The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Well it is a long way away

I used to remember how far it was as my headmaster at primary school told us and it stuck in my mind for ages but gone now. I’ll need to google it to see. For some reason 98,000,000 miles is ringing a bell, but maybe that was the sun

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Had the grandkids over night last night - which they love

Middle one always has a bath with us because it is a posh bath and has its own shower

oldest one gets treated as a bit more adult than she gets at home
and the little one just like the extra space



Anyway - that is not the point - they have gone home now!

so - just thinking about lunch and I got a phone call
My main watch had "gone funny" and was no longer telling the right time so I took it to the jewellery repair shop a few days ago - they rang to give me an estimate.
Now - it was far more expensive than I would normally spend on myself - AND I bought another one at the same time
However, I had just won a lot of money on the lottery and decided to buy my then girlfriend (not sure of the right word when you are both well over 50!) an expensive ring and she refused to get one unless I spent some money on myself as well

so I spent £1000 on 2 watches - this was the cheaper one at £300+!


Anyway - it stopped working - didn;t expect the repair to be cheap

but the estimate was £310!!!

just not worth it - which is quite upsetting
OK - not "I need counselling" upsetting - but this (and the otehr one) are probably the only extravagant things I have bought for myselfn and I expected them to last a long time - not 7-8 years!

anyway - I will get it back and then look for another posh watch - probably add a bit of money to the repair cost and see what I can get!


still annoyed!

 

[Mo1959]

Ah, the sun is 93,000,000 miles. That must have been it.

 

[welsh dragon]

I used to remember how far it was as my headmaster at primary school told us and it stuck in my mind for ages but gone now. I’ll need to google it to see. For some reason 98,000,000 miles is ringing a bell, but maybe that was the sun

Just under 235,000 miles. Google is a wonderful thing.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Ah, the sun is 93,000,000 miles. That must have been it.

Yup - the Sun
I remember this because of a TR7 advert when they brought the convertible version out
The billboard poster was a picture of the car with the roof down and words above it saying
"96 million miles of Headroom"

I'm sure we did this at school at some point - but that is what I remember!

 

[Dave7]

Our transport

 

[numbnuts]

Woe woe and thrice woe -

Had a good look at the car this morning using a torch and found two broken injector clamps number one and number three, if you over tighten them they break, and why do you over tighten them because the injectors are leaking.
I found new clamps on ebay, but need confirmation from the seller if they are the right ones and I will have to buy a torque wrench and an angle gauge, never heard of the latter, but I need one good job it is only £7, with the wrench and the clamps I won't see any change of £80 and it may not even cure it, but the car may run OK and I then can take it to a diesel repair garage to have a look at the injectors themselves as I think that is the main problem.

 

[Mo1959]

Woe woe and thrice woe -

Had a good look at the car this morning using a torch and found two broken injector clamps number one and number three, if you over tighten them they break, and why do you over tighten them because the injectors are leaking.
I found new clamps on ebay, but need confirmation from the seller if they are the right ones and I will have to buy a torque wrench and an angle gauge, never heard of the latter, but I need one good job it is only £7, with the wrench and the clamps I won't see any change of £80 and it may not even cure it, but the car may run OK and I then can take it to a diesel repair garage to have a look at the injectors themselves as I think that is the main problem.

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Hope it works. Really gets you down when things break or go wrong.

 

[BoldonLad]

Hope it works. Really gets you down when things break or go wrong.

Very true. Nothing worse than a car which will not start and/or go. Sort of defeats the object.

 

[Mo1959]

Very true. Nothing worse than a car which will not start and/or go. Sort of defeats the object.

My current thing giving me grief is my Samsung soundbar which has suddenly started playing up. An unplug and plug back worked yesterday but no joy today.

 

[classic33]

I used to remember how far it was as my headmaster at primary school told us and it stuck in my mind for ages but gone now. I’ll need to google it to see. For some reason 98,000,000 miles is ringing a bell, but maybe that was the sun

Don't forget to factor in it's been moving away from us by just over 11/2 inches a year, every year.
63,360 inches to the mile.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs TKK finished ahead of me at this mornings parkrun. Only by 50 metres, but I couldn't hang on. My first parkrun over 40 minutes, nothing in the legs today. Still, at least I'm still getting out there in the fresh air. Lots of parkrun tourists too, one from Tiree, a lady from South Africa and one from Australia.
We're both volunteering at Junior parkrun in the morning, the kids run 2k and are so full of enthusiasm 😎

 

[classic33]

Just under 235,000 miles. Google is a wonderful thing.

"As of September 01 2023, The Moon is 223,064 miles (358,911 kilometers) away from Earth, which is about 0.0023991755011 AU."

https://starlust.org/how-far-away-is-the-moon-now/

 

[classic33]

Mrs TKK finished ahead of me at this mornings parkrun. Only by 50 metres, but I couldn't hang on. My first parkrun over 40 minutes, nothing in the legs today. Still, at least I'm still getting out there in the fresh air. Lots of parkrun tourists too, one from Tiree, a lady from South Africa and one from Australia.
We're both volunteering at Junior parkrun in the morning, the kids run 2k and are so full of enthusiasm 😎

Aren't you a bit old to be running in the kids "race"?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Flew over the house several minutes ago, Biplane has just gone over, Eurofighter incoming...