The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page this morning.

 

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks Yesterday [tra la] my old chain got flung away....but i wont be going out to play....cuz 40mph winds are here today Need to get my TV aerial fixed/replaced so have been watching vids instead. In my local charity shop theyre 10p each so not a great loss if somethings naff Watched 'Avatar' yesterday, really liked it

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning all, shopping Friday has rolled round again, the weeks are flying past, it looks bright and breezy out, Wordle in 5 today, I used a different start word this morning and confused myself.

Every day I resist the urge to change.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I used a different start word this morning and confused myself

I just think of a random word as a starter word, though I can see that using a word with more of the most commonly used letters would be a better strategy.

 

[welsh dragon]

The rain has just started.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I just think of a random word as a starter word, though I can see that using a word with more of the most commonly used letters would be a better strategy.

My usual start word is adieu, but this morning I thought it was a good idea to use onion.

 

[numbnuts]

I got up

 

[Dirk]

I got up

Well.....it's a start.

 

[ColinJ]

Somebody, other than myself and ColinJ needs to get to sleep.

I was woken by a text message coming in before 09:00!

I had put limits on notifications but was missing messages so re-enabled them.

One of the perils of being an insomniac with friends who get up at sensible times!

The good news is that it was to arrange a little bike ride for tomorrow. It will be my first ride with company since mid-November, except for 1 hour with my niece in Devon a couple of weeks ago.

We will be doing the Cragg Vale loop. Only about 35 km total but it does include a 9 km climb so it will be challenging enough for me if I ride singlespeed. (I may chicken out and retrieve my best bike from hibernation!)

I will try to stay awake now so I can get to sleep tonight early enough to get 6+ hours before getting up tomorrow. No doubt I'll doze off mid-afternoon as usual but 30 minutes would be ok.

Oh well... Time for a few puzzles before going out for a Metro and some shopping.

 

[classic33]

Happy birthday, young Paulus.
-31C last night and the same tonight. It will get up to -8 though although the wind chill can frostbite bare flesh quite ell. Not a day for casual nudity.
WD, I fear you have perhaps forgotten the lovely Monkers who graces us with presence from time to time.
I am grappling with putting my aged pooch down. She is showing more signs of of demetia and is currently eating almost nothing. She will be 18 in August and is a beloved part of our family. I didn't want another dog after we lost our Weimaraner in '84 but we made the mistake of "just looking" at pups in a pet store in the mall. There were 2 tiny Rat Terrier pups huddled in a cage and someone bought the male at which point the female began to cry. The dastardly clerk aked if my wife would hold her for a minute and that was all she wrote. She was so small she fit in my coat pocket. She and our Weim are the best
dogs I have ever known.
Be well and safe...

Often wonder what's happened with those that stop posting. Often well after their gone. @monkers was on a while back, but didn't post.

With regards the dog, it sounds like "Old Shep".

 

[classic33]

I got up

Good for you.

Means you get to enjoy going back later today as well.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

In the supermarket by quarter past eight today and it was nice and quiet just how I like it, quiet on the roads at eight in the morning as well, and by the time I'd finished my shopping it was close to nine and the school run had died down nicely. put my usual 10 litres of fuel in the car and it cost me sixteen quid, two years ago it would have cost me eleven.

 

[gavroche]

I was woken by a text message coming in before 09:00!

I had put limits on notifications but was missing messages so re-enabled them.

One of the perils of being an insomniac with friends who get up at sensible times!

The good news is that it was to arrange a little bike ride for tomorrow. It will be my first ride with company since mid-November, except for 1 hour with my niece in Devon a couple of weeks ago.

We will be doing the Cragg Vale loop. Only about 35 km total but it does include a 9 km climb so it will be challenging enough for me if I ride singlespeed. (I may chicken out and retrieve my best bike from hibernation!)

I will try to stay awake now so I can get to sleep tonight early enough to get 6+ hours before getting up tomorrow. No doubt I'll doze off mid-afternoon as usual but 30 minutes would be ok.

Oh well... Time for a few puzzles before going out for a Metro and some shopping.

You seem to be very keen on single speed riding, is that because you can't be bothered with changing gears which would be often I should think, as your area is not exactly flat.

 

[rustybolts]

Is this one any good?

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This is the best performance she ever did !!!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCBR28fwqk

 

[Dave7]

In the supermarket by quarter past eight today and it was nice and quiet just how I like it, quiet on the roads at eight in the morning as well, and by the time I'd finished my shopping it was close to nine and the school run had died down nicely. put my usual 10 litres of fuel in the car and it cost me sixteen quid, two years ago it would have cost me eleven.

That was funny in the jokes section.
Trigger (fools n horses) saying the fuel price increases don't bother him as he always just puts 20 quids worth in.