The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Good morning all. All together now : Happy birthday to Gavroche (repeat).
Going for lunch booked at 1pm on Anglesey, 17 of us. Because I intend to have a drink, I am not driving there and not paying the bill either.
My daughter has made me a Birthday cake which I will post on here much later on.

Happy birthday

 

[Drago]

Weve been hit by a no sheet, honest to God tornado. We suffered only minor greenhouse damaged, but bith my neighbours to one side suffered damage to their roof. All 3 roads in and out the village blocked by fallen trees. My weather station recorded gusts of 73 mph! Within 2 minutes it had been and gone and now the sun's out.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Weve been hit by a no sheet, honest to God tornado. We suffered only minor greenhouse damaged, but bith my neighbours to one side suffered damage to their roof. All 3 roads in and out the village blocked by fallen trees. My weather station recorded gusts of 73 mph! Within 2 minutes it had been and gone and now the sun's out.

Where's Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton when you need them?

 

[Juan Kog]

NO , I’m the secret sane person.

Oh I am disappointed, aren’t there any Stanley Kubrick / Kirk Douglas fans on the thread .

 

[Drago]

Me big Kubrick fan.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Weve been hit by a no sheet, honest to God tornado. We suffered only minor greenhouse damaged, but bith my neighbours to one side suffered damage to their roof. All 3 roads in and out the village blocked by fallen trees. My weather station recorded gusts of 73 mph! Within 2 minutes it had been and gone and now the sun's out.

WOW
there was one round here a few weeks ago - knocked down a few walls and trees - and seriously messed up a roof

Met Office said they are quite rare but do happen - and are getting more common

 

[welsh dragon]

Looks like the Uk is set for Gale force winds and torrential rain from now until 11 pm tonight. We might just be on the edge of it, at least I hope so

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Another wet but colourful local walk.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

According to the Met Office we are due lightning soon

although they seem to be changing the forecast every 2 minutes at the moment - but be one of those atmospheric conditions where it is all balanced and the slightest change in temperature changes everything

 

[Drago]

Mrs D says theres pictures of the tornado, complete with funnel cloud, on social media.

 

[Dave7]

So...... I recorded a film with Daniel Craig and was looking forward to watching it.
The film was Layer Cake..
I am not a prude and can accept some language.....but that was ridiculous. Every sentence had F*cking this or that..
I lasted 20 minutes before deleting it.
Sad really and imo below him.

 

[welsh dragon]

It's hissing down here now and blowing a hoolie.

 

[classic33]

Oh I am disappointed, aren’t there any Stanley Kubrick / Kirk Douglas fans on the thread .

Isn't quoting yourself a bit like talking and answering yourself?

 

[ColinJ]

Me big Kubrick fan.

What I want to know is...

Kubrick made a realistic-looking space sci-fi movie in 1968 (2001: A Space Odyssey) without using any real spacecraft, so why can't a realistic-looking western movie be made in 2021 without the use of real guns!?

 

[welsh dragon]

Not a Kubrick fan. Nor a Stephen King fan either.