The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

How about one of these!

Is that Nigel 'Nad-ripper' Armitage on his last competitive ride?

 

[classic33]

Is that Nigel 'Nad-ripper' Armitage on his last competitive ride?

Not certain, first decent sized picture of the bicycle.

 

[monkers]

How about one of these!
View attachment 573659

Me riding that? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[classic33]

Me riding that? What could possibly go wrong?

Not much.

 

[classic33]

Villagers in Heptonstall (a settlement on the hill above Hebden Bridge, with buildings dating back to at least the 1500s) were rumoured to consider anyone whose family didn't have at least 3 or 4 generations born in the village to be 'offcumdens' - their version of 'settlers'!

They even have their own "Action Group" that used to meet in a pub.

View: https://medium.com/@brtyke/satire-hebden-bridge-natives-set-up-offcumden-action-group-in-response-to-the-influx-of-617dc63d3900

 

[classic33]

Me riding that? What could possibly go wrong?

Found one.
Your choice of lights would need some thought.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning all.

 

[Dave7]

The kids have known for years they come to us first - after we found out one of them took out a pay day loan! Full credit to them they've always paid us back. I did tell them when we retired we would still help but they needed to remember we are on pensions and there would always have to be a repayment schedule.

I have only a small private pension (pays about £3K a year) plus state pension.
However I was fortunate in later years with my business so have a healthy bank balance and of course no mortgage.
So......every now and again we gift our 2 children + 3 grandchildren a wedge eg we no longer need 2 cars so we gave one to our daughter..... well sold it them for 1p .

 

[Dave7]

Well Dave r......you disappoint me . I thought......Saturday morning, cold and dark, no one else will be daft enough to be up.
Just shows to go eh

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Well Dave r......you disappoint me . I thought......Saturday morning, cold and dark, no one else will be daft enough to be up.
Just shows to go eh

I'm not up yet, I'm laying in bed on CC on my tablet, got out for a P and couldn't get back to sleep.

 

[Dave7]

I'm not up yet, I'm laying in bed on CC on my tablet, got out for a P and couldn't get back to sleep.

In that case I bless and forgive you my son

 

[Dave7]

Well, good morning all.
Woke at 0500.....up at 05 30
Listening to Tony with SoTS. Being an old fart I remember all these songs. I enjoy googling the origin of some of them ie who wrote them, who first recorded them etc. (Does that make me sad ?)
When this has finished at 0800 I will prepare a chicken stew and put it in the slow cooker.......anything to try and get MrsD eating.
Hopefully I will have another walk & jog later.
Its SATURDAY........so lots of sport on the tv.

 

[PaulSB]

Good Morning. NEGATIVE!!! That's a worrying 24 hours over and done with. Vaccination booked for Thursday.

-5⁰C in the backyard which means -7/8⁰ in my garden where it's more exposed. Beautiful blue sky and pink dawn through my VERY clean windows!

Word on the grapevine is everyone in the village over 65 was busy booking vaccinations last night. Word spread like wildfire.

No plans but I do have a new jigsaw......it's of a dolphin 🐬

Been watching Rebellion on Netflix this week. It centres around the Irish uprising of 1916 and the following years. From my scant knowledge I think there is broad, probably not detailed, historical accuracy. Good TV in my opinion.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Thumping headache and feel a bit grim. Mrs D has administered a covid test and that has returned a negative result, so must be something else. Mini D hasn't felt right these last few days either, so I've doubtless caught what she has.