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.