numbnuts
Squire
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- Gone over the hill and far away
Cakes 
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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Just need a nice pot of tea to go with them.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Don't know how much experience you have of Motorhome/Campervan?, I may be teaching my granny to suck eggs?
For ease of parking/negotiating smaller roads, a Van Conversion type is best, but, you have to live with the lack of space. Not such a big deal, if, say touring (southern) Europe, in good weather, but, not so good in wet and/or cold UK in winter (or even summer).
A medium size coach built, or A Class, say upto 7 metres, will give reasonable space for two, without being a nightmare to park and negotiate smaller roads.
Watch out for the payload, some vans have very small payloads. it is surprising how additional weight builds up. Two e-bikes could easily be 30kg.
We have a Chausson 610. 6.7 metres, and, before that an Autotrail Apache. Before Covid, we toured lots of Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic), as well as lots of the UK. We have always had Fiat/Puegot cab, with no problems, but, I am sure the Ford cabs are equally good. IMHO, choice of layout is crucial, including bed type (fixed/dropdown/make up. Again, IMHO, make up, is least desirable, you win on space, but, having to makeup the bed, every day for several weeks or months soon becomes a chore.
Edited: To add: You also need to think about where you will keep in, when not actually in use. This may impact size. You can keep them in storage, but, IMHO, that is a chore, for things like, keeping batteries topped up, packing to go away, etc etc
Good luck, and enjoy!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
This is more like it! Friday we had many hundreds of people crammed into 4 carriages. Today it seems to be a hundred or so in 9 carriages - loads of space!
What is going on...? Just peeing at Birmingham New St station, observing strict male peeing protocol - stare forwards and do NOT look left or right. Suddenly, a mop appears between me and the man on my left. The mop is being wielded by a 30ish year old woman... It put me right off!
What is going on...? Just peeing at Birmingham New St station, observing strict male peeing protocol - stare forwards and do NOT look left or right. Suddenly, a mop appears between me and the man on my left. The mop is being wielded by a 30ish year old woman... It put me right off!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Good grief how old is the vacuum cleaner Are vacuum cleaners still made with dust bags.Mind you I tried to detach the dust thing Took me ages to find how to open it Never had a problem with the old Eubank push cleaner
It's about 16 years old now. I have a Dyson battery one that doesn't have bags. I don't use my big vacuum much as you can tell.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
This is more like it! Friday we had many hundreds of people crammed into 4 carriages. Today it seems to be a hundred or so in 9 carriages - loads of space!
What is going on...? Just peeing at Birmingham New St station, observing strict male peeing protocol - stare forwards and do NOT look left or right. Suddenly, a mop appears between me and the man on my left. The mop is being wielded by a 30ish year old woman... It put me right off!
Brummie women. Nothing phases them. You gotta love em
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Here is a little hint...
WHEELCHAIR SPACE
Priority by law
Please do not use this area for luggage. There is a dedicated storage space for luggage at the other end of this coach.
Let me translate for you - don't be selfish, don't be stupid, move your bloody suitcase!!!
WHEELCHAIR SPACE
Priority by law
Please do not use this area for luggage. There is a dedicated storage space for luggage at the other end of this coach.
Let me translate for you - don't be selfish, don't be stupid, move your bloody suitcase!!!
We have a " Henry " and it's great. Made in Somerset and a great bit of kit. Very reliable and really easy to repair. Back in the '80's the company that I worked for at the time had a contract with British Gas to service the electrical equipment for the engineers in our region. Each BG engineer had a " Henry " as part of their kit. Once a week a big lorry would turn up with a consignment of Henrys, electric drills and the like, to be repaired, and to collect what had been serviced. It took less than 10 minutes to strip one down, remove and fit a new motor, check everything, clean, reassemble and test. The spares were inexpensive. There's a reason that contract cleaners, hotels and various institutions use them, they are rugged and can take a load of abuse.Mr WD and I just had a senior moment. Took us 10 minutes to figure out how to remove the dust bag from inside the vacuum cleaner.
Funny you should say that - I've just been on the phone to my solicitor and amended my will to do exactly that. Leaving my brother 2k.
We're keeping the caravan and will make a decision whether to keep the moho when we get back.
I'm used to driving vans and lorries up to 7.5t - not a problem for me.
Storage isn't a problem either.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The guard just asked if it was MY suitcase...!
It turns out that an old woman had left it in a luggage space behind me but stood upright on its wheels. It had rolled across into the wheelchair space. It has been securely stowed away now.
Exciting afternoon on the trains - ho ho!
It is great when the trains are on time and not crowded.
It turns out that an old woman had left it in a luggage space behind me but stood upright on its wheels. It had rolled across into the wheelchair space. It has been securely stowed away now.
Exciting afternoon on the trains - ho ho!
It is great when the trains are on time and not crowded.
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke UK
What is going on...? Just peeing at Birmingham New St station, observing strict male peeing protocol - stare forwards and do NOT look left or right. Suddenly, a mop appears between me and the man on my left. The mop is being wielded by a 30ish year old woman... It put me right off!
Colleague of mine 40 or so years ago, sort of age then that I am now, suffered from older men's trouble and stood over long at the urinal.
The elderly West Indian lady who was charged with cleaning the gent's bogs usually waited patiently for him to emerge. Occasionally though she lost patience and would mop round his feet while muttering fiercely in Jamaican patois...
As a very young man in the late 1960’s I decided to visit Sweden. I caught the ferry from Immingham to Gothenburg IIRC. I went for a shower at the railway station in Gothenburg, I seem to remember them being in an area of the Public toilets, and being mortified when a lady cleaner came in and started mopping up 😮
Similar happened when I had showered after squash.
Stood in the nude when a cleaner walked in..........
Me... "what do you think you are doing"?
Her.... "don't worry, I've seen lots of them"
Me....."well you've not seen this one so sod off"
She just walked off chuckling.
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Midlothian Edinburgh
Time for our Parsley Box verdict, having now consumed all but one of the meals received back in October. Actually, we were quite happy with them, in fact I’ve now ordered some more. They are a bit pricey and not very big. We found that in order to make a meal of them we had to do lots of additional veg. But they are tasty and we really like that they can be stored in a cupboard so are ready to go whenever we want, no defrosting required. I quite liked the wine that came with them too, they have a number of wines available in half and quarter bottles so I’ve ordered a few more of those too.
