The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

Just back from a very short run / walk with Mrs Tenkaykev. I had absolutely nothing in the tank and was getting quite breathless so I bailed out and headed home. Mrs Tenkaykev carried on along the trailway, it's quite mild today and the trailway is very sheltered so she's making the most of it. Daughter and grandson have headed off for a visit to the Motor Museum at Beaulieu, it's a birthday treat as he's really fascinated by vehicles of every type. I'm planning on a day of reading and relaxing to recharge my batteries.

I've been the Motor Museum at Beaulieu, I use to live 4 miles away a few year back

 

[classic33]

I haven't seen that before. Is that to make absolutely sure that they are delivering to the right person? If so, who else do they think might be at your place stealing your parcels!

Maybe too many being recorded as delivered when they haven't.
Still not signing for Royal Mail or DHL deliveries.

 

[classic33]

You don't have to eat the 14-15" ones - I limit myself to 12"!

Pizza shop on the junction of Union Street and Horton Street were doing 24" - 30" pizzas this time last year.

 

[ColinJ]

Pizza shop on the junction of Union Street and Horton Street were doing 24" - 30" pizzas this time last year.

Even I wouldn't attempt one of those!

Even the 12 inch one look massive

I'd say that a 12" pizza is good for a big, hungry person who wants to overeat (e.g. me!), or 2 or 3 people who fancy pizza but who do NOT want to overeat. You could always eat half, and have the other half another time.

Or... just buy a 9" pizza instead?

 

[classic33]

Even I wouldn't attempt one of those!


I'd say that a 12" pizza is good for a big, hungry person who wants to overeat (e.g. me!), or 2 or 3 people who fancy pizza but who do NOT want to overeat. You could always eat half, and have the other half another time.

Or... just buy a 9" pizza instead?

Try warming one up in your oven!

 

[Dirk]

Blimmin' impulse buys!
Just browsing the interweb and saw a good deal on a new mobile phone - a Motorola Moto G30 to replace my old G6 (which has, honestly, been the best phone I've ever had).
It'll be here next week....

 

[PaulSB]

Hammering down here and getting chilly round the house. Allotment ideas abandoned for the day and I'm pressing on with the club ride calendar - I've +/- 140 rides to publish!!!! That's an awful lot of miles our guys will be riding.

Cheese barm with homemade damson chutney and a brew while I take a break...............

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I haven't seen that before. Is that to make absolutely sure that they are delivering to the right person? If so, who else do they think might be at your place stealing your parcels!

Its a new one on me as well, it might be to do with the value and desirability of the item, its a TV and I'm sure it would be a target for thieves if they had a chance.

Amazon product ASIN B0849FF535View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0849FF535/ref=pe_27063361_485629781_TE_item

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Enjoyed the final episode of the Argyll divorce and enjoyed the authentic outside the court shots taken in Edinburgh’s Parliament Square, next to St Giles in fact. But the inside the court shots were clearly taken inside an English court, as they were displaying the English Royal Coat of Arms, with the lion on the left and unicorn on the right. They are the other way round in the Scottish coat of arms. Other than that, a fine programme

 

[Tenkaykev]

Even I wouldn't attempt one of those!


I'd say that a 12" pizza is good for a big, hungry person who wants to overeat (e.g. me!), or 2 or 3 people who fancy pizza but who do NOT want to overeat. You could always eat half, and have the other half another time.

Or... just buy a 9" pizza instead?

Cos of them Pi thingumajigs the 9" pizza is a little over half the size of the 12" pizza 🍕

 

[ColinJ]

Cos of them Pi thingumajigs the 9" pizza is a little over half the size of the 12" pizza 🍕

It's the same Pi in both cases! The thing that makes it true is the squaring thingy. 9^2/12^2 = 81/144 = 0.5625

 

[ColinJ]

And makes those 24" pizzas 4 times the area of the 12". The 30" would be a crazy 6.25 times the size!

 

[BoldonLad]

I haven't seen that before. Is that to make absolutely sure that they are delivering to the right person? If so, who else do they think might be at your place stealing your parcels!

Had that happen twice recently, both were electronic items (Apple Watch, Samsung Phone).

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I haven't seen that before. Is that to make absolutely sure that they are delivering to the right person? If so, who else do they think might be at your place stealing your parcels!

Amazon do this for higher value items eg iPad.

I get the OTP but the delivery person never asks for it.

 

[ColinJ]

Amazon do this for higher value items eg iPad.

I get the OTP but the delivery person never asks for it.

Actually, maybe it is the other way round... that the delivery person doesn't know what the code is so the only way that they can get it is by delivering the parcel to the right person rather than chucking it in a ditch or stealing it themselves! It could be to keep them honest?