numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Seeing it's cold and wet I had 40 
instead of my walk 
instead of my walk 
The Retirement Thread
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
40 w*nks...Seeing it's cold and wet I had 40
classic33
Leg End Member
Another yellow onesie?Parcels arrived
classic33
Leg End Member
Vegan sausage?Back home now. Caravan parked in storage yard.
Dropped into Tesco for lunch; picked up a bacon, sausage and egg triple decker sarnie along with a Belgian bun.
Spitting with rain now.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
No not a onesie I've got four of those.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
40 w*nks...
There's always one isn't there ............
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
After our wonderful rain yesterday greening has begun and it will be 18C today. Shorts may be in order. Perhaps Mrs 12 will be able to figure out her lettuce arrangement so I can plant it. In fact the sand cherry in the back yard bloomed yesterday. There are many other delights on my plate....tinkering with my Brompton whose part came in from Minneapolis, finishing setting my Holdsworth for the SA 3 speed, a little cookery, laundry, and if there is time, a little archery. Can you say "Deliverance"?
Sorry to hear of Mrs 7's travails Dave 7. She has had enough torment. At least she has you to rely on. I have become very cautious myself, especially on the bike, because I need to be healthy and cheerful to help my wife. Riding bike helps with the cheerful part. And, unless I have an accident, the healthy part, too. It is true y'all's athletic endeavors of long walks and epic bike rides sets the bar pretty high so I have something to aspire to.
Be safe and well.
Sorry to hear of Mrs 7's travails Dave 7. She has had enough torment. At least she has you to rely on. I have become very cautious myself, especially on the bike, because I need to be healthy and cheerful to help my wife. Riding bike helps with the cheerful part. And, unless I have an accident, the healthy part, too. It is true y'all's athletic endeavors of long walks and epic bike rides sets the bar pretty high so I have something to aspire to.
Be safe and well.
Sbudge
Cyclist
- Location
- NW London & The Chilterns
I've had a Slate for about 4 years. Recently gave it a complete upgrade with Di2, new wheels, stem conversion etc. such a fun bike to ride!
classic33
Leg End Member
Long time no see!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
A rare sight. A couple of yachts in the Diorlinn which is the passage between Mull and Calve Island. Part dries out at LW Springs and scallops can be picked up by hand. Calve was a working farm in living memory but is now a holiday house and there was an Inn on the Mull side as the road would originally have gone round that way.
The rare bit is a yacht which knows where the anchor is and what it is for. These ones are a bit close together but the floating caravan park aka marina does not open until May 17th.
Lovely little bay on the left of the yachts is where we used to go down and anchor for lunch on nice days.
At least they are not anchored in the middle of the fairway which is a bit like parking a car in the middle of a 3 lane highway. The fishing boats harass them mercilessly if they anchor in the middle. There was a sunken fishing boat just where they have anchored waiting to snag them. Good money for the diving club freeing the anchors.
The rare bit is a yacht which knows where the anchor is and what it is for. These ones are a bit close together but the floating caravan park aka marina does not open until May 17th.
Lovely little bay on the left of the yachts is where we used to go down and anchor for lunch on nice days.
At least they are not anchored in the middle of the fairway which is a bit like parking a car in the middle of a 3 lane highway. The fishing boats harass them mercilessly if they anchor in the middle. There was a sunken fishing boat just where they have anchored waiting to snag them. Good money for the diving club freeing the anchors.
I've had a Kindle for quite a few years, my first one was the model with the physical keyboard. I upgraded that to a " Paperwhite" which I then left on the overnight sleeper to Glasgow. I replaced it with a Kindle Voyage that was a very good price and I've been really pleased with it.
I've been a member of our local library for very many years, I still take physical books out ( Tree Books as opposed to Ebooks 😁)
Of course that wasn't possible during the Covid Kerfuffle so I took advantage of the Libraries catalogue of digital books available for download. Of course the Kindle is not compatible with electronic library books, the format is different, so I've been downloading to my iPad. It's a bit unwieldy compared to a Kindle, and not at all good for reading outdoors ( or in bed for that matter, due to the backlight.
I looked into getting an E reader that's compatible with the Public library system so I've invested in a refurbished Kobo Aura HD, £39 from the WH Smith outlet store. It arrived earlier today and so far I'm impressed, it looks brand new. It lacks the seamlessness of loading books onto it that you get with the Kindle but I've managed to put a couple of Library books on as well as one I purchased from the Kobo store.
I'll see how I get on with it, there's a 30 day no question returns policy which should be ample time to decide.
Anyone else have a Kobo?
I've been a member of our local library for very many years, I still take physical books out ( Tree Books as opposed to Ebooks 😁)
Of course that wasn't possible during the Covid Kerfuffle so I took advantage of the Libraries catalogue of digital books available for download. Of course the Kindle is not compatible with electronic library books, the format is different, so I've been downloading to my iPad. It's a bit unwieldy compared to a Kindle, and not at all good for reading outdoors ( or in bed for that matter, due to the backlight.
I looked into getting an E reader that's compatible with the Public library system so I've invested in a refurbished Kobo Aura HD, £39 from the WH Smith outlet store. It arrived earlier today and so far I'm impressed, it looks brand new. It lacks the seamlessness of loading books onto it that you get with the Kindle but I've managed to put a couple of Library books on as well as one I purchased from the Kobo store.
I'll see how I get on with it, there's a 30 day no question returns policy which should be ample time to decide.
Anyone else have a Kobo?
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
When you refer to the Public library system is that Borrowbox? I have that on my ipad but the book selection available is dire and reading for any length of time is not good. The book selection I think varies according to your local library and ours is not good but I have heard good reports from other areas.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I normally find that I can download most books to my laptop and if they are not compatible then I can convert them to something that is compatible - and email them to the kindle
Although I haven't tried it with the library - I have joined it - but whenever I find something I want to read they don;t have it available
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
