The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

4.5 mile walk done. As long as you are dressed for it and walk briskly it was actually fine and really enjoyed it. There was no precipitation (I like that word ) yesterday so no ice underfoot to speak of.

 

[welsh dragon]

4.5 mile walk done. As long as you are dressed for it and walk briskly it was actually fine and really enjoyed it. There was no precipitation (I like that word ) yesterday so no ice underfoot to speak of.

You are just trying to be a smart arse by using flash words.

 

[PaulSB]

I've been reading the news. Gotta love the Beeb...........I hadn't realised just how bad things are on the canal today...........

 

[welsh dragon]

Its so cold in the porch that Mr WD is having to use the hairdryer to try to unfreeze the lock on the door so that we can get the key in to unlock it.

 

[Mo1959]

I've been reading the news. Gotta love the Beeb...........I hadn't realised just how bad things are on the canal today...........

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I'm currently browsing other stories of the "chaos". Pictures of an inch of snow that people couldn't cope with and had to abandon their cars and take refuge. I regularly drove home from night shifts with several inches of snow. I could barely see the sides of the road some mornings. Always made it apart from anything absolutely horrendous when police were turning you back. Many white knuckle drives right enough. Sadly people don't seem able to cope with stuff the same for some reason.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm currently browsing other stories of the "chaos". Pictures of an inch of snow that people couldn't cope with and had to abandon their cars and take refuge. I regularly drove home from night shifts with several inches of snow. I could barely see the sides of the road some mornings. Always made it apart from anything absolutely horrendous when police were turning you back. Many white knuckle drives right enough. Sadly people don't seem able to cope with stuff the same for some reason.

I cycled to and from work for over 30 years and never got stopped by the weather.

 

[welsh dragon]

Its now a balmy -6. This global warming is a bummer.

I see loads of people crashing and sliding all over the motorway and roads.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

V.cold here.

Didn't get up until 9.30am and once we are properly awake we will drive over to Windermere to walk a 6 mile Bowness & Chips circuit.

We love walking by the edge of the lake.

 

[classic33]

Its so cold in the porch that Mr WD is having to use the hairdryer to try to unfreeze the lock on the door so that we can get the key in to unlock it.

Just think, if you came home to that situation, unable to get the key in the lock due to it being frozen.

 

[classic33]

Heavy, significant snowfall in London.

Meanwhile Braemar in Aberdeenshire recorded -15.7°C overnight. Lowest in the UK this winter.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just think, if you came home to that situation, unable to get the key in the lock due to it being frozen.

Maybe peeing on the lock will work - obviously easier for a guy.

As an aside I did use this method for getting a choked canti cleared of mud on a MTB ride on the Isle of Wight many years ago. Mrs SD was very impressed!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well that was an interesting start to the day

Workmen due to come and board the loft to give us more storage space
arrived about 8:30 - which is good

Started off- 2 of them - and I left them to it - no tea required for an hour or so

after about 20 minutes the old bloke comes hairing down the stairs and asks where the stop cock is - which was worrying!!!

long story short - when they moved some of the insulation around they also knocked a copper pipe that was sort of floating half in midair and half on top of the insulation - not really secured anywhere
any it turned out that it had a cheap push fit connector on it and when it was knocked it seperated and turned out to have mains water pressure in it

so water started going everywhere

found the stop cock - which turns out to be jammed open - which doesn;t help
tap in teh street - is not anywhere obvious

ANyway - the bloke managed to force the push fit connector back together and the leak stopped - but not after tripping all the electrics


So - no boarding possible until the pipe is properly fixed - looks like it has bee seeping for ages - the whole area under it was damn even below the insulation - and now all the ceiling and wood needs to dry out

but we have the electirc back on

and now I need to find a plumber - and not the relative that we normally use because I am heartily fed up with him - I suspect he did the pipe that leaked when he replaced the old boiler when I first moved in!!

Right - I'm off - I will leave SWMBO at home in case it all goes wrong!

 

[classic33]

Well that was an interesting start to the day

Workmen due to come and board the loft to give us more storage space
arrived about 8:30 - which is good

Started off- 2 of them - and I left them to it - no tea required for an hour or so

after about 20 minutes the old bloke comes hairing down the stairs and asks where the stop cock is - which was worrying!!!

long story short - when they moved some of the insulation around they also knocked a copper pipe that was sort of floating half in midair and half on top of the insulation - not really secured anywhere
any it turned out that it had a cheap push fit connector on it and when it was knocked it seperated and turned out to have mains water pressure in it

so water started going everywhere

found the stop cock - which turns out to be jammed open - which doesn;t help
tap in teh street - is not anywhere obvious

ANyway - the bloke managed to force the push fit connector back together and the leak stopped - but not after tripping all the electrics


So - no boarding possible until the pipe is properly fixed - looks like it has bee seeping for ages - the whole area under it was damn even below the insulation - and now all the ceiling and wood needs to dry out

but we have the electirc back on

and now I need to find a plumber - and not the relative that we normally use because I am heartily fed up with him - I suspect he did the pipe that leaked when he replaced the old boiler when I first moved in!!

Right - I'm off - I will leave SWMBO at home in case it all goes wrong!

Can you get to the pipe yourself?
If you can, one of these is required.

£3-£5 depending on size of pipe and packet size.

 

[Mo1959]

I see three of the boys who fell through the ice yesterday have died. A very sad Christmas for some families. People never seem to learn about playing on iced over water do they. You would need at least a week of these temperatures before it would be remotely safe and `I still wouldn’t chance it.

 

[classic33]

I see three of the boys who fell through the ice yesterday have died. A very sad Christmas for some families. People never seem to learn about playing on iced over water do they. You would need at least a week of these temperatures before it would be remotely safe and `I still wouldn’t chance it.

Did it as a kid myself, but we always checked how thick the ice raft was before going anywhere. Eight inches or slightly less, we'd walk on it, but wouldn't use it as a raft. Not seen it that thick in years though.

I'm now the one that spoils the fun by smashing the ice. If I can throw a rock on it and it breaks, it's too thin.

Started doing it after the ice gave way under a kid, and he'd to be pulled out from under it. Waist deep, but he were stuck.