The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Some people sit watching awful TV pictures for hours every day and don't even notice the defects, but put a scratch on their bike/car/whatever and they get extremely upset about it.

I couldn't care less about clothes, home decor, gardens and so on but those things are crucially important to many folk.

A significant resonance on loudspeakers or headphones can drive me to distraction, as can a lack of bass. It doesn't stop many people sitting around listening to music via the dodgy speakers on their phones though. (That winds me up even more because I feel they have no right to inflict their noise on me.)

I bought a nice steel bike frame and fork, plus new wheels, groupset etc. and got my mechanic pal to build the bike for me. When he delivered the bike he looked a bit sheepish. I immediately spotted why - the top tube had a small patch a different shade of blue on it. He saw that I had had seen it and muttered that he had slipped with a spanner and scratched it. He had put a blob of nail varnish on to try to cover it! I felt irritated for a couple of minutes, but then forgot about it and enjoyed riding the bike for over 10 years.

It isn't that some people are fussy, and some aren't - it is more that we differ in what we choose to be fussy about!

 

[Mo1959]

Some people sit watching awful TV pictures for hours every day and don't even notice the defects, but put a scratch on their bike/car/whatever and they get extremely upset about it.

I couldn't care less about clothes, home decor, gardens and so on but those things are crucially important to many folk.

A significant resonance on loudspeakers or headphones can drive me to distraction, as can a lack of bass. It doesn't stop many people sitting around listening to music via the dodgy speakers on their phones though. (That winds me up even more because I feel they have no right to inflict their noise on me.)

I bought a nice steel bike frame and fork, plus new wheels, groupset etc. and got my mechanic pal to build the bike for me. When he delivered the bike he looked a bit sheepish. I immediately spotted why - the top tube had a small patch a different shade of blue on it. He saw that I had had seen it and muttered that he had slipped with a spanner and scratched it. He had put a blob of nail varnish on to try to cover it! I felt irritated for a couple of minutes, but then forgot about it and enjoyed riding the bike for over 10 years.

It isn't that some people are fussy, and some aren't - it is more that we differ in what we choose to be fussy about!

Thought you could hardly hear!

Have to admit I do like my gadgets and have spent a lot on my computer, tablet, phone, tvs, headphones, etc.

 

[ColinJ]

Thought you could hardly hear!

I can't hear high frequencies very well and there are certain highish frequencies that I am completely deaf at. I mean COMPLETELY deaf at...

I first became aware of it when I nearly deafened colleagues by accidentally blasting them with a high-pitched tone through a 100 Watt amp/speaker. (I was working with some digital sound gear which had 'crashed' and was sending out a continuous full power signal.) I couldn't hear it despite being a metre from the speaker. People were running over from 20 metres away because they couldn't stand it!

Obviously there are subtle audio defects that I just can't hear now which would have bugged me when I was young. The thing is if I CAN hear something and it sounds bad, then it irritates me.

Fussiness is actually quite an interesting topic. I used to really enjoy playing Lemmings on my PC. (For those of you who never played it***... where were you in the early 1990s! ) The little cartoon-like Lemming characters appealed to me. They were simple and not intended to be realistic so it didn't bother me that they didn't behave realistically. Games that ARE supposed to be realistic like PlayStation/XBox games leave me cold because I don't care how good they look, I just notice the defects.




*** YOU CAN HERE!

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Dave7]

Morning all, a beautiful day has dawned.
Q......herbal tea, any good ??
I have moaned about my bad stomach and after brief research am trying peppermint tea.
On day 3 now** and waiting for the miracle to happen.
**I am drinking 2 cups per morning.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Reading the part of @ColinJ message about listening to music, we were on the bus back from collecting our granddaughter. It was a lovely sunny day, the bus windows were open and we were in traffic waiting for the lights to change.
A car drew alongside the bus, it had a very loud sound system which was playing “ No Woman, No Cry “. I resisted for several seconds before joining in, this earned me a jab in the ribs from Mrs Tenkaykev and much hilarity from our fellow passengers. So what if people think you an old fool, enjoy the little moments and love your life.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, cooler and cloudy, we've had no rain yet, shopping this morning and chores this afternoon

 

[PaulSB]

Good day. It looks like being another good one. We have a walking day today, it should have been a cycling day but that started to unravel so when I got asked to head out with the walking group it seemed like a good plan. I have earned household bonus points. We're going to continue our exploration of the Lancashire Witches Trail.

Not much else really. I need to phone British Gas, again, and try to understand what is going on with my account, again!. Every month I get a bill, then a bit later I get notification the bill has been cancelled and replaced.

Take care and enjoy

 

[Dave7]

Good day. It looks like being another good one. We have a walking day today, it should have been a cycling day but that started to unravel so when I got asked to head out with the walking group it seemed like a good plan. I have earned household bonus points. We're going to continue our exploration of the Lancashire Witches Trail.

Not much else really. I need to phone British Gas, again, and try to understand what is going on with my account, again!. Every month I get a bill, then a bit later I get notification the bill has been cancelled and replaced.

Take care and enjoy

Be careful you don't bump into Welshie. She sometimes rents herself out to other covens.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeee. Well the water came on sometime last night/ morning and now it's off again.

Rather damp here at the moment.

Stays safe peeps

 

[welsh dragon]

Be careful you don't bump into Welshie. She sometimes rents herself out to other covens.

I'm not cheap you know

 

[Dave7]

Good morning folks,
Reading the part of @ColinJ message about listening to music, we were on the bus back from collecting our granddaughter. It was a lovely sunny day, the bus windows were open and we were in traffic waiting for the lights to change.
A car drew alongside the bus, it had a very loud sound system which was playing “ No Woman, No Cry “. I resisted for several seconds before joining in, this earned me a jab in the ribs from Mrs Tenkaykev and much hilarity from our fellow passengers. So what if people think you an old fool, enjoy the little moments and love your life.

If I did that I would empty the bus

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Yay! You know what day it is.
Off to Lynmouth at lunchtime to meet up with our best mates and have Fish & Chips on the harbour.
MrsD's got a hair dressing appointment at 9.30 am - I cut my own yesterday.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. 5 mile wander and got milk, cereal and cat food on the way home and some oven chips that were in the reduced section. Haven't had chips for ages and fancied some for a change.

Bit overcast here but humid. Sweating just walking.

 

[welsh dragon]

I have water again. And the brown sludgy stuff looks better than it did.