The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

On the subject of Tobermory tourism, we discovered not long ago that a second cousin (ish) of MrsF wrote the theme music for Balamory.
(He also played on Japanese Boy and was a long time collaborator with Fish).

We were overrun with push chairs for a few years with Balamory. I was at Craignure waiting to collect my wife from a ferry and the queue to get on was unbelievable. Workers were escorted to the front of the queue as otherwise they would have been home very late. When they had all gone there was still a small pile of abandoned pushchairs.
Our local polis had a police bike but gave up as he was fed up being regarded as PC Plum.

 

[oldwheels]

I went to Tobermory 20 years ago, when myself and two friends were on a cycling holiday for 3 weeks around the Islands . We stayed at the Hostel on the front. We also travelled to Coll, Tiree and Iona and then cycled up the west coast to Skye.

If you went to Coll and Tiree that must have been before the ferries stopped coming here as it added an hour on to their journey. Calmac also attempted to stop bikes using the passenger gangway as that was the only access for ferries with no side ramp. If I want to go to Coll or Tiree now I have to go to Oban first.

 

[Paulus]

If you went to Coll and Tiree that must have been before the ferries stopped coming here as it added an hour on to their journey. Calmac also attempted to stop bikes using the passenger gangway as that was the only access for ferries with no side ramp. If I want to go to Coll or Tiree now I have to go to Oban first.

Indeed. We had to go back to Oban for a night to get the ferry first thing in the morning.

 

[PaulSB]

Ticketmaster regularly email offering tickets for hundreds of gigs in 2021. I realise life has to go on but do they really think these are going to happen?

 

[numbnuts]

It's good to be home .....some lousy sod has pinched a large roll of bin bags from the bin cupboard and my bedroom light will not work and the bulb is OK I think a wire has come out of the ceiling fixure, well I ain't doing it.

 

[classic33]

It's good to be home .....some lousy sod has pinched a large roll of bin bags from the bin cupboard and my bedroom light will not work and the bulb is OK I think a wire has come out of the ceiling fixure, well I ain't doing it.

Remove the bulb though.

 

[numbnuts]

Remove the bulb though.

OK

 

[screenman]

Well here I am sitting on the sofa with my best mate who also happens to be my wife of 46 years, Ghost is on the tv, the electric fire and Turkish wall lights are giving off a nice glow, a nice G&T in hand, more pennies have come in today than we need, can things get any better I doubt it, mind you it has taken a good few years though to get here but it is the third time this week I have felt this way. No I am not on drugs.

 

[screenman]

Night all, been awake since 4.30am, which might even be before Mo, so a longish day.

 

[classic33]

Night all, been awake since 4.30am, which might even be before Mo, so a longish day.

Sithi

Still up at 5am this morning.

 

[Drago]

Currently watching John Wick 2. Even less plot than Quantum of Solace, which I didn't think was possible.

 

[Exlaser2]

Night night everyone 😀

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Might attempt an early jog before the rain arrives anytime between 6 and 8 depending on which forecast is correct

 

[PaulSB]

💦

 

[screenman]

Morning all.