The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

@12boy - you mentioned antelope the other day. I associate antelope with Africa but you also have them in the States?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

They do and did!! 😀

Headed out with friends today on one of our favourite rides to Silverdale. It's a stunning relatively flat ride with only 4700 feet to climb in 112 miles. Tricky finding water, coffee and cake but we managed.

Got through 8 bottles today, 6 litres, and still got home 1.6kg lighter than when I set off.

Bit stiff now............

Eight pages of catching up!! What have you all been up to?

Silverdale? From Chorley? Today?
Chapeau monsewer.

 

[PaulSB]

Silverdale? From Chorley? Today?
Chapeau monsewer.

Yep! Thank you. It's a ride we love through stunning countryside with fabulous views. We planned it last week but didn't expect it to be quite so hot.

Couple of buddies now realise why I drink for England on a ride.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Whereabouts in Chorley are you? I was born and bred there and only moved with the job. Still know the area better than round here...after 30 years away.

 

[screenman]

Fencing up, bbq had and now watching Glastonbury.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I watched 365 days tonight, its a bit like The Sopranos meets 1970's soft porn.

 

[PaulSB]

Whereabouts in Chorley are you? I was born and bred there and only moved with the job. Still know the area better than round here...after 30 years away.

Not far from Wheelton.

 

[Dirk]

Early night tonight.

 

[classic33]

Early night tonight.

Early to bed, Early to rise...


Sithi

 

[12boy]

Yes we do, sorta. They are pronghorn antelope and are actually not antelope at all but their own genus. They are the fastest mammal in the Americas, no doubt because they evolved at the same time as mastodons, saber tooth tigers etc, and were preyed upon by the cheetahs that lived in North America alongside them. Hence the speed. They are my favorite hoofed animals by far, great family beasts who usually have a sentinel in a high place who warns the herd of predators. They don't do well with fences, although I've seen some in the last few years that have learned they can jump them neatly. People here who hunt them only make sausage from them since their sagebrush diet supposedly taints their meat. I could go on with more, but if you Google them you can learn more. Most of the time there are more pronghorn than people in our 99,000 sq mile state.

 

[classic33]

Yes we do, sorta. They are pronghorn antelope and are actually not antelope at all but their own genus. They are the fastest mammal in the Americas, no doubt because they evolved at the same time as mastodons, saber tooth tigers etc, and were preyed upon by the cheetahs that lived in North America alongside them. Hence the speed. They are my favorite hoofed animals by far, great family beasts who usually have a sentinel in a high place who warns the herd of predators. They don't do well with fences, although I've seen some in the last few years that have learned they can jump them neatly. People here who hunt them only make sausage from them since their sagebrush diet supposedly taints their meat. I could go on with more, but if you Google them you can learn more. Most of the time there are more pronghorn than people in our 99,000 sq mile state.

Blimey Sabre Tooth Tigers make the wolves in Wales seem tame by comparison.

 

[FrankCrank]

A trawl through the news this morning, and happened upon a story about 'A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after selling two rough Tanzanite stones - the biggest ever find in the country.'
The story went on to explain 'Mr Laizer, 52, who has four wives, said he would slaughter one of his cows to celebrate.'
Oh well, more to spend on the remaining three I guess.

 

[screenman]

Morning all, another fine one out there. You will all be pleased to know that the new fence is still standing.

 

[Mo1959]

Phew. Another humid one. Very overcast and rain due late morning.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people