The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Been blowing a gale all night and, judging by the sound, intermittently raining so the rain rattled against the bedroom window

still at it now

last night there was a flood warning for the stream about 100 yards away from the bottom of the garden - but as it is down in a big ditch and there is a slope up to here from there I wasn't worried.
Anyway - warning has gone now

 

[classic33]

We had a 30° incline flooded yesterday. They'd to close it off.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, done the supermarket run, went back to Morrisons for the first time since the start of the pandemic. This allows me to not use the car, I can walk there and catch the bus back.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning. A horrible night here. High winds and rain. The garden chairs have done a runner for the 3rd time.

Police advising people not to go out as most roads are flooded or have trees that have fallen across the roads.

Stay safe peeps

There's a pair of garden chairs running round on the next road to me, I had to drive round them just now.

 

[BoldonLad]

There's a pair of garden chairs running round on the next road to me, I had to drive round them just now.

You could have stopped and popped them in your boot, to post back to @welsh dragon

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You could have stopped and popped them in your boot, to post back to @welsh dragon

If I could catch them.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just been outside to put some recycling out - there has been a problem


Garden waste bin has blown over!!!
I've left it there - it won;t fall any further than the ground!

Done Wordle in 4 - I'm not getting into the "I did it in 15 seconds" race - I know 'some people' will always be better than me - letters always confuse me
I am hopeless at anagrams as well !

 

[GM]

Morning all... 50 minutes spin session done, showered and ready for the day. Out for a walk with Alan 🐶 next. I think all this wind is mother nature just getting rid of all the dead wood.

Wordle in 4

#Worldle #31 2/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr

 

[ColinJ]

Ssssshhhh.......can't tell you

Well, it has been kept so secret that very few people on the forum know about the technique, but actually, you can...

My 5 hours worth of sleep time was reduced to something much less last night. Scary noises which made me worry about the roof. The worst one though was a ghostly shrieking whistle that came from something on the outside of my bedroom wall. It sounded like there was a banshee in the room itself.

I will nip out to try to pick up a Metro but really just to get a short walk in. I think there is only about a 1% chance that the papers will have made it to the valley today.

Roads and rail round here have been affected by flooding and fallen trees and other blockages.

I am still hoping to travel tomorrow but that might have to be put back to Wednesday now. I am taking the travel advice seriously.

I want to get cycling again but not while the weather is like this. I might end up using the turbo trainer instead. I wouldn't mind that so much except that it is making a horrid clunking noise. I think that the wheel on that bike is out of true and/or not actually properly circular.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Have been very impressed by the Pressreader subscription provided free by the local library service, allows me to read many, many newspapers and magazines for free. I can’t imagine that such a free service will survive for long in this time of cuts but I will be making good use of it while it lasts. It includes all the major Scottish and UK newspapers, and lots of cycling mags. Today I’ve been reading Cycling Weekly for the first time in 20 years and also some of the glossy monthly cycling mags. I would have no intention of ever buying them but getting them free they provide an interesting read.

 

[classic33]

How could you do* this?
Drain cover has dissapeared into the road.

* Blue equals must do.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Have been very impressed by the Pressreader subscription provided free by the local library service, allows me to read many, many newspapers and magazines for free. I can’t imagine that such a free service will survive for long in this time of cuts but I will be making good use of it while it lasts. It includes all the major Scottish and UK newspapers, and lots of cycling mags. Today I’ve been reading Cycling Weekly for the first time in 20 years and also some of the glossy monthly cycling mags. I would have no intention of ever buying them but getting them free they provide an interesting read.

Any magazines of a more “ adult “ nature Flick? Asking for a friend…

 

[Tenkaykev]

A belated good day, it’s blowing a hoolie again but sunny. Feeling wiped out after granddaughter’s sleepover last night, she wanted to sleep in our bed between grandma and grandad. I finall conceded the final few inches of mattress about 2am and headed to the spare room. A brief trip to the park earlier with her new scooter followed by lunch and a few Tom and Jerry cartoons before mum popped over to collect her.
Time for an afternoon nap 😴

 

[classic33]

A belated good day, it’s blowing a hoolie again but sunny. Feeling wiped out after granddaughter’s sleepover last night, she wanted to sleep in our bed between grandma and grandad. I finall conceded the final few inches of mattress about 2am and headed to the spare room. A brief trip to the park earlier with her new scooter followed by lunch and a few Tom and Jerry cartoons before mum popped over to collect her.
Time for an afternoon nap 😴

What were you doing with her scooter in the park?

 

[Tenkaykev]

What were you doing with her scooter in the park?

Too tired to parse my post😴🛴🤔👍