The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good Morning Folks,
Firstly, and most importantly, Happy Birthday @Dave7 🍺🎁🎂
I've also just had confirmation that there is indeed a ( insert deity of your choice ) Whilst perusing the Sainsbury site for our online order I noticed that there's a special edition jar of Marmite available, " Chilli Dynamite " 😍 and just to add further confirmation, I'd typed in "Marmite" in the search box and, heavens above, there's a " Lynx Africa with Marmite" body spray and shower gel !!
I've ordered both of course, I never was much of a "Ladies Man" but judging by what I've seen in the adverts that's about to change. 😄😄😄

 

[BoldonLad]

I wish you all a good morning and a pleasant day .
Who would have thunk that on this day in 1947........
...........
........ @Dave7 was born
Yup 74 years old today.
They said I would amount to nothing yet here I am......a member of the Old Farts CC club

Happy birthday 😊

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Happy Birthday @Dave7 On the subject of trailers - for a few week I worked on a farm in Canada - quite far out into the rural area

The local teenagers were all brought up driving tractors and could reverse a tractor with 3 or 4 articulated trailers behind it wil very little problem

it was amazing to watch!!

my friend and I could just about manage 1 trailer - and with a lot of restarts

 

[gavroche]

Bonjour. The sun is out and it all looks fine for a ride but............ I am waiting for delivery the new shower cubicle. The receipt says between 8am and 4pm I can't even take Molly for a walk as I am stuck here, waiting.

 

[Mo1959]

Bonjour. The sun is out and it all looks fine for a ride but............ I am waiting for delivery the new shower cubicle. The receipt says between 8am and 4pm I can't even take Molly for a walk as I am stuck here, waiting.

Nowhere safe to leave it? Stick a note on the door?

 

[gavroche]

Nowhere safe to leave it? Stick a note on the door?

I would rather have it inside the house as it is expensive and probably bulky too and don't wish to carry it.

 

[Dirk]

And then came the awning saga.

Otherwise known as 'divorce in a bag'.

 

[PaulSB]

That is a skill that has always fascinated me. For a short time we had a tourer and I was hopeless at reversing into any given plot.

First practical lesson we had at horticultural college was how to reverse a tractor and trailer. Stayed with me all my life.

It was great when we used to kart race. I'd turn up at the allotted area, nonchalantly reverse in to our slot while everyone else uncoupled trailers laden with karts and equipment and pushed them into place.

Very satisfying!

 

[oldwheels]

You are still a youngster Dave so happy birthday.
Daily weather is wettish and windy. Forecast is for gales for the next week or so.
One of the back rings on my cooker has failed. Strangely I have a spare just lying handy I think but cannot really tell till I get the old one off if it will fit. Back ring is very difficult to get at and an 8mm socket is needed to get the retainer off unless it has welded itself in. I do have I think an 8mm socket but it is in my workshop at the top of the garden and it is raining.
I never use all 4 rings at one time anyway but the failed one is the one mostly used.
In the good old days I would just have gone down the street to the hydro board shop and got a new cooker and shoved it in the back of the car and dumped the old one. Now there are no electrical shops anywhere accessible and everything has to be sent. Even the shops that still exist carry no stock and only just show models. I prefer to see what I am buying to make sure it is suitable which cannot be done online and sending bulky goods back is not really a viable option.
Sometimes I feel even older than I really am.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm up again
I have on idea what I'll do today
I will have to think on that after breakfast brunch

 

[Tenkaykev]

You are still a youngster Dave so happy birthday.
Daily weather is wettish and windy. Forecast is for gales for the next week or so.
One of the back rings on my cooker has failed. Strangely I have a spare just lying handy I think but cannot really tell till I get the old one off if it will fit. Back ring is very difficult to get at and an 8mm socket is needed to get the retainer off unless it has welded itself in. I do have I think an 8mm socket but it is in my workshop at the top of the garden and it is raining.
I never use all 4 rings at one time anyway but the failed one is the one mostly used.
In the good old days I would just have gone down the street to the hydro board shop and got a new cooker and shoved it in the back of the car and dumped the old one. Now there are no electrical shops anywhere accessible and everything has to be sent. Even the shops that still exist carry no stock and only just show models. I prefer to see what I am buying to make sure it is suitable which cannot be done online and sending bulky goods back is not really a viable option.
Sometimes I feel even older than I really am.

A bit of Vaaseline on the thread when you fit the new ring will make it easier next time. Don't forget to disconnect and double check the power is off, then check again.

 

[gavroche]

Yeeppe!! The van has just been but he wouldn't bring them inside because of Covid so I had to do it: two big tall, heavy boxes. Anyway, they are in the hallway now and the plumber can do the rest tomorrow.
Now I am free to do what I like so first, take Molly for a walk, then pick up my prescription from chemist, take cash out for plumber tomorrow, bit of shopping at Liddle and finally a possible ride early afternoon if the weather doesn't change by then.

 

[pawl]

I was eighty on Feb2 No happy birthday’s perhaps because I didn’t say anything Think I’ll have a flounce
Hear goes,

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I was eighty on Feb2 No happy birthday’s perhaps because I didn’t say anything Think I’ll have a flounce
Hear goes,

Here you go, a belated Happy Birthday from me.

 

[pawl]

Here you go, a belated Happy Birthday from me.

Thank you