The Retirement Thread
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Exlaser2
Veteran
Afternoon all . Just finished packing as we are also away next week. Only in our case we are away to Brixham . The last time we stayed there was the year before we were married, which is …… a long time ago 😂. We thought it was a bit of a dump back then ( it didn’t help it rained every day ) . But we stayed near Dartmouth a couple of years ago and had a few days out there and were very impressed how it had changed so when we saw a nice apartment at the right price, we decided to give it a go . 😀
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- The Urban Fringe
Off shopping as soon as Mrs D arrives home.
Hope you enjoy it.
We honeymooned in Scarborough.....1968. We were impressed.
We went back for a short break approx 2000.....it was very depressing, so run down.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Assisted Suicide Bill is defeated 
Exlaser2
Veteran
We visited Scarborough around 2012 and I understood what you mean but it still had a faded grandeur and some charm even on a bitterly cold day in November . 😀
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
You know you’re old, when you’re entering your date of birth with a smartphone
& to get to your birth year you have to spin that bitch like you’re on the Wheel of fortune
& to get to your birth year you have to spin that bitch like you’re on the Wheel of fortune
In this heat at my age, apart from getting to where I want to watch maybe 5-10km not a chance. I did 25km in France at the start of my trip in 40°C and it was not pleasant to say the least.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Assisted Suicide Bill is defeated
A shameful day in the Commons.
Will stop there before we get into NCAP debate.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Sorry, but I'm a Catholic
You are allowed to be free thinking as well.
As Spokey says, we have to tread carefully here. I respect yours and most other religious views. And if you and the decision makers do not wish to have it for themselves or thier family I respect that.
What i dont agree with is them deciding for me or my loved ones.
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Exlaser2
Veteran
Am in two minds over this. I don’t have a problem with it ethically but I do have concerns about how it would be administered.
Also we live in a country were thousands of people in their last days die from the amount of pain killers needed to keep them pain free, so we already have a version of it already .
It’s a complicated situation and I yet to be convinced one way or the other.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
First day this school year to pick the kids up from school
Noticed that the windscreen washers seem to have run out of water
no problem - filled i tup when I got home
I did notice it took "not that much" for an empty bottle - so I tried it and they worked fine
If you want to pump some water out of the bottom the the door onto the road!!!
thought it might be serious - but the garage I used closed in 30 minutes and is closed until Monday
AND we are going away on Sunday!!
Anyway - fiddle and found a loose pipe
which is good
the end looked ragged and like it had pulled apart
BUT I could not find anything that might have been the otehr bit - I was hoping to nip out tomorrow and get a join thing of some lind
eventually managed to remove the plastic panel that covered the top of the wing and eventually found a hidden right angle connector
that had a pipe missing
connected it and it all worked
took be ages to fit it back in but I did
THEN I had to get the plastic panel back in
and it JUST DID NOT FIT
I mean - it was not just me - the back end of it was a good inch or two out and the shape means it cannot bend
It looks for all the World like it comes from a different model with slightly similar wings
expect that I had just taken it off THIS car
weird
I eventually took it of totally and that seems to make zero difference to anything other than making the underbonnet experience a look a bit less "car like"
WHich I suspect is something to do with marketing!!!
Noticed that the windscreen washers seem to have run out of water
no problem - filled i tup when I got home
I did notice it took "not that much" for an empty bottle - so I tried it and they worked fine
If you want to pump some water out of the bottom the the door onto the road!!!
thought it might be serious - but the garage I used closed in 30 minutes and is closed until Monday
AND we are going away on Sunday!!
Anyway - fiddle and found a loose pipe
which is good
the end looked ragged and like it had pulled apart
BUT I could not find anything that might have been the otehr bit - I was hoping to nip out tomorrow and get a join thing of some lind
eventually managed to remove the plastic panel that covered the top of the wing and eventually found a hidden right angle connector
that had a pipe missing
connected it and it all worked
took be ages to fit it back in but I did
THEN I had to get the plastic panel back in
and it JUST DID NOT FIT
I mean - it was not just me - the back end of it was a good inch or two out and the shape means it cannot bend
It looks for all the World like it comes from a different model with slightly similar wings
expect that I had just taken it off THIS car
weird
I eventually took it of totally and that seems to make zero difference to anything other than making the underbonnet experience a look a bit less "car like"
WHich I suspect is something to do with marketing!!!
