The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Mmmm............Marmite!

 

[Dave7]

Well it does eventually end up down the sewer but takes a bit longer. Just needs to get digested first.

We didn't go and test ride the ebike after all due to the shop not being open so I tidied up my workshop in the cellar instead. I also planned to go for a ride but the weather was against me so maybe tomorrow.

Sunday afternoon and its closed
What sort of shop is that ??

 

[gavroche]

Sunday afternoon and its closed
What sort of shop is that ??

Their website says closed all winter on Sundays.

 

[Dave7]

Their website says closed all winter on Sundays.

Sooooo..... you decided to go on a Sunday

 

[gavroche]

Sooooo..... you decided to go on a Sunday

Stepson checked their website this morning and then gave me a call to cancel the test ride so we will probably go next saturday instead.

 

[oldwheels]

Sunday afternoon and its closed
What sort of shop is that ??

Probably French where they have not adopted 24 hour shopping.

 

[oldwheels]

We've been for a walk round Coventry's Memorial Park this afernoon, the perimeter path is a smidge over a mile and a half, makes for a decent workout pushing my Good Lady round in her wheelchair, we did most of the walk in bright sunshine, towards the end it clouded over and as we got back to the car the rain started, superb timing.

As an ex wheelchair pilot I would not like to try that distance. Hard work indeed.

 

[oldwheels]

Mmmm............Marmite!

I like marmite but not in porridge.

 

[gavroche]

Probably French where they have not adopted 24 hour shopping.

Well, Napoleon said England was a nation of shopkeepers and that was over 200 years ago!

 

[classic33]

We didn't go and test ride the ebike after all due to the shop not being open so I tidied up my workshop in the cellar instead. I also planned to go for a ride but the weather was against me so maybe tomorrow.

Never put off 'til tomorrow something you should be doing today, or you'll end up putting your whole life away.

 

[classic33]

Well today has been a language lesson fer shure.
Never heard of sporting a semi but I guess it isn't something to brag about. So when there's a head on between two 40 ton semis your vision may differ from mine.
Boak is a new one, too.
We don't call them bobtails... they are tractors and with a load they are tractor trailers. We don't have no stinking lorries, no. They are trucks by golly.
With steady wind of 38-43 mph and 65 mph gusts I don't think I will get any of the bike medicine I crave after this trip. Maybe tomorrow. Took $300 in cash for the trip. Came back with 300. Restaurants in the Denver Metro only take plastic. A gas station took $2 for a coffee but only cause their card reader wasn't working.
As far as oatmeal goes no instant for me. I take some of the boiling water I heat up for the French press and get the oats fairly wet. After the oats have soaked up some water it goes for a minute in the microwave. Yogurt or milk and it keeps me going until lunch. If I feel really decadent raisins before the soak and/or pecans after are nice. I understand oatmeal is good for fiber and reduces cholesterol, but nice greasy sausages, eggs, cheese and toast with butter and Marmite.....now that is good.

And Septic Sam, the sewer man, what's he drive?

 

[gavroche]

Never put off 'til tomorrow something you should be doing today, or you'll end up putting your whole life away.

Riding in the wind and rain is not my style. It is supposed to be drier tomorrow.

 

[postman]

What whisky is it ?
I am having a bog standard one with lemonade at the moment.

It was the Glenfiddich which is what I am drinking right now.A Guinness porter,with a whisky and a dash of water.Now a coffee with the final drop of whisky the bottle is finished.It was a gift from my next door neighbour for looking after his garden.

 

[screenman]

And Septic Sam, the sewer man, what's he drive?

We have Cesspool Sid around these parts. https://www.cesspoolsid.co.uk

 

[screenman]

Morning all, raining again so I am staying in bed for a while longer this morning as I have nothing planned.