The Retirement Thread

[numbnuts]

I did a lot of "liking", but I forgot to post a good morning
Oh well good afternoon now we have 14c, but the wind is freezing

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Up early this morning - OK early for me - so managed to get a ride in before lunch

up early because I woke up at 6 and had a thought that I hadn't seen my new phone since the restaurent on Friday
so started wondering if it was lost
Hence never really got back to sleep

Also managed Wordle - line 3 which is unusual for me!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We've met our new Grandson for the first time this morning

 

[ColinJ]

My mojo has definitely gone missing... The sun is shining but I haven't even bothered to get up!

I don't want to ride my best bike while the roads still have salt/grit on them.

My singlespeed bike is making clicking noises again which is putting me off going too far on it in case something suddenly breaks. I had this last year and it took me weeks to quieten the bike down.

Blow it - I will go out for an hour or two without eating or drinking anything first. I always feel better after making the effort to cycle and having a nice shower when I get back. I will have a large bowl of porridge and a pot of coffee after that.

Catch up with you all later!

 

[gavroche]

I went out and covered 20 miles on the bike this morning but my sore throat is still there. Isn't odd how the sunshine brings people out? My local beach was full of people when I cycled past it.
When I got home, I changed the windscreen wipers on the car as they needed doing so we will be able to see through it in the rain now.
I will need to get up early tomorrow as I have two mornings of exam invigilating in the school my grandson goes in. I might even see him.
Nothing else planned for the rest of the day so

 

[12boy]

A circle with a diameter of 13.54 inches is a square foot in area. But it is still round.
Couple more inches of snow last night and there should be more today. This wintry crap will last through next weekend at least. Que sera sera.
I may drive over to the grocery store today. Out of idle curiosity do your grocery stores provide plastic bags or do you use fabric ones? Ours do provide plastic but fabric bags are ok too if you have them. I prefer the fabric ones, especially since the plastic ones are very flimsy. Once, while working for Social Security, the Agency decided we need to provide better service to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. For some reason these people did not trust the Federal government. So of course we had to have Conferences (the Agency solution for most issues) and since I had a reservation in the service area I managed I had to go. One of the speakers was an Inuit elder who held up a purse made of some twisted white strands of some unknown material. She asked the attendees if they could guess from what animal the strands were made. The answers included tendons, sinews, gut, hides and so forth from polar bears, seals, walruses and caribou. She got a lot of fun from letting us know her friends gave her used grocery bags which she cut in strips and wove into a purse. Pretty durable, too.
Be well and safe.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I see you can get them on Amazon. I suffer from heartburn so are they better?

Yes, much better. I suffer from Heartburn but the unsulphured ones don't affect me. I've only previously bought them from Waitrose when they were available, I now get them from a

Where do you get yours from

A bit out of your way Welshie. It's a shop called " Spill the Beans" in Wimborne. They've been there for quite a while. It's family run and was selling Muesli when it was "exotic" 😉 " Eric's Luxury Muesli " is my absolute favourite, Eric and his wife were the founders and his son now works in the shop so I can ask for "500g of your dad's best muesli" 😁
Out of curiosity I did a search and they have a web site!
https://spillthebeanswimborne.co.uk/

 

[welsh dragon]

Yes, much better. I suffer from Heartburn but the unsulphured ones don't affect me. I've only previously bought them from Waitrose when they were available, I now get them from a

A bit out of your way Welshie. It's a shop called " Spill the Beans" in Wimborne. They've been there for quite a while. It's family run and was selling Muesli when it was "exotic" 😉 " Eric's Luxury Muesli " is my absolute favourite, Eric and his wife were the founders and his son now works in the shop so I can ask for "500g of your dad's best muesli" 😁
Out of curiosity I did a search and they have a web site!
https://spillthebeanswimborne.co.uk/

Thanks for that

 

[welsh dragon]

A circle with a diameter of 13.54 inches is a square foot in area. But it is still round.
Couple more inches of snow last night and there should be more today. This wintry crap will last through next weekend at least. Que sera sera.
I may drive over to the grocery store today. Out of idle curiosity do your grocery stores provide plastic bags or do you use fabric ones? Ours do provide plastic but fabric bags are ok too if you have them. I prefer the fabric ones, especially since the plastic ones are very flimsy. Once, while working for Social Security, the Agency decided we need to provide better service to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. For some reason these people did not trust the Federal government. So of course we had to have Conferences (the Agency solution for most issues) and since I had a reservation in the service area I managed I had to go. One of the speakers was an Inuit elder who held up a purse made of some twisted white strands of some unknown material. She asked the attendees if they could guess from what animal the strands were made. The answers included tendons, sinews, gut, hides and so forth from polar bears, seals, walruses and caribou. She got a lot of fun from letting us know her friends gave her used grocery bags which she cut in strips and wove into a purse. Pretty durable, too.
Be well and safe.

You have to ask for a plastic bag now and it will cost you 10 pence. They are really flimsy and won't hold much. Mich better to have your own sturdy bags that last a few years.

 

[classic33]

You have to ask for a plastic bag now and it will cost you 10 pence. They are really flimsy and won't hold much. Mich better to have your own sturdy bags that last a few years.

Think you'll find that 10p for a plastic bag is around five years out of date. 20 - 50p is the asking price now.

 

[Mo1959]

Think you'll find that 10p for a plastic bag is around five years out of date. 20 - 50p is the asking price now.

Still 10p here. Thought that was what it still was most places?

 

[ColinJ]

Blow it - I will go out for an hour or two without eating or drinking anything first. I always feel better after making the effort to cycle and having a nice shower when I get back. I will have a large bowl of porridge and a pot of coffee after that.

I did, I did, and I did!

Lovely blue skies, but the wind was cold. I was a bit premature taking my overshoes off before this winter is properly over so my toes were feeling uncomfortable by the time I got back.

It was only a little ride - 27 km (16.8 miles) with 270 m (885 ft) of ascent but it was done on my singlespeed bike which makes the climbing a lot tougher, so much harder than it sounds. Still, I feel great now.

I went to checkout Calderbrook Rd on the way over to Littleborough. I have mentioned it before, how it is closed to vehicles because of a landslip. Well, it is getting worse... I really would NOT fancy living in one of the cottages just below the road!

This picture shows what is sliding down the hillside...

Taking the road with it...

Which is worrying!

And puts me off trying to ride up or down that bit. It used to be possible but it is getting beyond my comfort zone now on skinny slick tyres. On a mountain bike I would probably have a go...

I opted to come back on the A6033 instead!

 

[classic33]

I did, I did, and I did!

Lovely blue skies, but the wind was cold. I was a bit premature taking my overshoes off before this winter is properly over so my toes were feeling uncomfortable by the time I got back.

It was only a little ride - 27 km (16.8 miles) with 270 m (885 ft) of ascent but it was done on my singlespeed bike which makes the climbing a lot tougher, so much harder than it sounds. Still, I feel great now.

I went to checkout Calderbrook Rd on the way over to Littleborough. I have mentioned it before, how it is closed to vehicles because of a landslip. Well, it is getting worse... I really would NOT fancy living in one of the cottages just below the road!

This picture shows what is sliding down the hillside...

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Taking the road with it...

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Which is worrying!

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And puts me off trying to ride up or down that bit. It used to be possible but it is getting beyond my comfort zone now on skinny slick tyres. On a mountain bike I would probably have a go...

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I opted to come back on the A6033 instead!

That locked gate still in place?

 

[PaulSB]

Great time on the bike today. 51 miles, 4600 feet, 12 4avg. Happy with that.

Cut the grass, replaced damaged glass in greenhouse and started a spring clean up on the allotment.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Fish and chips down the pub this evening, a Bakewell Slice and custard for pudding, all washed down with a pint of cider, our first pub meal for over twelve months, I was a little apprehensive before we set out but in the end we enjoyed ourselves, the pubs been refurbished since we last went and was nice apart from being a bit noisy, three huge screens and a football match on.