The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Yep, I know that feeling but work on the basis anyone genuine will leave a message.
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I’m the same if don’t recognise a number I ignore it Caller can leave a message. All the people I want to talk are in my phone book and their name. Ones up on display.

 

[BoldonLad]

Hmmm - I used to be quite into photography

I should start taking a proper camera out with me

How do people carry them?? - ready to use - or in a bag ??

Depends what you mean by a "proper camera". I often take a "point and click" Pentax Option E85 out with me. I have it in a small canvas case, on a strap around my neck. But, these days, most Smart Phones have pretty good cameras built in. I tend to use the Pentax, if I want date stamp on the photograph (eg if I am taking photo for one of the CycleChat ABC Challenges".

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I already have enough cameras
I would try taking the DSLR out on the bike - but maybe the superzoom - partly as it is better for wildlife

I will have to experiment

 

[gavroche]

Oh well........here we go with the price hikes. Not unexpected really.

https://road.cc/content/news/specializedcanyon-and-giant-increase-bike-prices-278405

Shouldn't affect me as I am not on planning on buying another bike, not even an e one , to @Drago 's dismay.

 

[welsh dragon]

My council tax is £164 a month.

 

[welsh dragon]

Congratulations Paul. Hope everyone is doing well and you get an opportunity to see your grandchild soon. We will see ours within a fortnight, but there will be no touching or baby holding, I am afraid. Things would have been so different a year ago.
It is sunny and warm today but windy, and after some oatmeal I will venture for a ride to get my wife the weekly paper. Same as yesterday, when I got a few miles in although there were a couple of places where the road shoulder was narrow and the crosswind was trying fairly hard to knock me over or push me into traffic. It didn't and I got a little extra exercise. I like my Brompton in windy weather because it seems less affected by the wind. A lot of people here still refuse to believe Covid is real and refuse to wear masks because they feel it abridges their freedoms. As a result, hospitals in the Dakotas, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado have already or will soon run out of bedspace and will turn people away to die at home. Unfortunately, it won't be limited to the people who refuse to wear masks, and medical care is not only threatened for Covid patients, but as you folks have mentioned many times, illnesses and accidents still continue as they have before. Sorry for the rant. Grim times.
Take care, be well, suck the juice out of every day and appreciate the people in your lives. I don't mean to be maudlin, but the comradesip I find on this forum means a lot to me.

 

[gavroche]

My council tax is £164 a month.

Same here.

 

[BoldonLad]

My council tax is £164 a month.

£185 (band D) here

 

[numbnuts]

Band A - 25% - Council tax support £354 = £53 a month

 

[welsh dragon]

Band A - 25% - Council tax support £354 = £53 a month

Push off.

 

[numbnuts]

Push off.

It pays to be poor and living in a one bedroom rabbit hutch hovel

 

[GM]

Nice walk done. Nice in the sun but as soon as it started to drop you could feel the chill coming down. Supposed to be quite cold tonight.

If you peer, you can just about see a wee bit of snow on the hills. There was more this morning but most disappeared now.


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That is a great photo Mo, 10/10 and a gold star!

 

[PaulSB]

Hmmm - I used to be quite into photography

I should start taking a proper camera out with me

How do people carry them?? - ready to use - or in a bag ??

There is a young woman on YouTube who goes by the name of Katie Kookaburra who carries a camera on her rides.

I've never taken much notice of the camera. She carries it on what seems to be a short strap which means it lays tight on the middle of her back. She makes her living through YouTube so I imagine this arrangement works well.

I guess if you find her on YouTube you'll be able more to glean than I have. I think she's well worth following - real cyclist doing the sort of stuff we do.

 

[PaulSB]

Thank you all for the congratulations. Very much appreciated. All is going well.

I've been for a ride, bimble, pootle, donder....... whatever. Not a bad day for a ride but boy does my old winter bike feel heavy and slow.

@Mo1959 - donder is a walk here in Lancashire.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My council tax is £164 a month.

Mine is paid for me so I don't pay any.