The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

If you are still awake and don't want to be, maybe give this a go...?



(I haven't watched/listened to all 11+ hours of it so don't blame me if it suddenly starts playing Ace of Spades at full volume! )

I assume that it doesn't play any ads...

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Dave7]

Do people still fix holes in their socks? Afraid socks are like inner tubes for me. Once holed, in the bin.

Our No 2 grandson visited last week. Now, he is 23 and has a good job BUT he took his shoes off and I swear the socks were 50% holes.
It's his birthday this week......guess what we have bought him

 

[Dave7]

Morning all.
Another quick hello as I am off to Tesco.
The guy who sorted my £15K L/S pension plus £1800 a year......would not accept payment but I found out what his favourite malt whisky is.....so I am off to get one.
Needless to say MrsD has given me a full shopping list

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning all.

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
The sunshine has gone, replaced by thick clouds and rain.the cats didn't look impressed as they went out.
Wordle in 5,
Another day of domestics, and an hour or two on the turbo in the man cave later.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. Another cold start for us. The road is closed today as they are doing something

Stay safe peeps.

 

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks a bit murky out, got a couple of chest of drawers arriving from 'New Start' this morning. New Start helps skint ****ers like myself with free furniture its bit of a lottery could be really nice wooden ones or naff chip board...we shall see
Went for a spin yesterday and espied a white rump...no it wasnt Bob Buttcrack the Builder it was a Wheatear

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Where's the sun gone?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Last day in Edinburgh before we head back to Poole in the morning. Went for a couple of beers on the prom late yesterday afternoon, shared a Pizza chips and a bowl of olives. We’ve noticed quite a few cargo bikes carrying children, and one really ingenious cargo bike with a disabled guy sat in front of the cyclist and a wheelchair stowed behind😎
Have a peaceful day folks ☀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

 

[numbnuts]

Morning all

Where's the sun gone?

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Overcast and a tad chilly here but I got myself out for an early 22 miles. Used to be if you went an early spin before breakfast you got reasonably quiet roads but these days seem to be long gone. First traffic starts appearing shortly after 6 and by 8 it's really getting busy and that's on minor B roads. Quite enjoyed it though, although my tootsies were a bit cold.

 

[ColinJ]

I am 'awake' early because my insomniac pal brought in a mug of tea for me before dashing back to Hebden Bridge. I need more sleep but the Plusnet engineer is due late morning sometime to check my connection so I had better get up soon and have a snooze on the sofa downstairs instead.

Ironically, the new router that Plusnet sent me seems to be giving me flawless Netflix/Prime streaming so maybe the freezing I was having before was a problem with the old router? It won't hurt to have the connection double-checked though.

Cycling to catch up on later. I used to have the problem of not having enough pro cycling to watch. Nowadays there is so much on Eurosport that I can't keep up. This is becoming an even bigger problem as more and more women's races are also being shown. At some point the logical outcome will be a women's race for every men's race.

Eurosport's highlights tend to be badly edited so I watch the full stage coverage and take charge of skipping through it myself.

I am going to see if it is worth subscribing to Discovery Channel. That would give me the same cycling coverage plus lots of new TV shows for only about £30 extra a year. That plus Netflix and Prime Video would be more than enough TV for me on top of the Freesat channels. Cycling can be on in the background. I only want to watch 1-2 hours a night of shows/films that require full concentration.

 

[gavroche]

Good morning all. The sun is out again today but I fear that will be it for this week according to Mr weatherman so a ride is planned for later this morning. Hoping to do at least 30 miles. I think I shall use the Trek Domane today.
My son is going back to Germany this morning for another 3 weeks but then he should be back for a month. Of course, he will be using his French passport, it makes going through customs so much easier and hassle free. 😊
Have a good one every body.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Winters returned, I've just been down the corner shop and its very and misty, my bimble this morning has been called off.