The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Bike bits online?

Sadly not. Mrs P asked today if I've seen the parking ticket she got recently. I picked it up off the sideboard where it has lived for sometime and gave it to her.

I'll mention here the ticket was for parking in one of those on street charging bays. Mrs P said she didn't know, I did remark on this!!!

Mrs P "oh good. I need to pay that inside the 14 days."

Mr P "That was up on March 26th. It's £70 now"

Mrs P "Well I've been worried about this lockdown business. I'll appeal and tell them I'm self-isolating and haven't been in the car"

This is true.

So an email appeal was sent. Inside 30 minutes her "appeal" based around self-isolating etc was rejected. A rather angry Mrs P has sent a further reply which is more likely to get her jailed than win friends and influence people.

So basically I was £100 up, £70 down leaving me with £30 ........ could be worse, I could be stuck at home. 🤔

 

[Mo1959]

I often wondered about cycling [now triking] around that area. Usually was glad to get through unscathed in a large vehicle tho' on my way to Perth and on to Aberdeen. Comrie is bad but short. Crieff is longer with lots of parked vehicles blocking one side or the other.

Yes, and nothing they can do about it really. It’s a real bottleneck.

 

[classic33]

The weather here has changed a bit. Monday was 13C, today -13 C. Should stop snowing in 5 hours and then 21 mph NE winds. The brown pictures are coming down from a road 1000 ft up the mountain from my house. The middle one is the highest point on the loop and the other two show some little mountains 40 miles away. The others would be from my place. Looks like the exercise today will be shovelling 5+ inches of wet spring snow. Of course by Sat it will be 10C.

I'd wait a day or two, before shovelling that snow.

 

[12boy]

I am one of the few people in town who believe the sidewalks should be passable. Besides, the shovelling counted to my daily ration of exercise...I would need a fatbike to bike around much. Had to make a path in the yard anyway, so my 16 year old rat terrier, whose legs are only about 10 inches long, could go poo and pee in the comfort a dowager dog is entitled to.

 

[GM]

It's time for the....

 

[Mo1959]

It's time for the....

Couple of local lads in my town.


View: https://www.facebook.com/graham.martin.7524/videos/2973796802689603/

 

[PaulSB]

@GM - thanks I'd forgotten that wonderful track. A HUGE favourite from my youth.

 

[GM]

@GM - thanks I'd forgotten that wonderful track. A HUGE favourite from my youth.

....and mine! saw them play this live twice ( different times Classic33 ) at the Rainbow when I had hair!

 

[classic33]

....and mine! saw them play this live twice (different times Classic33 ) at the Rainbow when I had hair!

That's right, pick on me, again!

 

[GM]

That's right, pick on me, again!

 

[screenman]

Can you let him know cycling is a low impact sport. What a pillock that man is.

It was nearly high impact for me today, out walking across the back fields into a strong headwind and Muppet on an electric bike nearly parked it between my legs, I was not amused as he gave no warning and if he had slowed we were only 10 yards from where the path widened out.

 

[PaulSB]

Society suddenly seems so much kinder and caring. Are we going to be able to carry this forward - for always?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Society suddenly seems so much kinder and caring. Are we going to be able to carry this forward - for always?

I doubt it, but it would be nice.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've had an easier day today, painting and clearing up, I've also been out, chasing the pharmacy to get my Good Lady her medication.

 

[classic33]

I've had an easier day today, painting and clearing up, I've also been out, chasing the pharmacy to get my Good Lady her medication.

Mobile pharmacy and you were on your bike?