The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Morning all fellow retirees.
Another hot and sweaty night. Plus, the small bitey flying things got to me yesterday with numerous bites around my ankles and legs. Yon never see the blighters who do the deed.
I shall be spraying myself with insect repellent today.
Rain and storms forecast for later today and the rest of the week

Yes, I've got a well bitten left knee, what ever it was either had several chomps or invited its mates to join in.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Morning all, a grey 15 degrees here, forecast to rise by all of one degree by this afternoon. The next few days look very much the same.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Got to take the CRV in for its MOT at 9am.
Once that's sorted we can plan our next getaway.

 

[Dave7]

Morning all fellow retirees.
Another hot and sweaty night. Plus, the small bitey flying things got to me yesterday with numerous bites around my ankles and legs. Yon never see the blighters who do the deed.
I shall be spraying myself with insect repellent today.
Rain and storms forecast for later today and the rest of the week

We found Avon Skin So Soft to be very effective against bitey things

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Haven’t seen a swift all week, I guess that’s them gone from around here for this summer. I’m looking forward to the geese arriving though.

 

[PaulSB]

Morning all fellow retirees.
Another hot and sweaty night. Plus, the small bitey flying things got to me yesterday with numerous bites around my ankles and legs. Yon never see the blighters who do the deed.
I shall be spraying myself with insect repellent today.
Rain and storms forecast for later today and the rest of the week

We have so few insects here this year it's quite depressing - it would be good to see some small bitey things provided they weren't hungry!

 

[PaulSB]

We found Avon Skin So Soft to be very effective against bitey things

Agreed, works especially well against Scottish small bitey things. I always take a couple of tubes with me on tour

 

[PaulSB]

Bugger!!!! All current vouchers for the get your bike fixed scheme have been allocated...................I'm going to have to pay! I'm a poor pensioner, bike service should be on twice yearly prescription............

 

[Tenkaykev]

Yes, I've got a well bitten left knee, what ever it was either had several chomps or invited its mates to join in.

I remember when the "Blandford Fly" first appeared. I'd been creosoting the fence and noticed these little black flies hovering around my lower legs and ankles. A few days later and the sites where they had bitten were swollen and turning black Ended up needing to visit the doctor as none of the lotions and potions I applied seemed to have any affect. Fortunately the prescribed ointment did the job or it could have been a Parrot and a Tricorn hat for me...

 

[PaulSB]

Agreed, works especially well against Scottish small bitey things. I always take a couple of tubes with me on tour

Bugger just spotted this........I take two inner tubes on tour for my bike and two tubes of So Soft for my skin.

Has @classic33 overslept??

 

[Dave7]

Agreed, works especially well against Scottish small bitey things. I always take a couple of tubes with me on tour

We have the spray bottles. TBH I didn't know they sold it in tubes.
My cycle mate is prone to being bitten.
Puerto Pollenca has more than its share of bitey things. We sat on the balcony enjoying a few beers. Both well sprayed with Avon.
By 2200 I was fine. Poor Gary was a mass of bites.... even down his socks and inside his shirt. He had to visit the chemist next morning.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've taken the car in this morning to have a new window switch fitted, a bit of a saga this one. Switch went a few weeks ago, I took the car into the local garage and they tested it and confirmed it was the switch , they tried to order it and was told out of stock and on back order, three weeks later Suzuki are still saying the same thing, I spoke to Suzuki via E-Mail and was told the switch is in stock, when I went down the dealer he hadn't got it in stock and had to order it for me, two days later I picked it up, I've now taken it down the garage to have it fitted and they haven't even been told when they will get the switch they ordered five weeks ago.

 

[Tenkaykev]

We have the spray bottles. TBH I didn't know they sold it in tubes.
My cycle mate is prone to being bitten.
Puerto Pollenca has more than its share of bitey things. We sat on the balcony enjoying a few beers. Both well sprayed with Avon.
By 2200 I was fine. Poor Gary was a mass of bites.... even down his socks and inside his shirt. He had to visit the chemist next morning.

I saw a YouTube video of some Scottish chap discussing anti midge strategies. Apparently Avon changed the formula of " Skin so Soft" and the new formula omits Citronella which is the stuff the midges avoid.?

 

[welsh dragon]

You can buy citronella on its own from Amazon

 

[Lee_M]

Morning fellow retirees, not been on here for ages, due to dealing with selling my house in Essex, and trying to sell my late mum's house in yorkshire. The former succeeded, the latter not yet due to govt shutting down probate and then changing the rules for submission. Very bloody helpful.

Off out on the single speed today to try and force myself to go slow and see if that helps with the headache problems i posted on the health page yesterday.