The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

He never struck me as someone with a thin skin...!

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[PaulSB]

My favourite is Eccles cake, the crunch of the sugar, the flakes of pastry that seem to get everywhere and the sweet juiciness of the filling. Our local bakers make excellent ones.

That there Lancashire cake?

No, no. It has to be Chorley cake. When you're next offered this delicacy, nay food of the gods, it must be eaten with butter spread on the top.

You will feel as though you've died and gone to heaven Lancashire.

 

[classic33]

No, no. It has to be Chorley cake. When you're next offered this delicacy, nay food of the gods, it must be eaten with butter spread on the top.

You will feel as though you've died and gone to heaven Lancashire.

Heaven and Lancashire should only be in the same sort of sentence as heaven and hell.

 

[PaulSB]

Geeeeeez...........it's blowing a gale up here. My app says the headwinds were blowing at 14-27mph. 😳 The longest continuous period of headwind being 55 minutes!!!!

Bimbling was out of the question! Friggin' hard work so we had a treat in a rather nice caff. The Saswick Stack; layered crumpet, black pudding, cheese, crumpet, black pudding, two poached eggs.

 

[ColinJ]

Geeeeeez...........it's blowing a gale up here.

I just nipped out on my singlespeed bike to pick up a Metro. I had been thinking about doing a metric century today but the wind put me off that idea! Yes, it was very blustery. Very tough when climbing an 8-10% ramp into the wind in a 52/19 gear...

I was halfway up the ramp in grovel mode when my damn bike started making a horrible clicking noise again. It took me weeks to sort it out last time so I was cursing away for about 30 seconds until I came up alongside an old man trimming his front garden hedge with a pair of noisy hedge clippers!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

He never struck me as someone with a thin skin...!

I've met Drago, he's a big fella and built like a brick outhouse, I don't have him down as thin skinned.

 

[Dave7]

I've made a nutty/seedy loaf and 24 mince pies and it's not 11 o'clock yet

Sure I have asked you this but do you use a breadmaker ?

 

[BoldonLad]

The last one I could find anywhere was 30th July!

You are right, had not realised it was so long...

 

[Dave7]

Hi......reporting back.
MrsD is very unsteady eg gets around the house by hanging onto chairs etc.
Anyway, some weeks ago she lost balance and fell.....landing where she had the mastectomy .
Turns out its bruising of the ribs causing the problem eg NO RETURN OF THE CANCER

 

[Dave7]

Traffic problems today.
Warrington is dissected by M6/M56/M62.
BIG accident on the M6 overnight closed it so all vehicles were diverted through Warrington.
Horrendous. Journey to the hospital normally takes 30 minutes.....took 80 minutes today. We were late for the appointment but hospital were very good about it.

 

[numbnuts]

Sure I have asked you this but do you use a breadmaker ?

Yes....it's the best invention since sliced bread, but now you have to slice it

 

[postman]

In the Reporting Scotland pre-match interviews my eye was drawn to the very Russian looking Imperial eagle emblem on the St Johnstone kit. A little googling this morning has been most educational, that’s quite some coat of arms that Perth has there 😍
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https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Perth_(Scotland)

I love this sort of thing 😍

Amazing anything to do with Greggs bakery,on another note we have been for a day out to Barnsley ,a place named Wentworth Castle which i think is not a castle.

 

[Dirk]

Excellent fish & chips enjoyed on Minehead seafront, washed down with a couple of pints of Proper Job at the Hairy Dog. Back to the van for an afternoon nap.
Friends are visiting us tonight at the van.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Hi......reporting back.
MrsD is very unsteady eg gets around the house by hanging onto chairs etc.
Anyway, some weeks ago she lost balance and fell.....landing where she had the mastectomy .
Turns out its bruising of the ribs causing the problem eg NO RETURN OF THE CANCER

Great news, good to hear its nothing serious.

 

[Dave7]

Yes....it's the best invention since sliced bread, but now you have to slice it

What flour and seed etc do you put in ?