The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

Morning all

Yay! Fish Friday!
Might mosey on down to Pebbles cider tavern at lunchtime and have a chip butty.
The roof cleaning man didn't turn up yesterday. He contacted me and was very apologetic, as he had been overloaded with work but promised he'd be out on Tuesday........we'll see.
I've been restocking my tool inventory; new stacking tool box, various pullers and some new Whitworth spanners. It's amazing how cheap decent quality tools are these days.

 

[Dirk]

I'm liking the new Cybertruck.

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[EltonFrog]

Are you going to let us know which one in the photograph is you today, or are you going to keep us in suspense 😁

I think I’ll keep you in suspense.

 

[Drago]

Alarm engineer due this morning. I'll see if he'll fit the remote taser option for a few extra sovs.

 

[Paulus]

Morning all

Yay! Fish Friday!
Might mosey on down to Pebbles cider tavern at lunchtime and have a chip butty.
The roof cleaning man didn't turn up yesterday. He contacted me and was very apologetic, as he had been overloaded with work but promised he'd be out on Tuesday........we'll see.
I've been restocking my tool inventory; new stacking tool box, various pullers and some new Whitworth spanners. It's amazing how cheap decent quality tools are these days.

I've still got some of Whitworth spanners. I haven't found a use for them for about 50 years.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning folks. I've been DIY ing. The door to the outhouse needed replacing and the door frame had seen better days. I got a few quotes to replace with a UPVC one but the cheapest quote was over £800 so I decided to see if I could spruce it up. It's going well so far 🤞
The bottom of the door had gone manky due to being exposed to the elements for 30+ years, but in a moment of inspiration I realised that a couple of kick plates would cover the damage. In other exciting news, we have an Ikea delivery today, one of which is a storage unit that will be repurposed as a home for one of our Brommies.
Have a peaceful day folks, and congratulations to the new retirees ☀️👍

 

[EltonFrog]

Last day of my working life today. First day of retirement tomorrow.

We’ll have to go for Brommie ride when the dust has settled.

 

[Dave7]

I think I’ll keep you in suspense.

I am always in suspenders.


Oh sorry, misread that

 

[Dirk]

I've still got some of Whitworth spanners. I haven't found a use for them for about 50 years.

Two of my bikes are old British ones, so there's no metric stuff on them.

 

[Drago]

Alarm engineer arrived on time to the minute. Smartly turned out fellow, impressed so far.

 

[classic33]

Are you going to let us know which one in the photograph is you today, or are you going to keep us in suspense 😁

Front and centre!

 

[Dirk]

Some progress on the Bantam this morning. Gear box assembled and installed, crankcase oil seals replaced, crank end float calculated and shimmed and crank installed.

Next jobs will be to put the other crankcase half together, hone the barrel, check the ring gaps, install the piston barrel and head, then put the clutch together. It'll be pretty much finished then. This is the rolling chassis.

Worked up a bit of a thirst - going to have a stroll down to the harbour for a pint of cider.

 

[Sterlo]

Don't forget to reconnect the left thread flange sprocket into the opposition BA threaded fly widget.

 

[numbnuts]

I've still got some of Whitworth spanners. I haven't found a use for them for about 50 years.

I've got a full socket set and open enders plus rings that are whitworth goes back when I was 17 some 56 years ago

 

[numbnuts]

Using my slow cooker today making honey garlic chicken, so far not impressed....it just sits there and does nothing
My parcel is coming today.......like it was yesterday