The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Chippy tea. Lovely.

 

[PeteXXX]

It's precipitating it down ☔

 

[Paulus]

Chippy tea. Lovely.

On there own, butties, or with fish or a pie?

 

[classic33]

On there own, butties, or with fish or a pie?

Possibly a bit of tarmac.

 

[Mo1959]

Mo, a few questions.
Why is it called a watt bike?
Which one have you got?
Would you recommend it?

My exercise bike has died (it must be 20+ years old) and I am thinking of replacing it for my daughter.

I presume because it measures your watts. It is this one. I didn’t pay quite as much as there was a sale at the time. Had it a year now and still using it so I suppose that’s good considering how bored I got with a more basic type of exercise bike. I think it’s the compatibility with the likes of Zwift, ROUVY, etc that keeps it fun.

 

[Mo1959]

Soon be time for Shetland.

 

[welsh dragon]

Soon be time for Shetland.

Yay. Shetland.

 

[classic33]

Yay. Shetland.

It can be cold up there!

 

[Paulus]

It can be cold up there!

And windy.

 

[classic33]

And windy.

True, 50-60 mph widely with 65-75mph possible in places forecast for the next 24 hours.

 

[gavroche]

And windy.

Never been there and probably never will.

 

[classic33]

Never been there and probably never will.

Never say never!

 

[gbb]

Apparently, I am tombstone juggling

Retirement has given me the opportunity to get to grips with 'stuff' in the house.
My wife worked full time for many years so while the house was always tidy, errr, 'stuff' could get a bit out of control, hard to find etc etc.
I'm going through 'stuff' in rooms, cupboards etc, sorting, tidying , and in some cases stuff is getting thrown away.
We have 2 double beds in the house, we have something like 20 sheets, a dozen duvet covers / bedsets, umpteen pillowcases.
The kids have drawers FULL of clothes, we just havnt got room for everything, I took 7 bags of ours and theirs to the clothes recycling depot last week..(much of it old or now too small tbf)

And so it goes on. I'm not criticising her, she's worked blooming hard and not always had time for it all so I'm getting to grips with it all now

I'm not necessarily making myself very popular doing it (said light heartedly of course)

 

[Gunk]

My wife worked full time for many years so while the house was always tidy, errr, 'stuff' could get a bit out of control, hard to find etc etc.

Sounds like our house, we never seem to complete the circle, we are always sending stuff to the charity shop, or making trips to the tip but we still have far too much stuff.

 

[PeteXXX]

TTFN 👋