The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

Never having thought about this I find it interesting. Am I interpreting the numbers correctly? You're saying two people can manage on 51 litres of water for 24 hours which includes showers, toilet, presumably brews and some cooking.

Seems impressively low to me. I would have thought one person would use more than 50 litres for a shower.

We use about 75 a day when doing all that, the toilet flush is separate and will only be a few litres a day.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Mornin' all.
Looks like the weather will be offering a little of everything today ... well, maybe not snow ... or fog.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

It's as grey as my hair outside with lots of rain forecast.
☔☔☔
Day 11 of LEJOG today, I've ordered (another) new saddle, I'm thinking that all these hours on the turbo are the ideal opportunity to try different ones out.
Have a lovely day folks 🚲🏃🚶☔🙏

 

[screenman]

Morning all, nice blue sky out this morning. The paint should be dry so you can all look forward to another photo of the garage today, I know it is very exciting. Have fun and enjoy the day.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, I should be able to get a bike ride in this morning

 

[PaulSB]

Well good morning people. I'm feeling more positive than I have for the last three mornings which is good. Despite waking at 5.00 - 5.30 I slept well each night.

Skies are clear, 9C and breezy. I will get my bike out in a couple of hours. I'm thinking I might do a BIG climb just for the hell of it. Could be a strong headwind so I'll investigate first.

Later I have to collect hops from the brewery for my allotment.

I'm sure we have music fans here and we're all of a similar generation. Last night I watched Love & Mercy a biopic on Brian Wilson. It's a nice story though probably reflects that his wife wrote the book. It's on iPlayer, BBC 2.

Also spotted this. Not sure I can do 24 hours but I'll dip in and out. We'd expected a tour this year.........

https://www.nme.com/news/music/a-24...en-athon-is-taking-place-this-weekend-2655444

 

[PaulSB]

Morning all, nice blue sky out this morning. The paint should be dry so you can all look forward to another photo of the garage today, I know it is very exciting. Have fun and enjoy the day.

Gosh I wondered what else I could do today.........guess that fills every remaining hour. 🙄😀

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning all, nice blue sky out this morning. The paint should be dry so you can all look forward to another photo of the garage today, I know it is very exciting. Have fun and enjoy the day.

I remember reading an interview with a lady who was a materials scientist.
Part of her job was watching paint dry.
She explained that on a molecular level, and viewed under a microscope it was fascinating.
My type of girl! 😁

 

[Dirk]

Never having thought about this I find it interesting. Am I interpreting the numbers correctly? You're saying two people can manage on 51 litres of water for 24 hours which includes showers, toilet, presumably brews and some cooking.

Seems impressively low to me. I would have thought one person would use more than 50 litres for a shower.

Morning all

We could manage on about 30 ltrs a day at a push.
When showering in the van, you dont leave it running constantly.
Switch shower on to wet yourself - switch off - soap up - switch back on to rinse off. Probably takes about 5 + ltrs if done quickly.
The toilet has a seperate flush tank that lasts about 3 days and is filled seperately.
We've never had a real problem using the 40 ltr water roll, but the extra 11 ltr capacity of the new one will stop us sailing a bit close to the wind on occasion. As you mention, the capacity includes normal washing, cooking, brews etc.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all, a nice sunny start to the day here, I don't think it's going to last though.
MrsP is organising a family quiz for this evening on Zoom, other than that today will be much like any other day in paradise.

 

[Mo1959]

Go on @Mo1959 you know you'll enjoy the ride when you get going.

I did........and I didn't particularly! That bike is heavy and my legs were heavy too. Not a good combination. Just 23 miles but it'll do. Quite chilly and wet roads so glad of the mudguards.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

A little later than is the norm, as Mrs D's legs were misbehaving last night as part of the current MS flare up. If she doesn't sleep well then that means I don't either, so had a Sunday type lay in until 0730hrs. Muttley walked, just cleaning myself up and preparing breakfast.

 

[PaulSB]

I did........and I didn't particularly! That bike is heavy and my legs were heavy too. Not a good combination. Just 23 miles but it'll do. Quite chilly and wet roads so glad of the mudguards.

Oh, sorry. I'll be gone in 30 minutes........I'll look on it as punisment

 

[Dave7]

Ask who put "Declined Treatment" on your records, and when.

The mystery deepens.
'They' have emailed the dentist to say they have phoned repeatedly and left messages which I have not responded to. So I asked how they could phone when I have never given them a phone number**. The dentist's response was..........she has no way to contact them and ask questions. Everything is done online by set referral questionnaires that she has to go through for each patient. Similarly I cannot phone her, its all done online and then by email.
**if, somehow, they have my mobile number then as you know that has been unusable for a week (should have that back today or tomorrow).

 

[numbnuts]

Hi it's and I'm and could be a very long day