The Retirement Thread

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You will be getting Mo jealous with a ride profile like that.

Not likely
I should say that my record was over 10,000 miles in one day
started a few hundred miles South of the Bering Straits and went directly across the USA and Canada and did a short run round Warrington and then home
Not sure where I put the screenshot for that one!!

Still Strava said it so it much have been right!!!
 

BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
My BT broadband contract is up next month and I have been thinking about switching this time. Last time I logged in they quoted a £5 discount if I renewed. It's now saying £14 discount. I might hold off until the contract is nearly up and see if it goes up any more. I don't really want to switch if they were more comparable with what I can get elsewhere.

I recently had the same with my BB provider. I eventually settled for doubling of speed, £13/month reduction for 3 months, then, £5/month reduction for remaining 21 months. This took about half a day, during which I was also haggling with another supplier. About 12 hours after I had “done a deal” with original supplier, potential supplier came back with an even better offer, including waiving some of the terms and conditions quoted on their website.

I decided stick with the deal I had agreed. I don’t like it when companies are asked to give their “best price” and then, when they lose out, decide they can actually do better.

To be honest, I don’t like the haggling. Insurance companies and BB providers, and no doubt others, need to get their act together and recognise customer loyalty.
 

BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
Oh - forgot
On the way back some kind of insect - big enough to see - swooped in from my right at speed and directly into my mouth!!!

It hit the back of my mouth - still travelling at speed - just in the soft part at teh start of my throat

At first I thought I had been stung - certainly spiked/stabbed to a very small extent

which is rather worrying because a swelling just there could be serious!!

anyway - that was well over an hour ago and I'm not dead yet so it is just a pain

but **** me - chances of that - especially on a cold day when insects are supposed to be either dead or hibernating!!!

Did you swallow it?

Did it taste good?
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Solar guys have gone, they spent the last hour or so hoovering and cleaning the worktops and kitchen floor, cupboards etc. We cooked tea, had all the usual lights on, had the dehumidifier on Laundry drying mode etc, the whole house powered by the battery as it depleted itself to do a calibration. Tomorrow will be the first day that we generate power from the PV panels.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Never a truer word spoken.

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Drago

Legendary Member
This mornings weigh in - 249lb, down from 276. Being really careful what I eat and how much, and no attempts to bulk when doing the weights, which are now lighter and higher rep.
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
Morning all :hello:

Yay! Tis Carnival Day in Wells.
B&B is very nice and a 5 minute walk from Wells cathedral.
Today we shall be meeting up with our mates from Winscombe and having lunch in the Kings Head. Back to the digs after for a nap and then off out to watch the carnival procession at 7pm.

Still no sign of @dave r ?
I have a feeling that something serious may have happened.
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
Good morning
It is a bright start to the day here in Barnet.
MrsP is going to the Dentist. She is waiting for a referral to have a rotten tooth extracted at one of the London hospitals, it's not a straightforward job apparently. So she has got a private referral at a clinic nearby. £137 just to see if they can do it or not.
Other news,
There is a meeting of the escape committee this afternoon at the Railway Bell.
Dog walking and domestics this morning are the order of the day.
 
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