The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

I had the cooker from new and some ten years later the spark thing didn't work, behind the said cooker was a alloy box, but I could not open it as no screws and I thought that it had broken, so I bought a spark gun.
A few years later while cleaning said oven I noticed a round ring like hole with a cross on it right at the bottom
Ah...... I've seen something like that before …...so with a 2p coin I turned it and a AA Duracell battery fell out, put a new one in and bingo we had sparks again

We have a gas fire in the lounge, it has a sparky thing to light it, last year it wouldn't light so I replaced the battery, its behind a panel on the front, it still wouldn't light, I called the engineer out, he changed the battery and it then lit, turned out my battery was a dud, I ended up having a full service costing 70 quid.

 

[Exlaser2]

Afternoon all .
Who on this forum is always telling us the joys of north Devon ? 😂😀 Well it’s throwing down here at the moment 😂. We did manage a walk in Bideford and do some shopping in Morrisons ( to get something for tea as we had intended to bbq ) .
On the plus side , one day down and neither my daughter or I have crossed words with the in laws 😂. Only six days to go .
Off to The Thatched Inn at Abbotsham tomorrow for a Father’s Day meal. My wife and daughter have said they will pay for us all, but as my wife will pay on Barclaycard and I sort out payment of them I am still really paying for myself 😂.
We might even go to The Big Sheep , last time I when there my daughter was 6, she is now 26 😀.
Where does the time go.

 

[Dave7]

We have a gas fire in the lounge, it has a sparky thing to light it, last year it wouldn't light so I replaced the battery, its behind a panel on the front, it still wouldn't light, I called the engineer out, he changed the battery and it then lit, turned out my battery was a dud, I ended up having a full service costing 70 quid.

We also have one in the lounge. There was nothing wrong with the old one but we had full makeover so decided on a new fire. It is not very good.....it doesn't throw enough heat out.
It could do with a service but I am in 2 minds to bite the bullet with a new one.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Afternoon all .
Who on this forum is always telling us the joys of north Devon ? 😂😀 Well it’s throwing down here at the moment 😂. We did manage a walk in Bideford and do some shopping in Morrisons ( to get something for tea as we had intended to bbq ) .
On the plus side , one day down and neither my daughter or I have crossed words with the in laws 😂. Only six days to go .
Off to The Thatched Inn at Abbotsham tomorrow for a Father’s Day meal. My wife and daughter have said they will pay for us all, but as my wife will pay on Barclaycard and I sort out payment of them I am still really paying for myself 😂.
We might even go to The Big Sheep , last time I when there my daughter was 6, she is now 26 😀.
Where does the time go.

We've been to the Big Sheep, a long time ago when our lads were small, I think we were staying in Ilfracombe that holiday, we also visited to the Gnome Sanctuary that trip.

 

[classic33]

I had the cooker from new and some ten years later the spark thing didn't work, behind the said cooker was a alloy box, but I could not open it as no screws and I thought that it had broken, so I bought a spark gun.
A few years later while cleaning said oven I noticed a round ring like hole with a cross on it right at the bottom
Ah...... I've seen something like that before …...so with a 2p coin I turned it and a AA Duracell battery fell out, put a new one in and bingo we had sparks again

Those spark guna can be shocking at times.

 

[Paulus]

Well, after waking up at 0715 to scorching weather, this afternoon got very cloudy, cool and has been raining on and off most of the afternoon. It's still raining at the moment.

 

[numbnuts]

When I was a child we use to go to llfracombe in a caravan I remember them well, it most of the time

 

[Tenkaykev]

All this talk of spark guns, we have a bell push on the front door, it’s a rocker switch which generates a voltage using a piezo crystal. No need for batteries or wiring. The receiver plugs in a wall socket.

 

[classic33]

All this talk of spark guns, we have a bell push on the front door, it’s a rocker switch which generates a voltage using a piezo crystal. No need for batteries or wiring. The receiver plugs in a wall socket.

Shocking!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Shocking!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
With granddaughter's sleepover last night, we turned in early after watching several episodes of " Bluey " and Australian cartoon series. The early hours saw me teetering on the edge of the bed again so it was off to the spare room for a sleep. Coffee is on, granddaughter is fast asleep and Mrs Tenkaykev is stirring.
G
Have a peaceful day folks
☕️👍☀️

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Up with the larks as usual.

Walked 3 miles out a lovely little country road I like then turned and ran back. Hard work but enjoyable too. This wind is picking up again today so cycling wouldn't be much fun anyway.

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all , the weather looks a lot better today. Well no mist and or rain anyway 😀.
Have a good day everyone .

 

[pawl]

We had bacon egg and chips

Is that combination a full Welsh rather than a full English