Yep......sometimes life just kicks you in the balls with no warning.
Make the best of what you have while you have it.
The Retirement Thread
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Make the best of what you have while you have it.
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A bit of a disaster here today, coming back from the doctors dinner time we went over a section of pavement that was a bit more like a ploughed field than the rest and the wheelchair broke, the left seat tube fitting had broken, it holds the seat tube to the vertical tube behind it, we were only 50 yards from home and I managed to drag the loaded chair into the house. After an hour online I couldn't get a chair with next day delivery so I went into town and brought a replacement from there. I've E-Mailed the company who sold us the old chair, its only about eleven months old, and sent a picture of the broken component.
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numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
This chimney come down tomorrow at 07:00, been up for 50+ year and is a great landmark in the Solent, when we could see it (from the water) we were nearly home 
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Another decent walk done but my right foot is giving me serious grief. Left one is fine. At least the sun came out for a while.
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From my Facebook page this afternoon. Lol, I like the eyes.
Dreadful. Fortunately you were close to home.
Have to say neither of us are confident of this wheel chair...it creaks and groans a lot if not on a smooth surface.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Well I still can't remember what I was going to look at on internet, so I am working on the premise that it was probably a load of rubbish anyway so I'm not missing out on anything.
Chief Broom
Veteran
I was pleased to get a ride in today 
the sun even made an appearance! Descending a hill i pulled into a passing place to let 2 cars coming up to pass...not one of the 4 occupants acknowledged me and the miserable *******s all looked like they had been sucking on a lemon! 
the sun even made an appearance! Descending a hill i pulled into a passing place to let 2 cars coming up to pass...not one of the 4 occupants acknowledged me and the miserable *******s all looked like they had been sucking on a lemon!
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Most of them seem to creak and groan on uneven ground, which isn't good for confidence. The pavements round here are horrendous, sticking up edges, uneven, varying levels and sticky up manhole covers, I'm not surprised the chair broke.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The forecast was spot on so I cycled to Aldi 'the harder way'.
The weather has put me off doing any serious cycling this week but I have at least done my lumpy 6 km loop on my singlespeed bike 6 days on the trot. It is probably enough exercise to keep me ticking over but I want to do more. I'm just waiting for a dry day that isn't stupidly windy.
Apologies for not remembering what the problem with your foot is... Do you actually know what the cause of it is?
If the source of the pain is a mystery then I strongly recommend that you (or anybody else with an unexplained foot problem) get it checked ASAP...
I don't think that I have mentioned the fact that my planned family reunion didn't take place when I went down to Devon a few weeks ago? I stayed with my younger sister and her kids, who now live in Devon. My older sister, her husband, daughter and her spouse were supposed to join us but couldn't make it.
My brother-in-law had been having 'serious grief' with one of his feet. Two GPs did telephone consultations and decided that it was probably gout...
WRONG!!!
Just before they were due to join the rest of us in Devon, b-i-l's foot packed up altogether while he was trying to walk the family dog. He finally got to see a doctor in person in A&E.
It turns out that he has developed diabetes and the circulation to his foot had packed up. It was becoming gangrenous and they had to cut his big toe off to save the rest of the foot.
That certainly convinced me not to ignore any similar foot pain if I start to suffer it! (There is actually a history of diabetes in the males in the Scottish side of my family, though I think that I am much less likely to suffer because I eat a good diet and get a reasonable amount of exercise.)
My brother-in-law had been having 'serious grief' with one of his feet. Two GPs did telephone consultations and decided that it was probably gout...
WRONG!!!
Just before they were due to join the rest of us in Devon, b-i-l's foot packed up altogether while he was trying to walk the family dog. He finally got to see a doctor in person in A&E.
It turns out that he has developed diabetes and the circulation to his foot had packed up. It was becoming gangrenous and they had to cut his big toe off to save the rest of the foot.
That certainly convinced me not to ignore any similar foot pain if I start to suffer it! (There is actually a history of diabetes in the males in the Scottish side of my family, though I think that I am much less likely to suffer because I eat a good diet and get a reasonable amount of exercise.)
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
Went for a really enjoyable ride this morning. Cold, damp and breezy and ended up climbing up about six hundred feet to a point where the clouds and mist which shrouded the mountain behind Casper had dropped down to my level. By the time I got home my glasses were obscured with drizzle. Never quite cold but not hot either. My usual route, which crosses a train track, was blocked by a 30 minute train which in turn resulted in my riding different routes than usual. Life is good.
Be safe and well. Even an arthritic, cabbage smelling, pee damp old reprobate can have a great day once in a while.
Be safe and well. Even an arthritic, cabbage smelling, pee damp old reprobate can have a great day once in a while.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Went for a little pootle up town this afternoon, and a very nice afternoon it was! Here's a couple of photos along the Thames...
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
I took early retirement aged 63 that was seventeen years ago.I’ll let you work that out Yes I’m a little creaky around the knees and hip joints Had my aortic heart valve replaced No way do I class myself as sedentary Age and physical limit hard physical activity. Heavy gardening mean’s I have a break after about an hour Aim to cycle a minimum of 75 miles a week. weather being the only limiting factors
