The Retirement Thread

[Poacher]

Courgette plants are rampant, but I daren't plant them out just yet. Also in pic are well-rooted cuttings of penstemons and an epiphyllum, a tree lupin, a regal pelargonium in flower, a strelitzia (bird of paradise), two or three varieties of society garlic, lemon grass and agapanth.

Pink Brandywine and Gardener's Delight tomatoes, bell pepper, aubergine and melon seedlings. Long peppers seem very slow to germinate, and may need more heat. Little Gem lettuce seedlings in background, growing on in protection before planting out when hopefully they'll be large enough to resist whatever pest it is that usually cuts them off at ground level when grown from seed in the raised bed.

 

[welsh dragon]

Do people really still have a pantry ??

I do. I have a tiny kitchen so I have a very very large pantry

 

[Mo1959]

Riverside walk done before it gets any busier. I think I’ll just hide indoors now and might even have a siesta. I can always have a little wander in the evening. The car park at our park was full to overflowing on my way home with people starting to go onto the grass or in the entrances to the school playing fields. They shouldn’t require access today anyway.

 

[Dave7]

Best laid plans etc. MrsD has decided she doesn't fancy a Sunday roast so.........she will have whats left of the tuna and mayo. I may have a curry.

 

[Mo1959]

Best laid plans etc. MrsD has decided she doesn't fancy a Sunday roast so.........she will have whats left of the tuna and mayo. I may have a curry.

I‘ve just had a sandwich with tuna mayo and sweetcorn and tomato. Big glass of beetroot juice with it and then a mug of tea.

 

[Dirk]

Sunday lunch eaten. Roast lamb with all the veg.
I had a syrup sponge and custard for pudding.
Absolutely stuffed! Back to the van for a siesta now.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

OK - sudden panic

Firstly no Easter egg for my wife
I decided not to this year as she has been complaining about having too much chocolate recently
then changed my mind yesterday and tried to get one only to find there were none in Tesco or ASDA
Tried the Co-Op this morning - still none

B****r

ANyway - she doesn;t get me one so I think I'll get away with it

got the kid's ones so that's what is important

THEN
phone call from son - they are coming round for a visit with grandkids

so - clearly - Easter egg hunt needs to be sorted out - I was expecting them tomorrow
Then house needs hovering before the kids mess it up again (????????)

Then his partner's bithday present needs wrapping and washing needs putting away

Just sat down - they should be here in a few minutes - son has rung

apparently the 5 year old is VERY excited because the Easter Bunny ALWAYS leaves eggs at Pop's house!!!

good job I sorted it out!!! - sorry I mean the Easter Bunny sorted it out - of course

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Best laid plans etc. MrsD has decided she doesn't fancy a Sunday roast so.........she will have whats left of the tuna and mayo. I may have a curry.

Not had a Sunday roast for years - are they still popular I wonder?

 

[ColinJ]

Talk of Spring might be premature... Temperatures dropping back down again for at least a week after today!

Only by a couple of degrees.

Maybe where you are/are going to be...

I finished my bike upgrade. I am not 100% satisfied with the bar taping but I am trying not to let the fussy side of my mind take control. I can get incredibly bothered by such things - imagine how bad that could possibly be and multiply it by 10! If I let that voice in my head take control there is a good chance that the bike would never be ridden again...

I will ride it for a week or two and see if I can put up with the bar tape as it is. It is actually WAY better now than it was for all the years that I have been riding it. The difference is that I originally just threw it together from old bits and made no attempt to make it neat and tidy. This time it is supposed to be right and is only 80-90% right! If I find that I can't put up with it I will eventually have to take the tape off and redo it.

I want to do a test ride but my lack of sleep is catching up with me. I have a headache and feel giddy. I'll have a snooze first...

 

[ColinJ]

I just had a quick look online and found a technique for finishing bar taping neatly. (A diagonal cut along the end of the tape.) I'll do that after my snooze and test ride.

 

[Dave7]

I‘ve just had a sandwich with tuna mayo and sweetcorn and tomato. Big glass of beetroot juice with it and then a mug of tea.

Sounded good till I got to the beetroot juice

 

[Dave7]

Not had a Sunday roast for years - are they still popular I wonder?

@Dirk has one every day

 

[classic33]

@Dirk has one every day

Apart from on a Friday

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Not had a Sunday roast for years - are they still popular I wonder?

I have a piece of pork roasting in the oven along with a couple of spuds baking, I'm going to do some mixed veg to go with it.

 

[classic33]

I have a piece of pork roasting in the oven along with a couple of spuds baking, I'm going to do some mixed veg to go with it.

Fancy oven, it roasts and bakes at the same time.

How does it know not to bake the pork?