The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Did he have any identity on him, sounds to me like he could be checking out properties.

He had a Yorkshire Water van and a group of pals (also wearing grubby overalls) all shoving cameras down sewers!

 

[ColinJ]

But speaking of security checks... I think my pal might just have fallen victim to some kind of phishing scam with her email account! She has just been on the phone telling me that Microsoft has sent her lots of messages reporting problems. I strongly suspect that they did NOT come from Microsoft and that she should NOT have done what they told her to do... Trying to sort things out now, but she isn't listening so I'll leave her to do her thing for now!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

But speaking of security checks... I think my pal might just have fallen victim to some kind of phishing scam with her email account! She has just been on the phone telling me that Microsoft has sent her lots of messages reporting problems. I strongly suspect that they did NOT come from Microsoft and that she should NOT have done what they told her to do... Trying to sort things out now, but she isn't listening so I'll leave her to do her thing for now!

YIKES

they can be very persuasive
Hope she hasn;t let them do too much damage - see if you can get her to change her bank account passwords and email passwords ASAP!

As an ex-expert in IT (i.e. used to be a real expert but they keep changing stuff without my permissions!) I am not that vulnerable - but I have been through the script with them and they are sometimes very good!!!

not surprising some people fall for it

 

[BoldonLad]

But speaking of security checks... I think my pal might just have fallen victim to some kind of phishing scam with her email account! She has just been on the phone telling me that Microsoft has sent her lots of messages reporting problems. I strongly suspect that they did NOT come from Microsoft and that she should NOT have done what they told her to do... Trying to sort things out now, but she isn't listening so I'll leave her to do her thing for now!

Even if the messages were from Microsoft (and, like you, I doubt it), it probably wouldn't be wise to do what they said

 

[Chislenko]

26 mile done on the old Allez, great coffee stop at 1 euro. Sun shining not a lot more you can ask for.

Bringing the Allez back to Britain after this trip and was going to sell it but will sell the winter bike , Ridley, I built up last year Instead.

I will keep the Allez, find some way to cobble mudguards on it (no eyelets) and use in winter once back home. First ride on it in two years, it was like the proverbial "comfortable pair of old slippers" just an absolute great bike!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

OK - right

I want a word with whoever is in charge of the weather

it clearly said that it was going to rain this afternoon but this morning would be dry - cloudy but dry

So I decided to go out for a ride this morning in spite of feeling a bit rubbish
got bike out then went back in to get a drink and the ebike battery and a few other things - by the time I went out again the saddle was wet and the stone flags had sprinkes of drops on them
Decided to go anyway

got damp on the way out but OK and it stopped after a while (like 10 minutes)
Got to The Dream which is a decent turning point and had intended to take the quick route back home - all downhill and pretty direct
as it had stopped raining I decided to go the long way

Naturally, as soon as I wa passed the turning point and a fair way down the road it started raining again. Expecting it to stop I carried on - so it got harder and harder so I got home soaked

Now it is afternoon when it was supposed to rain and it is dry

HEADS MUST ROLL!!!!

 

[Paulus]

I will keep the Allez, find some way to cobble mudguards on it (no eyelets) and use in winter once back home.

P.clips are your friend.

 

[PaulSB]

We shall have to begin referring to you as "TwoSheds"

I have a friend called John. He does have two sheds. His Facebook name is JohnnyTwoSheds.

 

[PaulSB]

So @ColinJ has had an orange dye and cameras in and out of his pipes. ?????? 🤔🤣🤣

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I’ve lived in Coventry for over 35 years and still don’t know this area very well . Think I’ve only ever been to Jubilee Crescent twice , each time to buy a shed . 😂😀

its only just down the road from me, its got two chemists, a Tesco, a doctors and a dentist, a mobility aids shop, several charity shops and an assortment of other shops plus a good motor parts shop.

 

[ColinJ]

YIKES

they can be very persuasive
Hope she hasn;t let them do too much damage - see if you can get her to change her bank account passwords and email passwords ASAP!

She has finally managed to change her password and get back in. I'll speak to her again later to go through a few things!

Guess what... she had only put MY email address in as her alternative contact details BUT NOT TOLD ME! I had been getting iffy-looking messages claiming to be from Microsoft over the past few days - 'suspicious activity on your account x*********z@hotmail.com' and just routinely deleted them on the grounds that I do not have an email address like that!

She has now set up a gmail account as her alternative account, and I suggested that she puts her mobile number in there too.

I’ve lived in Coventry for over 35 years and still don’t know this area very well . Think I’ve only ever been to Jubilee Crescent twice , each time to buy a shed . 😂😀

its only just down the road from me, its got two chemists, a Tesco, a doctors and a dentist, a mobility aids shop, several charity shops and an assortment of other shops plus a good motor parts shop.

I used to live up the 'hill' beyond the Wallace, so I knew Jubilee Crescent very well. I used to go to the library there.

So @ColinJ has had an orange dye and cameras in and out of his pipes. ?????? 🤔🤣🤣

I think a day like that is coming sooner than I'd like! I can put up with having to get up once during the night but if it gets to once an hour then even I will feel obliged to see the doc...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

She has finally managed to change her password and get back in. I'll speak to her again later to go through a few things!

Guess what... she had only put MY email address in as her alternative contact details BUT NOT TOLD ME! I had been getting iffy-looking messages claiming to be from Microsoft over the past few days - 'suspicious activity on your account x*********z@hotmail.com' and just routinely deleted them on the grounds that I do not have an email address like that!

She has now set up a gmail account as her alternative account, and I suggested that she puts her mobile number in there too.



I used to live up the 'hill' beyond the Wallace, so I knew Jubilee Crescent very well. I used to go to the library there.


I think a day like that is coming sooner than I'd like! I can put up with having to get up once during the night but if it gets to once an hour then even I will feel obliged to see the doc...

You have probably thought of this - but I would advise her to ring her bank and advise them of what has happened - they might have a thing where they can up the level of vigilance in case of dodgy transactions
T the very least she needs to check her account every few days for a week or two.

Hope she is OK - herself as well as her accounts

 

[classic33]

I have done the Black Country museum. It was yeats ago, but it was quite good. Well worth a visit

Ulysses?

 

[Exlaser2]

We shall have to begin referring to you as "TwoSheds"

Lol , I’ve been called a lot worse. 😂😂
Once upon a time we only one shed which housed my two bikes plus mrs exlaser bike( that never moved ) and I still had room for my daughters bike and a lawn mower.
Then bike inflation happened !!!! So we had to have shed inflation too 😀
Now we have his and her sheds.
My shed contains my four bikes ( plus lawnmower and a assortment of tools).
Mrs exlaser shed contains her three bikes and our daughters one bike ( she did have two bikes for a short while, until she rode into the back of a parked car 😕😀 )

 

[classic33]

I paid over £800 to a sparkey a couple of years ago when we did the kitchen (all the units were fitted by yours truly) to move a couple of sockets and wire in the new electric hob and hooker hood (was a gas hob previously). Our friend had removed the old gas hob and didn't even charge us for his time. I only did it because I was under the impression that electrical work in a kitchen had to be done/signed off by a professional, but when I asked him he said it wasn't the case, so I could have done it myself. In addition, he put a nail through a water pipe when he was installing the wiring for one of the sockets. He got a plumber to sort it and said he'd pay for it, but I still think he just added it onto the bill at the end. I made him wait before I paid it though.

What sort of kitchen were you running?