The Retirement Thread
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Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
Afternoon all, well that turned out to be a wet and cold experience, even snow to be seen 
. Both met office and Norwegian forecasts had a mostly dry day showing so we set off for a ride up Strathconon. Unfortunately mostly dry turned out to be mostly very wet and very cold. We made it to the end of the road and had a very cold sandwich stop by the river before retracing. Several of the hill tops had a good dusting of snow, even some of the lower ones. The autumn colours were dazzling at times but cold hands and wet gloves ruled out any attempt at photo’s. Just about thawed out now.
. Both met office and Norwegian forecasts had a mostly dry day showing so we set off for a ride up Strathconon. Unfortunately mostly dry turned out to be mostly very wet and very cold. We made it to the end of the road and had a very cold sandwich stop by the river before retracing. Several of the hill tops had a good dusting of snow, even some of the lower ones. The autumn colours were dazzling at times but cold hands and wet gloves ruled out any attempt at photo’s. Just about thawed out now.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
My mum had one of those driers
Mmmm and we had one when we first got married as well.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My ex suffered a bout of that. She got up in the middle of the night for a pee and came round a few minutes later on her bathroom floor with a nasty head injury. She had got very giddy, fallen over and...
... BROKEN THE BATHROOM WASHBASIN WITH HER HEAD AS SHE FELL!!!
I didn't believe it until I saw the damage to her head and the washbasin. (I'm assuming that she hadn't arbitrarily decided to smack the basin with a hammer and headbutt the wall!
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Just had an Email from John Lewis. I've got a Loyalty Card and we've bought various items from them over the years.
There's a couple of Promotions in the Email, plus a chance to win an Anglepoise Lamp, it must be made out of Unobtanium as the normal list price is £2950!
Speaking of overpriced lighting, we get the Radio Times most weeks. Towards the back among the adverts for Funeral Plans, Equity Release and Walk in Baths there's often an advert for a reading light with "Natural Daylight" best light ever etc. If you purchase the freestanding light they will give you a "Free" table lamp which utilises the same technology. I had a little dig into this as I was quite interested in the quality of light and as a one time keen photographer had delved into a bit more than the average person.
The light advertised in RT is LED. Natural daylight has a "CRI" ( Colour Rendering Index ) of 100. Advances in LED technologies have got very close indeed to natural daylight and Philips make a very wide spectrum LED lamp with a CRI of 97 which I believe is the best available.
While the stand and materials used in the advertised light appears to be of very high quality You could save yourself a pretty penny and buy a high CRI index Philips lamp for about £10 and put it in a half decent fitting. ( The Philips high index lamp comes in a standard GU10 cap )
On a less serious note I wonder if the Philips lights might come in useful if I need to supplement my pension by growing "exotic herbs"
There's a couple of Promotions in the Email, plus a chance to win an Anglepoise Lamp, it must be made out of Unobtanium as the normal list price is £2950!
Speaking of overpriced lighting, we get the Radio Times most weeks. Towards the back among the adverts for Funeral Plans, Equity Release and Walk in Baths there's often an advert for a reading light with "Natural Daylight" best light ever etc. If you purchase the freestanding light they will give you a "Free" table lamp which utilises the same technology. I had a little dig into this as I was quite interested in the quality of light and as a one time keen photographer had delved into a bit more than the average person.
The light advertised in RT is LED. Natural daylight has a "CRI" ( Colour Rendering Index ) of 100. Advances in LED technologies have got very close indeed to natural daylight and Philips make a very wide spectrum LED lamp with a CRI of 97 which I believe is the best available.
While the stand and materials used in the advertised light appears to be of very high quality You could save yourself a pretty penny and buy a high CRI index Philips lamp for about £10 and put it in a half decent fitting. ( The Philips high index lamp comes in a standard GU10 cap )
On a less serious note I wonder if the Philips lights might come in useful if I need to supplement my pension by growing "exotic herbs"
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Ferry tavern between Warrington and Widnes - I often do a ride from Widnes to Runcorn then along the canals and back over bridges to Warrington and follow the old canal home - The Ferry just happens to be about 4 miles from home - which is handy - sorry - not handy - just a total co-incidence!!
My mum had one of those driers
Mmmm and we had one when we first got married as well.
Was it your sole source of heating as well? not that it worked well in our two room top floor flat that you could see through gaps in the roof, 1974/5 was a very interesting period for us, one toilet shared between 3 flats and it was on the middle floor as well. Looking back it was tough but at the time the three of us had each other and nothing was more important.
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Just had an Email from John Lewis. I've got a Loyalty Card and we've bought various items from them over the years.
There's a couple of Promotions in the Email, plus a chance to win an Anglepoise Lamp, it must be made out of Unobtanium as the normal list price is £2950!
Speaking of overpriced lighting, we get the Radio Times most weeks. Towards the back among the adverts for Funeral Plans, Equity Release and Walk in Baths there's often an advert for a reading light with "Natural Daylight" best light ever etc. If you purchase the freestanding light they will give you a "Free" table lamp which utilises the same technology. I had a little dig into this as I was quite interested in the quality of light and as a one time keen photographer had delved into a bit more than the average person.
The light advertised in RT is LED. Natural daylight has a "CRI" ( Colour Rendering Index ) of 100. Advances in LED technologies have got very close indeed to natural daylight and Philips make a very wide spectrum LED lamp with a CRI of 97 which I believe is the best available.
While the stand and materials used in the advertised light appears to be of very high quality You could save yourself a pretty penny and buy a high CRI index Philips lamp for about £10 and put it in a half decent fitting. ( The Philips high index lamp comes in a standard GU10 cap )
On a less serious note I wonder if the Philips lights might come in useful if I need to supplement my pension by growing "exotic herbs"
Also a very keen one time photographer, I used to have a mass of lights and white umbrellas along with all the latest gadgets. All gone now just using a digital camera. The old Nikon and Rolleicord are gathering dust in the top of the wardrobe sadly.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
No. We had a gas fire as well. It was 1973/74 for us. A flat above a shop bloody cold as well and with a small baby. And nowhere to dry clothes or nappies (it was the days of Terry nappies). Having to drag a pram up and down stairs wasn't funny either. Great days....
Thought it might be that one.
One of favourite rides is Warrington>Moore>Runcorn.....over the Bridge and back along the canal past the Ferry Tavern.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
......15.00 when we are due for hail!
Went to Clevelys in the end. 5.5 mile walk up and down the prom to Rossall point. Never has a weather forecast been more accurate. At 14.59 as we were 0.25 miles from the car the hail came in horizontally from the sea. Completely drenched down our right sides. Thoughts of eating out disappeared.
Picked these up at the local chippy at home.
Weren't you a bit old for wearing nappies??No. We had a gas fire as well. It was 1973/74 for us. A flat above a shop bloody cold as well and with a small baby. And nowhere to dry clothes or nappies (it was the days of Terry nappies). Having to drag a pram up and down stairs wasn't funny either. Great days....
But seriously were were the same. 2 up 2 down. Bog down the yard WITH the Aladdin paraffin heater...... and terry towel nappies.
Please tell me that's not gravy on your fish.Went to Clevelys in the end. 5.5 mile walk up and down the prom to Rossall point. Never has a weather forecast been more accurate. At 14.59 as we were 0.25 miles from the car the hail came in horizontally from the sea. Completely drenched down our right sides. Thoughts of eating out disappeared.
Picked these up at the local chippy at home.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
All along the Fylde coast from Blackpool northwards the sea defences have been made as attractive as a mass of concrete can be.
