The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Frozen Chips.

We have a Tefal Actifry which is good for chips (not much else though).
Long story short.......I bought some Aldi chunky Maris Piper.....they are great.
Needed a bit longer to brown but were golden, crispy and fluffy inside. Very yummy.
May I recommend them.

We’ve got a Tefal Actifry and think it’s the bees knees. Mrs Tenkaykev has even baked a ( surprisingly successful) cake in it. It’s a great plate warmer too, and we both gather around in anticipation as it counts down to zero and plays its little tune 😉

 

[Tenkaykev]

I am with TSB. Bloody awful. Just to access so as to check my account I need......
My password
Memorable word (they then request a random mix of letters from that).
They then text me a number and give me so many seconds to type that in**
**so if I am trying to log in ON THE PHONE and they text me ON THE PHONE how do I get that and type it in🥺

I’ve got the Nationwide app and have set up face recognition so I just need to open the app and it logs me in and lets me check balances / transfer between accounts / pay bills / send money to the kids etc. The only time I need to dig the card reader out is if I’m setting up a new payee.

 

[Tenkaykev]

 

[welsh dragon]

No formal training, mostly self taught.

Mech Eng degree, worked for a few biggish engineering companies as production manager before joining up with a mate and starting a precision machining company. Initially prototype parts for the moulding industry, manual m/c work, but fairly quickly moved towards small batch stuff. Bought a CNC lathe, then another, then some CNC mills and pushed all the manual stuff into the corner, batch size 10 - 200 pieces sometimes 1000. Partner sadly died along the way but I carried on. Best thing I ever did was buy a Star sliding headstock CNC lathe, astonishing accuracy, turning to 8 microns tolerance! Expensive, but paid for itself very quickly, so bought another one, 9 axis working!

Ended up with 7 CNC lathes and 3 vertical machine centres, plus other usual workshop stuff.

Used to run the Stars unmanned through the night - lights off, lock up and go. Set up a WiFi camera in the workshop to check up on them at 2.00AM to see if they were earning their keep. They had fire suppression fitted, just in case, as they were running on neat oil and sometimes got a bit warm!

You sound a bit like Mr WD 😆

 

[welsh dragon]

I’ve got the Nationwide app and have set up face recognition so I just need to open the app and it logs me in and lets me check balances / transfer between accounts / pay bills / send money to the kids etc. The only time I need to dig the card reader out is if I’m setting up a new payee.

That's what I was doing. But it's so old school to use them now. Barclays don't.

 

[welsh dragon]

I’d have to disagree, as you are making a first Time payment to someone new, Nationwide are doing the right thing in making several checks to make sure that it is a legitimate transaction. Once you’ve cleared the identity checks then any further payments to the same party will go through immediately.

You don't need that with barclays. You can have too much of a good thing, then it just becomes a nuisance and a hindrance.

 

[Dave7]

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We’ve got a Tefal Actifry and think it’s the bees knees. Mrs Tenkaykev has even baked a ( surprisingly successful) cake in it. It’s a great plate warmer too, and we both gather around in anticipation as it counts down to zero and plays its little tune 😉

PLate warmer ??
Tunes ??
Do we have the same item??

 

[Tenkaykev]

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PLate warmer ??
Tunes ??
Do we have the same item??

Ours has a slightly recessed large flat viewing window in the lid of the machine. It also plays a little tune when it has finished its program.

 

[Sterlo]

It probably would be easier.

I might have a rant to nationwide as well about having to use an old fashioned card reader 😆

I must admit, I still go old school with HSBC, theirs is a little credit card sized "calculator" for want of a better word, I have to use it to log in if I want to transfer any funds anywhere. They keep pushing me to get the app but I rarely use it enough, must admit though it is a pain in the 'arris.

 

[Paulus]

Good evening all.
A busy day helping my son move the last of his stuff. My knees have taken a bit of a hammering.
I've had to telephone the dentist as I have an ache and a bit of sensation in one of my top left molars. Fortunately I managed to get an appointment tomorrow morning.

 

[pawl]

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Wow there early Mine in tubs are only just poking through

 

[pawl]

I have just been reading an article on Cyclist about Sid Standard a name that many cyclists on here may remember Basically it is about the era WhenClothing was more about jeans or tracke bottoms bobble hats Toe clips and straps.Saddle bags with a cape strapped to the top The photographs show how it was prior to Lycra,carbon fibre and all the gubbins associated with todays cycling
I don’t subscribe to Cyclist,it comes as part of a package on Readly

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I have just been reading an article on Cyclist about Sid Standard a name that many cyclists on here may remember Basically it is about the era WhenClothing was more about jeans or tracke bottoms bobble hats Toe clips and straps.Saddle bags with a cape strapped to the top The photographs show how it was prior to Lycra,carbon fibre and all the gubbins associated with todays cycling
I don’t subscribe to Cyclist,it comes as part of a package on Readly

Yes, I remember, kettle strapped to one side, mug on the other side and a camping stove in the saddle bag.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeeeee. 7 deg and not raining. Woooooohoo.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, we had an enjoyable afternoon down the club yesterday, it was nice to catch up with friends and as a bonus I won twenty five quid.