The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Bored so poking about on internet and FB.
Will not bore you with another motorhome picture parked across all the clearly marked disabled spaces directly opposite our coop.
Rather liked the one with a cat picture.
" Anybody know whose cat this is as it is very friendly and follows us home? Probably pregnant also."
" It's our cat and he had b----y well not be pregnant".

Why not, they'd make a fortune!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There seems to be a fair bit of interest in this. Perhaps if we can rope in a few more regulars from this sub forum we could stage our very own production of " Hair"
I'm hoping " Numbnuts" could lend us his expertise but we'd need to cast our net a bit wider for a more balanced, representative repertoire. Mo? Welshie? Monkers? 😉😁

Well I'm not voluntering to run round a theatre in my birthday suit, the audience will need counseling afterwards.

 

[Dave7]

Yeah. Right.

I have been appointed to be in charge of casting.
Send me your photo, in the buff, and I will let you know if you are successful

 

[Exlaser2]

I have been appointed to be in charge of casting.
Send me your photo, in the buff, and I will let you know if you are successful

My mum warned me about men like you 😂😂😂

 

[classic33]

I have been appointed to be in charge of casting.
Send me your photo, in the buff, and I will let you know if you are successful

Would a face mask do, if she can't find her buff?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

What's wrong with pubs there days?!
Went to 2 country pubs today intending to have lunch. Had a pint at each one, both were on the turn. Both pubs run by poncey, 'well manicured' landlords from the South East. Fish and Chips - £15 FFS! Sandwiches - £9 FFS! Goats cheese summat or other served with Mediterranean vegetables and Star Anise chiabatta, lovingly rolled on a 17 year old Brazilian virgin's thigh - £22 FFS!
Everything served with 'Jus' or other poncey stuff. All I wanted was a decent pint and a sarnie.
I complained like hell about the beer at the second pub, £5 a pint, after he told me it was a 'fresh barrel'......yeah, last week maybe.
Still....he seemed like a nice boy and didn't charge us.
Came back to the van for a pie.
I despair!
Rant over.

Yes, and there’s the gentrification of cafes too. Places where you used to be able to get a bacon roll and a mug of tea. Now it’s all artisan this and hand crafted that, some even have a restaurant style ‘please wait here’ sign so they can show you to your table ! There’s one that the club run calls at where there’s an all day breakfast option in which every item is some sort of artisan product, even the baked beans are ‘hand made on the premises’. And don’t get me started on all the fancy coffees that club cyclists seem to insist on these days

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yes, and there’s the gentrification of cafes too. Places where you used to be able to get a bacon roll and a mug of tea. Now it’s all artisan this and hand crafted that, some even have a restaurant style ‘please wait here’ sign so they can show you to your table ! There’s one that the club run calls at where there’s an all day breakfast option in which every item is some sort of artisan product, even the baked beans are ‘hand made on the premises’. And don’t get me started on all the fancy coffees that club cyclists seem to insist on these days

It started a long time ago, but there's more of them now, I remember some years ago we went into a cafe and the eldest ordering beans on toast, they brought it out and there was toast on the plate plus a side salad and a small pot of beans, the lad looked at me as if to say wtf is this Dad.

 

[classic33]

Yes, and there’s the gentrification of cafes too. Places where you used to be able to get a bacon roll and a mug of tea. Now it’s all artisan this and hand crafted that, some even have a restaurant style ‘please wait here’ sign so they can show you to your table ! There’s one that the club run calls at where there’s an all day breakfast option in which every item is some sort of artisan product, even the baked beans are ‘hand made on the premises’. And don’t get me started on all the fancy coffees that club cyclists seem to insist on these days

Coffee, coffee!
Wash yer mouth out with yer Classic Black Americano, with the full flavour of Signature Mocha Italia beans, for an intense kick straight from the fridge.

 

[PaulSB]

Yes, and there’s the gentrification of cafes too. Places where you used to be able to get a bacon roll and a mug of tea. Now it’s all artisan this and hand crafted that, some even have a restaurant style ‘please wait here’ sign so they can show you to your table ! There’s one that the club run calls at where there’s an all day breakfast option in which every item is some sort of artisan product, even the baked beans are ‘hand made on the premises’. And don’t get me started on all the fancy coffees that club cyclists seem to insist on these days

Ah we discussed this very topic during our ride today. The cafe stop was good value today - bacon and egg barm, homemade** coffee and walnut cake, mug of coffee £6. But whatever happened to beans on toast and the occassional treat of a poached eggs. We decided most have found it isn't economic and closed down or made big changes.

** This was a small cafe at an animal sanctuary staffed by volunteers who clearly did make the cakes. It was all rather wonderfully daft......but more than four hungry cyclists might have been a problem - only one frying pan.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Coffee, coffee!
Wash yer mouth out with yer Classic Black Americano, with the full flavour of Signature Mocha Italia beans, for an intense kick straight from the fridge.

I wouldn’t mind but for the fact it takes 10 times as long to get served while the staff wander around from table to table with a tray of 20 uniquely different coffees trying to locate who’s ordered what. I’ve seen clubmates send coffees back because “oh this isn’t what I ordered, I ordered it with cold milk and this is hot”

 

[classic33]

I wouldn’t mind but for the fact it takes 10 times as long to get served while the staff wander around from table to table with a tray of 20 uniquely different coffees trying to locate who’s ordered what. I’ve seen clubmates send coffees back because “oh this isn’t what I ordered, I ordered it with cold milk and this is hot”

Tea is a lot easier.


And better!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Would a face mask do, if she can't find her buff?

Chapeau Sir 👍

 

[welsh dragon]

I have been appointed to be in charge of casting.
Send me your photo, in the buff, and I will let you know if you are successful

Here is a photo of mine. Sorted.

 

[Dave7]

Here is a photo of mine. Sorted. View attachment 537427

not quite what I had in mind.
Tell you what, I will keep you on file and let you know

 

[Dirk]

But whatever happened to beans on toast and the occassional treat of a poached eggs. We decided most have found it isn't economic and closed down or made big changes.

Maybe they closed down because they lost customers due to not serving what they wanted?
My pet gripe at the moment is arty farty pretentious pub meals.
Is it too much to ask for a basic, simple sarnie and a decent pint?
If a pub was doing a plain cheese/ham sandwich or a pork pie and a pint for £5 or £6 at lunchtime, I would definitely go for that option.
Or even a microwaved meat pie and a pint.
Do others feel the same?