The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

The wind has finally dropped but so has the temperature. Might go down to zero tonight.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Hope I die before I get old....

It's in the mind. There is no "old"

In our minds we continue to be the same whilst our bodies wear out.

 

[ColinJ]

Hope I die before I get old....

Some of them did, some of them didn't!

It's in the mind. There is no "old"

There is something odd about an old(-ish?) singer singing those lyrics though!

More seriously... Yes, with luck, good genes, the right attitude, and having a healthy lifestyle - 'old' can be delayed a very long time, but stick around and you will get there eventually!

 

[classic33]

Some of them did, some of them didn't!




There is something odd about an old(-ish?) singer singing those lyrics though!

More seriously... Yes, with luck, good genes, the right attitude, and having a healthy lifestyle - 'old' can be delayed a very long time, but stick around and you will get there eventually!

Every cell in your body is replaced every seven to eleven years.
Thus you can never be old.

 

[welsh dragon]

• leaving at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) when overtaking people cycling at speeds of up to 30mph, and giving them more space when overtaking at higher speeds
• passing people riding horses or driving horse-drawn vehicles at speeds under 10 mph and allowing at least 2 metres (6.5 feet) of space
• allowing at least 2 metres (6.5 feet) of space and keeping to a low speed when passing people walking in the road (for example, where there’s no pavement)

Did anyone at actually proof read this? It's utter nonsense. I truly cannot believe a government department has published this.......oh hang on perhaps I should.

Now I know what they mean but it is not what's been written. The above says when overtaking people cycling at speeds of up to 30mph

So how many cyclists do we know that cycle at 30mph?????

I think it means when the car is travelling at 30mph not the cyclist.

 

[ColinJ]

Every cell in your body is replaced every seven to eleven years.
Thus you can never be old.

Tell that to my brain - I have forgotten how long it is since I had a good memory...!

When I was a student, I had 20+ ft of bookshelves filled with electronics magazines. If you'd asked me about a certain article, I could have told you which magazine it was in, and probably pretty much which pages too. Nowadays, I struggle to remember having even done the electronics degree, let alone what I learned!

One thing which I do remember though, and it makes me really annoyed now... I recycled my entire collection of magazines when I graduated. I didn't have anywhere to store them once I left my flat, and I didn't really read them anymore.

There was one particular magazine that would be very desirable to a collector now - a mint edition of the October 1945 issue of Wireless World. Why so valuable...? It contained THIS ARTICLE by Arthur C. Clarke detailing the concept of geostationary satellites, almost 20 years before the first one (Early Bird) was launched!

 

[classic33]

Tell that to my brain - I have forgotten how long it is since I had a good memory...!

When I was a student, I had 20+ ft of bookshelves filled with electronics magazines. If you'd asked me about a certain article, I could have told you which magazine it was in, and probably pretty much which pages too. Nowadays, I struggle to remember having even done the electronics degree, let alone what I learned!

One thing which I do remember though, and it makes me really annoyed now... I recycled my entire collection of magazines when I graduated. I didn't have anywhere to store them once I left my flat, and I didn't really read them anymore.

There was one particular magazine that would be very desirable to a collector now - a mint edition of the October 1945 issue of Wireless World. Why so valuable...? It contained THIS ARTICLE by Arthur C. Clarke detailing the concept of geostationary satellites, almost 20 years before the first one (Early Bird) was launched!

Just checked, they want £31.01 postage for a copy!

 

[GM]

I think this is the version you want..

 

[classic33]

I think this is the version you want..

Where'd The Zimmers go!

 

[GM]

Where'd The Zimmers go!

Hopefully still going strong!

 

[PaulSB]

I think it means when the car is travelling at 30mph not the cyclist.

I know. I'm just astonished the Highway Code publisher can't actually write English!

 

[PaulSB]

Some of them did, some of them didn't!




There is something odd about an old(-ish?) singer singing those lyrics though!

More seriously... Yes, with luck, good genes, the right attitude, and having a healthy lifestyle - 'old' can be delayed a very long time, but stick around and you will get there eventually!

Nope, really never. I refuse to get old. My body will but I won't.

 

[classic33]

Tell that to my brain - I have forgotten how long it is since I had a good memory...!

When I was a student, I had 20+ ft of bookshelves filled with electronics magazines. If you'd asked me about a certain article, I could have told you which magazine it was in, and probably pretty much which pages too. Nowadays, I struggle to remember having even done the electronics degree, let alone what I learned!

One thing which I do remember though, and it makes me really annoyed now... I recycled my entire collection of magazines when I graduated. I didn't have anywhere to store them once I left my flat, and I didn't really read them anymore.

There was one particular magazine that would be very desirable to a collector now - a mint edition of the October 1945 issue of Wireless World. Why so valuable...? It contained THIS ARTICLE by Arthur C. Clarke detailing the concept of geostationary satellites, almost 20 years before the first one (Early Bird) was launched!

You realise that may be down to the simple fact that the cells that made you you, all those years ago, will have been replaced a few times now. What you really need are the cells you had then.
No memory problems then.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Nope, really never. I refuse to get old. My body will but I won't.

Just remember that if you haven't grown up by 60 you don't have to, but growing old is compulsory, though we all grow old at different rates.

 

[ColinJ]

You realise that may be down to the simple fact that the cells that made you you, all those years ago, will have been replaced a few times now. What you really need are the cells you had then.
No memory problems then.

I've forgotten where I put the braincells..

Oh flipping heck... This is not a joke - I wanted to do a backup of the puzzle game software that I have been writing. I was going to put the backup on a memory stick, but I couldn't remember where I'd put it after the previous backup!

(Panic over, after a 5 minute search I found it. I think it is probably time to start doing my backups online!)