The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Been out in the garden today doing a bit of tidying up. It almost feels like Spring is just around the corner.
I dropped into my local brewery whilst I was down at the caravan storage and picked up a case of freshly brewed IPA.
Just testing one now.

 

[12boy]

Having just slept a plush 6 hours, I was awakened by the pooch jumping up and down on my bladder.
Going to get up to -5C. Perhaps if the wind aint too stout I will get a ride in. My 3.35 miles trudging in -22C was decent exercise but I miss bike riding.
Having the political stuff dial down a notch or two has reduced my base level tension to where after getting up to whiz a time or two in the night it is eay to go back to sleep. Usually. Most of the things I worry about are beyond my control and I try to remember to shine them on.

 

[BoldonLad]

Having just slept a plush 6 hours, I was awakened by the pooch jumping up and down on my bladder.
Going to get up to -5C. Perhaps if the wind aint too stout I will get a ride in. My 3.35 miles trudging in -22C was decent exercise but I miss bike riding.
Having the political stuff dial down a notch or two has reduced my base level tension to where after getting up to whiz a time or two in the night it is eay to go back to sleep. Usually. Most of the things I worry about are beyond my control and I try to remember to shine them on.

My late Father used to say, about any worry "topic"..... "think, can you fix it?, if yes, then, stop worrying and do it, if no, stop worrying about it" very sensible, I always thought, but, not always easy to do

 

[Dirk]

My late Father used to say, about any worry "topic"..... "think, can you fix it?, if yes, do it, if no, stop worrying about it" very sensible, I always thought, but, not always easy to do

That's my ethos.

 

[ColinJ]

so - weather is clearly warmer - met office and BBC promised a nice dry day
lying gits
fine as far as Warrington - then started raining

I nipped out on foot earlier to buy some milk and bananas, and to pick up a Metro. The weather was pretty nice then so I planned to get out on my bike, but made the mistake of having a late breakfast when I got back from my stroll. By the time I finished it was raining and that put me off. My mudguard-equipped winter bike is confined to base until I can get its fork replaced. I'm aiming to get that done as soon as I've had my second jab.

That's you safe for another 15 years then.

WHAT????

you are supposed to clean the oven

who knew!!!

In my defence... 99% of the use my oven gets is just warming up pitta breads. Maybe the odd pizza. It very rarely gets dirty.

 

[ColinJ]

Going to get up to -5C. Perhaps if the wind aint too stout I will get a ride in. My 3.35 miles trudging in -22C was decent exercise but I miss bike riding.

A pal of mine is married to a Texan woman. She comes over here for about 5 months a year to escape the Texan summer and he goes over there for about 5 months to escape the UK dreary/chilly winters. He just emailed me to say that they woke up this morning to find that it was -2 C INSIDE their log cabin and -10 outside! I don't think that he was impressed...

The cold weather that you have been experiencing seems to stretch over most of the country!

 

[12boy]

Yeah, it is. A lot of houses in that area don't have heating adequate for extreme cold spells and their pipes freeze, too. I remember one winter in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while still a college boy, our house heat would not keep the house over 4.4C.
This heinous hardship resulted in our finding it much easier to find a lady to share a bed in order to "keep warm".

 

[numbnuts]

Garage door done

 

[Dave7]

Finally managed a ride today - not been out for 3 days due to cold and wind and asthma and stuff

for the last few months I have been riding wearing the same clothes - big fleece with hi vis cycle jacket on top
bad move - far too hot - should have worn the normal fleece

so - weather is clearly warmer - met office and BBC promised a nice dry day
lying gits
fine as far as Warrington - then started raining as i headed back West into the wind - which was also in a different direction than stated!!!

still - good to get some miles in

Strange.......I live north Warrington and its not rained here.
You should have called in for a cuupa

 

[12boy]

Went for a very short ride, mostly in snow. -17C when I began and -8C now. The pic looking south to Casper mountain across a street has a little herd of Pronghorns back from the road a bit. You may need to blow it up a bit to see them. The other one shows the valley I came up to get to the place for the Pronghorn shot. Towards the top of the shot you can see a little blacktop. I rode down to 1/2 mile from that road from my place, 3/4 mile south of that point, and back up to the high point. Enjoyed being out, and when I got to the high point a nice Chinook had begun, raising temps 10C in that many minutes.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Strange.......I live north Warrington and its not rained here.
You should have called in for a cuupa

Huh

NOW he says


actually the rain was kinda patchy and mostly West towards Widnes - probably just one cloud that decided to follow me - sometimes they seem to do that!!!

 

[Brads]

22 months


Let me know if you get bored of my countdown

 

[numbnuts]

Went for a very short ride, mostly in snow. -17C when I began and -8C now. The pic looking south to Casper mountain across a street has a little herd of Pronghorns back from the road a bit. You may need to blow it up a bit to see them. The other one shows the valley I came up to get to the place for the Pronghorn shot. Towards the top of the shot you can see a little blacktop. I rode down to 1/2 mile from that road from my place, 3/4 mile south of that point, and back up to the high point. Enjoyed being out, and when I got to the high point a nice Chinook had begun, raising temps 10C in that many minutes. View attachment 574140



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+ another one for luck

 

[Dirk]

22 months


Let me know if you get bored of my countdown

How many days?

 

[oldwheels]

Ours wasn't working when we bought the van but I fixed it the start of last year.
It's been extremely useful. In fact, on a couple of sites we would not have been able to position the van due to ground conditions and slopes - there's only so much manual heaving you can do with a 1200kg van.

It is a long time since I towed a caravan but motor movers had not been invented. We just reversed onto the pitch using the car. Mind you I was used to reversing farm trailers and when artic lorries first appeared I often had to reverse them into our loading bay as the drivers had never been trained and could not cope with tight spaces. This was on private land so no insurance issues regarding road traffic laws.