The Retirement Thread

[Chief Broom]

I think I’ll need to start visiting the farm shops too as the supermarket eggs, even those that are labelled as free range, are just so tasteless with really pale yolks.

Agree with you there Mo Tesco free range changed from brown to horrid gleaming white [presumably all the brown layers got early 'retirement']. These new white eggs dont crack normally for some reason ie the crack can be lengthwise and end up with a handful of egg watery, insipid, tasteless..... the 'great' minds that ruined tomatoes are doing the same for eggs. 😖

 

[Dave7]

They didn the Fibre thing in my old village, 6 months of disruption and no one signed up!

New toilet seat ordered. An original Roca one is £80. A near identical item £25 from B&Q. Guess which I went for?

You have to weigh up the cost against the endless hours of pleasure it will give you

 

[Tenkaykev]

I had an email from BT saying they are in our area and we should have fill fibre soon. I knew they were around as lots of cabling suddenly appeared on the telephone poles about 2 months ago.

City Fibre cabled up our area a year or so ago. Toob Broadband offerred a deal for 900Mb up / down and it has been rock solid. We then started getting offers from the usual suspects such as EE offering " Superfast Broadband 300Mb for £29.99* The price was going to increase each year by inflation plus an " uplift ", Toob price is fixed for the duration. As ever, it pays to shop around.

 

[Mo1959]

Agree with you there Mo Tesco free range changed from brown to horrid gleaming white [presumably all the brown layers got early 'retirement']. These new white eggs dont crack normally for some reason ie the crack can be lengthwise and end up with a handful of egg watery, insipid, tasteless..... the 'great' minds that ruined tomatoes are doing the same for eggs. 😖

The tomatoes here are still quite nice as long as you pay extra for the ones on the vine. I even found organic in the Co-op the other day so that’s what I have at the moment.

 

[Mo1959]

Talking of tomatoes, it’s weird how much I enjoy eating them yet can’t stand tomato juice. I’m the same with coffee. I enjoy drinking it but don’t like coffee flavour in food.

 

[Dave7]

Talking of tomatoes, it’s weird how much I enjoy eating them yet can’t stand tomato juice. I’m the same with coffee. I enjoy drinking it but don’t like coffee flavour in food.

Exactly the same here Mo, just can't stand those coffee flavoured/filled chocolates.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I just broke the toilet seat. I was sat there contemplating life, the universe and everything only to be interrupted by a sound like a bullet striking the loo.

Too many sprouts

or a dodgy Indian??

 

[Dave7]

Think I'm pregnant again.
I had/have a sudden desire for Maltesers. Daughter had a tesco delivery this morning so I got a bag included.

 

[Mo1959]

Think I'm pregnant again.
I had/have a sudden desire for Maltesers. Daughter had a tesco delivery this morning so I got a bag included.

Hopefully it’s quitting alcohol that’s improved your appetite. I think that’s quite common.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They are just about to start putting fibre in our street. No doubt more days of noise and disruption but I suppose it’s worth it for something like that.

They had fibre in Tesco round here many years ago

Especially in the cereal aisle


( Iwas looking for an image of a road containing a line of packets of Bran Fibre but couldn;t find one - sometimes the WWW just lets you down!!)

 

[Dave7]

Hopefully it’s quitting alcohol that’s improved your appetite. I think that’s quite common.

Definitely believe it's helped Mo.

 

[gavroche]

They didn the Fibre thing in my old village, 6 months of disruption and no one signed up!

New toilet seat ordered. An original Roca one is £80. A near identical item £25 from B&Q. Guess which I went for?

The expensive one cos you can afford it.

 

[Dave7]

Right......all my shredding is done, some going back 15 years .
My shredder was cheap. Remember Maplins ? wll it was their cheapest and kept overheating. Used my daughters with no problems.
And it's raining again.

 

[Dave7]

The expensive one cos you can afford it.

I imagine they look the same when you are sat on it

 

[rustybolts]

I just broke the toilet seat. I was sat there contemplating life, the universe and everything only to be interrupted by a sound like a bullet striking the loo.

https://willoughby-ind.com/product/etws-1490-fm/