The Retirement Thread

[GM]

G'day y'all...I got rudely awoken at 7.30 this morning by the builders delivery, I was in fast asleep in a different land when the driver kept phoning me. Eventually wifey came charging in my bedroom telling I'd better get up, well not quite as polite as that!. So after unloading my stuff it was time to take Alan🐶 out for his run. Shopping after that, then finishing off a bit of rendering before rain stopped play.

Good morning fellow retirees,
Turbo session this morning, Mrs Tenkaykev has spotted that this years TDB routes are already available to ride in the App ( FulGaz ) so thanks to the cyclists who have been out on their bikes to film them 👍

I shall look that one up. On my spinning session I use 'Bike The World' youtube videos, put on Radio Paradise fairly loud and pedal away. I'm in New Zealand at the moment (I wished)

 

[12boy]

Wow an Eastwood bonanza! Endeavor to persevere and you will be as pert as rutting buck.
I have wondered about riding a bike with nothing between the taint and the saddle, not in terms of leaking fluid or poo but rather chafing and possible saddle sores. I don't think barefoot would be great either, especially with SPDs or flat pedals with little spikes. I do think if we were accustomed to seeing people of all ages naked, perhaps we might be a little less uptight about body issues. In this climate the body issues I would then worry about are skin cancer, biting insects and frostbite.
Going to be 35C today from a low of 12C. I will walk the pooch and go for a ride. Maybe a little archery as well. I have been relatively well behaved and deserve a small indulgence, no?
Be well and safe and drop by if you are in my neighborhood. I will keep the light on for you.

 

[Dave7]

Hey @ebikeerwidnes I saw you......I am sure I did.
Do you have long blond hair, a pink dress and high heels ?

 

[classic33]

Eh?

You want a grockle now, you've to bring your own?

 

[numbnuts]

A loaf is being made and the washing on and just about to watch a DVD of Alexander the Great

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Hey @ebikeerwidnes I saw you......I am sure I did.
Do you have long blond hair, a pink dress and high heels ?

Don't be ridiculous!!!!



the only way I will ever have hair again is if I buy it!!!

 

[ColinJ]

A quick 4 km ride to pick up a Metro and some shopping from Aldi. I averaged one 'lemming' per km...

1. A teenager is walking along the pavement staring at his phone. He turns and begins to cross, but doesn't look up until he is in the middle of the road. I am already steering round him. He looks surprised and mutters "SMIDSY"!
2. A second teenager is walking along the pavement staring at his phone. (You know what's next, don't you!) He turns and begins to cross, but doesn't look up until he is in the middle of the road. I am already steering round him. He looks surprised and mutters "SMIDSY"!
3. A middle-aged woman is walking along the pavement while staring up at the sky, no doubt worried about the risk of being zapped by a lightning bolt if the forecast turns out to be correct. No worries about the vastly greater risk when crossing the road though... She turns and begins to cross, but doesn't look down until she is in the middle of the road. I am already steering round her. She looks surprised and mutters "SMIDSY"!
4. White van man flings open his door and leaps out into the road. Only then does he look back to see if anything is about to hit him. There was - ME, but I am already steering round him. He looks surprised and mutters "SMIDSY"!

I've got a question... How do they actually survive, given their total lack of road awareness?!

 

[Dirk]

Well, Clint didn't make an appearance this afternoon. I watched Woody Allen's 'Zelig' instead. Very clever and funny - must be 30 years since I last watched it.

@PaulSB
Update on the Elephant garlic for those who may not have come across it before. A piccie to give you an idea of what it's like.

A shop bought garlic clove on the left v a single Elephant garlic clove - (not a bulb)

 

[PaulSB]

@numbnuts I don't know what cars you are looking at but up here low mileage, quality cars are available for far less than £10,000. I bought a 2.5 year old Hyundai i30, 5,000 miles for £7500. My wife's Fiat 500, 2 years old, 7000 miles, £8000.

Can I suggest you try looking at manufacturers websites as they will have a section on used vehicles. Often these have been with hire companies, mine was. My wife's came from a main dealer who had a long list of vehicles coming in which suited her needs. Prior to buying mine I wasted weeks looking round secondhand dealers.

@Dirk - thanks I have ordered some to grow alongside my standard garlic.

While we're talk Clint Eastwood The Outlaw Josey Wales is one of my favourites. The immortal line "Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining"

 

[numbnuts]

@numbnuts I don't know what cars you are looking at but up here low mileage, quality cars are available for far less than £10,000. I bought a 2.5 year old Hyundai i30, 5,000 miles for £7500. My wife's Fiat 500, 2 years old, 7000 miles, £8000.

Can I suggest you try looking at manufacturers websites as they will have a section on used vehicles. Often these have been with hire companies, mine was. My wife's came from a main dealer who had a long list of vehicles coming in which suited her needs. Prior to buying mine I wasted weeks looking round secondhand dealers.

@Dirk - thanks I have ordered some to grow alongside my standard garlic.

While we're talk Clint Eastwood The Outlaw Josey Wales is one of my favourites. The immortal line "Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining"

Hi thanks for the reply, it's funny today I had a search on Autotrader using the whole country and found prices up north were far cheaper than down south, and even more cheaper in Scotland.
I like Clint Eastwood, that saying "Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining" was one of my foremans sayings

 

[Dave7]

A loaf is being made and the washing on and just about to watch a DVD of Alexander the Great

I made a Hovis loaf earlier......very tasty.

 

[numbnuts]

I made a Hovis loaf earlier......very tasty.

I use to use Hovis flour, it makes a nice loaf.

 

[BoldonLad]

Summer when did we have that, I suppose it has been a downer for me losing my car in late May and to be honest I have not been anywhere except a few miles in my area on my trike, which now are boring me as I know every pot hole, I need somewhere different to ride.
This is the first year I have not been to the beach as it is too far by trike and I can't be arsed to go on public transport.
I keep looking at cars, but up to now have not found one that I like or have high mileage and not forgetting too higher price for I've only got £10,000 to spend and there is a lot of rubbish out there for that price in my area.

Have you tried looking at the current crop of online car dealers (eg Cinch etc). They advertise on radio and TV, delivery two your door, money back change your mind offer. I have not used them (yet), so, it may all be hot air, but, it certainly sounds attractive, and, much easier that trekking around secondhand car dealers, or, private sales.

Also, a make which some decry, because their NCAP figures are not top-league, but, if you want something affordable, you could do worse than look at Dacia (IMHO). My Son-in-law recently retired, after years of having a company car, so, he had to acquire a car. He bought a used (one year old) Dacia Sandero. He is very pleased with it, had it for two years, no problems. Even a new one is less than £10K, I believe, and, they have three year warranty.

 

[Dave7]

We has HEAVY rain, thunder and lightning.

 

[Dirk]

We has HEAVY rain, thunder and lightning.

Us don't.