The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Don't you lot start having a go a Fray Bentos pies (see other thread), at least it's food you can eat, well drink as there's not so much meat in them nowadays, unlike inedible Marmite.

All I can say is some of us have class and taste while others come from east Yorkshire

 

[Dave7]

. I had one for dinner Monday, very nice it was too, better than Tesco own brand.

Yep.....some people need edumacating

 

[classic33]

Yes I have to agree, I did try one once...........

And.........?

 

[classic33]

All I can say is some of us have class and taste while others come from east Yorkshire

I'm from west West Yorkshire, better known as the west West Riding.
As for @Dirk, who started a thread on them, well....

East Yorkshire doesn't exist by the way.

 

[classic33]

Good afternoon folks,
Much excitement here at Tenkay Towers, the Council lighting team have turned up with three lorries and vans, one of which is a " Cherry Picker " they've dug up the pavement and are replacing the Street Lighting Posts, one of which is only a few metres from my front drive. They switched to LED a year or so ago, by capping the existing concrete lighting poles with a metal sheath with the LED lighting unit on the top. They're now putting in a more slender metal pole, and at the same time moving the light from kerbside to the back of the pavement. ( the cynic in me suspects that they're doing this not to help with mobility scooters / prams / Buggies, but to make it more convenient for motorists to park their cars on the pavement )
Off to fetch our Granddaughter from School and bring her back home on the bus. Will the excitement never end?

Take care folks 🚌

The cynic in me agrees with the cynic in you.

Metal poles can also become live when struck by a vehicle. And most will be hinged near the base. Cost, approximately £5,000 per light(not oncluding time and labour), with the old units just being dumped.

 

[gavroche]

Coucou.
My son and I were due to fly to France next Tuesday but we cancelled it for now due to Covid cases running at 500 000 per day at the moment in France.
Everything was set: Easyjet booked, car rental in Paris booked, accommodation with my brothers agreed, Covid test prior to departure booked.
We had to cancel it all and maybe rebook in 2 or 3 week's time when we review the situation over there.
We were a bit concerned about having to isolate in France if one of us caught it. Let's hope it has reached its peak and will reduce from now on.
What with Covid and Brexit, travelling to the EU is quite a headache at the moment.

 

[Paulus]

Fray Bentos? Dad used to eat them. They look pretty awful even for my low culinary standards!

They are shockingly bad.

 

[numbnuts]

And.........?

And............
The pastry was crap more like cardboard, the meat was OK if I could have found another piece to go with it, and had lots of gravy to make up the weight

 

[12boy]

You do well coping with such extremes in temperature!

Morning. It’s been a blowy night with stuff rattling about so not much sleep had

.The cold here, like the summer heat is a dry cold. Damp cold, like soggy heat seems hotter or colder. l once had an older lady transfer from Florida to Riverton Wyoming, one of my tiny outlying offices. Not only is Riverton colder than Casper, but it is much less windy and they get thermal inversions that result in an extra cold layer of air hugging the ground for days. In Cheyenne Wyoming, on the route for her drive from Fla to Wyo, is an outdoor clothing, sportings good place that has very good sale prices and since I was concerned she would find the winters unbearable and quit, l suggested she visitthis place for good deals on cold weather clothing. This included poly/merino long johns which although light and thin make a big difference. She did that. Later on, at a party where I met her visiting cousin, she introduced me as her favorite manager and the only one who told her what kind of underwear to buy. She was a trip.
Got my brake bolts yesterday but my other duties prevented me from seeing if they will work to set up the rear Vbrake. I may still go for a ride later with only the front brake. It is just above freezing in my garage and I am too wimpy to enjoy handling steel parts in the cold so I may wait a day or so to fix the brake. Haven't been allowed medically to lift weights for the two hiatus from my vein procedure and my bubs are drooping more than usual so I will probably content myself with a little of that kind of exercise.
Be well and safe and enjoy your balmy weather.

 

[Sterlo]

I'm from west West Yorkshire, better known as the west West Riding.
As for @Dirk, who started a thread on them, well....

East Yorkshire doesn't exist by the way.

We know East Yorkshire doesn't exist but I refused to recognize Humberside and it takes an age to type East Riding of Yorkshire every time. Anyway, hope to be moving to North Yorkshire in the not too distant future.

 

[classic33]

And............
The pastry was crap more like cardboard, the meat was OK if I could have found another piece to go with it, and had lots of gravy to make up the weight

You didn't like it then?
I'm guessing it was their steak pie you had.

They have vegetarian options available now though.

 

[Poacher]

Happy Birthday Poacher im always missing opportunities Heres one at Loch Fleet, it had been chasing Redshanks but missed and perched on a rock
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Love the look between the Peregrine and Curlew!

 

[classic33]

We know East Yorkshire doesn't exist but I refused to recognize Humberside and it takes an age to type East Riding of Yorkshire every time. Anyway, hope to be moving to North Yorkshire in the not too distant future.

Just use the East Riding, in much the same way as I use the West Riding. Folk will know what you mean.

 

[Poacher]

God no. Puka pie

We were on a campsite once next to a couple from Stoke. They raved about the merits of rice pies! Strange, we thought.

Only later did we find out they were referring to Wright's pies - a local delicacy I guess.

 

[Poacher]

I'm from west West Yorkshire, better known as the west West Riding.
As for @Dirk, who started a thread on them, well....

East Yorkshire doesn't exist by the way.

Who's going to tell Eryc?