The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

I have just flicked onto the "transgender sports" thread.
Some people must spend 25 hours a day composing their comments.

One took a while but not a 25 hour day to word.

 

[classic33]

Caravan all sorted now and ready to go.
Talking of chemistry sets @dave r , I was really into chemistry when I was 11 - 14 years old (1st in class, 3 years running at grammar school).
I used to get chemical supplies from 2 companies in Birmingham - Phillip Harris in Stirchley, and Hoggs the Chemist who had a fantastic little shop in the city centre.
You could literally buy anything at Hoggs.....and I did! Can you imagine a 12 year old walking into a shop these days and buying a part ounce of Potassium ( sold in a small glass jar filled with oil)?
I managed to make some nitro glycerine one day in my bedroom. Just a very small amount, but enough to prove the chemistry.

Nitro glycerin, hah. We'd a lad nearby only a few years ago making viable bombs in his bedroom. Because he could.

The bomb squad recovered 43 from the field at the back of the house*, and another five in the process of being built in his bedroom.

*He used to throw the ones he'd completed out of his bedroom window, then start a new one. He never kept a record of how many he'd made.

 

[classic33]

Has mo gone missing?Not seen any posts for a couple of days

Probably Jogging up and down Pen Y Fan on a selection course...

She is still around. She has a sore eye so is taking a break from screens to help it along.

@Drago missing as well.
Is there any connection between both MIA?

 

[rustybolts]

Cyclechat Olympics Reaction Score Medals

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   classic33
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Gold , Silver and Bronze medals awarded to prominent members of the Retirement Thread. Drago is seeking political asylum and has gone missing after he made less than complimentary remarks about the Labour Party. He refuses to fly home. He was last seen in the company of an attractive Scottish lady who is fond of long bimbles . They have commandeered a 5 wheeler with trailer and seem to have disappeared into thin air

 

[Dirk]

ahem.... do we need to be tipping off MI6 about some of our fellow members?

Wrong agency

 

[Paulus]

Wrong agency

Special branch🌳?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, a wet day in prospect here.
More Olympics viewing lined up.
Wishing our absentees @Mo1959 and @Drago all the best, hope they are back soon.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a damp murky Coventry.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Ive heard the distant sounds of the early morning flights have departed from Hurn, first was to Murcia and the one that’s just left was heading for Corfu. A grey day here, Covid test will arrive today, I did have a headache yesterday but that may well be linked to the couple of pints of Pale Ale I drank the previous evening 🍺🍺
Loving the new Turbo, it’s practically silent. Mrs Tenkaykev has just signed up for a trial of “ The Sufferfest “ which sounds quite ominous 🤔
Stay safe folks ☀️👍

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. A dark and wet day in store for us. We has rain overnight. It's pouring down here now and quite windy as well.

Stay safe peeps.

 

[rustybolts]

Where has our summer heat wave gone ? seems like a rainy distant memory already

 

[Mo1959]

Just a quick good morning. I can only cope with short spells of screen time still. Think I got a piece of sharp grit in my eye when cycling end of last week and stupidly rubbed it. I must have scratched the cornea. It’s been a long week stuck indoors with the blinds and curtains shut and wearing sunglasses. I’ve been putting ointment in several times a day and it’s finally easing a bit.

I will never cycle without eye protection again. The pain from this is right up there with tootache and broken bones A pair of Tifosi photochromic specs have been delivered and will be worn on every ride once I get back into it.

Hope everyone is well and having fun. I’ll catch up on more later. Don’t want to overdo it.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello @Mo1959 sorry to know you've been poorly but pleased to read the eye is improving. Any sort of eye infection is incredibly uncomfortable. Take things easy.

 

[BoldonLad]

Just a quick good morning. I can only cope with short spells of screen time still. Think I got a piece of sharp grit in my eye when cycling end of last week and stupidly rubbed it. I must have scratched the cornea. It’s been a long week stuck indoors with the blinds and curtains shut and wearing sunglasses. I’ve been putting ointment in several times a day and it’s finally easing a bit.

I will never cycle without eye protection again. The pain from this is right up there with tootache and broken bones A pair of Tifosi photochromic specs have been delivered and will be worn on every ride once I get back into it.

Hope everyone is well and having fun. I’ll catch up on more later. Don’t want to overdo it.

Pleased to hear you are “on the mend”, take care.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day people. Overnight rain has given way to a cool bright morning though our forecast is potentially very wet for the next three days. I have a very slight cold.

Today? GP appointment plus a short supermarket run for a few basics. Hopefully some time on the allotment and I should clean my bikes. Tonight is Indian supper night at the village social club. Cooked by an Indian lady*. We have tickets.

In truth I don't feel like doing anything though I'm perfectly happy. Weird.

*Excuse this phrase I can't really think of another way to put it.