The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

Hitching up in a couple of hours and heading home.
We've been away for 16 nights, which always seems about the right length of time to us. Had a good break, but glad to go home.
Daresay the garden will need attacking!
Got to think where we will go in July. Inland, of course, avoiding the crowds. MrsD fancies a couple of weeks around Wiltshire/North Dorset.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I agree annoying. I console my self when it has happened to me .The bike has had a much needed overhaul that it wouldn’t have had without the irritating noise .

There is that, after that episode my commuter was in the best shape it had been in for several years.

 

[pawl]

Hi Mo thank you very much for asking.
The insurance did finally paid out and I'm good too.
Things in the past got out of hand so I'll stay silent for a while 🙊
but I still love the wonderful photos you take,
your so lucky to live in such a beautiful part of Scotland

Good to hear your feeling better👍👍👍

 

[Dirk]

Oops! Nearly forgot!!

Yay....it's Fish Friday!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Hello you lot

Raining here - well when I say rain - that sort of stuff the is so light it hardly even falls - just kinda floats down in very small drops - but a lot of them so it soaks you right through.
The builder working on the new extension next door ain't a happy chappie - he is absolutely soaked!

Looks like bike rides are off for today - especially as the builder has scaffolding blocking the passage from my garden to the front (he did ask). I could take the folder and just carry it through the house - but getting it back without it dripping mud and oil on the carpet might be tricky!

 

[GM]

Morning all... A bit of a damp start, looks like there might be rain later so it'll be feet up and watch the tennis this afternoon.

@PaulSB These might be a use to you. Mrs GM was coming out of Morrisons a few weeks ago and some chap put 4 of these self testing kits in her trolly. They are complete testing kits where you do the test and get your results 30 minutes later. You get 7 swobs so you can test regularly. I'm going to do a test later because I've a hospital appointment soon which I don't want to miss. I think you can send off for them.

 

[Paulus]

@PaulSB These might be a use to you. Mrs GM was coming out of Morrisons a few weeks ago and some chap put 4 of these self testing kits in her trolly. They are complete testing kits where you do the test and get your results 30 minutes later. You get 7 swobs so you can test regularly. I'm going to do a test later because I've a hospital appointment soon which I don't want to miss. I think you can send off for them.

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You can also pick them up from local pharmacies.

 

[PaulSB]

@GM @Paulus - thanks both. Are these free?

 

[Juan Kog]

@GM @Paulus - thanks both. Are these free?

“Are these free?” Paul your a Lancastrian not a Yorkshire man . I’m now going into hiding.
(edit) Lancastrian by adoption.

 

[Dave7]

Busy busy busy.
Did the Aldi dash at 0800 (did plan it for yesterday but life got in the way).
Been out and bought new unit and sink for the bathroom.
Been shopping for some vinyl click flooring, also for the bathroom.
Got my Mr Fixit sorting it all out now.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just a local wander this morning. Brightened up briefly but cool and dull again now.

 

[rustybolts]

Fabulous pictures this morning Mo and well done Numbnuts on getting money from your car insurance. Got my second vaccine 3 hrs ago and feel OK. Got a few funny looks when I turned up on a bike for the second Astra jab ( from the parking attendants ) Ate a hefty sambo , a banana and gulped a pint of milk before I left vaccination centre . Rode home very carefully and slowly

 

[ColinJ]

What helmet for...




... 400 year old cottages in Devon!!!

I am in danger of killing myself in this place. I have been here less than 24 hours but I have already smacked my head into low-flying doorways 6 or 7 times!

I'm being slightly jokey about it, but it is a real worry. Warfarin makes me about 2.5 times more likely to suffer a brain bleed from a head injury.

It is SO quiet here... I woke up in the middle of the night and was disturbed by a strange... silence!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Got a few funny looks when I turned up on a bike for the second Astra jab ( from the parking attendants )

How very strange !
When I got my second AZ it was clear from the busy activity around the cycle racks that many were cycling in for it.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

What helmet for...




... 400 year old cottages in Devon!!!

I am in danger of killing myself in this place. I have been here less than 24 hours but I have already smacked my head into low-flying doorways 6 or 7 times!

I'm being slightly jokey about it, but it is a real worry. Warfarin makes me about 2.5 times more likely to suffer a brain bleed from a head injury.

It is SO quiet here... I woke up in the middle of the night and was disturbed by a strange... silence!

If you think that’s bad, don’t ever take a holiday on a traditional narrow boat