The Retirement Thread

[gavroche]

I used to love entering stuff at one time...purely for fun. Was never fast even 20 years ago but wish I had kept it up. After my one and only marathon I kind of lost interest and didn’t run again for years. Just really the last two or three years I’ve been trying to do a bit again.

Running is not my thing at all. Sometimes I run with Molly but not for long as I get out of breath very quickly. I could never do long distance running, even as a child, I was more of a sprinter, but not now.

 

[welsh dragon]

I like to have a printer available - very useful to have - but only a few times a year
e.g. I like to have a couple of printed copies of tickets, insurance etc etc when we go on holiday - just be be sure

but as I use it an inkjet just dries up - I used to work in school - we always had inkjet printers that failed after the summer break!

as a result I not have a cheap black and white laser printer - don;t really use it much but it is very useful when I do need it

I bought a cheap black and white printer as well

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I bought a cheap black and white printer as well

I've got a printer/scanner under the computer table, it doesn't get used much, mostly for colouring pages for the granddaughter to colour in, last time I came to print some documents the colour cartridge was empty.

 

[screenman]

I miss running, I used to get a real buzz from it. When Pam was 40 I got asked to do the Number Bridge 10k, I was not running much at the time and Pam suggested I have a go, I said only if she did. Pam had not done any running or sport since school days, but we worked out a 6 week build up as that was how long we had before the run, refurbished comfortably in 54 minutes. She can go months without riding a bike and then pop out and average 12mph on a £250 Pendleton. At 60 she learned to swim having not been able to before, within weeks she could easily do 400yards and now a lot more. A natural inbuilt fitness I envy.

 

[ColinJ]

Well, 'gas guy' has finished his tasks and gone!

I am no longer getting any clunking when I turn taps on and off, despite having slightly more flow from them. The cut-off valve on the toilet cistern supply now produces a slight thud rather than its former loud clunk. I will be doing a washing machine load tomorrow so I will find out if that source of clunking has also been fixed.

I am now waiting to see if still get any of the loud water pipe noises that I used to get when neighbours turned things on and off...

Ha ha - (literally) bang on cue - I think I just heard something! Previously it would have sounded like someone dropping a tin of beans from shoulder height onto the floor of the bedroom above me. This time, it sounded like a smaller tin dropped from about 5 cms. That kind of subtle noise isn't a problem so hopefully, that will be as bad as it gets.

I had the CH on for 10 minutes to test it and all seemed to be working well, but I had to turn it off because the house was getting too warm.

I checked the water that came out of the radiator when the thermostatic valve was being replaced. It was clear and had plenty of corrosion inhibitor in it. The system was then repressurised, and an airlock bled from the radiator.

I examined the part that was replaced on the boiler. The original drainage pipe hadn't been seated properly and that had deformed the end of it. It would explain why water had been dripping out of the boiler. Fingers crossed that the leak is fixed. Certainly no sign of drips for now...

That's me ready for winter now!




PS Something my sister told me about... If money is tight, you may be eligible for a Warm Home discount, which is a one-off £140 reduction in your winter heating bill. Check HERE for details.

 

[PaulSB]

I use my printer a lot, in fact I've got two, I even print off my shopping list.
I made up a list with all the things I'm lightly to need and add as I go along, during the week if I need anything I change it to a red colour, when I go shopping I copy and paste only the things I need and print it off.

Ah Yes. I do this on my phone using Keep Notes. Creates a list which I can add things to throughout the week and bingo nothing is forgotten. When shopping I can tick an item and it disappears from the list but is stored for future use. Next time I want potatoes I just scroll to the item, untick it and then it appears in the list of things to buy.

It's magic really

 

[Dave7]

Lol...I got rid of my printer as I never used it more than a couple of times. I bought if after dad died thinking I might need to print stuff to send away, etc but the lawyer pretty much dealt with everything. No point in it taking up space and the ink drying out just sitting there like an ornament!

I very rarely use mine now.
Needed it 12 months ago but the ink had dried up.
I emailed the doc' to a friend who printed it.
I struggled to buy fresh ink on line so tried Currys but was amazed to find it was cheaper to buy a new printer WITH ink than just new ink.
I needed it last week and was pleasantly surprised that it printed, no problem.

 

[Dave7]

Well, 'gas guy' has finished his tasks and gone!

I am no longer getting any clunking when I turn taps on and off, despite having slightly more flow from them. The cut-off valve on the toilet cistern supply now produces a slight thud rather than its former loud clunk. I will be doing a washing machine load tomorrow so I will find out if that source of clunking has also been fixed.

I am now waiting to see if still get any of the loud water pipe noises that I used to get when neighbours turned things on and off...

Ha ha - (literally) bang on cue - I think I just heard something! Previously it would have sounded like someone dropping a tin of beans from shoulder height onto the floor of the bedroom above me. This time, it sounded like a smaller tin dropped from about 5 cms. That kind of subtle noise isn't a problem so hopefully, that will be as bad as it gets.

I had the CH on for 10 minutes to test it and all seemed to be working well, but I had to turn it off because the house was getting too warm.

I checked the water that came out of the radiator when the thermostatic valve was being replaced. It was clear and had plenty of corrosion inhibitor in it. The system was then repressurised, and an airlock bled from the radiator.

I examined the part that was replaced on the boiler. The original drainage pipe hadn't been seated properly and that had deformed the end of it. It would explain why water had been dripping out of the boiler. Fingers crossed that the leak is fixed. Certainly no sign of drips for now...

That's me ready for winter now!




PS Something my sister told me about... If money is tight, you may be eligible for a Warm Home discount, which is a one-off £140 reduction in your winter heating bill. Check HERE for details.

hahaha
When I read your intro I read it as "the GAY man has finished his task and gone" .
My first thought was.....well, each to his own .....and then I read it again

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Well, 'gas guy' has finished his tasks and gone!

I am no longer getting any clunking when I turn taps on and off, despite having slightly more flow from them. The cut-off valve on the toilet cistern supply now produces a slight thud rather than its former loud clunk. I will be doing a washing machine load tomorrow so I will find out if that source of clunking has also been fixed.

I am now waiting to see if still get any of the loud water pipe noises that I used to get when neighbours turned things on and off...

Ha ha - (literally) bang on cue - I think I just heard something! Previously it would have sounded like someone dropping a tin of beans from shoulder height onto the floor of the bedroom above me. This time, it sounded like a smaller tin dropped from about 5 cms. That kind of subtle noise isn't a problem so hopefully, that will be as bad as it gets.

I had the CH on for 10 minutes to test it and all seemed to be working well, but I had to turn it off because the house was getting too warm.

I checked the water that came out of the radiator when the thermostatic valve was being replaced. It was clear and had plenty of corrosion inhibitor in it. The system was then repressurised, and an airlock bled from the radiator.

I examined the part that was replaced on the boiler. The original drainage pipe hadn't been seated properly and that had deformed the end of it. It would explain why water had been dripping out of the boiler. Fingers crossed that the leak is fixed. Certainly no sign of drips for now...

That's me ready for winter now!




PS Something my sister told me about... If money is tight, you may be eligible for a Warm Home discount, which is a one-off £140 reduction in your winter heating bill. Check HERE for details.

Yes, I get the warm home discount, gets paid directly to my energy supplier.

 

[gavroche]

Do any of you struggle to put the back wheel back on the bike with the bike standing up? I just can't do it so I always have to turn the bike upside down to put it back. No problem with the front wheel.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Do any of you struggle to put the back wheel back on the bike with the bike standing up? I just can't do it so I always have to turn the bike upside down to put it back. No problem with the front wheel.

Yes, its always a pain

 

[ColinJ]

Yes, I get the warm home discount, gets paid directly to my energy supplier.

Me too. I hadn't heard of it until last winter when my sister told me about it.

It made a big difference, paying nearly half of my biggest annual quarterly bill.

 

[oldwheels]

Running is not my thing at all. Sometimes I run with Molly but not for long as I get out of breath very quickly. I could never do long distance running, even as a child, I was more of a sprinter, but not now.

Me too. When I was at school I was a good runner up to 400 yards but anything much longer was beyond me. I preferred cycling but never seriously raced as I was more of a touring type.

 

[GM]

Lol...I got rid of my printer as I never used it more than a couple of times. I bought if after dad died thinking I might need to print stuff to send away, etc but the lawyer pretty much dealt with everything. No point in it taking up space and the ink drying out just sitting there like an ornament!

The only time we used to use the printer for was printing out Boarding passes, when it'll get used again who knows!

 

[welsh dragon]

Do any of you struggle to put the back wheel back on the bike with the bike standing up? I just can't do it so I always have to turn the bike upside down to put it back. No problem with the front wheel.

No. I never have a problem because i have a man what does. He is called Mr WD