The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good Morning fellow retirees,
I was looking at my weather app and saw that we would be rain free until 11:00 - ish. Glanced out the window at the heavy rain ( which was just a brief shower ) I had a weather App that pulled in information from hobbyist weather stations as well as the usual sources, it showed a map of where your closest weather station was and I discovered one just half a mile or so from home. It's something I looked into as a sort of Hobbyist project but never went further.
Granddaughter sleepover possibly cancelled due to her arriving home from nursery with the sneezes. Final decision to be made later.
As I type, the sun has broken through so I'm off out for an amble.

Stay safe, dry and warm folks ☂

 

[welsh dragon]

It’s heading your way!

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I know. In fact I can hear it now. And the skies are really dark as well.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day! The sky is blue and the sun is all shiny. Woke around 5.00am but went back to sleep till 8.55. Result.

Morning exercises next, breakfast and clean the car. Have promised to help a friend fit her mudguards so must pop out to do that later.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good Morning All, rain first thing but it seems to be clearing now. Planning on a walk.

 

[pawl]

Carry on doing it gents. As Mo says, old fashioned curtesy never goes out of fashion.

Male or female dose t matter to me I will hold the door open.When I was a nipper mum would always give up my seat when on the bus to a women or an elderly adult What a good boy I was 😇😇😇

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've just had an email from the local Council, we've had a bike hire scheme here for a while ( Beryl Bikes ) and apparently it's been quite successful. I did notice lots of hire bikes heading for the Prom in the summer months, I'm not out and about in busy areas as much as I was so there may be many more than I've observed.
The Email was to inform people that there is to be a trial of Electric Scooters commencing in the New Year.
You have to be registered with " Beryl Bikes", be over the age of 18 and have a full Driving Licence.
You can use them on roads and cycle ways but not on the pavement.
It's going to be interesting to see how this develops.
The e-scooters will provide an innovative, emission-free transport option for both residents and visitors to the area. The Beryl hire e-scooters can be ridden on all existing public roads in Bournemouth and Poole as well as on the expanding network of signed cycle lanes and cycle/shared-use facilities. They cannot be used on pedestrian pavements.
This snippet from the Council:

The initial operating zone of the trial is within Poole and Bournemouth only. This reflects the hillier nature of the two towns (which is ideal for e-scooters) and potential greater demand. An expansion into Christchurch can be considered at a later date as the scheme progresses.

Privately owned e-scooters remain illegal to use on public roads including in trial areas.

 

[JPBoothy]

Carry on doing it gents. As Mo says, old fashioned curtesy never goes out of fashion.

The younger generation seem to view being nice as un-cool. What a strange 'minority' of the population they are..

I have to admit to having gone a bit rogue yesterday by taking a peek into what's going on in the other forums on CC but want to come back to the 'niceness' on this one now if that's okay with you as those 'others' are so angry about everything or anyone with a different opinion than their own! I think some of those characters would make you walk in the road @Mo1959

 

[welsh dragon]

The younger generation seem to view being nice as un-cool. What a strange 'minority' of the population they are..

I have to admit to having gone a bit rogue yesterday by taking a peek into what's going on in the other forums on CC but want to come back to the 'niceness' on this one now if that's okay with you as those 'others' are so angry about everything or anyone with a different opinion than their own! I think some of those characters would make you walk in the road @Mo1959

They do tend to be very SHOUTY people in other areas.

 

[JPBoothy]

It's

Believe it or not, I've just stopped at a 'very empty' McDonalds for a coffee and Gentleman's visit (no gate post watering for me with all of those hungry seagulls about ) while out for a ride and the sun is shining with no sign of the rain that has been a daily occurrence this week. Shhh, I don't want to temp fate

 

[JPBoothy]

They do tend to be very SHOUTY people in other areas.

I don't want/like to stereotype but I bet you could almost guess which ones lived where based on the anger levels

 

[JPBoothy]

Good day! The sky is blue and the sun is all shiny. Woke around 5.00am but went back to sleep till 8.55. Result.

Morning exercises next, breakfast and clean the car. Have promised to help a friend fit her mudguards so must pop out to do that later.

I've just 'popped-out' to my garage to fit mudguards on many occasions and returned 4hrs later in a foul mood

 

[Mo1959]

I've just 'popped-out' to my garage to fit mudguards on many occasions and returned 4hrs later in a foul mood

My least favourite bike job I think. Gets better with practice, but first set I fitted things were pinging off and much swearing occurred! I eventually sussed it was much better to leave all stay cutting till the end after getting the guards sitting a nice distance from the tyres then snipping the spare protruding ends off after.

 

[Juan Kog]

The younger generation seem to view being nice as un-cool. What a strange 'minority' of the population they are..

I have to admit to having gone a bit rogue yesterday by taking a peek into what's going on in the other forums on CC but want to come back to the 'niceness' on this one now if that's okay with you as those 'others' are so angry about everything or anyone with a different opinion than their own! I think some of those characters would make you walk in the road @Mo1959

Niceness. JP it's just a thin veneer, there's some absolute Bath- Buns on this thread , mentioning no names of course.

 

[classic33]

Where are the fish n chips ??

No Fray Bentos either!

 

[Dirk]

No Fray Bentos either!

Fish and chips are at the chippy in Okehampton.
We always carry an emergency FB pie in the van.
Talking of which, I forgot to take my foot pump and torque wrench this morning - so that's another trip down to storage before we go away.