The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

I definitely do the background processing thing. Many times I have got completely stuck on a crossword in the evening, put it to one side and then finished it in 2 minutes the following morning.

Even though the crosswords I do haven't been as hard as the Guardian, Times etc. ones I start to notice a few different styles over the months.


They definitely don't have a TV...!

As for swimming... I used to go regularly. I learned at school when I was 8 or 9. We used to go to Livingstone Rd baths - is that pool still open, @dave r ?

Coventry then built a 50 metre pool which I went to every Saturday with my best mate. I got very confident in the water. I used to throw a penny in at one end, walk to the far end, then dive in and swim the length underwater to pick it up. One time I did 2 lengths underwater but that got a bit scary for the final 10-15 metres so I was reluctant to do that again.

I wasn't keen on diving from high up though. I went up onto the first platform (3 metres?) and it took me about 30 minutes to pluck up the courage to jump off. One of my schoolfriends was quite happy to go up to the top diving board and fling himself off that!

No, the Livingstone Rd baths have gone now.

 

[welsh dragon]

Chicken curry with rice for us today. It was yummy.

And the stock market is crap at the moment. Good job I sold what I had. Phew. Big spender what I am. I had a whole £250 invested

 

[PaulSB]

Question for PaulSB , when you introduced your new bike you said you were retiring your Dolan . Curious which model it is . My current winter geared bike is a 2010 preffisio with 9 spd tiagra .

Sure. It's an 11 year old 2009 Dolan Dual originally a Sram compact double -10 speed (I guess) but it's become a real hotchpotch. I used to own a bespoke tourer (we got a frame which Paul Hewitt was selling and did the build specifically for me) but sadly I had to write it off January this year. Swapped the triple and wheels off the tourer on to the Dolan frame which ended up being Shimano 50/39/30 and 28/11 and left the original Sram callipers in place!!! I say it's got a 39 - was looking the other day and it's only 38 at the moment!!

The plan is my Cervelo C3 is the summer bike, the Kinesis is the winter/gravel/tourer and the Dolan will hang on the wall for emergencies. I'm going to clean the Dolan till she sparkles, whizz her down to the LBS in the New Year and discuss how best to equip it for the future. Definitely not a triple as I never use it.

I suspect the Kinesis will see more summer action than originally expected. The ride is superb and very comfy so when we are out for 100+ mile days it's the obvious bike to chose. She is proving to be as versatile and perform as well as both the reviews and Kinesis said it would. I expected good but I'm surprised by just how good.

 

[PaulSB]

That’s organised , but then you are CC secretary. I have been lone cycling since March , and some days I struggle to organise my own lone departure on time.

Might sound organised but watch a re-run of Last of the Summer Wine to get an idea of how it is to ride with us!!!! One lovely lady who used to cycle with the group regularly, sadly she's moved abroad, thought we were a total riot - she was our official carer and was kind enough to name us the Silver Eagles. Any way........

............one beautiful summer day we were making our way up to Silverdale. There is a pee stop with a fabulous view across Morecambe Bay so we stopped. Conversation turned to God knows what before we set off again, our friend was heard to remark "It's a good job there's five of you - it means the group has a full set of senses!!"

 

[Dave7]

I definitely do the background processing thing. Many times I have got completely stuck on a crossword in the evening, put it to one side and then finished it in 2 minutes the following morning.

Even though the crosswords I do haven't been as hard as the Guardian, Times etc. ones I start to notice a few different styles over the months.


They definitely don't have a TV...!

As for swimming... I used to go regularly. I learned at school when I was 8 or 9. We used to go to Livingstone Rd baths - is that pool still open, @dave r ?

Coventry then built a 50 metre pool which I went to every Saturday with my best mate. I got very confident in the water. I used to throw a penny in at one end, walk to the far end, then dive in and swim the length underwater to pick it up. One time I did 2 lengths underwater but that got a bit scary for the final 10-15 metres so I was reluctant to do that again.

I wasn't keen on diving from high up though. I went up onto the first platform (3 metres?) and it took me about 30 minutes to pluck up the courage to jump off. One of my schoolfriends was quite happy to go up to the top diving board and fling himself off that!

Livingstone baths..... where would that be ??

 

[ColinJ]

No, the Livingstone Rd baths have gone now.

Did they get round to replacing the 50 m pool/sports centre in the city centre?

Last thing I heard (a few years ago) was that too much money was being spent on maintenance so they were going to bulldoze the complex, build student housing there, and a new pool elsewhere.

 

[ColinJ]

I was in Boots to pick up my monthly supply of rat poison and standing 3 metres behind a woman at the checkout. She had picked up an awful lot of make-up from the shelves. They rang it up on the till.

(I'm not making any statement here about make-up or what people choose to spend their cash on. It's just that Boots is not exactly Bargain Central!)

Have a guess how much the woman spent on lipstick and nail varnish...

 

[ColinJ]

Livingstone baths..... where would that be ??

Not in Livingstone!

 

[Paulus]

I was in Boots to pick up my monthly supply of rat poison and standing 3 metres behind a woman at the checkout. She had picked up an awful lot of make-up from the shelves. They rang it up on the till.

(I'm not making any statement here about make-up or what people choose to spend their cash on. It's just that Boots is not exactly Bargain Central!)

Have a guess how much the woman spent on lipstick and nail varnish...

My guess is-----
£147.50?

 

[GM]

Have a guess how much the woman spent on lipstick and nail varnish...

£60

 

[Paulus]

On the swimming front, both MrsP and myself are very strong swimmers, as are both of our kids who are qualified lifeguards.
I can remember my first swim without a rubber ring, it was at the old Finchley open air pool, now sadly long gone. It was the summer of 1965 and I was 8 years old. I still have my swimming certs. from my primary school.

 

[ColinJ]

My guess is-----
£147.50?

Oh, you've only gone and spoilt it!

I was expecting £35, £50, @GM's £60 and so on...

It was just shy of £146! That is actually about 10% more than I spend in a month on food, drink, clothes, toiletries, travel etc.

If you were going to buy that much in one go, surely it would make sense to get it at half the price on Amazon, or Lipsticks R US!

 

[Juan Kog]

Sure. It's an 11 year old 2009 Dolan Dual originally a Sram compact double -10 speed (I guess) but it's become a real hotchpotch. I used to own a bespoke tourer (we got a frame which Paul Hewitt was selling and did the build specifically for me) but sadly I had to write it off January this year. Swapped the triple and wheels off the tourer on to the Dolan frame which ended up being Shimano 50/39/30 and 28/11 and left the original Sram callipers in place!!! I say it's got a 39 - was looking the other day and it's only 38 at the moment!!

The plan is my Cervelo C3 is the summer bike, the Kinesis is the winter/gravel/tourer and the Dolan will hang on the wall for emergencies. I'm going to clean the Dolan till she sparkles, whizz her down to the LBS in the New Year and discuss how best to equip it for the future. Definitely not a triple as I never use it.

I suspect the Kinesis will see more summer action than originally expected. The ride is superb and very comfy so when we are out for 100+ mile days it's the obvious bike to chose. She is proving to be as versatile and perform as well as both the reviews and Kinesis said it would. I expected good but I'm surprised by just how good.

Thanks for a very full answer. I like the way a much used bike evolves over time.( or ends up a cocktail of bits ) . Although some regard my preffisio as heavy it suits me and like the robustness of 9 speed for winter.
a few years ago I left a chain change to late , so I put the old chain back on and run it all into the ground .
Hat off to mr Shimano , every thing worn out covered in gloop still worked fine.
I do admit to being a S.O.C.C and not a MAMIL that’s stingy old club cyclist make everything last .
pleased the new bike is out performing your expectations.

 

[Paulus]

Oh, you've only gone and spoilt it!

I was expecting £35, £50, @GM's £60 and so on...

It was just shy of £146! That is actually about 10% more than I spend in a month on food, drink, clothes, toiletries, travel etc.

If you were going to buy that much in one go, surely it would make sense to get it at half the price on Amazon, or Lipsticks R US!

My guess was based on the fact that Boots often has offers on cosmetics and the like. MrsP will on occasions take up the offers, she says that she can actually save quite a bit by spending quite a bit on the offer.

 

[ColinJ]

My guess was based on the fact that Boots often has offers on cosmetics and the like. MrsP will on occasions take up the offers, she says that she can actually save quite a bit by spending quite a bit on the offer.

OMG - was that at special offer prices!