The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Morning all, today is the jolly boys day out with the ex colleagues from work. We are meeting at the Dickens Inn at St Katherine Dock between Tower bridge and Wapping at midday. It should be a nice day for a drink next to the river.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Hello everyone. Despite Diane Oxberry's (Beeb weather) warnings we have bright clear sky and not a breath of wind. There has been an autumnal feel the last few days or perhaps it's just normal after the heat??

Mrs P has been muttering about being chilly about 9.00pm, wrapping herself in a pashmina. This is going to lead to Central heating** discussions.

Apparently rule #5 doesn't apply.

** I'm very happy we used 9 units of gas in July!!!

On the upside of life the footie is back. The mighty Blackburn Rovers are at home, my lads will start arriving around lunchtime and we all head off to the game - the 28th season we've done this together.

I hope you give millwall a good tonking.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm sat in the Stratford Armouries with coffee toast and marmalade.

 

[Drago]

Cycled into Little Beirut in Northampton to drop off some shekels to a mate. A pleasant 20 mile round trip.

As I got to Northampton I skirted round the edge of Wooton Fields, and the way I emerged from the country roads brought me out on a shared cycle path. 10 feet wide, well surface, clean, what's not to like?

I bimbled along, not hacking it as there was the odd dog walker and jogger about. I approached one old feller coming towards me with his Golden retriever off the lead. No hurry, no big deal, so I stopped rather than risk running over an innocent doggie. The old duffer then started to have a pop about me cycling on the path. During his tirade I made a point of repeatedly gesturing with my eyebrow (I'm a huge fan of the Roger Moore technique) at the large, clean, newish looking shared cycleway sign in the lamp post not 2 meres to his left. He eventually took the hint and turned to look, and then spluttered a bit, before walking off.

Rest of the journey was uneventful, managed to get out of Northampton without getting knifed or rogered by hillbillies.

 

[numbnuts]

Someone has switched the off
Just put a slim filled inner tube in the back wheel of my trike

 

[Drago]

A slim filled inntertube? You cut up Fatboy Slim and hit his body in your tyre?

 

[classic33]

Someone has switched the off
Just put a slim filled inner tube in the back wheel of my trike

Whitman?

 

[classic33]

A slim filled inntertube? You cut up Fatboy Slim and hit his body in your tyre?

How else was he going to get it through the valve?

 

[numbnuts]

Someone has switched the off
Just put a slime filled inner tube in the back wheel of my trike

Opps I'm missing an "e".....well you know what I mean

 

[welsh dragon]

. Slim. That's a good one. Nearly as good as the bloopers that Drago makes. .

17 mile bimble today. Only a couple of pics taken as it looked like it was going to rain, so i went a bit quicker than normal ( which still isn't much above a snails pace).

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My coffee stop today The Timeless Delights Tea Room at Stratford Armouries.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've just got back, I've had an enjoyable pedal round the lanes on a cool breezy morning, a steady 55 miles.

 

[numbnuts]

I went for a 28 mile drive in the car

 

[Dave7]

Enjoyed a pleasant 22 mile ride this morning....surprisingly cool as I chose not to wear a base layer.
Enjoyed a beer while watching last 20 minutes of Newcastle Vs Spurs.
Mowed 2 gardens.
Topped the pond up and fed the fish.
Topped up the bird feeders.
Shortly will be going out to watch our son in law with his group at a local pub.
Its just none stop

 

[screenman]

Wet and windy here, and that is the weather I am talking about. Not a clue what the day will bring apart from a run to the tip.