The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

Forecast says heavy rain and light wind but in fact it is fog and no wind. Small ferries cancelled but no mention of the main one. Cannot understand this as with all the modern gubbins they should be able to sail in anything. One excuse given for the Oban/Craignure one is that there are too many invisible yachts around which do not show up on radar so too risky with bad viz.
I remember in the early 1970's the piermaster at Craignure standing at the end of the pier with a tin tray and a hammer guiding the ferry in by sound only. This cannot have been the MV Columba but one of the smaller boats with an open bridge. They blew their horn and he banged the tray until it loomed into sight.
I know this seems improbable nowadays but I was there in the ferry queue and saw this actually happening.
A strange feeling day and I cannot be bothered doing anything.

 

[FrankCrank]

Our son bought us a pack of various types of curries.
Some of them are Thai. Not tried any yet as I have it in my head that curry should be Indian.
Is that racist

Now come on, everyone knows a proper curry is English, same as fish & chips.
Joking aside, they do some great ones over this way - red, green, yellow, the choice is yours. Sometimes they can be fierce hot, far too much for me, so just take a small taste first and see.

 

[numbnuts]

Suppose to rain here between 10 and 12......nice of them to be given a time slot....so far so good

 

[gavroche]

It's not that dark!
Give your eyes time to adjust to the lower light level. You'll be surprised at how much you can actually see.

My eyes don't usually work at that time of the morning, they are firmly closed.

 

[rustybolts]

Wonder if the postie will have my tyres this morning. I have Vittoria Rubino Pros on the Cube road bike and they have done 4,000 miles so better change them before they start letting me down.....literally! Lol. They have been excellent so just sticking another pair on.

I made the mistake of leaving Rubinos on too long and too bald , they let go on wet left bend and dropped me recently. Luckily my old rump only got a bruising. Old tyres get hard and a bald and old tyre is bad news.

 

[classic33]

My eyes don't usually work at that time of the morning, they are firmly closed.

Giving you a perfect view, in the dark, of the inside of your eyelids!

 

[Dave7]

Raining here now......very pleasant though. Sat in the garden enjoying it.
Jobs to do but can't get excited about them.
Manyana

 

[classic33]

Raining here now......very pleasant though. Sat in the garden enjoying it.
Jobs to do but can't get excited about them.
Manyana

And you're doing your Andy Dufresne impersonation.

 

[Dirk]

Long walk over the dunes and burrows done. Very pleasant over there this morning.
Dropped in to my local brewery and picked up a couple of cases of IPA on the way back.
Gary, the brewer, was filling casks ready to go out to Wetherspoons next week - so things are looking up.

 

[numbnuts]

It didn't rain, but I did a stint on the turbo

 

[Dave7]

I just put a lamb curry** in the pot. My son and partner are coming tomorrow and staying over.
**i started to follow a recipe then thought "sod it" and threw in whatever spices jumped out at me. It will be interesting at least

 

[Exlaser2]

Afternoon all . Gardening done , coffee drunk and lunch eaten. Was going to have a little spin, but a problem with the burglar alarm stoped that.
Think a trip to my mum with my daughter is in order , it will cheer her up 😀

 

[12boy]

I envy you the rain....lots of forest fires in the southwest and although not any in Wyoming yet the air is smoky. Knock on wood. There has been an inch or two more rain than average for the last couple years so there is a lot more tinder than normal. Today's forecast continues hot, dry and windy. Good to remember this in January when it is 5 F and windy. Got a lot of errands today so I'll not ride the bike...feel a little guilty about my sloth although it's been 9 days in a row. After reading y'alls posts, I am ready for a Star Trek transporter so I could pop over and enjoy the beautiful green scenery I've seen so many pictures of and maybe enjoy an English curry. I'd pick a dry day though, do not really know much about biking in the rain.

 

[Dave7]

Rain again here with thunder. No lightning as yet though.

 

[Dirk]

Thunder has been rumbling away steadily for a while now.
Thankfully my old dog hasn't realised yet, as she's fast asleep after tiring herself out on our walk this morning.
Normally she goes berserk at the first clap.