The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Well, I've not stormed any government buildings with a balaclava and an AR15.


Yet.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good Morning All, the snow seems to have passed us by. A pity, I was hoping for some fresh snow to give a bit of grip to the ice for a while. So just another day of ice now.

 

[Drago]

I'll ride in amything other than fog, but its so icy today that im seriously considering not riding.

 

[Dave7]

Morning good folk.
-2° here. Our c/h timer is playing up so I got up at 0600 to switch everything* on then got back under the duvet. It was -4° at that time.
*when we had the extension built for MrsDs Mum to live in we decided to have a totally separate c/h system.
We virtually live in the conservatory and that has an electric fire as the main heater.

 

[Mo1959]

I'll ride in amything other than fog, but its so icy today that im seriously considering not riding.

Local car windscreen. That’s thick ice on there and the pavements are the same. Unless you live on a route the local bus takes, they don’t even get gritted now.

 

[PaulSB]

I feel sorry for the people in the states that actually have brains. God knows what they must be thinking about all this. Surely they must know that every non American is laughing at them for what has and is happening over there.

We have a number of friends in the States, some of +45 years who moved to the States, others American by birth, so we are close. We meet at different times in different places. A trip is possible in 2022 to see everyone - Covid-19 willing.

Last time we met up was Portugal 2019. One friend brought someone else with her, a Trump supporter. Our friend mentioned this early and said, literally "Just don't." We understood. This person was a very nice woman, articulate, fun, good company.

At breakfast on the last day she asked why tens of thousands were protesting Trump's visit to London. I explained in a pleasant and factual way, no personal view. She simply could not understand why this view of Trump exists in Europe.

My experience is Americans who have traveled to Europe have a very different outlook to some, by no means all, who haven't.

 

[Dave7]

I'll ride in amything other than fog, but its so icy today that im seriously considering not riding.

Just not worth it imo. When it/you slip it is so fast you often cannot react AND you have a miniD that relies on her daddy.

 

[Dave7]

We have a number of friends in the States, some of +45 years who moved to the States, others American by birth, so we are close. We meet at different times in different places. A trip is possible in 2022 to see everyone - Covid-19 willing.

Last time we met up was Portugal 2019. One friend brought someone else with her, a Trump supporter. Our friend mentioned this early and said, literally "Just don't." We understood. This person was a very nice woman, articulate, fun, good company.

At breakfast on the last day she asked why tens of thousands were protesting Trump's visit to London. I explained in a pleasant and factual way, no personal view. She simply could not understand why this view of Trump exists in Europe.

My experience is Americans who have traveled to Europe have a very different outlook to some, by no means all, who haven't.

TBH when he took power I had the same thoughts as when BoJo came in ie it will be interesting, give him a chance, you never know, breath of fresh air etc.
However it would appear that he has really lost it along with his marbles.
He seems to epitomize that saying "power corrupts....absolute power corrupts absolutely"

 

[PaulSB]

Hello people. Good grief it was cold earlier -4⁰C but rising now only -1⁰. Light cloud and I think it will be decent.

I want to ride my bike but it's too risky. Roads look dry but who knows what lurks beneath.

Staring in to my crystal ball I forsee exercises, ironing and jigsaw swirling before me in the mists of time.

Anyone looking for some entertaining semi-scifi stuff to watch could try Colony on Netflix.........though it does make me feel a bit like I'm living in a future world where everything has changed 🤔😄 It's what I call good ironing TV.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Groundhog Day.
Will be following the American events closely today.
At least they seem to have restored some semblence of order, without resorting to military action (so far). Which, in itself, must be a first for America - so we've got that to be thankful for.

 

[gavroche]

I haven’t ridden since 27th November. Can’t say I’m missing it while the weather is like this.

29 November for me and I am missing it but not in this weather. Before I left Devon, my wife said to bring my bike down with me when I go again in a few days time. Not likely , the roads there are atrocious and bad enough in good weather so even worse in winter.As we will probably stay until sometime in February, it is going to be a long wait before I ride again.
Every thing is white with frost outside. I am meeting my son in a park at 9.30 am and walk the dogs so I better go out now and defrost the car.
A tout a l'heure. ( see you later).

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just been reading about Foula, one of the Shetland Islands. The rest of Shetland adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1879 (!) but Foula never did. Persisting with the Julian calendar this means they celebrate Christmas eleven days later, ie 6th Jan. A nice story for the tourists, in normal years

 

[Dave7]

Just been reading about Foula, one of the Shetland Islands. The rest of Shetland adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1879 (!) but Foula never did. Persisting with the Julian calendar this means they celebrate Christmas eleven days later, ie 6th Jan. A nice story for the tourists, in normal years

As a kid I dabbled in coin collecting. I came across one dated 1317. It was in excellent condition.
I took it to a museum and they took it seriously.
Turned out to be from a country** that used a totally different calendar system.
** can't recall which country it was......it probably doesn't exist now.

 

[Dave7]

Can I give an update on the auntie.......I have bored you previously so bear with me.
So........
She is 95
Weighs 5 1/2 stone but strangely has a good apetite.
Last week the respite home had her transferred back to hospital.
Doctor phoned me yesterday to say she has internal bleeding from "somewhere". They daren't send a camera down as she is too frail.
They put her on a blood transfusion and I am to phone this pm.
She is a real fighter but to me the signs are not good.

 

[oldwheels]

Can these sites not charge a 10% non refundable booking fee ? Seems reasonable to me.

The C & CC do have a non returnable booking fee. Since I have not been on any of their sites for about 2 years I cannot remember how much. The Caravan and Motorhome Club did not have a booking fee.