The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Apparently, there has been a big sleepover at the Tan Hill Tavern up in the Yorkshire Dales since Friday night... I know I am a bit unadventurous, but isn't it just a bit daft to go for a night out at the highest pub in Britain when a winter storm is forecast?!

In other winter madness, drivers ignored the weather and got stuck in snowdrifts high up on the A58 between Ripponden and Littleborough. Again, why do it? They could have taken the valley roads instead.

 

[rustybolts]

I think so. I’m terrified of falling again. I think another injury would finish my days of serious exercise completely. Got to look after the body these days.

Mo I feel a bit wary about going out again also but my fall was pure stupidity caused by running quickly in dark roads. The metatarsal in the left foot is giving me no bother as such and is healing up and I can almost walk on my left foot with a bit of weight again. I will not ride or run if there is frost or ice on the roads and like Colin J am dusting off the turbo trainer. I think its good that you are terrified of falling again , its self preservation instinct. Had a couple of falls on the bike last winter due to slippery conditions and thought bruised pride and scrapes were all that could happen to me. Genuinely afraid of doing a collar bone or something worse now.
"Discretion is the better part of valour" . My mind thinks I'm 17 but the mirror says 71 Stay safe folks

 

[ColinJ]

Mo I feel a bit wary about going out again also but my fall was pure stupidity caused by running quickly in dark roads.

Same thing happened to me about 30 years ago and put me right off running! (My hips were starting to ache so I would probably have stopped anyway.)

I badly sprained my ankle when jogging down a dark lane in the winter. I didn't see a pothole and ran onto the edge of it. My left foot felt like it had turned through 90 degrees! By the time I had hobbled home the sole of the foot and up to my shin were starting to go various reds of red, orange, black and blue.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Currently minus 2 but to gradually rise as the day goes on before being much milder tomorrow.

The roads are dry so should be ok for a walk soon. Coffee and a browse first.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Overnight snow has frozen on the ground here in Poshshire. Not much, about an inch, but enough for the Mail to run a SNOWMAGEDDON headline.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
Quite cold outside under paw. The cats didn't look too happy when they went out.
No snow or sleet here, it should a fine, cold day here.
I have to source a left hand crank, 170mm for my son's mtb today. First stop will be the bike shop before I start looking online.
I may try putting plenty of thread lock on the bolt holding it on to the axle, but once aa alloy crank has come off it is normally done for.
I have a lateral flow test to send back to UCL as part of an ongoing study into covid and winter flu. Then all the usual stuff.
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

A bit nippy out there this morning.
LIDL run first thing, then I've got 'stuff' to do.
Need to liaise with step brother, as we're joint executors of the will.
Stepmother's funeral is all sorted as it was prepaid years ago.
It's a bit difficult being 200 miles away from him and he'll end up doing most of the sorting out. All I'll do is peruse documents and sign them off. The house sale will be the next big item on the list.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

good morning everyone, its dry and cold with about an inch of snow on the ground, the light is strange as well, its very bright and has got an orangey hue to it.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, just above 0 here and set to rise throughout the day. Yesterday’s snow set to disappear by lunchtime I expect. Just reading that large parts of Aberdeenshire have been without power since Friday afternoon, damage three times the scale of the beast from the east being reported.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. -2 here and a heavy frost. When I was talking to my mummy yesterday she said it was snowing. She is in Birmingham.

No snow here at all thank God, but it's dam cold

Stay safe peeps

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning folks,
-2 here on the Dorset coast, but bright and sunny. Monday chores to do but not much else. Looking out of the window earlier, I watched a young lad cycling along the road. He had one (gloveless) hand on the handlebars and the other in his trousers pocket so I speculated that he was alternating hands as each one got numb with cold.
Stay safe and warm folks ☕️👍

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Power cuts are going to be a very big deal in the coming years, a “perfect storm” of more storm events and more demand as we are all forced to switch to electric boilers and to electric cars. In future, having no power will mean no means of heating at all for most and no means of using the car either. And once the battery on your phone dies, no digital connectivity either.

 

[Mo1959]

Back from a chilly walk and sat down with a bowl of porridge now.

A couple of our local villages were still without power yesterday too. Quite a lot of elderly residents too, but people seem to be keeping an eye and helping out.

 

[Drago]

Currently -3.6°C here in Poshshire according to my weather station.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Our kitchen is the coldest room in the house but we don’t usually notice as the cooker / washing machine/ dishwasher are in there. It was taters this morning with the water from the tap cold enough that I thought my fillings might drop out. I’ve put my glass of water on the radiator to take the edge off.