The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Yep. You have to be on your toes with the scammers

I miss poor old George.

 

[welsh dragon]

I miss poor old George.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Amazing! Wish I had taken it up when I was younger. It’s like a lot of things in life, not realising till too late how much you enjoy something but being past making any improvements due to age and injuries. Never mind, I am really enjoying it just now so that’s all that matters.

Your Never too old Mo!
Anecdote time :
As a younger, more foolish man I would, from time to time come up with really great ideas 😁

On this particular occasion I noticed that my 55th Birthday fell on a Sunday and coincided with the AAA 50k championships that were being held at Sutton Park. I thought it would make a great way to mark my birthday and I could bang an extra lap in to make it 55@55, nice and symmetrical 😁

I had a brother who lived in that area so it would also be an opportunity to catch up with him and make a week end of it. I’d been away from the distance running “ scene” for a while so I thought I’d adopt a low profile and tootle round at a nice easy pace.

As I was finishing the last lap of the 50k I was overtaken by a familiar face from my distance running days, he called out a greeting as he went past and once I’d done my extra “birthday “ lap I went over to congratulate him and catch up on what he’d been up to.
The guy was, if I’m remembering correctly about 72 at the time. I remarked that he’d run a great race and that he must be really pleased with his performance, he said he’d hoped to do better but his legs were still a bit stiff from the hundred miler that he’d done the previous week.

So there you have it Mo, you’re never too old...

 

[BoldonLad]

I'm watching countrfile as well.

I had an email today telling me that my prime membership ends in Feb, but my card details expire before my renewal date so I should click on the link below to amend my card details to avoid missing my payment for Amazon prime. Very strange as my card doesn't in fact expire until 2025. Methinks this is another scam. Be careful folks and don't click on things like that.

Yes, we had a variation on that, a phone call, with an automated voice, telling me my prime membership was about to expire, press 1 etc

I don’t have Prime Membership

 

[welsh dragon]

Yes, we had a variation on that, a phone call, with an automated voice, telling me my prime membership was about to expire, press 1 etc

I don’t have Prime Membership

Oh god.

 

[welsh dragon]

The magnificent seven is on ITV4.+1. They don't make an like that anymore.

 

[Dirk]

The magnificent seven is on ITV4.+1. They don't make an like that anymore.

Thank god!

 

[screenman]

Country File was good, well the few minutes I saw of it before nodding off, thought it was Saturday when I woke up.

 

[welsh dragon]

Thank god!

I may have seen it once or 6 times before

 

[classic33]

Country File was good, well the few minutes I saw of it before nodding off, thought it was Saturday when I woke up.

Well, tomorrow's Sunday!

 

[ColinJ]

I used my new tablet on a Zoom call with my family this afternoon. On previous Zoom sessions I had been using the web browser version on my laptop and that was always a pain - a fuzzy picture and the picture and/or sound would freeze sporadically. No interruptions to the sound or picture today and both were clearer than through the browser.

What I wasn't so keen on was that the webcam is quite high up relative to the meeting window so it makes me look like I am staring at my feet when I am talking. I'll see if I can find a way of docking that window at the top of the tablet rather than in the middle of the screen.

 

[Exlaser2]

Enjoyed Britain’s Lost Railway Walks last night, Callender to Oban, through the lands of MacGregor and @Globalti. I was keeping an eye out for the spectacular new build taking shape during filming but they must have missed it.

My wife and I walked that route about 25 years ago long before it became a cycle route . Must have really good as we had our first daughter nine months later .😂😂😂

 

[Exlaser2]

Bike in the kitchen!!!!

I'd have to offer up three Hail Marys and a Lord's Prayer to have any chance of that..........

I find a bike in the kitchen is allowed in our kitchen under certain circumstances, that is if I am working on my wife’s bike . 😂😂😂

 

[Exlaser2]

Night night everyone. Still no cycling for me , but I am feeling slightly better in myself. But we were allowed back sailing on Sunday . It was cold and damp all race with very little wind, but I loved it , finished second out of five . Made me realise how much I had missed sailing for the last month . These little high/ good points in life make it all worthwhile. Sleep tight everyone. 😀😀😀
Oh and good morning to Mo as I am sure she will be checking in the next few hours 😘😀😀

 

[ColinJ]

What I wasn't so keen on was that the webcam is quite high up relative to the meeting window so it makes me look like I am staring at my feet when I am talking. I'll see if I can find a way of docking that window at the top of the tablet rather than in the middle of the screen.

Ah, apparently I could swipe left or right to control the view. I'll try that next time...