The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Good morning. It's dark but the sky is going to be bright and clear. Have look out of the window. Over here Venus is astonishingly bright this morning as is the moon.

Cycle club Awards Night. I won a bottle of wine and a bike fit in the raffle. 👍 My number came up a third time but I said no, draw it again. The bike fit is by the former Team GB Head Mechanic.

I knew something was going on. I didn't plan to go to the Awards evening but was persuaded to do so. A good friend of mine is away in Australia. He was receiving an award so I thought I was collecting it on his behalf.

Wrong! I was presented with Life Time Membership of the club. I didn't see that one coming. Rather proud of this.

Today I will be burning the old shed and generally clearing up the area.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Finishing off the engine work on my Montesa this morning and hopefully get it running again.
Off to the Railway Inn for lunch at 1pm.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Tenkaykev]

How about longer words such as Sesquipedalophobia?

Not with words such as those, with longer words I broke them up into their constituents. One of my earliest memories is being taken to the doctors by my mum and her suggesting that I memorise some of the words on the posters while she went in to see the doctor. " Dee aye pee aitch tee aitch ee ai arrr aye " was how I remember the first word I consciously memorised.

 

[PaulSB]

I used to be excellent at spelling. If I was reading something a misspelled word would almost leap off the page. My colleagues at work would ask me how to spell words if unsure ( pre internet etc ). I would close my eyes and look up and " see " the word as written. That's no longer the case as the years have taken their toll.

That's interesting. Likewise I use to be a good speller but it has deteriorated. To my surprise it's ordinary, everyday words which flummox me. "definitley, "unecessary," and "ocassionally," are three I struggle with.

My language use has deteriorated. If I want to write well, I have to spend time composing and editing. When i was younger words simply flowed. I think this is because we so often see five words used when one is sufficient. It's about overall declining standards which have seeped into common (mis)usage.

 

[Mo1959]

That's interesting. Likewise I use to be a good speller but it has deteriorated. To my surprise it's ordinary, everyday words which flummox me. "definitley, "unecessary," and "ocassionally," are three I struggle with.

My language use has deteriorated. If I want to write well, I have to spend time composing and editing. When i was younger words simply flowed. I think this is because we so often see five words used when one is sufficient. It's about overall declining standards which have seeped into common (mis)usage.

I read a lot as a youngster and had a primary head teacher that gave us spelling tests so I think I’m reasonably ok, but there’s always certain words that can be tricky.

Gosh, it was cold for my early shuffle. 10k done at zone 2 heart rate. I was glad to get back in.

 

[Dave7]

At school I was well above average at reading but terrible at spelling (still am). Letters just don't fall into place. I think it's a mild form of dyslexia.

 

[classic33]

Always reading as a kid. Once got shut in in the book cupboard in the infants. At the library before stating school, but only allowed to read in there as I was too young to join. Now they allow babies to join, with the parent as guarantor.

Library I joined at is no longer there, inside ruined by a fire in 2020. None of the Barbara Taylor Bradford books survived.

 

[Drago]

Was chilly this morning. Took Bruce for a good long walk down onto Brackmills, a nearby industrial estate. It's a 55M drop in altitude to get down there and it was blummen chilly as all the cold air had pooled.

I like walking round there on a Sunday. It's deserted, gives the place a so,what post apocalyptic feel.

 

[Paulus]

Something has broken the bottom of the last fence panel at the bottom of the garden.
Not just broken it, bu torn off the strip of wood along the bottom and pulled off part of the overlap behind it.
My neighbour had a badger in her garden a month or so back, and had torn down part of her fence.

 

[BoldonLad]

I used to be excellent at spelling. If I was reading something a misspelled word would almost leap off the page. My colleagues at work would ask me how to spell words if unsure ( pre internet etc ). I would close my eyes and look up and " see " the word as written. That's no longer the case as the years have taken their toll.

That's interesting. Likewise I use to be a good speller but it has deteriorated. To my surprise it's ordinary, everyday words which flummox me. "definitley, "unecessary," and "ocassionally," are three I struggle with.

My language use has deteriorated. If I want to write well, I have to spend time composing and editing. When i was younger words simply flowed. I think this is because we so often see five words used when one is sufficient. It's about overall declining standards which have seeped into common (mis)usage.

I read a lot as a youngster and had a primary head teacher that gave us spelling tests so I think I’m reasonably ok, but there’s always certain words that can be tricky.

Gosh, it was cold for my early shuffle. 10k done at zone 2 heart rate. I was glad to get back in.

A thought, it may be age of course, but, I wonder if it is "computers" to blame. I find that my spelling has deteriorated and my had writing has deteriorated. The "excuses" I make for myself are:

- I hardly ever write anything now, it is all typed on a keyboard
- I don't need to think how to spell, if I just get it approximately correct, the predictive text and/or spell checker will prompt me with correct answer.

True, predictive text needs watching, sometimes it gives some very bizarre results.

 

[BoldonLad]

@Mo1959 may I ask you a question?

I may have missed some it, but, I dont recall you commenting on using your indoor trainer recently?

I ask, because, I have been considering buying myself an indoor smart trainer, but, I am a bit concerned that after a few weeks, I will tire of using it, and, it will just gather dust.

Have you managed to stay motivated to use your's?

My reasoning is a mixture of weather, and, personal circumstances, Mrs @BoldonLad's health means she is no longer up for cycling, and, I cannot leave her alone, whilst I go off for a ride. So, in winter, a combination of unsuitable weather and inability to get one of the daughters to "attend" when the weather is playing ball, is making it increasingly difficult to get regular rides in. My lake of self discipline and tendency to nibble, means my weight is creeping (well, maybe a bit fast then creeping) up.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I used to be excellent at spelling. If I was reading something a misspelled word would almost leap off the page. My colleagues at work would ask me how to spell words if unsure ( pre internet etc ). I would close my eyes and look up and " see " the word as written. That's no longer the case as the years have taken their toll.

I can do that - normally - but only if I have not seen it mis-spelled

When I was a teacher I always told the kids that they must not point to a word and ask me if it is spelled correctly
I would know but not be able to say how it should be spelt having seen it wrong
They had to just ask me how to spell the word - preferably while covering it on the screen

They found it weird but understood and it gave a good angle to talk about how different people's minds work differently
A TA who was trained in dyslexia support and stuff suggested that I might be dyslexic as that is how a dyslexic would work but as I was an "older adult" at the time her training did not cover her making any proper diagnosis as adult are different

I have also been thought to be autistic by some people but not enough to make it worth checking properly!

My wife just things I am strange!

 

[Drago]

Weekend housework done.

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959 may I ask you a question?

I may have missed some it, but, I dont recall you commenting on using your indoor trainer recently?

Probably only about once per week recently as I prefer being outdoors. I envisage it picking up more over the winter.