The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Dave R must have been an amazing moment when those geese flew so close by . "Winged Migration " is a dvd I play every couple of months , never tire of it

It was indeed, made me wish I had a camera in my hand, the cameraman on the bridge must have been grumbling though, he'd only just arrived and he was still setting up.

 

[Tenkaykev]

A good session on the turbo and managed to nip in under the hour for my ride in the Malvern hills. This was followed by a couple of rounds of toast smothered in home made thick cut Marmalade ( homemade by a friend )
On a more sombre note I have been hearing a lot more Ambulance sirens over the last couple of weeks and five so far today. Our area went from being in band 2 to one of the highest. An Email from the Council on Friday announced that one of the overspill emergency mortuaries was being brought into use.

Stay safe folks

 

[12boy]

-5C now, 5C this afternoon with 20 mph winds. Not too bad for a nice bracing spin?
Mo, Mo, where art thee, Mo? We worry about you.
Perhaps a trip to the Big Boxes today, getting low on a few things. There is a hamburger joint adjacent, 5 Guys, that only cooks the double patty burgers after you order them, and a small order of fries is a 12 oz cup worth after which they dump twice that in the bag. Perhaps we will enjoy a 5 Guys after shopping, or maybe before.
Yesterday I borrowed my neighbor's cordless electric pole chainsaw. I may need to get my own it worked so well trimming 5 inch branches 10 feet above ground. No gas/oil mix, no futzing around starting it, just pull the trigger and cut away. Of course, when I stand directly under the branch I am cutting it can still fall on my head. I know that now.
Off to try following along with a little YouTube yoga. It is a lot more exercise than I had supposed, which means it is good for me, right?
Be safe and well.

 

[monkers]

Ok then - Caminos? (Bill = account = ac, backwards = ca; Simon squiffy, rearranged to minos.)

If it isn't that, then it is an amazing coincidence!

As for my final troublesome FT answer... I deduced that it must be 'eau de nil' but had never heard of it. On checking though - Yes, as required - a colour (a pale green). I'm going to buy the Chambers dictionary and thesaurus apps. They are supposed to be among the best for crossword puzzle fans.

Finally, a clue for @numbnuts from one of my Times Quick Cryptic puzzles...

CID officer's grabbed by lunatic: streaker? (6)

Oh so close heavies on Parisian streets are heavy goods vehicles - so camions.

 

[ColinJ]

Oh so close heavies on Parisian streets are heavy goods vehicles - so camions.

Ha ha - excellent... I thought that I hadn't dealt with 'heavies' properly. I imagined perhaps the heavies Bill and Simon were bouncers standing outside a Parisian nightclub!

 

[12boy]

Got a ride in on my minivelo which is about as different from the balefill Bianchi as my choices allow. Sure was fun and a lovely day to boot. I did enjoy the yoga first though. Comes to 205 miles in January. The weather has been pretty good or it would have been much less.

 

[classic33]

Got a ride in on my minivelo which is about as different from the balefill Bianchi as my choices allow. Sure was fun and a lovely day to boot. I did enjoy the yoga first though. Comes to 205 miles in January. The weather has been pretty good or it would have been much less.

204 miles doing yoga!
That's some exercise.

What size is the chainring on the lower bike pictured?

 

[The Rover]

I dodged a few ice puddles as well this morning, biggest ride since my collar bone op.
45miles, 3500ft of climbing towards Chipping which included Birdy brow ( 600ft of climbing in just over a mile) and Hall Hill.
Both hurt, my mate suffered and struggled on the way home, serves him right for being late, again.

This weeks retirement plans include some shopping, cleaning and walking the dog. I’ll have the school run to do and some homework with the boy, nothing too taxing, some reading and spellings. I’ve got a mattress being delivered tomorrow, I need to give a hedgehog house some TLC and I’ve provisionally arranged two outdoor rides,

That said, I’m expecting a “ can you just “ which will mean the wife will want to me do something unexpected and my plans will need adjusting.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Well that was a packed and enjoyable few hours in front of the telly just now, started with the World Cyclo Cross Champs, followed by the Sky Arts Runrig Last Dance (fabulous !), followed by an episode of The Bridge. Off to bed now.

 

[classic33]

Well that was a packed and enjoyable few hours in front of the telly just now, started with the World Cyclo Cross Champs, followed by the Sky Arts Runrig Last Dance* (fabulous !), followed by an episode of The Bridge. Off to bed now.

*Wasn't that on Saturday?

 

[ColinJ]

I dodged a few ice puddles as well this morning, biggest ride since my collar bone op.
45miles, 3500ft of climbing towards Chipping which included Birdy brow ( 600ft of climbing in just over a mile) and Hall Hill.

Where is Hall Hill? I might have done it but not known its name. I've done Birdy Brow a couple of times...

PS Scrub that - I did a search for Hall Hill and found it - the steep climb up from Whitewell towards Cow Ark. (I never looked up the name of the road before.)

Yes, they are both pretty hard, especially at this time of year! (I can't be bothered to make those kind of efforts until the weather is warmer... )

 

[12boy]

204 miles doing yoga!
That's some exercise.
Through spiritual awareness and my Buddha-like enlightenment I've actually traveled millions of light years doing yoga, through Astral projection.
What size is the chainring on the lower bike pictured?
Not sure which picture is lower. The Bianchi has a 40 tooth chain ring and the minivelo has a 42 and a 52. The minivelo's shifters are on the head tube, which take a minute to get used to. Actually, due to its very short wheelbase and small wheels it takes a while to get used to the twitchy handling. Much twitchier than the Brompton I have. It's very rigid and the chain stays quite SD high short, so it climbs like a goat.

 

[classic33]

Through spiritual awareness and my Buddha-like enlightenment I've actually traveled millions of light years doing yoga, through Astral projection.


Not sure which picture is lower. The Bianchi has a 40 tooth chain ring and the minivelo has a 42 and a 52. The minivelo's shifters are on the head tube, which take a minute to get used to. Actually, due to its very short wheelbase and small wheels it takes a while to get used to the twitchy handling. Much twitchier than the Brompton I have. It's very rigid and the chain stays quite SD high short, so it climbs like a goat.

Doesn't count towards your yearly milage, you are aware of that.

Lower picture only has a single chainring. Looks big for a forty tooth one though.

 

[classic33]

Mouse, clogs n'all, has been up and about.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Given the wrist a couple of days and the swelling and pain have gone down a bit but still not right and not able to grip much. I think I better head in to PRI this morning and get it checked out.

Hope everyone else is ok. Hope you get your wife settled in again at home Dave. I’ll try and catch up on everything later.