The Retirement Thread
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numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
It's pancake day 
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
It is still hissing down here. Rain, hail and high winds, probably the most unpleasant day we've had. I've got coffee, I'm cooking chick peas and planning the summer adventure. St Malo to Nice in RWGPS - this could take a while, both plotting and cycling.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Really? Great I'd forgotten, well not even thought about it. Note to self - buy lemons.It's pancake day
Doxon of Dick Green.
My Dad told me........
Blimey! Best get on with my shriving then.It's pancake day
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Thinking about doing the HMS Belfast tour next month as part of our anniversary celebration. Looks like you've picked a good day for it!
You win half a coconut for the right answer but not remembering itI don't actually remember it, too young, but, my grandmother told me it was Jack Warner, Dixon of Dock Green ?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Are you confessing in here or do you just want to us issue penance?Blimey! Best get on with my shriving then.
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I'm in the Earlswood Plant Centre with a coffee and a teacake, I've also got cold wet feet. One of the lanes was flooded, very big puddle, it was too far to go round it so I went through it.
BoldonLad
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- Location
- South Tyneside
I lied, it was my mother who told me, not my grandmotherYou win half a coconut for the right answer but not remembering it
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I got back just before 2 with 54 miles on, a ride over to Earlswood with a liberal dose of rule 9, I'm either a bad ass or a silly old sod. The ride out was slow and into a stiff breeze, I picked a pedalling rhythm and just slogged into it, there was a small section of Nuthurst road that was flooded but it wasn't to deep or to long, just enough to give me wet feet, by the time I arrived at the cafe the sun had gone and it had clouded over. I came out the cafe and the rain had set in so I decided to head home using the route out rather than do the planned route through Danzey Green, by the time I'd got to Bushwood Lane the rain had turned to hail and it was stinging my face as I rode the descent down past the stream, even on the fixed that descent is good for 30mph, but not today, I had to cap my speed at 25mph because of the hail, by the time I'd got to Packwood House the sun had come out, by the time I got to Baddesley Clinton it was raining again, and that was the pattern all the way home, sunshine and showers, but it was a much easier ride home and I spent a lot of it with a tail wind. It was nice to get out but I'll be glad when we get some better weather, these bad weather rides are seriously knackering.
Just back from town where I eventually got my razor**
Picked up MrsDs car and am now £194 lighter......coil pack and plugs
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Our neighbour is Italian and as I type is over in Italy where the outbreak is.......this should be interesting
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**a nightmare. I wanted a Philishave series 5. There are loads of series 5s with almost identical numbers. I chose the one on offer @£70. They tried to charge me £85. I took her to the the display and showed the offer. Turns out there was one digit different. I then had to wait 10 minutes while she went to get the correct one. A right royal pain in the ar*e.
Picked up MrsDs car and am now £194 lighter......coil pack and plugs
.Our neighbour is Italian and as I type is over in Italy where the outbreak is.......this should be interesting
.**a nightmare. I wanted a Philishave series 5. There are loads of series 5s with almost identical numbers. I chose the one on offer @£70. They tried to charge me £85. I took her to the the display and showed the offer. Turns out there was one digit different. I then had to wait 10 minutes while she went to get the correct one. A right royal pain in the ar*e.
Erm......bad ass or silly old sod......can we have a vote on that
