The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

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

Erm…….I don’t fancy Kirkcaldy much! Lol. Anstruther, Elie, Leven, etc maybe.

 

[ColinJ]

There were locked front wheels with bikes missing...

It has just occurred to me that the front wheels might have been removed by their owners to keep them safe AND make the bikes less appealing to steal?

 

[welsh dragon]

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

One of mine is 86 years old

 

[numbnuts]

One of mine is 86 years old

Did you buy it brand new ..................Sorry I could not resist it

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Did you buy it brand new ..................Sorry I could not resist it

There were worse 'jokes' possible!!
Quite restrained really

 

[ColinJ]

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 otherside of the ford so he could take a picture as I rode across.

That was probably a trick that they played on all new club members! He has a scrapbook with pictures of scores of club newbies looking like half-drowned rats!

 

[welsh dragon]

Did you buy it brand new ..................Sorry I could not resist it

Cheeky sod . And no.

 

[Dave7]

Cheeky sod . And no.

I am with Welshie on that.
You have insulted her.
It was 12 months old when she bought it

 

[numbnuts]

Cheeky sod . And no.

 

[pawl]

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 otherside of the ford so he could take a picture as I rode across.

First club run I went on We came out of Tisington down the hill towards the ford All but one took there time and used the footbridge to cross the Ford except for one who hurtled down the hill Ended up sitting in the ford with his half submerged bike.Looking at the bottom of the ford covered in blanket weed

 

[Dave7]

I have just enjoyed pizza and chips
Now watching a Clint Eastwood film....Joe Kid.
Next will be the big match, LFC vs Brentford.

 

[BoldonLad]

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.

We are scheduled to leave Norfolk tomorrow, having arrived last Sunday, in torrential rain.

We are heading to my son's in Windsor, to see grandchildren, depending on how much diesel we can get, and, if Extinction Rebellion (or whatever they re called now) are blocking the M25.

 

[Juan Kog]

On one club run many years ago everyone rode safely across a Ford , except the person on a trike . One of his rear wheels found a pot hole and his trike went over on its side .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

First club run I went on We came out of Tisington down the hill towards the ford All but one took there time and used the footbridge to cross the Ford except for one who hurtled down the hill Ended up sitting in the ford with his half submerged bike.Looking at the bottom of the ford covered in blanket weed

I know I shouldn't laugh, but I couldn't resist it, sorry, it was vegetation that got me, but it was a red hot summer day so it didn't take long to dry out.

 

[Drago]

Fudgeridoo. Thought we were getting low on puppy food earlier, so I got suited and booted and rode the ebike into @PeteXXX neck of the woods, the Pets at Home on Riverside. Rode home, sweating like Prince Andrew when the postman knocks, opened the cupboard door to put the shopping away...only the see the unopened bag of dog food that id forgotten about.