The Retirement Thread
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A friend of mine lives on a houseboat locally, and has done for many years.
Daughter & I went for a chug through Blisworth tunnel with him (at 3076 yards long is the 3rd longest navigable canal tunnel) several years ago..
Quite spooky it was, too!
Daughter & I went for a chug through Blisworth tunnel with him (at 3076 yards long is the 3rd longest navigable canal tunnel) several years ago..
Quite spooky it was, too!
As I had never heard of the Blisworth tunnel i googled it. Being a landlubber i don't quite know what this means but Google says "it is the longest wide fully navigable tunnel in Europe".... quite an engineering feature. Especially so being built late 1700s/early 1800s.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I have survived. We have visited a shopping centre a month before Christmas and returned home. Not only that it's 100% mission accomplished, all presents found. 👍
Mind you an 11 minute queue to get in the car park and a 38 minute queue to get out again. 😧
I was permitted to buy a new headlight bulb for the car. This is now fitted........and works.
Mind you an 11 minute queue to get in the car park and a 38 minute queue to get out again. 😧
I was permitted to buy a new headlight bulb for the car. This is now fitted........and works.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Looks lovely
It's got a great history & such a fest of engineering for the time, too.
It used to be the longest navigable tunnel but one up norf got fixed which put Blisworth in 2nd place.
No idea about the rest of Europe, though.
Made a big sausage casserole divided it into four. Eat one quarter, will have another tomorrow. The other two are in the freezer. I find I can't really make just a single helping of stews and casseroles. Doing it this way spreads it out over weeks.
Other than that it's just been rain and more rain all day. There's so much standing water on the road, I saw three pigeons taking a bath in the puddle in front of my house.
Other than that it's just been rain and more rain all day. There's so much standing water on the road, I saw three pigeons taking a bath in the puddle in front of my house.
classic33
Leg End Member
Hanoi burglary?
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
We have the Yale one. Had it for some years now. Changing the batteries on the siren is tedious but otherwise all good
classic33
Leg End Member
Received a letter yesterday, dated the 18th November, telling me my appointment was on the 16th November.
Letter reads as a normal appointment letter. Written in the past, with details of the appointment given in the future tense, as though they're still expecting me to turn up for it.
Letter reads as a normal appointment letter. Written in the past, with details of the appointment given in the future tense, as though they're still expecting me to turn up for it.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I'm a southerner and I have the accent to prove it. I'm sure, like me, you can all pronounce "lass."
So up here the locals drink beer out of a glass, that rhymes with lass. Not where I come from
My friend, Bolton born and bred orders, I'm given a can.
Me to bar lady: "Can I have a glarse please?"
Bar lady looks at my friend,quizzically??
My friend says: "He means a glass!!!"
😂😂 I've been here 43 years. Never before has someone not understood my accent!
So up here the locals drink beer out of a glass, that rhymes with lass. Not where I come from
My friend, Bolton born and bred orders, I'm given a can.
Me to bar lady: "Can I have a glarse please?"
Bar lady looks at my friend,quizzically??
My friend says: "He means a glass!!!"
😂😂 I've been here 43 years. Never before has someone not understood my accent!
classic33
Leg End Member
You wanted anything in yer glarse!
