The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

What’s your secret? I seem to lose a couple of pounds then keep putting it back on again. I really need to lose a stone minimum to feel good.

I just had a wander round the park since I will be going back out in a couple of hours, then nipped along to Aldi for a couple of things while it was quiet.

Porridge and blueberries time now.

It's a simple secret—do not tell anyone, though; otherwise, it will damage the diet market. I basically eat fewer calories than I burn. I still eat scones and biscuits and have a beer each night. I have also been through and am still going through a lot of stress, so I am not eating anywhere near as much as normal. I am enjoying the weight loss, and I am doing it on purpose.

 

[welsh dragon]

I have acquired a couple of Mr WD's tools. A bench vice, a vernier and I want to errr borrow his steel mandrel.

Oh and i want him to cut some metal for me as well.

 

[classic33]

It's suddenly got very misty out there. Some people would call it foggy. Once it burns off it should be a nice day.

It's a mist if visibility is more than 1,000 metres, fog when it's 1,000 metres or less.

 

[classic33]

I have acquired a couple of Mr WD's tools. A bench vice, a vernier and I want to errr borrow his steel mandrel.

Oh and i want him to cut some metal for me as well.

If you were to "acquire" a hacksaw you could cut your own metal.
How would you mind if he "acquired" your sewing machine?

 

[welsh dragon]

If you were to "acquire" a hacksaw you could cut your own metal.
How would you mind if he "acquired" your sewing machine?

Yep. And Mr WD is about to buy one for me.

Oh and he has just bought a vernier for me as well. Its only a cheap one but I don't need anything expensive or accurate to the thousandth of an Inch or mm.

 

[welsh dragon]

If you were to "acquire" a hacksaw you could cut your own metal.
How would you mind if he "acquired" your sewing machine?

My sewing machine scares him

 

[numbnuts]

My sewing machine scares him

Are you sure it's the sewing machine

 

[numbnuts]

I've been shopping

 

[Drago]

Surprised to read just now that there are 47 mechanical signalling boxes still in use on the Scottish rail network, the sort with the big mechanical levers that you normally see TV presenters trying out on heritage lines. And not just in the north of Scotland, the biggest is in Stirling. And they are not planning on replacing them any time soon, plans just published aim to reduce the number to 10-12 over the next 20 years.

I bet they work just fine, and don't throw a wobbly every time the Chinese government infect a computer with a virus.

 

[classic33]

My sewing machine scares him

If he changes the needle for a small saw blade, he'd have a nifty scroll saw.

 

[welsh dragon]

Are you sure it's the sewing machine

No. Not entirely

 

[numbnuts]

Spaghetti bolognese all covered in cheese for lunch

 

[Drago]

Cheese on toast for me.

Lovely day. Open countryside to the front. Surrounded by houses to the rear, but they're all wage slaves. French doors to garden are open and it's more peaceful than it used to be in the village.

 

[screenman]

I've been shopping

I am shopping, waiting to pay at the moment.

 

[Dave7]

Spaghetti bolognese all covered in cheese for lunch

Home made or shop bought ?