The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Woke at 5.00ish and had a brew. Looks like a good day is dawning. I'm sure there are many chores which need doing after a week away. I'll have a wander round and assess things later...........right now I'm going back to sleep! 🤫

Well I suppose that worked.

Another sleep ✅️ 👍🙂
Chores list ✅️ 👎😪

Izzy whizzy must get busy!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Moving on today to the Blackdown Hills. Only about an hour away, but in the direction of home.
It's just started spotting with rain. Hoping it holds off enough to allow us to pack up without a soaking.
I must say, this is one of the nicest off grid sites we've stayed on. Will definitely come back again.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've been for an early bimble, my Birchley Heath loop, out through Ansley up Ridge Lane, through Birchley Heath and past Hoar Park, then home down the Tamworth Rd, 25 miles ridden, out about half seven and back before the rain started, though I rode through a couple of light showers. Got my lack of pace shown up this morning, climbing a little incline on the Tamworth road and I was passed by a small group of fast lads, I thought I'd stopped, they they were climbing at a pace similar to my pace on the flat, a few years ago I'd have tried to jump on the back, today I just said good morning and watched them go past. Anyway another good bike ride completed, it would have been nice if the hot weather had lasted another day but it was cool and breezy but a good morning for cycling.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was a sneaky wordle, I didn't even know they were called that, I had to use a word list and managed it on the last attempt, I just got the dordle as well.

 

[Paulus]

That was a sneaky wordle, I didn't even know they were called that, I had to use a word list and managed it on the last attempt, I just got the dordle as well.

I got wordle in 6, buy a combination of getting 4 letters, and then trying combinations to get the word, that was actually a real word
.
I'll have to look it up. I have no idea what it is

 

[ColinJ]

Cryptic question for you all (answer tomorrow): When does splashing out mean NOT splashing out?

I forgot to give you the answer (probably because none of you took the bait... ), so I will explain below

My sister's cottage had an old-fashioned immersion heater for hot water. There was a lagged water cylinder in an airing cupboard downstairs, fed with cold water from a huge water tank in the attic.

Sis had had an electric shower installed when she moved in but still needed the immersion heater for hot water for baths and washing up. There are 3 people living in the house and they often ran out of hot water. It was annoying to be living with that old-school system in 2022...

So, she eventually decided to splash out on a combi-boiler and have the central heating improved while she was at it. The plumber arrived and got to work. Eventually, he climbed up into the attic to disconnect, drain, and remove the water tank. Suddenly, there was a shout, some clattering, and finally a whistle and laughter. She wondered what the heck was going on up there...

The plumber came down the ladder, carrying a bucket. He had a huge grin on his face. The bucket was half-filled with rusty sludge...

"You are one VERY lucky woman! I was draining the last of the water from the tank when I noticed a drip from the bottom of it. I put the spare bucket under it and suddenly a big piece of metal came away and this gunk came out. The tank had rotted right through. If that had happened while you were out you would have come home to a flooded house!!!"

So, by splashing out on a new boiler my sister had avoided potentially thousands of litres of water splashing out of the attic and trashing the cottage!

 

[Dirk]

The Eagle has landed in Devon.
Just down the road from where the 101St Airborne - Band of Brothers - embarked on their adventure. The hard standing on this site is a circular AA gun base!

 

[classic33]

The Eagle has landed in Devon.
Just down the road from where the 101St Airborne - Band of Brothers - embarked on their adventure. The hard standing on this site is a circular AA gun base!
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There's a ghost on a nearby road that appears around 9:30pm. Apparently an officer from the base who struck something on the road, throwing him and his female passenger off. She was killed, but he survived, and can be seen stood in the road, waving traffic down for help. Help arrived too late for his female passenger.

 

[Dirk]

There's a ghost on a nearby road that appears around 9:30pm. Apparently an officer from the base who struck something on the road, throwing him and his female passenger off. She was killed, but he survived, and can be seen stood in the road, waving traffic down for help. Help arrived too late for his female passenger.

It's the local sot thumbing a lift home.

 

[classic33]

It's the local sot thumbing a lift home.

Maybe, but if you stop he disappears.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I got wordle in 6, buy a combination of getting 4 letters, and then trying combinations to get the word, that was actually a real word
.
I'll have to look it up. I have no idea what it is

I got nothing on my first two attempts, eventually I got three letters and with the aid of the word list got the word but had to look up the word as I'd not come across it before.

 

[Mo1959]

I got nothing on my first two attempts, eventually I got three letters and with the aid of the word list got the word but had to look up the word as I'd not come across it before.

I’ve forgotten what it was as usual! Without any spoilers all I vaguely remember is I didn’t expect it to end with the letter it did but damned if I can remember what it was.


oh yes, just looked and it keeps your guess. Yes, was unusual.

 

[numbnuts]

Saturday excitement I've just cleaned the cooker and put a new battery in the sparky thing

 

[classic33]

Saturday excitement I've just cleaned the cooker and put a new battery in the sparky thing

"D" cell?

 

[Dave7]

That was a sneaky wordle, I didn't even know they were called that, I had to use a word list and managed it on the last attempt, I just got the dordle as well.

A word list ??? What is that?