The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeee. Yet another gorgeous day is in store for us. Blue skies and sunshine although according to my weather map the weekend is going to be cold and rainy.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Warm and sunny already. I’m popping over to the daughters to tale the Hamax child seat and adaptor off her bike. Granddaughter is getting a bit big for it. Already found a new home for it, a friends son is looking for one ( and a new bike to mount it on )
It’s also our running club annual dinner this evening 🍺
Have a peaceful day folks ☀️☀️☕️👍

 

[Mo1959]

I am where the little red dot is and the heavy stuff is heading this way.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, shopping Friday comes around again, must do some housework later, I should have been dusting and polishing yesterday but went into town instead.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Now there's a coincidence... When I got back into Todmorden this afternoon I saw a Lotus 7 kit car clone, followed by another one, followed by a third one! In my teens when I still wanted to learn to drive I lusted after a Lotus 7, like the one driven by 'Number 6'!



Perhaps there was a local Prisoner fan club meeting that I hadn't heard about? Hmm... there are Caterham/Lotus 7 clubs!

Cryptic question for you all (answer tomorrow): When does splashing out mean NOT splashing out?

Something I hadn't noticed before with that, he drives under the car park barrier.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Yay tis Fish Friday

Looking good out there.
Off to Ham Hill this morning and then we are going to surprise the ex landlord of our village local. He's taken over the Fleur de Lys in Stoke sub Hampden.
I'm going to stick my head inside and shout 'You can run but you can't hide'

 

[Paulus]

Bonjour from Bordeaux.
Hot here already, and it's only 0905
Time for breakfast, and then packing up to get the train ,the station is only 5 minutes walk, at 10.30.
We've got two hours to get across Paris from Montparnesse station to the Gard de Nord for the Eurostar. Should be back at St Pancras by 1630.

Enjoy your day everyone.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day. Surprisingly the sun is shining. Didn't sleep very well and up early but at least I've got two loads washed and on the line. No it's time to slap on the suncream and get the bike out for what has been posted as an "easy" ride. We shall see, this pensioner feels as though he needs an easy ride, I'm a bit fed up that sleeping badly has returned the last few nights.

 

[ColinJ]

I went to bed slightly earlier than usual but then got woken up by Amazon emailing me at 03:30. I forgot to enable 'Do Not Disturb'! I just got another message from someone else. In between I woke another couple of times due to overHeating. It must be 20 C in my bedroom.

So, I feel very tired even before getting up. I have to decide whether to get up now, snooze later OR snooze now, get up later... It is a difficult decision!

It is going to be a bit warm for strenuous cycling during the day so I might just do my lumpy little ride to pick up a Metro. I could go out this evening to do more once it cools down a bit, though there's a risk of rain.

Oh, we have roadworks in the town centre so the main roads are clogged during the day. Fortunately, the work is only scheduled to last 30 weeks. Yes, all the way into 2023... What are they doing that takes that long, a sensitive archaeological dig?!!!

 

[ColinJ]

Something I hadn't noticed before with that, he drives under the car park barrier.

That is strange - I spotted it for the first time too!

I never thought how vulnerable drivers would be in those cars until yesterday. They looked fun to drive on sunny country roads but there's not much protection for anyone in the car if bad things were to happen!

 

[Mo1959]

Had to get out so full waterproofs on and just did the 4.2 mile loop round the riverside trail. I didn't melt in the rain. Wouldn't mind if bits of me would melt just now!

 

[postman]

Re re what is this retirement you talk about.Today yes today i finally finish painting,why has it taken so long,well getting the paint caused the delay.We chose a differnt colour and all went well,until i needed just a little more to finish off the whole of the front bedroom.It was not worth buying a full tin not to use it all,so we have waited till the paint came in and it will do both bedrooms.Nowt wrong wirh saving money when you are a Yorkshireman.

 

[numbnuts]

I have changed the bed, did some ironing and the machine is doing the washing, later I'm off to the chemist.

 

[Paulus]

On the TGV, speed just hit 296kph. 😄

 

[numbnuts]

I've just made a jam sponge cake