The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Why is there a picture of a man with an unfeasibly large scrotum?

It must be modelled on "Buster Gonad" from Viz magazine...😁

 

[Dave7]

No swimming ones from school?

Nope.....not one.

 

[numbnuts]

I've been shopping

 

[numbnuts]

I've got four trophy's, three for fishing one for shooting

 

[Mo1959]

Just back an 18 mile bimble. Few little hills so it was plenty. Wanted to leave something in the legs for an afternoon walk. Gorgeous morning but forgot the phone so no pics.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've a few 10km medals and certificates lying around. There were a bit of effort put into gaining tgem, even if they were done just for fun.

I always found the shorter distances to be a lot lot tougher than the longer distances. If you were chasing a time in a 10k it is relentless, with longer distances you’ve got the opportunity to ease off a bit and come back again if you’re having a bit of a wobble.

 

[ColinJ]

Ransomware?

Tech Support Ware
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-message/9b209278-a5e4-4b1c-8a86-d0dd49eb1e15

It's a scam.
Call the number and be connected to a 'Microsoft Level 3 techneeshan' in Mumbai, called Christopher.
They'll do a 'scan' and then try to sell you AV for $299 a year.
They need nuking.

Indeed, and somehow people keep falling for them...

A friend of mine fell for one of the telephone 'computer support' scams when she was aged 50!

Someone rang saying that he was working on behalf of Microsoft. They had (somehow! ) discovered a serious problem with her computer which they needed to fix for her. If she enabled remote access, they could easily repair the problem. So she turned the control of the PC over to him! Oh dear (surprise, surprise!), the problem was more serious than it had seemed at first so it would cost her a £50 support fee to put it right. She went and got her bank details and was about to read them out when she finally started to smell a rat ... She put the phone down and discovered that the man had changed her Windows login password and encrypted her files! She had to pay a local computer shop to reinstall Windows and she lost her files (which had not been backed up).

I told her that it was the equivalent of trusting a complete stranger who walked up to her in the street and asked for her front door key so he could let himself into her house to repair her television. Why would she trust a random stranger on the telephone any more than a random stranger down at her local shops?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Indeed, and somehow people keep falling for them...

Over the last few days I've had a phone call from HMRC with notification of my imminent arrest, A charming gentleman from Microsoft offering to help rid my laptop of a nasty virus, and a young lady concerned about the accident that I was involved in that wasn't my fault.
These calls seem to come in waves, I block the numbers on my phone, but of course the numbers are "spoofed" and not genuine numbers.

 

[PaulB]

I always found the shorter distances to be a lot lot tougher than the longer distances. If you were chasing a time in a 10k it is relentless, with longer distances you’ve got the opportunity to ease off a bit and come back again if you’re having a bit of a wobble.

I ran every distance and terrain possible when I was younger and always said the 5,000 metres, 5K or whatever else they called it, the hardest of the distance races. No time to rest or consolidate like you had in the longer events. It was eyeballs out from gun to tape with no easing off possible. Yes it was one eighth and a bith of a full marathon but stress-wise, tougher as it is a relentless distance.

 

[ColinJ]

There is one scam like this going the rounds...

"We have control of your webcam and have made videos of you pleasuring yourself while visiting pornographic websites. We have the email addresses of your employer, your colleagues, your friends, and family members and they will ALL receive copies of these disgusting videos of you unless you pay us a ransom of $1,000. If you comply, we promise to destroy all copies of the videos."

Obviously, such kind, friendly people would never lie about that and be back the following week revealing that they had more copies of the alleged videos and then demanding $2,000...

 

[numbnuts]

6 mile walk done

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The one I was getting regularly was where the phone only rings once and goes off, if you ring back its a premium rate number, I blocked about four different numbers before they stopped.

 

[ColinJ]

The one I was getting regularly was where the phone only rings once and goes off, if you ring back its a premium rate number, I blocked about four different numbers before they stopped.

Some of these people are quite clever and creative. If they turned their talents to more positive activities they could probably make a very good living without having to rip anybody off!

 

[Dave7]

I got one yesterday.... it was from my internet provider, telling me my account had been hacked etc etc. I was in one of those stupid moods so pretended to be horrified and pretended to go along with everything he said.
Eventually I said "I find this very confusing, would it help if I just give you my bank account and credit card details".
Strangely the line went dead .

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Let us know if the calls drop off or increase

I have started to suspect that if you annoy them enough they pass your number onto others - or put it on a list for other scam calls

I used to keep them on the line for as long as I could be bothered - and this seemed to deter them - but recently I have noticed that if I do that the number of calls increases.

We have just been hanging up when we get them - and the volume seems to be reducing from one or two a day most days of the week - to only one or two a weeks

of course it could just be a lull - but if we share information we may learn something