The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

Morning all, apologies for being late on parade. Been for a walk across the fields with the dog and MrsP. Because it's a lovely morning it was getting quite busy so we cut across the back fields trying to keep our social distance and all that.

A bit of fettling on the vintage bikes today. The Weinman centre pull brakes all need adjustment, I was out on my old Galaxy in the week, and the brakes were appalling. So the Falcon will get the same treatment.

No need to go out to the shops today, we are playing Freezer surprise for tea tonight, two tubs of something now defrosting.

 

[screenman]

I have been told to finish this coat of gloss and get out on my bike, I do not like to disobey orders.

 

[GM]

Morning all. Another one late on parade, although I'll been up since 8.30. 2019 Oxford and Cambridge boat race done, and might break the rules again and go for a ride when our daughter gets here around lunchtime.

Just got back from a gentle ride.
It looks like the rain is coming.
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It's been a while since I've done that route, I like it because you can expand it and do 30 or 40 miles. Used to be my regular Sunday morning outing!

 

[Dirk]

Shifted about 2 tons of top soil and levelled out a dip that's been bugging me for about 15 years.
Area should be ready for installing my raised beds when they arrive next week.
Having a lunch break now.

 

[Mo1959]

Shifted about 2 tons of top soil and levelled out a dip that's been bugging me for about 15 years.
Area should be ready for installing my raised beds when they arrive next week.
Having a lunch break now.

You’re getting it all wrong. We are supposed to be flattening the curve, not raising the dip!

 

[Exlaser2]

Afternoon all. Still sunny here, going out for a cycle with the wife in a minute . Haven’t been cycling since Monday and am missing it , I have got used to cycling every other day since this lock down started . In my defence I have need out for three walks since my last ride but each time they have been cut short and I have come home looking like a drowned rat 😂😟

 

[Mo1959]

Afternoon all. Still sunny here, going out for a cycle with the wife in a minute . Haven’t been cycling since Monday and am missing it , I have got used to cycling every other day since this lock down started . In my defence I have need out for three walks since my last ride but each time they have been cut short and I have come home looking like a drowned rat 😂😟

I’m trying to muster the enthusiasm for a spin too.

 

[Paulus]

It's been a while since I've done that route, I like it because you can expand it and do 30 or 40 miles. Used to be my regular Sunday morning outing!

Hello John, quite agree with you there. You can continue north towards Welwyn and Tring, or go east towards Hertford or go west towards St. Albans and beyond. So many variations depending on how you feel.

 

[12boy]

Got some nice mask from a lady in Albuquerque which are stylish and comfortable and into which you can insert coffee filters, which we've heard are effective . Also ordered my sheepherders wagon top which will remove the last excuse to get going on the inside of the thing. Still have many people who ignore any kind of social distancing and eschew masks entirely. Perhaps Darwin can sort them out. My wife finds connections to people who either deliver fresh veg or have curbside veg pickup, so we are actually getting better veg than before this began.

 

[Dirk]

Gardening finished for the day.
Sat outside, admiring my handiwork, with a couple of beers.
Need a nap now........

 

[screenman]

Stop talking about me I am back, ride done only 16 miles at 16mph it will do, now to reassemble the loo.

 

[Exlaser2]

Oh well that didn’t quite go to plan . Five miles into the ride and I hear a loud PING, broken spoke in the front wheel of set of campag zondas. Off home my wife goes to get the car, when she gets back to me we take her bike out of the car so she can continue the ride and I put mine in and off home I go. Sulking lol. Luckily I have a spare set of zondas, that came off an old bike , so i am all fixed and ready to have another go tomorrow . Still it’s a pain having to get it fixed at the moment , on the bright side at least I wasn’t doing 30mph down a hill when it went😀😀

 

[Mo1959]

Oh well that didn’t quite go to plan . Five miles into the ride and I hear a loud PING, broken spoke in the front wheel of set of campag zondas. Off home my wife goes to get the car, when she gets back to me we take her bike out of the car so she can continue the ride and I put mine in and off home I go. Sulking lol. Luckily I have a spare set of zondas, that came off an old bike , so i am all fixed and ready to have another go tomorrow . Still it’s a pain having to get it fixed at the moment , on the bright side at least I wasn’t doing 30mph down a hill when it went😀😀

Do you like the Zondas? I have a set of Fulcrum Racing 3 on one of my bikes. Think they are very similar. I like them.

 

[screenman]

For all of you with mobility problems the downstairs toilet is now finished and fully functional, so when you pop around you will not have to climb the stairs.

 

[Dirk]

For all of you with mobility problems the downstairs toilet is now finished and fully functional, so when you pop around you will not have to climb the stairs.

Having lived in a bungalow for 15 years, stairs seem very strange whenever we visit friends.
Our dog has never had to deal with them and we have to carry her down them. She'll go up but won't come down.