The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

Saturday 14th November, 2040 Rip Van Winkle

Now I know yesterday was Saturday, I was just confused if it was Sunday or Monday.

 

[PaulSB]

I dozed till 8.30. This is good. The weather is better than forecast but not great - no rain and I think I should be able to do some allotment work this afternoon.

Breakfast time now followed by doing odds and sods.

 

[Dirk]

Hope he wears pants...........

Yes......he sells the old ones on to @Drago ......

 

[welsh dragon]

It's very mild here, but now we have very fine rain. soooool

 

[PaulSB]

Now I know yesterday was Saturday, I was just confused if it was Sunday or Monday.

Screenman we have a problem...........

 

[Mo1959]

Breakfast time now followed by doing odds and soda.

Will you have lime with that?

 

[Dave7]

Gone V E R Y dark here......had to put the light on .
Just eaten a crumpet so I could have Ibuprofen for my gammy back.
Think I will try an hour in bed before daughter and SiL get here...... crazy really as day time naps always make me feel worse.

 

[Juan Kog]

Saturday 14th November, 2040 Rip Van Winkle

WOT OH NO where's my life gone . Oh it's a joke , don't do that again . I promise not to make any more remarks about you taking baths in muddy puddles .

 

[pawl]

Morning one and all.

Typical yesterday Friday 13 boiler decided to stop working.Texted are lady gas maintainer.Visit due Monday

Weather not looking good for today
Ah we’ll keep smiling and stay safe

 

[ColinJ]

Gas guy is beavering away!

He put the PRV on the water supply and that is much better now - a good steady water flow without the same loud clunking from the pipes when I turn taps back on or flush the toilet.

A bidirectional valve has been fitted to the attic bedroom radiator to fix the water hammer when the thermostat kicks in.

Now he is fixing the boiler and... told me to clear off and let him concentrate on his work! (I found it very interesting but was distracting him by asking too many questions about how it all works... )

Once he has finished that, it will be the gas safety check, then he'll be off and I will be able to get out of the house for a while. Not that the weather is tempting for cycling - a miserable damp, cool, overcast day here... I'll probably make do with walking to Lidl and back unless there looks like being an hour or two without rain.

 

[screenman]

Gas guy is beavering away!

He put the PRV on the water supply and that is much better now - a good steady water flow without the same loud clunking from the pipes when I turn taps back on or flush the toilet.

A bidirectional valve has been fitted to the attic bedroom radiator to fix the water hammer when the thermostat kicks in.

Now he is fixing the boiler and... told me to clear off and let him concentrate on his work! (I found it very interesting but was distracting him by asking too many questions about how it all works... )

Once he has finished that, it will be the gas safety check, then he'll be off and I will be able to get out of the house for a while. Not that the weather is tempting for cycling - a miserable damp, cool, overcast day here... I'll probably make do with walking to Lidl and back unless there looks like being an hour or two without rain.

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Lidl had some good torches in this week for £5 with multi coloured lens for some reason but the torch on it's own is very good, I bought two for myself and a couple for cheap gifts.

 

[oldwheels]

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who would like to see the photo 😎

Need go and search later but in those days before digital anything pictures were not so common.

 

[oldwheels]

I can remember my Mum offering to buy me a Cape, somewhere around 1976 ish.
I tried my best to decline politely, but it came out all wrong. She was not amused.

For touring purposes I prefer a cape although now since I use a trike more it is surplus to requirement.

 

[PaulSB]

Will you have lime with that?

Bugger you got there before I spotted it!!!

 

[oldwheels]

When I was a kid someone got me a cycle cape when it became clear that I would go 'off cycling' given any excuse (like homework needs doing)

for quite a while it went unused

then one day I was going to a friends house - a distance of about 6 miles ish - and it started raining.
so - being sensible - I got the cape out and put it on

VERY waterproof - and created a huge volume underneath so very little tendency to sweat

but it was damn hard work to cycle
and when I got to a long downhill bit I actually had to pedal to keep any speed up


my first introduction to the effect of wind resistance

wearing that damn thing meant that I have the aerodynamic efficiency of a sub post office (to quote a very old Top Gear)

never wore it again

am I the only one?????

Depends how you wear it. I kept mine reasonably tucked in and it did not offer much extra wind resistance. With a tail wind I let it out a bit like a sail.