The Retirement Thread

[monkers]

I have slime in my Y fronts

I nearly grossed out. Have you been looking at bike porn again?

 

[PaulSB]

Well I've been doing this Facebook challenge on 10 albums that influenced my musical taste. Here you go folks:

• Disraeli Gears - Cream - 1967 ( I was 13!)
• The Rock Machine Turns You On - Compilation - 1968
• Lola Versus Superman - Kinks - 1970
• Taste Live at the Isle of Wight - Taste - 1971
• Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion - Roy Harper - 1974
• Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan - 1975
• Down in the Bunker - Steve Gibbons Band - 1977
• Night After Night - Nils Lofgren - 1977
• Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen - 1984
• Cutter and the Clan - Runrig - 1987

A friend saw the list and described it as "eclectic" - I was quite surprised by that as I thought my tastes quite narrow.

 

[MontyVeda]

Well I've been doing this Facebook challenge on 10 albums that influenced my musical taste. Here you go folks:

• Disraeli Gears - Cream - 1967 ( I was 13!)
• The Rock Machine Turns You On - Compilation - 1968
• Lola Versus Superman - Kinks - 1970
• Taste Live at the Isle of Wight - Taste - 1971
• Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion - Roy Harper - 1974
• Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan - 1975
• Down in the Bunker - Steve Gibbons Band - 1977
• Night After Night - Nils Lofgren - 1977
• Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen - 1984
• Cutter and the Clan - Runrig - 1987

A friend saw the list and described it as "eclectic" - I was quite surprised by that as I thought my tastes quite narrow.

Oddly enough... i was just thinking about the eclecticism of those FB top 10 things yesterday, most are quite varied in genre, apart from the 'rockers' who only nominate albums by the likes of Metalhammer, Thrashbadger, Bloodmaiden, Thonggarden, Bloodface or Spineburger ...why can't they admit to loving a bit of Billy Joel or the Spice Girls when they were young?

 

[Mo1959]

Like the Cube, it's a 56 frame, but less bar slope, so it's very much tippy-toe for me. It had no pedals on, the chap reassured me that if I manage a 56 Cube, then I'll find seat adjustment on the Trek. Neither Cube or Trek are supplied with pedals, so he's going to swap them over for me while I wait.

You must be quite tall? I even feel just a smidgin too stretched on a 51!

 

[monkers]

You must be quite tall? I even feel just a smidgin too stretched on a 51!

I guess, but not exactly Jodie Kidd. I'm about 1.74m. (she's 1.85m)

 

[Mo1959]

I guess, but not exactly Jodie Kidd. I'm about 1.74m. (she's 1.85m)

What’s that in real money? I don’t do these metric thingies!

 

[monkers]

What’s that in real money? I don’t do these metric thingies!

Tut, tut, and you with a Scottish education. It's somewhere between about 5' 8'' and 5' 8.5''

 

[Mo1959]

Tut, tut, and you with a Scottish education. It's somewhere between about 5' 8'' and 5' 8.5''

I’m younger than you and still got taught in old money, feet and inches in primary school so it’s just stuck.

 

[monkers]

I’m younger than you and still got taught in old money, feet and inches in primary school so it’s just stuck.

So did we initially, but the UK adopted the metric system in 1965! I still find it easier to visualise measurements in imperial though.

 

[BoldonLad]

Hiya thanks.

Choice is limited at the moment. I went and saw it just after lunch, looks super in the flesh as it were. They are going to do the PDI this evening so that I can collect it tomorrow morning after 9. It's a 10 ratio cassette with 32T at the top and 11T at the bottom.

I had a choice of two different bikes at the same price. I really didn't know which to choose, so I did the girly thing in the end and just chose by colour.

A number of years ago, Mrs Boldonlad wanted a new car. She had chosen make/model. We went to Dealer for test drive etc, expecting to seal the deal. Before it came to doing deal, Mrs B announced she had changed her mind. Off we went and bought another make/model. I asked what it was about the original choice she didn’t like. Answer, “nothing wrong with car, but, salesman talked about the technical things with you, and only the colour and upholstery with me”. I might add that Mrs B has no interest in cars, beyond the colour.

 

[GM]

Well I've been doing this Facebook challenge on 10 albums that influenced my musical taste. Here you go folks:

• Disraeli Gears - Cream - 1967 ( I was 13!)
• The Rock Machine Turns You On - Compilation - 1968
• Lola Versus Superman - Kinks - 1970
• Taste Live at the Isle of Wight - Taste - 1971
• Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion - Roy Harper - 1974
• Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan - 1975
• Down in the Bunker - Steve Gibbons Band - 1977
• Night After Night - Nils Lofgren - 1977
• Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen - 1984
• Cutter and the Clan - Runrig - 1987

A friend saw the list and described it as "eclectic" - I was quite surprised by that as I thought my tastes quite narrow.

Good choice there Paul. I've got 4 of those albums, Cream, Brucie, Bob Dylan and The Rock Machine which I played to bits. I remember buying it when I was working up in Blackpool that summer. I've still got them somewhere up in the loft.

 

[screenman]

Oh bleddy hellfire. Mrs D has ordered a new wardrobe, and its a flat pack job. Guess who'll end up doing that

Lemmy? He will most likely do it properly.

 

[screenman]

'Twas quiet on the beach just now......

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Not a soul....or sole....to be seen.

Only because of the giant monster coming out of the sea chased them all away, looks great.

 

[PaulSB]

Good choice there Paul. I've got 4 of those albums, Cream, Brucie, Bob Dylan and The Rock Machine which I played to bits. I remember buying it when I was working up in Blackpool that summer. I've still got them somewhere up in the loft.

I only found out when I was doing the FB thing the Rock Machine was the first compilation album.

When you look at the track listing it's little wonder it made such an impact on a 14 year old - Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Blood Sweat and Tears, Zombies, Taj Mahal, Roy Harper, Elmer Gantry, Simon and Garfunkel. I mean WOW, just WOW!! It really opened my ears to something other than the Beatles.

 

[classic33]

I guess, but not exactly Jodie Kidd. I'm about 1.74m. (she's 1.85m)

What’s that in real money? I don’t do these metric thingies!

Tut, tut, and you with a Scottish education. It's somewhere between about 5' 8'' and 5' 8.5''

No between, it is 5' 81/2"...