The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Last time I did any.............months ago, it took 5 minutes!

Ah but you don't have a wife..... #runsawayandhides.......

 

[numbnuts]

I have 2. Both are old Singer sewing machines.

I was going to say they are old Singers but I have no doubt someone would have a smart retort

My sewing machine is a New Home electric, it was my Mums and it must be over 40 years old.

 

[GM]

Morning all...Back from Norfolk late last night, blessed with a week of good weather apart from Sunday when we had a deluge of rain. Wined and dined in style in some excellent restaurants. Can definitely confirm that Norfolk is not as flat as people say, had a few 38mph descents to prove it.
Can recommend Brancaster beach for a nice long beach walk, beautiful golden sand that goes on for miles.

Washing machine going full blast at the moment, grass to mow next.

Amazed by all the queues at the petrol stations on the way back, luckily we topped up on Wednesday.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I took the Brommie and Mrs Tenkaykev took her Roberts tank ( touring bike with panniers , Rohlof gears etc ) to Upton House this morning. Mrs Tenkaykev ran and I cheered from the sidelines. Mrs Tenkaykev had locked her bike at one of the many bike racks, I was walking past it on my way to watch her from another vantage point when I spotted something amiss. I took a quick photo before rectifying her faux pas 😉

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Last time I did any.............months ago, it took 5 minutes!

I iron once a week and iron for two.

 

[ColinJ]

My ironing only took me 30 seconds... Over half a century ago! My mum was ironing a big pile of clothes and I had a go. I immediately decided that it was not something that I would ever want to do, so since that day I haven't!

[Huge ford] I take it that its deeper than it looks.

Don't worry about the depth, worry about the slime-covered cobbles with bike wheel-swallowing gaps between them!

No idea, I’m just going from the picture. Based on what I see there, there’s [NO!?] way would I think of trying to ride it.

Indeed... I tried riding through a similar ford near here once but something in the ford ate my front wheel. I was much more worried about the pain of bouncing off the cobbles than the soaking I got!

I took the Brommie and Mrs Tenkaykev took her Roberts tank ( touring bike with panniers , Rohlof gears etc ) to Upton House this morning. Mrs Tenkaykev ran and I cheered from the sidelines. Mrs Tenkaykev had locked her bike at one of the many bike racks, I was walking past it on my way to watch her from another vantage point when I spotted something amiss. I took a quick photo before rectifying her faux pas 😉
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Maybe even a double, or triple faux pas...?

The obvious one (bike frame not actually locked at all!), but also... that bottle can be pinched, and I would lock through the expensive Rohloff-equipped rear wheel as well as the frame so let's count that as a third mistake. (I can't quite see, but I assume that the helmet straps were locked properly and couldn't be unclipped to free them?)

 

[pawl]

Morning all

Flue jab morning 9 46 am

I've just done our ironing, took two hours.

Our ironings done Didn’t take mrs p long.I did get the ironing board out the broom cupboard..Mrs p isn’t allowed to lift anything over 5 lbs at the moment

Had a Staffordshire oat cake for lunch Bacon 🥓 and cheese with Tomato sauce Fruit Yoghurt for afters

Double Espresso to wash it down

Getting low on Oat cakes good job Mrs p sister is visiting next week from Stoke
Never had oat cakes until I met Mrs p Staffordshire oat cakes and Mrs p Two of the good things to come out of Stoke besides Brian Rourk bikes 🚴🏽

 

[numbnuts]

I'm amazed at how many of you don't like ironing, I find it quite enjoyable watching all the wrinkles iron out leaving crisp flat clothes, I'm sorry I could not be without an iron.

 

[Dave7]

I've just done our ironing, took two hours.

I honestly don't get it.
MrsD used to iron. Since I took over I haven't ironed anything and can't see a problem.

 

[Dave7]

Last time I did any.............months ago, it took 5 minutes!

Won't take long to iron a thong and a basque.
Personally I don't bother ironing mine.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My ironing only took me 30 seconds... Over half a century ago! My mum was ironing a big pile of clothes and I had a go. I immediately decided that it was not something that I would ever want to do, so since that day I haven't!


Don't worry about the depth, worry about the slime-covered cobbles with bike wheel-swallowing gaps between them!


Indeed... I tried riding through a similar ford near here once but something in the ford ate my front wheel. I was much more worried about the pain of bouncing off the cobbles than the soaking I got!


Maybe even a double, or triple faux pas...?

The obvious one (bike frame not actually locked at all!), but also... that bottle can be pinched, and I would lock through the expensive Rohloff-equipped rear wheel as well as the frame so let's count that as a third mistake. (I can't quite see, but I assume that the helmet straps were locked properly and couldn't be unclipped to free them?)

I've got a picture somewhere that shows me going down in a heap in a ford, sometime in the mid 1980's when I'd only just started to do club rides, one of the lads had asked me to to stay the other side of the ford so he could take a picture as I rode across.

 

[PaulSB]

DON'T PANIC

I've driven at least a couple of hundred miles this week and the low fuel light is on. Decided I could legitimately buy petrol. Visited Sainsbury's and four independents all without petrol. At the fifth independent I got £30 as customers were limited to this. I did wonder what would happen if I filled up? Would they only take 30 quid from me?

 

[Tenkaykev]

My ironing only took me 30 seconds... Over half a century ago! My mum was ironing a big pile of clothes and I had a go. I immediately decided that it was not something that I would ever want to do, so since that day I haven't!


Don't worry about the depth, worry about the slime-covered cobbles with bike wheel-swallowing gaps between them!


Indeed... I tried riding through a similar ford near here once but something in the ford ate my front wheel. I was much more worried about the pain of bouncing off the cobbles than the soaking I got!


Maybe even a double, or triple faux pas...?

The obvious one (bike frame not actually locked at all!), but also... that bottle can be pinched, and I would lock through the expensive Rohloff-equipped rear wheel as well as the frame so let's count that as a third mistake. (I can't quite see, but I assume that the helmet straps were locked properly and couldn't be unclipped to free them?)

No, nothing locked except the lock ( to itself ) 🤔 To be honest, I’d not considered the Rohlof rear wheel.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Some of the Fife coastal towns and villages are also very nice.

We get a view of Fife from the back bedroom, when we open the curtains the tower blocks of Kirkcaldy show up nicely in the morning sun

 

[ColinJ]

To be honest, I’d not considered the Rohlof rear wheel

Those Rohloff hubs are about £1,000 a go, aren't they? Quite tempting for a thief who knows what they are looking at!

Some thieves definitely do think about parts as well as whole bikes. Let me find one of my old posts... Here you go:

I went with my stepdaughter to her interview at Sheffield university. While she was being interviewed I walked around the campus and spotted some bike racks. There were locked front wheels with bikes missing, locked bikes with front wheels missing, broken locks (with entire bikes missing!) and securely-locked bikes which had been vandalised.