The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Just back from a nice walk across the fields with muttley.
The sun has come out, and a breeze has sprung up. The forecast for the rest of the week is rain rain and more rain.
I have also booked a swimming session for Wednesday morning.

 

[PeteXXX]

Back from the town & Remembrance Day ceremony ..

Ice Cream on the way home 🍦

 

[Drago]

Back from running the legal road closures for the remembrance parade. Sadly the only road user that gave us trouble was a cyclist, which pishes me off a bit.

 

[PaulSB]

Bright and sunny. Did I say bright and sunny? Geez. Wet! Any thought of grass cutting has been binned. I'll get the hoover out shortly.

Talking of Tesco. Bamboo toothbrushes. I like to buy these, less plastic and recyclable handle.

Home Bargains pack of 3 individually wrapped in compostable paper in recyclable box. 99p

Tesco Colgate brush pack of 1 in coloured cardboard and bubble plastic. £4.10

That's 12 times the price in Tesco and less environmentally sound. I reviewed the product on the Tesco website, something I rarely do. I wonder if it will be published?

 

[PeteXXX]

Back from running the legal road closures for the remembrance parade. Sadly the only road user that gave us trouble was a cyclist, which pishes me off a bit.

It wasn't me, guv.. Honest! 😋

 

[Dave7]

Bright and sunny. Did I say bright and sunny? Geez. Wet! Any thought of grass cutting has been binned. I'll get the hoover out shortly.

Talking of Tesco. Bamboo toothbrushes. I like to buy these, less plastic and recyclable handle.

Home Bargains pack of 3 individually wrapped in compostable paper in recyclable box. 99p

Tesco Colgate brush pack of 1 in coloured cardboard and bubble plastic. £4.10

That's 12 times the price in Tesco and less environmentally sound. I reviewed the product on the Tesco website, something I rarely do. I wonder if it will be published?

What do they mean by "bamboo toothbrushes" or base layers or boxers etc.
Is Bamboo a make/manufacturer ?

 

[PaulSB]

What do they mean by "bamboo toothbrushes" or base layers or boxers etc.
Is Bamboo a make/manufacturer ?

Bamboo handle. Cut the head off and in to general waste pin. The handle I usually add to the kindling pile though I've chucked a couple on the compost heap recently to see what happens.

 

[Webbo2]

Bamboo handle. Cut the head off and in to general waste pin. The handle I usually add to the kindling pile though I've chucked a couple on the compost heap recently to see what happens.

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On bit of a tangent I use a toothbrush to clean the chalk off holds on my climbing wall.( climbers have done this for years both on real rock and on climbing walls)
You can buy specific brushes for this rather than in the old days using your worth out Colgate one.
In these times of using less plastic you can get ones with wooden handles. However strangely these are not as effective at cleaning the holds as the ones with plastic handles.
So take care your teeth don’t suddenly go green.😬😉

 

[Dave7]

Bamboo handle. Cut the head off and in to general waste pin. The handle I usually add to the kindling pile though I've chucked a couple on the compost heap recently to see what happens.

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So.....what about Bamboo boxers ? I don't want anyone cutting my head off

 

[Webbo2]

So.....what about Bamboo boxers ? I don't want anyone cutting my head off

I found Bamboo socks used to get damp presumably with sweat I wouldn’t want that in a pair of boxers.

 

[PaulSB]

@Dave7 - any thoughts on the game? This is a direct quote from the BBC commentary:

"Liverpool are just having a feel of what City will do. Will they squeeze us? They are just feeling each other out at the moment"...............

 

[Dave7]

@Dave7 - any thoughts on the game? This is a direct quote from the BBC commentary:

"Liverpool are just having a feel of what City will do. Will they squeeze us? They are just feeling each other out at the moment"...............

Leaving the saucy comments out (can't afford to get another ban ) I am not optimistic.

 

[PaulSB]

Leaving the saucy comments out (can't afford to get another ban ) I am not optimistic.

I'm rooting for you. A win would be massive for your boys.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I found Bamboo socks used to get damp presumably with sweat I wouldn’t want that in a pair of boxers.

I purchased a bamboo running top and wasn't impressed as it got heavy and clingy as the sweat built up, something that the usual synthetic ones didn't do.