The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

I remember baling twine with nostalgia. I don't suppose it is easy to get nowadays as bales not wrapped in polythene are not common. It was used for all sorts of things like holding up your trousers or as a belt round an old coat used for working out on wet days and more commonly nicky tams.
Nicky tams for the uninitiated were tied round your trouser legs just below the knee to raise the hem up a bit out of the mud. The posh ones were leather but the common herd just used baler twine.

I like the "Nicky tams" explanation. In my travels on my Brompton I tend not to wear cycling specific gear but prefer to wear jacket, trousers and shirt, with a v necked pullover if it's chilly. I tend to tuck my trouser legs into my socks which are usually wooly hiking socks, though on occasion I'll wear red or orange socks to match whichever Brompton I'm riding. I find traffic tends to give me a wide berth which is good, but I like the idea of the "Nicky Tams" and may well ad those to my cycling wardrobe 😎

 

[Tenkaykev]

Just managed a walk.....2 1/2 miles. It was exceedingly warm.
I did stop off part way round for a toasted tea cake with lots of butter and apricot jam.
I trust that is allowed

🎶Dave walked into the Tea Shop like he was walking on to a Yacht,
His cap strategically dipped below one eye,
The Jam in was Apricot...🎶

 

[Dave7]

🎶You walked into the Tea Shop like you were walking on to a Yacht,
Your cap strategically dipped below one eye,
The Jam in was Apricot...🎶

Very good that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

🎶You walked into the Tea Shop like you were walking on to a Yacht,
Your cap strategically dipped below one eye,
The Jam in was Apricot...🎶

I remember Carly Simon bringing that song out and starting her ex boy friends argueing amongst themselves about which one the song was about.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Very good that.

I’ve just edited my post since I realised that Carly must have met Dave at some stage 😁

 

[Dave7]

I’ve just edited my post since I realised that Carly must have met Dave at some stage 😁

Well I think that song was about me!

 

[ColinJ]

It is not easy living in somebody else's house even if they are family and I cannot remember who said it but
" Guests are like fish. They go off after a few days".

That's a good saying!

It would be nice to be near/nearer my sister but I wouldn't want to actually live in the same house. I'll limit most of my visits to about a week at a time - long enough to make the longish journey worthwhile, but (hopefully!) not long enough to make a nuisance of myself.

I have a similar attitude to going to Benderloch which is near Oban. I do know the area well but I think financially it is probably not possible as nobody is going to give me a mortgage at my age while I sell my existing house.

I was trying to work out if Mull that can be seen in the distance from the village. I checked the map, and it CAN BE.

This photo was taken on a family stroll up Beinn Lora, at Benderloch .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Lol!


New pyramid appears in Egypt.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just finished renewing my car insurance via a comparison site

apparently I get a £20 voucher to spend at Halfords!!

sooooo

do I tell my wife about it - or just turn up at some point with 'more bike stuff' and tell her the price I paid and not mention the real price??

and also

should I mention the other options that I never mentioned to her before I decided????

Marriage is more complicated than thought!

 

[Juan Kog]

Just finished renewing my car insurance via a comparison site

apparently I get a £20 voucher to spend at Halfords!!

sooooo

do I tell my wife about it - or just turn up at some point with 'more bike stuff' and tell her the price I paid and not mention the real price??

and also

should I mention the other options that I never mentioned to her before I decided????

Marriage is more complicated than thought!

Just accept what ever you decide you will be in the wrong .

 

[12boy]

Our baling twine is hideous orange poly. As one of my LSD aficiando amigos once said...Orange would be a nice color if there wasn't so much purple in it.
Great ride on the Brompton although some zip ties holding the saddlebag on failed so repairs were made.
If a man was alone in a forest and said something his wife would still know he was wrong.
Tenkaykev, I loved your verse.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Back from a first walk in the park with friends for what seems like an eternity. So many people out exercising. Saw a few ducks and geese having a barney, theres a segregated part of the lake where the Model Radio Yacht Club do their thing and a couple of new vantage points at the waters edge. All in all a refreshing evening.

 

[welsh dragon]

Mr WD is walking a bit better now, but I wonder if I will have to be the chef once again tomorrow. Egg on toast it will be then.

 

[classic33]

OW...As Dave Van Ronk once sang, God bless the child that has his own. No living with my kids for me unless it was in detached quarters.
Another crystal clear, chilly morning with a ride, I hope. Yesterday's trial rides were peachy keen and I lust after another one. no shortage of fun stuff after that either....a grocery trip, a quick visit to the hardware store and cutting some baling twine to fasten together my recycled fence slats into walkways in the garden as the slats are all drilled now. I will soak the dog's left front paw in Epsom salts. And a little yoga and a pushup or two. How sweet it is.
The style here is to refer to pet owners as the Mom and Dad of their pets. I'm not in love with that.
Now, the important decision.... which of my fleet shall I ride?
Be well and safe.

Fresh and new or used, and if used are you cutting at the knot and tying loose end to knot?

 

[classic33]

Mr WD is walking a bit better now, but I wonder if I will have to be the chef once again tomorrow. Egg on toast it will be then.

Will you be cooking the egg!