The Retirement Thread

[Flick of the Elbow]

One thing I noticed from my attempts at butterfly identification the other day is that about half the species I looked at I could discount because they aren’t found in Scotland. Gatekeeper a case in point. Identification must be doubly hard down south with so many more species

 

[Mo1959]

One thing I noticed from my attempts at butterfly identification the other day is that about half the species I looked at I could discount because they aren’t found in Scotland. Gatekeeper a case in point. Identification must be doubly hard down south with so many more species

Don’t know if it’s just my area, but there has been a distinct lack of butterflies this year

 

[PaulSB]

Its increasingly looking likely to be a Gatekeeper.

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/gatekeeper

I'd be worried if the gatekeeper was hovering around in my garden.......

 

[Mo1959]

I'd be worried if the gatekeeper was hovering around in my garden.......

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Why is Classic in your garden. Lol

Jeez these adverts in the breaks do my head in.

 

[PaulSB]

Why is Classic in your garden. Lol

Jeez these adverts in the breaks do my head in.

Ha! Hadn't spotted that!

 

[Dirk]

Cricklewood?

West Down.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'd be worried if the gatekeeper was hovering around in my garden.......

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I'm not too worried about the Gate Keeper, finding the Grim Reaper breathing down my neck would be worrying though.

 

[pawl]

Like the one on the left but that other stuff would be straight in the bin!
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sacra

Like the one on the left but that other stuff would be straight in the bin!
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Sacrilege absolute sacrilege Marmite lovers unite

 

[classic33]

Why is Classic in your garden. Lol

Jeez these adverts in the breaks do my head in.

That's not me!!

 

[ColinJ]

... finding the Grim Reaper breathing down my neck would be worrying though.

You've had a few significant health problems in the past... didn't the Grim Reaper 'have a word' at the time?

When my first pulmonary embolism flattened me (I faceplanted on the bathroom floor and couldn't get up) the Reaper was screaming in my ears. I heard an horrendous screeching sound, like the sound of the wheels of a train or tram going round a tight bend. There must be some medical explanation for it, but it was pretty bloody scary. I knew that I was close to death at the time and thought about The Grim Reaper. I don't normally believe in such things, but having one's body pack up suddenly can cause a bit of rethink!

 

[ColinJ]

In case any of you are interested, THIS is my forum ride report from yesterday's exertions.

 

[PaulSB]

Forgot about this. No.1 son and his partner work for a Danish company. The UK based people have been offered the chance to put today's food and drink on expenses and take tomorrow off.

 

[Dave7]

That's not me!!

Me thinks he protests too much

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You've had a few significant health problems in the past... didn't the Grim Reaper 'have a word' at the time?

When my first pulmonary embolism flattened me (I faceplanted on the bathroom floor and couldn't get up) the Reaper was screaming in my ears. I heard an horrendous screeching sound, like the sound of the wheels of a train or tram going round a tight bend. There must be some medical explanation for it, but it was pretty bloody scary. I knew that I was close to death at the time and thought about The Grim Reaper. I don't normally believe in such things, but having one's body pack up suddenly can cause a bit of rethink!

I wasn't listening, I was too busy trying to put distance between us.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I knew that I was close to death at the time and thought about The Grim Reaper. I don't normally believe in such things, but having one's body pack up suddenly can cause a bit of rethink!

It made me more aware of my own mortality.