The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Prolly should have eaten it fresh, rather than keeping it a few months.

God knows what kind of steak it is. And check. It was only frozen for a week

 

[Dirk]

Well the weather's been crap today, so we didn't go up Glastonbury Tor. We did have a wander around the town, though, and I think I've had enough Woo to last me for this year now.
Finding a pub that was open on Monday lunchtime proved difficult. We ended up at the White Hart in Eddington.........although it turned out not to be the White Hart now. It's now know as 'Leather and Lace' ..... ooer missus!
It's a weirdly themed pub in the middle of a very small village. We were a bit nervous about going in - I was expecting to be met by Miss Whiplash - but all was well. Food was decent, beer OK but the interior decor took us aback a bit.
I can just imagine what some of the village old boys think of it.

 

[Dave7]

God knows what kind of steak it is. And check. It was only frozen for a week

It was the green sprouting bits that gave it away.

 

[welsh dragon]

It was the green sprouting bits that gave it away.

Green sprouting bits might have given it a bit more flavour

 

[welsh dragon]

 

[PaulSB]

A coeval friend has just caught up with me (his birthday is 6 months after mine). He said he's in danger of being described as 'wonderful...
...for his age'.

Excellent. New word for me. Not so long ago a club member 20 years my younger told me "If we can all ride like you at 67 we'll be happy!"

Have to say I was rather pleased with that.

 

[classic33]

We are having braised beef. However it doesn't look like braised beef to me. We bought it from Morrison's and it's gone downhill over the last few months.

We may end up with pizza

New owners earlier this year.

 

[Mo1959]

Facebook seems to be good for funnies at the moment.

 

[PaulSB]

Could be a problem for @Dirk 🤔

 

[classic33]

Well the weather's been crap today, so we didn't go up Glastonbury Tor. We did have a wander around the town, though, and I think I've had enough Woo to last me for this year now.
Finding a pub that was open on Monday lunchtime proved difficult. We ended up at the White Hart in Eddington.........although it turned out not to be the White Hart now. It's now know as 'Leather and Lace' ..... ooer missus!
It's a weirdly themed pub in the middle of a very small village. We were a bit nervous about going in - I was expecting to be met by Miss Whiplash - but all was well. Food was decent, beer OK but the interior decor took us aback a bit.
I can just imagine what some of the village old boys think of it.

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I'll assume you pointed out the handlebars. It's a Chopper, not a shopper.

 

[PaulSB]

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,............

......... I will fear Google maps is not as good as they say

 

[classic33]

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,............

......... I will fear Google maps is not as good as they say

And the capture dates on some of their streetview images are out by more than just a month, or two. Same decade, year even, might help.

 

[ColinJ]

Is it just me, am I the only one who can remember when the stupid american haloween thing lasted just one night a year? Noticed today how many houses are bedecked in cobwebs, skeletons, pictures of Donald Trump, and it stuck me thqt haloween is now a 2 week long event.

I recall "Haloween" as an evening when we kids roamed the street with a hollowed out turnip (swede to you southerners), with a candle in it. No sweets, no door knocking, no dressing up. I think it all went wrong after the film "ET".

I do not remember Halloween at all from when I was a child in the Midlands, because we didn't 'do' it there/then! I vaguely remember my mum saying that it was always a big thing in Scotland though?

 

[ColinJ]

A pal called in to see if I had any spokes that he could scrounge. (He broke one on a ride this morning.) I have some old wheels in the cellar and he took a couple of spokes that look the right length from one of them.

While he was down in the cellar he spotted the house's old metal gate and fittings. It is surplus to requirements, having been replaced by a wooden gate. His son needs a garden gate and this one should fit so it has been donated, subject to a size check.

 

[Dave7]

I do not remember Halloween at all from when I was a child in the Midlands, because we didn't 'do' it there/then! I vaguely remember my mum saying that it was always a big thing in Scotland though?

Nor me.
We had penny for the guy and that was it.