I've got one of his hammer drills, very well made and reliable too...
The Retirement Thread
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We managed to dodge the showers, helped my Good lady into her wheelchair and nipped out for a spot of lunch in Cassalax, the cafe at the top of Roland avenue, egg on toast for me and cheese on toast for my Good lady, then a walk down Parkgate road to the local Morrisons and across the road to the pound shop, walked home up Wheelwright lane and the path up the side of the doctors, as we got in the heavans opened and it p***** it down. I've had a nap since we got in, sat down to read the paper, you lot know the rest.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've been for a walk 
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Happy 66th SpokeyFirst day of 66th year off to a decent start.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I've just started series 5 and there are 2 more after this one. I'll be sorry to get to the end, but I always seem to manage to find another show to binge watch. I have a few lined up ready to go.
Well, I managed to get out for my little Tour de Tod earlier on. The forecast was for sunny intervals and showers and the sun was indeed shining briefly but the sky clouded over while I got out of bed and ready to go. Light rain started as soon as I set off so I decided to cut out one of the hills on my loop.
I got to Lidl and saw that most of the staff were wearing masks. I didn't really see much of an increase in mask-wearing among customers - roughly half were masked.
I managed to get my Metro today.
Events on the road...
- There was slow-moving traffic ahead of me, with plenty of space on the nearside for me to filter up. I did so. I was going to take a left turn off the main road onto a side street. There was a white van just ahead of me. I would get to the turn before the van so there was no chance of the driver turning left across me. I was watching ahead in case someone coming the other way found a gap in the traffic and turned right across us. What I had NOT allowed for was the van driver suddenly stopping and his mate flinging the door open and leaping out - YIKES!!
It was a bit close and the leaper-outer was very apologetic about it. He was stupid for doing what he did, but I have to take 50% of the blame for getting myself into that situation... - Another white van driver... This time, the incident was entirely the driver's fault. I was cycling towards a righthand bend with a road feeding up to a stop line on the bend from the left. The van was slowing down as it approached the stop line but then I heard the driver's phone ring and saw him look down to pick it up. I knew what would probably happen so I had already swerved across to the far side of the road to get out of the way of the van as it rolled across the stop line to where I would have been without my evasive action!
- A pedestrian was walking along the nearside pavement (sidewalk!) in the direction that I was cycling. She was going to walk out diagonally in front of me without looking, wasn't she? I checked over my shoulder, road was clear, cycled over to far side of road and continued. The woman did indeed walk out to... where I would have been without my evasive action! She suddenly realised that I was there and jumped backwards shouting out that she was sorry, she hadn't seen me. Hardly surprising, since her head had been pointing in the wrong direction the whole time! I smiled and said that bikes are very quiet so she needs to look and not just listen!
That's about as much excitement as I can handle for one day! I have a couple of documents to fill out and send off, then a few hours to work on The Game That Nobody Wants That Will Probably Never Get Finished Anyway!
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
🥇I've been for a walk
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
Senor Spokey feliz cumpleanos.
Went to the oncology yesterday and Mrs 12's cancer markers had dropped from 120 to 90. Perhaps this chemo is working. Nice to have a little good news for a change.
It is going to be fairly windy for the rest of the week so I will have to suck it up and ride anyway although the rides may be shorter and slower.
People here continue to bleat about their rights and bs about the vaccine and don't mask nor vaccinate. Perhaps the covid will increase the collective IQ of Wyoming and the other red states.
Be safe and well and keep your powder dry.
Went to the oncology yesterday and Mrs 12's cancer markers had dropped from 120 to 90. Perhaps this chemo is working. Nice to have a little good news for a change.
It is going to be fairly windy for the rest of the week so I will have to suck it up and ride anyway although the rides may be shorter and slower.
People here continue to bleat about their rights and bs about the vaccine and don't mask nor vaccinate. Perhaps the covid will increase the collective IQ of Wyoming and the other red states.
Be safe and well and keep your powder dry.
classic33
Leg End Member
Black, circular with the handle at the top of the dome, about 32 inches in diameter?
classic33
Leg End Member
Some good news in these times.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Good news about Mrs 12 - I hope that continues!
The political colour thing must be other way round there...
USA: Republicans - red; Democrats - blue?
Here: Labour/socialist/left-wing - red; Tory/Conservative/right-wing - blue!
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Midlothian Edinburgh
Got news today from MrsF’s cousin and his artist wife in Aberdeenshire. They’ve been without power since Friday afternoon. Now advised that they won’t be getting back until Friday this week 😲. The network company has offered to put them in a hotel but they’ve instead decamped to mr & mrs brother in Dunfermline. Fortunately they are still running a fossil fuelled car that allowed such a move.
You missed out the Environmentalists - Green and the Monster Raving Loony Party who are Yellow / Black 😁
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Neither good nor bad - just the way it is with some people.
2 x AZ and Pf boost here and not even a sore arm to show for it.
Unaffected by Flu jab too.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I've just started series 5 and there are 2 more after this one. I'll be sorry to get to the end, but I always seem to manage to find another show to binge watch. I have a few lined up ready to go.
Well, I managed to get out for my little Tour de Tod earlier on. The forecast was for sunny intervals and showers and the sun was indeed shining briefly but the sky clouded over while I got out of bed and ready to go. Light rain started as soon as I set off so I decided to cut out one of the hills on my loop.
I got to Lidl and saw that most of the staff were wearing masks. I didn't really see much of an increase in mask-wearing among customers - roughly half were masked.
I managed to get my Metro today.
Events on the road...
The rain had stopped. I was already wet, but decided not to be such a wimp - I dropped my rucksack full of heavy shopping off and went back out to do the hill that I had skipped at the start of the ride.
- There was slow-moving traffic ahead of me, with plenty of space on the nearside for me to filter up. I did so. I was going to take a left turn off the main road onto a side street. There was a white van just ahead of me. I would get to the turn before the van so there was no chance of the driver turning left across me. I was watching ahead in case someone coming the other way found a gap in the traffic and turned right across us. What I had NOT allowed for was the van driver suddenly stopping and his mate flinging the door open and leaping out - YIKES!!
- Another white van driver... This time, the incident was entirely the driver's fault. I was cycling towards a righthand bend with a road feeding up to a stop line on the bend from the left. The van was slowing down as it approached the stop line but then I heard the driver's phone ring and saw him look down to pick it up. I knew what would probably happen so I had already swerved across to the far side of the road to get out of the way of the van as it rolled across the stop line to where I would have been without my evasive action!
- A pedestrian was walking along the nearside pavement (sidewalk!) in the direction that I was cycling. She was going to walk out diagonally in front of me without looking, wasn't she? I checked over my shoulder, road was clear, cycled over to far side of road and continued. The woman did indeed walk out to... where I would have been without my evasive action! She suddenly realised that I was there and jumped backwards shouting out that she was sorry, she hadn't seen me. Hardly surprising, since her head had been pointing in the wrong direction the whole time! I smiled and said that bikes are very quiet so she needs to look and not just listen!
That's about as much excitement as I can handle for one day! I have a couple of documents to fill out and send off, then a few hours to work on The Game That Nobody Wants That Will Probably Never Get Finished Anyway!
Phew! That was a big one!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Third power cut and only lasted 1.25 hours this time.
Hopefully it will stay on so we can watch Chelsea at 7.30pm.
Hopefully it will stay on so we can watch Chelsea at 7.30pm.
