now!
So, there is something wrong on the LHS. I'll avoid putting any weight on that side for a few days and see if the leg/buttock problem eases.
I still don't know why I had the restless legs problem last night though. I'm wondering if that is unrelated and caused by using a dustpan and brush on the lounge carpet yesterday? I am not very flexible and may have overstretched to reach down to the floor. (The reason that I didn't use my vacuum cleaner is that it still smells of my sister's dog 4 YEARS AFTER HE WAS LAST HERE! I have changed the bag a few times since then and cleaned the filter, but somehow the smell lingers and it gets right up my nose!)
Let's see if the problem occurs again tonight... (I hope not because I have enough problems sleeping anyway without my legs going walkabout!)
Maybe it’s spinal? I have been left with some permanent leg/foot numbness ever since been diagnosed with lumbar disc herniations and my two bad bouts of sciatica and find sitting is the worst thing for it.
Morning. Up early as usual. I was awake earlier but thought I better at least rest if not sleep. Cuppa then walk. It’s actually quite cool at the moment.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good Morning. Grey, damp and still........perhaps I should move? Woke early but a brew sent me back to bed for another 90 minutes sleep.
Google calendar has sent me the usual very useful email telling me I have nothing in my schedule for today. Surprise? Nope. Gravel ride today to Monton* which always makes me think I'm in the Alpes-Maritime but in fact on the Bridgewater canal just outside Worsley. The slight overnight rain will have been enough to dampen down the dust but hopefully not sufficient to make it muddy, it'll probably set like concrete on the frame. The cafe in Monton offers possibly the finest sausage rolls in the known universe.........I'll try to get a photo.
*Menton/Monton similar pronunciation before I get picked up on the spelling!
Weetabix, banana, coffee are calling. See y'all later.
Woke early but a brew sent me back to bed for another 90 minutes sleep. Google calendar has sent me the usual very useful email telling me I have nothing in my schedule for today. Surprise? Nope. Gravel ride today to Monton* which always makes me think I'm in the Alpes-Maritime but in fact on the Bridgewater canal just outside Worsley.
The slight overnight rain will have been enough to dampen down the dust but hopefully not sufficient to make it muddy, it'll probably set like concrete on the frame. The cafe in Monton offers possibly the finest sausage rolls in the known universe.........I'll try to get a photo.*Menton/Monton similar pronunciation before I get picked up on the spelling!
Weetabix, banana, coffee are calling. See y'all later.
Good Morning. Grey, damp and still........perhaps I should move?
Google calendar has sent me the usual very useful email telling me I have nothing in my schedule for today. Surprise? Nope. Gravel ride today to Monton* which always makes me think I'm in the Alpes-Maritime but in fact on the Bridgewater canal just outside Worsley.
*Menton/Monton similar pronunciation before I get picked up on the spelling!
Weetabix, banana, coffee are calling. See y'all later.
Living the life Paul… 😎👍☀️
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Good morning folks, its a tad damp here today, I was thinking about a bimble this morning but its been postponed again, housework and a trip down the club for today.
