The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

I do not like medicinal ie peat flavoured ones.
Speyside whiskies tend to be sweeter which suits my pallet.
Just reading the label will give you a lead.

Some Speyside brands have both peated and non peated varieties. So you can’t just go by the name and the age, you have to read it’s description. I assume this applies to those from other regions too.

 

[Paulus]

Well the car failed the MOT on the rear back brake binding and the horn not loud enough, later found out the parts they sent for were the wrong ones so can't pick the car up until tomorrow afternoon, I don't know how much it's going to cost, maybe this month will be beans on toast.

A splash of Worcestershire sauce livens bean on toast up.
Other options are--- some grated cheese,
Or a fried egg or 2 on top.

 

[numbnuts]

A splash of Worcestershire sauce livens bean on toast up.
Other options are--- some grated cheese,
Or a fried egg or 2 on top.

A fried egg that would have to be for Sundays only

 

[Dave7]

In a Barm Brack? 😳 Sacrilege. I enjoy Penderyn but like @Dave7 I think it's over-priced. For £30-35 you can get some very good Scottish malts.

For every day drinking both ALDI and Lidl have 2-3 decent malts for around £15. My current choice is from Lidl, Glen Itchy for £15. Great value.

Sainsbury's offer Black Bottle at around £15-17 which is for me another good value.

As for the quality stuff? I've enjoyed Oban, Tomatin, Glenrothes, Glen Moray, Talisker, Monkey Shoulder, Cardhu

Blimey.....that must have been a good night dd

 

[Tenkaykev]

In a Barm Brack? 😳 Sacrilege. I enjoy Penderyn but like @Dave7 I think it's over-priced. For £30-35 you can get some very good Scottish malts.

For every day drinking both ALDI and Lidl have 2-3 decent malts for around £15. My current choice is from Lidl, Glen Itchy for £15. Great value.

Sainsbury's offer Black Bottle at around £15-17 which is for me another good value.

As for the quality stuff? I've enjoyed Oban, Tomatin, Glenrothes, Glen Moray, Talisker, Monkey Shoulder, Cardhu

"Glen Itchy" sounds too much like @Drago Y Fronts!

 

[Tenkaykev]

A splash of Worcestershire sauce livens bean on toast up.
Other options are--- some grated cheese,
Or a fried egg or 2 on top.

Marmite, you forgot to mention Marmite...

 

[Paulus]

Marmite, you forgot to mention Marmite...

Sorry.

 

[Drago]

Im never sure if its Marmite stains on the inside of my Y fronts, or something more sinister. Smells like Marmite.

 

[PaulSB]

"Glen Itchy" sounds too much like @Drago Y Fronts!

Glen Orchy......... autocorrect!

 

[Juan Kog]

Im never sure if its Marmite stains on the inside of my Y fronts, or something more sinister. Smells like Marmite.

😱😱😱😱 aaaargh . Where are the mods when you need them.

 

[classic33]

Im never sure if its Marmite stains on the inside of my Y fronts, or something more sinister. Smells like Marmite.

Gives an entirely new meaning to "Brewer's Droop".

 

[classic33]

Had the air ambulance & police helicopter fly below the house.

BELOW the house

Taken in June this year, airborne about 30 foot below the house at this point.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Back a bit


ebike miles count

as ebike miles - but what assist are you on

If I am in Turbo I am on the motor cutoff limit all the time

but then I normally ride in tour (Turbo is 1 - tour is 3 - out of 4) and the bike is FAR heavier than a normal bike

and sometimes I drop into eco mode because there is someone ahead and I don't want to pass them due to very low speed differential - or narrow paths - and I forget to go back up until I get home

so ebike miles vary - especially as some people may have non EU road legal bikes that have a throttle and maybe even more powerful motors


which I why I have started to use Strava - it has an ebike section - keep us away from people on 'normal' bikes trying to beat us

having said which - a while ago I was on a cycle path along side a dual carriageway - and pedalling away happily
I got to a crossing with traffic lights
a bloke on a mountain type bike pulled alongside me - a commented
"s***t - it an ebike - I have been killing myself trying to keep up with you for ages"
nice bloke - was fine about it


didn't have the heart to tell him that I was over the motor cutoff for the whole section of several miles - the motor was not operating
he was just racing an old asthmatic bloke on a very heavy bike

 

[12boy]

Today's forecast was for 27 mph winds but I don't think they were more than 15 for a lot of my ride. Todays ride was the first in a week and it was very nice. A little under 20 but there were other things to be done and they was did, later. Wound up being 13C so pretty nice for mid November. Only saw 3 people on 20 miles of path.

 

[classic33]

Today's forecast was for 27 mph winds but I don't think they were more than 15 for a lot of my ride. Todays ride was the first in a week and it was very nice. A little under 20 but there were other things to be done and they was did, later. Wound up being 13C so pretty nice for mid November. Only saw 3 people on 20 miles of path.

Maybe you're getting stronger, and didn't realise the true wind speed.