The Retirement Thread

[mikeIow]

That will be me shortly. The only thing missing will be a grill for eg cheese on toast.
Which hob did you go for ?

Ah, we’ve had ours quite some time: since a big kitchen fit in 2008 - a Stoves range with the induction top. Still works like new: well….one knob falls off on occasion….which we can’t see as a reason to replace it, despite the modern version having that very grill you mention!

Some friends recently got a Neff one which has a physical knob to control, but is itself magnetic, to allow for easy cleaning - looks good!

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. again. To be freezing all week then a sudden change on Saturday when it’s to get a lot milder, but of course wet.

Some snow forecast tomorrow, but sometimes it misses us.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Paulus]

Morning all.
-2⁰c outside at the moment, and very frosty. Time for a mug of tea.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning, second cup of coffee is being consumed. Not looked out of the window yet but know it's cold out there " like July in Aberdeen " 😁
Going to pop down to Argos and pick up some new kitchen scales, our old one was eating batteries and I realised one of the buttons was stuck in the on position.
Only managed a slow 5k yesterday, didn't realise how much fitness I'd lost, will head out again this morning as long as it's not icy underfoot

 

[Drago]

Aye, -2°C here in suburban poshshire.

 

[Dave7]

Blinkin blumin flippin cold innit. Makes me think of Mikelows comment about his knob falling off. Not getting above zero° all day.
conservatory warming up now and its quite cosy.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Looks like it's going to be a nice day : 5° and sunny.
Off to ALDI in Taunton this morning.
It's a 36 mile round trip, but it's a brand new store and pretty good.

 

[mikeIow]

5 degrees?
-2 here, with a ‘feels like -6’ windchill…
Pickleball this morning, if the car defrosts in time 🥶

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooioeeee. -2 for us. Bloomin cold. I have my trusty winter bloomers on to keep me warm.

We are shopping today just on case in case it snow's.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Tenkaykev]

Speaking of the cold, when our Solar was installed in November we had the Battery and controls sited in the outhouse which is unheated. The battery is weatherproof anyway and works down to minus temperatures, but being a bit paranoid I put a small fan heater in there and plugged it into a "Smart" switch that had been monitoring the amount of electricity the tumble dryer was using, the idea being to switch on the heater should the battery temperature drop towards freezing . When we returned home on Friday I noticed that the battery was nearly depleted which was a bit of a puzzle. I wandered out to the outhouse to find it toasty warm! I'd forgotten that I'd set a timer on the Smartplug to switch on between 8:00am and 8:00pm, so the fan heater had been running for the best part of the day and drained about 12kW out of the battery. Silly billy me 😁

 

[Mo1959]

Speaking of batteries, I'll need to stick my head torch on charge as it's down to 2 bars. Soon not need it. I could just about see where I was going without it by 7.35 this morning.

 

[Chief Broom]

Morning folks a strange thudding knock on the door this morning....so upon opening it i was surprised to see a polar bear! "can i come in for a cuppah cuz its too ****** cold for me and im a polar bear" Sure i said and made him some coffee and cheese on toast, "ah thats better" said the bear, im off down the camping shop to get some thermals cuz its too freaking cold"!

 

[mistyoptic]

Not enough for a snowman but we has snow

 

[Dave7]

Chomping on a bacon on toast butty. Yum.
Did the bacon in the air frier so it's nice and crisp.