The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

2009 was the last time we had a longish winter as far as I can recall. This is all round my village.

 

[PaulSB]

About the concrete thing...dry stream beds in the southwest are called arroyos, and are known for being extremely dangerous when thunderstorms cause flash flooding.. in Albuquerque New Mexico and also in Los Angeles are huge concrete "riverbeds" designed to handle those flash floods. Mighty ugly, too.
It always seems so odd to me that as far north as you are you so warm. In many ways snow is easier for me to deal with than rain.

I remember seeing those concrete rivers around LA. I'd rather have snow than rain, it's a lot more fun!!

 

[classic33]

About the concrete thing...dry stream beds in the southwest are called arroyos, and are known for being extremely dangerous when thunderstorms cause flash flooding.. in Albuquerque New Mexico and also in Los Angeles are huge concrete "riverbeds" designed to handle those flash floods. Mighty ugly, too.
It always seems so odd to me that as far north as you are you so warm. In many ways snow is easier for me to deal with than rain.

We've the Gulf Stream to thank for being warmer this far north.

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-gulf-stream-seas-hotter-florida.html

As for houses flooding, permitting building on what have been flood plains for decades, money made by allowing the developments, means it'll continue.

We'd a local engineering workshop that was built with flooding in mind. No electrics coming up to the machinery, all built on purpose built raised concrete plinths. All movement, when flooded, was via boards.

There's houses on the site now, built below the normal level of the river.

 

[ColinJ]

About the concrete thing...dry stream beds in the southwest are called arroyos, and are known for being extremely dangerous when thunderstorms cause flash flooding.. in Albuquerque New Mexico and also in Los Angeles are huge concrete "riverbeds" designed to handle those flash floods. Mighty ugly, too.

They had that kind of thing in hillside villages above Benidorm on the Costa Blanca in Spain, where I used to go for an annual cycling holiday. I remember reading that an outdoor market had been set up in one of those dried up beds in the village of Finestrat... THIS was the tragic outcome!

It always seems so odd to me that as far north as you are you so warm. In many ways snow is easier for me to deal with than rain.

It is because of the warmth we get from the Gulf Stream. Without that we would probably have winters as cold as Russia or Canada!

PS Beaten by @classic33 while I was typing!

 

[Drago]

Numbnuts is on tour with Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin.

 

[Drago]

1st!

I have risen!

Im nacked. Search and rescue callout overnight, Ive had about 90 minutes sleep. Feel tired and shaky so ince mini D is walked to achool I may flake out for a while.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Will be keeping an eye on the American inauguration today.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good Morning All, another 4cm of snow late yesterday evening, from what I can see in the dim half light currently it appears to be thawing already.
Just housework today.

 

[Drago]

It was sleeting as i was driving home at 5am. I was physically achy, tired, driving in crap weather, and very glad I was cossetted in an XC90 and not a Fiesta (nothing against Festers, just at that moment in time the big brick came into its own).

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. You're all still here then?

I had a day off from social media yesterday. Sometimes it's nice to have a break. Doubt I have missed anything exciting if everyone's lives are as exciting as mine at the moment!

Just reading on Facebook that one of the local bin lorry drivers has died of Covid. If it's the one I'm thinking of he was massively overweight which wouldn't have given him much of a fighting chance

 

[PaulSB]

A good Good Morning to all. When I woke around 5.00am the sky was clearing now it's dark and raining. A shame as I have club kit to deliver to members and was thinking of doing this on my bike. It can wait a day or so.

I've found a Cannondale CAAD10 (2016) which is a bargain. Also need to ride out to see it as the fit is 50/50. Think I'll probably take it anyway as it may fit No 3 son who wants to get in to riding. If not the price is such I can easily get my money back.

See you soon. Stay safe.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

2009 was the last time we had a longish winter as far as I can recall. This is all round my village. View attachment 569738

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2010 was a bad one here, I'd just started a new job and it was my first winter cycle commuting out to Nuneaton. Coventry generally speaking tends to miss the worse of the bad weather, they say its sat in a dip and the weather tends to pass over it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks. Very here and I'm starting to get bored with being inside, I've about caught up with the stuff I've needed to do and theres only so many times you can watch films.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

This is becoming a familiar morning sight this winter

 

[dickyknees]

Bore da pawb.

Just let the cat back in the house and it’s soaking wet.

We have heavy drizzle here with rain forecast all day.

I think another slobbing day beckons.