The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks,
Happy Solstice, I can see the rain splashing in my Met Office Puddle ( a puddle at the corner of the road opposite, I judge the weather by how large the puddle has grown, and how hard the raindrops splash on the surface )
I'm waiting the arrival of the BT man to try and pinpoint my Internet issues. I've treble checked the internal stuff so as to avoid the potential £150 charge if it is my kit. Mrs Tenkaykev has sent me the occasional message and photo from Scotland, she's having a great time.
Have a peaceful day folks 👍

 

[Tenkaykev]

Daft questions but
1. What is a twice baked potato
2. Why? Why not just bake it once ?

Thank's I was curious too. I have seen " Triple Cooked" chips on the menu, and I know that to get the very best chips you part cook them and leave them to rest before cooking them again.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My broadband is back up and running, I switched the router off and on and it did the trick, I haven't a clue why it went of though.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
I am sat here in my new (fathers day) slippers.
They are not just any slippers, they are M&S slippers.
Why my daughter thought I needed new slippers I have no idea.

 

[gavroche]

Salut tout le monde. First day of summer today and looking forward to 3 months of sunshine and some rain at night. That would be the ideal scenario but, somehow, I don't think it will be the case.
Passez une bonne journee.

 

[BoldonLad]

My broadband is back up and running, I switched the router off and on and it did the trick, I haven't a clue why it went of though.

My Routers do that, very occasionally (say, once every 18 months or so).

I say Routers in the plural, because I have two, one landline based (Talktalk) in the house, and, one Mobile SIM. Card based in the Motorhome.

It happens to both of them, so, I assume it is just a "thing" with Routers. They are both Huawei, other than that, no commonality.

Switch off and switch on again is the first "tool" in any competent IT persons tool kit

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good morning all, it’s going to be a long day

 

[Tenkaykev]

My Routers do that, very occasionally (say, once every 18 months or so).

I say Routers in the plural, because I have two, one landline based (Talktalk) in the house, and, one Mobile SIM. Card based in the Motorhome.

It happens to both of them, so, I assume it is just a "thing" with Routers. They are both Huawei, other than that, no commonality.

Switch off and switch on again is the first "tool" in any competent IT persons tool kit

That is a lesson I've learned over the years, and it applies to a lot of electrical kit, especially as there is so much stuff with embedded electronics nowadays. The other lesson, especially with interconnected I.T. kit that stops working, is that it is always the cables, but if it's not the cables, then it will be the cables, or else it will be the cables

 

[Mo1959]

10.3 miles with 1171 feet of elevation. Gosh it was quite cold up there. The wind was even making little waves on the water at times.

Not much of a sunrise due to the cloud but not too bad.

 

[Dave7]

Oh yes.......I am off to the hospital shortly.
You may recall that my last eye test showed up a problem. I was told that if not treated then one day I will wake up blind.
This is a follow up to see how things are going.
I will report back.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My Routers do that, very occasionally (say, once every 18 months or so).

I say Routers in the plural, because I have two, one landline based (Talktalk) in the house, and, one Mobile SIM. Card based in the Motorhome.

It happens to both of them, so, I assume it is just a "thing" with Routers. They are both Huawei, other than that, no commonality.

Switch off and switch on again is the first "tool" in any competent IT persons tool kit

I'm on Talktalk fibre and Virgin for the phone, they've both been trouble free and have worked very well.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I'm on Talktalk fibre and Virgin for the phone, they've both been trouble free and have worked very well.

I’ve been with several providers over the years before eventually settling with Zen Internet. That’s quite serendipitous as my 2.4 Ghz band WiFi network name has always been Servalan, and when 5Ghz WiFi arrived, I named that band “ Orac”

 

[Juan Kog]

A fun ride today on the piglet. A short nap and then out to the bike shed for more picking up. Lots to do yet but I actually could see worksurfaces in the bike shed after tidying up. Yesterday I sorted out the many chainrings and crank arms I have in a bin. In this process I found a cherry Sugino RD2 double which is my all time fave crankset and which I didn't know I had, and a B17, too. Today I found a bunch of metric Allens and bored out a block of wood to fit them in groups by size. We shined on the fish hatchery today in favor of tomorrow, which was good because we are getting the first rain for weeks.
Rain or not, in a bit I will fire up my gas grill and cook some Bavette steaks, which along with a salad made fron our garden and some twice baked potatoes will be the FD dinner. A shot of the piglet enclosed. She is heavy but rides sweet and I ride for exercise anyway.

@12boy is that a Brooks Swallow on the piglet ? Looks good . I brought my Swallow out of retirement and put in on my Steamroller it looked 😎. But despite covering many happy miles with it in the past , the revival did not end well . On a 80+ mile ride on fixed I don’t usually look for the hilliest return route , but grinding up hills and out of that saddle , bliss.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

First day of Summer.
Might have a little drive around sightseeing, this morning.

 

[classic33]

Good morning all, it’s going to be a long day

For you, 17h 36m 23s.