The Retirement Thread

[Sterlo]

Mr WD has gone for a walk aka gossip. I won't see him for at least a couple of hours then.

You should keep him on a chain in the garden

 

[Exlaser2]

Morning all, hot here already. Was going to have a quick ride before it got too hot but got distracted 😀. Nothing else going on with me today . Volunteering is cancelled again so the high points of my day will be a quick visit to m&s , hoovering upstairs and cleaning the bathroom 😂.
Living the retirement dream 😂😂

 

[Mo1959]

Mr WD has gone for a walk aka gossip. I won't see him for at least a couple of hours then.

I see you have an amber heat warning for several days this week again!

 

[welsh dragon]

I see you have an amber heat warning for several days this week again!

We have, but hopefully it's more the south. Its still going to be hot though.

 

[welsh dragon]

This is how it's looking for us.

 

[Dirk]

First crop of chillis that I've grown from seed this year.
They are Birds Eye chillis - aka Thai chillis.
Around 50 000 - 100 000 on the Scoville scale.
Tried one in a curry the other night and it was spot on.

 

[Dave7]

Desktop, tablet or phone? I'm on my desktop.

Phone.
Samsung Galaxy

 

[classic33]

How much, and what should I be watching for. First carbon framed bike I'm having a gander at.

 

[Paulus]

I should have a good look for any signs of cracking around the frame and fork.
Price wise, I have no idea,
Have a look on Fleabay, see if any similar models are on there.

 

[classic33]

I should have a good look for any signs of cracking around the frame and fork.
Price wise, I have no idea,
Have a look on Fleabay, see if any similar models are on there.

Anything from £150 to £300+.

Metal I can work on, carbon is new to me.

 

[Paulus]

Anything from £150 to £300+.

Metal I can work on, carbon is new to me.

I don't have any carbon fibre bikes, all old school steel.
Maybe @PaulSB can help you.

 

[rustybolts]

I’m reading “ Termination Shock “ by Neal Stephenson at the moment. Its set in the near future where the effects of climate change have caused temperatures to rise to the extent that people need to wear personal refrigeration devices when venturing outside in the summer. They’re a sort of close fitting garment with chilled water pumped around fine tubes ( a sort of electric blanket in reverse )
As you’re a dab hand with your sewing machine perhaps you could knock up something similar from a spare pair of your bloomers?

That would indeed be a sight to behold .. but could we bear the shock ?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Phone.
Samsung Galaxy

On my Nokia phone and on my Lenovo tablet I'd save to the device then upload to Cycle Chat in the usual way.

 

[classic33]

No......thanks but I mean from Facebook to here.

Using the Copy Image option.

And not logged onto Facebook allows this to be copied and posted here.

 

[12boy]

It is 54 at 6 am and 92 at 1pm...98 tomorrow. Hard to believe it could snow next month. Went for a ride on my Holdsworth Special yesterday and had to wonder why I don't ride it more often. I had my 'Dale m400 Al mtn bike with studded snows hanging in my bike shed and the Holdsworth in the garden stuff shed so I reversed that so as to have easier access to the Holdsworth. My son had brought me 4 shelve sets from Ikea and 2 were unassembled so they went to my storage space where I am attempting to stage stuff to get rid off. The storage is 12 miles by bike from my house so on Sunday I put a medium size bag I had made on the front of the Brompton and rode over to assemble the shelves. When done I put 10 lbs of tools in the bag and rode home... Today there will be more going through the garage and then a walk in heat to the coffee place with my neighbor to have an ice coffee. Of course, that is after another Holdsworth ride.
Be safe and well...... For some reason the rosebud/ basket thing reminded me of the Seinfeld episode in which Kramer invented the "Bro" to help support and uplift floppy old man boobs.