The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

I have been ordered to go out on my bike, it has been so long I may need stabilisers.

 

[Dave7]

Park bench? 🤔

There are lots of tables and benches.....they all seemed clean. They are all in one area
The food stalls are all over so you have to find what you want, carry it to the eating area then leave it on a table while you go for your beer (mandatory with lunch).
So, as I say IMO 7 quid for curry and rice in a poli' carton is expensive.
There is also a nice looking cocktail bar but at £7.00 per drink, in a market, seems to be pushing it.
But then again I am tighter than Welshies bloomers.
Photo of eating area

 

[welsh dragon]

A little bird managed to find it's way down the chimney and Into the wood burner.

 

[PaulSB]

You lost me at "I have".... please explain in old fart language.

Many online services require what is called "two step verification" when one wants to change, usually, sensitive account details. To do this the supplier will previously have asked for your mobile number.

For a password change, for example, one is asked to confirm the new password when changing it online or via a link sent to your email address. The company will then send a text message with a verification code, usually five digits, to your phone. To proceed with the change one has to enter this five digits code.

It's just an added level of security. The theory is you must have two different devices a available to you and it's less likely you will have lost both or had both stolen.

My bank sometimes uses three stage verification. To do this one has to use the bank mobile app. First stage is to carry out the banking transaction online, second stage is to open the mobile app to confirm the transaction and, sometimes, a third stage is to send a text message with a verification code.

The bank one is entirely random, sometimes I can predict it will happen others it can be for tiny amounts. It can happen for any transaction across all our accounts.

My favourite is the automatic alert for purchases over £100 - very handy for when Mrs P has been allowed out shopping.

 

[welsh dragon]

I see a hosepipe ban will be in some areas soon.

 

[PaulSB]

I see a hosepipe ban will be in some areas soon.

And about time too......nasty, vicious things those hosepipes. Always rampaging around here on a Saturday night, making noise, drinking, smoking I don't know what.....

Right, I'm off. Porridge and cycling calls.

 

[BoldonLad]

There are lots of tables and benches.....they all seemed clean. They are all in one area
The food stalls are all over so you have to find what you want, carry it to the eating area then leave it on a table while you go for your beer (mandatory with lunch).
So, as I say IMO 7 quid for curry and rice in a poli' carton is expensive.
There is also a nice looking cocktail bar but at £7.00 per drink, in a market, seems to be pushing it.
But then again I am tighter than Welshies bloomers.
Photo of eating area
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There was, or, maybe, still is a set up like that in Eldon Square Shopping Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Didn't appeal you me, expensive self service IMHO, only went once, hence, I am unsure if it is still operating. Give me a comfortable pub, with decent lunch menu, any day.

 

[Drago]

Come on then Drago, don't keep us in suspense, what has Mrs Drago bought for you? I'm guessing it's not a 3 pack of Marks and Sparks Y fronts

I guessed correctly, she got me an ebike.

 

[Dave7]

I guessed correctly, she got me an ebike.

Ooohhh details..... we want details

 

[gavroche]

I guessed correctly, she got me an ebike.

We want proof in the form of a photo.

 

[Drago]

It's currently in its box in the boot of her car. Once I've done my morning chores I'll assemble it and slap up a pic.

It's a Carrera Subway Electric, BTW. She sneakily spoke to my chum and fellow MIAS instructor, Mac, to find one within her budget and he reckoned it was probably the most sensible daily-ride spec for the cash.

I must admit to being intrigued. Never really hankered for one and not ridden a modern one, so I'm keen to see what it's like. But its pain with spanners and battery on charge first.

 

[Paulus]

A little bird managed to find it's way down the chimney and Into the wood burner.

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I hope you managed a quick release back into the wild for it?

 

[welsh dragon]

I hope you managed a quick release back into the wild for it?

Yes. I opened the patio door and the door on the wood burner and after a couple of attempts at the windows, it flew out the door.

 

[welsh dragon]

The roof on the log store has been destroyed by the hail we had last night. The whole thing looks like Swiss cheese. We will have to replace the whole thing.

 

[Drago]

Holy cow! That's the sort of hail that Ming the Merciless sends as a prelude to planetary invasion.