The Retirement Thread

[Mike Ayling]

Oh - his opinions stayed the same

he could wax lyrical about why the car rusted based on the quality of the steel they bought and how it was stored

apparently when he started the steel was bought in massive sheets and stored piled up
then the top few sheets were taken off and recycled
and the only steel that was used to make cars was from the middle sheets
and even then the edges of every sheet was cut off before use and recycled

all to avoid and steel where rust had started to take hold

Then managlement realised that they were paying for steel and not using it so they adjusted the rules ot get more steel out of each batch

and then adjusted it a bit more

and every time they made it more efficente they made the cars rust earlier

someone probably calculated that the earlier the cars rusted the more people got rid of them and bought another

and forgot that the one they bought eventually became one from Japan or France
(not Italy - because they made the Lanca Beta so clearly considered BL as an shining example of good steel!!!)

Cars made in the 21st century do seem to be more rust resistant.
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[PaulSB]

Rode with a new group today. There were 15, five women, five other males and five Pauls..............and I thought I'm unique 🤣

The chat in the cafe about other riders' exploits; "my mate, he's 68, rode bla blah." "His pal is 71" and so on. There were 3/4 tales of the exploits of these old men. I decided to keep very quiet.

Then on the ride home;
"You're retired"
"Yes"
" How long have you been retired?"
"Nine years"
"You must have retired early then"
"62"
"You're 71 ???? 😮"

I was really rather pleased by all this.

 

[PaulSB]

Completely knackered here.

3 very late nights this week and we are off to bed right now - very unusual.

We have decided on a Kindle & Cuddle night and no marital shenanigans.

Have you got a headache????

 

[PaulSB]

Cars made in the 21st century do seem to be more rust resistant.
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My Hyundai is 10 years old. No rust and I don't think there will be any.

 

[postman]

Mr WD is clearing the garage of 25 years of rubbish. It's amazing how much junk can be acquired in that time.

Pork for lunch. No idea what we are having with it mind you.

Mrs P is clearing rubbish of 35 years.Anyone want a house/flat mate,75 and trained.

 

[welsh dragon]

Apparently its -1 here at the moment

 

[Mo1959]

Apparently its -1 here at the moment

7 above here. I actually have the window open.

 

[Dirk]

Nice day for our first street fayre.

 

[PeteXXX]

TTFN 👋

 

[Marchrider]

Cars made in the 21st century do seem to be more rust resistant.
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my french van vehemently disagrees with you, there is rust everywhere

i suppose you did say 'cars' but berlingos come as cars too - unless of course they rust proof the car version

 

[classic33]

TTFN 👋

Sithi

 

[PeteXXX]

Morning campers 👋

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[PeteXXX]

Another tropical day without a cloud in the sky over the Northern Lowlands of Hamtun ☀️

 

[mikeIow]

A beautiful bright orange sunrise here in the tropical midlands.
You know what they say: red sky in the morning, shepherd’s hut on fire 🤪