Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

ayjaycee

Ben, I've got to say that Donhou had never appeared on my radar until now and when I first saw the name, I was immediately thinking 'cheap chinese carbon crap' but how wrong that was. What a seriously nice looking bike - promise that you'll give us some photos when complete?

All you've got to do now is retire so that you can spend more time on it!

Ben6899

:-)

I promise to share photos. No promises on the early retirement though... unfortunately!

capt_slog

deleted. Wrong thread

crispybug2

rjsterry wrote:

awavey wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

I'll dread having to give up work -- even if I ever won the lottery I'd still go in -- I'd work for free, I enjoy the work and I'd especially miss the humour of the situations that arrive on a daily basis.

Me too. It has it's days but I think I'd go round the bend with out a job to do. The idea of 30+ years of retirement is not appealing but good luck to those that are looking forward to it.

but youd find something to fill that job sized gap with, it wouldnt be sit at home watching pointless tv all day, youd find other things to do whilst you still could to keep active mind & body, and thats the key because I see alot of people at our place who could retire now just carrying on working because its what theyve always done and theyll just keep going till they get carried out feet first I think, but at some point you have to recognise your life experience or whats left of it, is worth more to you than just carrying on working.

certainly my plan is to retire around 60, which is still a fair way off Im not that old yet as long as I could afford to keep doing the things I like doing outside of work, Im certainly not hanging round till my pension is ready to be paid, and Im certainly not going to stay on just for something to do.

anyway I thought this was the cheer you up thread

I'm fortunate enough to have a job I really want (need) to do. I might want to slow down a bit in another 20 years but I find it hard enough to do that when I'm on holiday.

My dad retired at 64 on one of the best pensions around (John Lewis) but he was back working, as a lorry driver, within eight months of retiring, he was so used to routine imposed on him that he couldn’t organise himself on his own!

ayjaycee

crispybug2 wrote:

.........he was so used to routine imposed on him that he couldn’t organise himself on his own!

I've got a wife who manages that quite well with any spare time that I declare - my secret is not declaring it unless it suits me!

cowsham

rjsterry wrote:

awavey wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

I'll dread having to give up work -- even if I ever won the lottery I'd still go in -- I'd work for free, I enjoy the work and I'd especially miss the humour of the situations that arrive on a daily basis.

Me too. It has it's days but I think I'd go round the bend with out a job to do. The idea of 30+ years of retirement is not appealing but good luck to those that are looking forward to it.

but youd find something to fill that job sized gap with, it wouldnt be sit at home watching pointless tv all day, youd find other things to do whilst you still could to keep active mind & body, and thats the key because I see alot of people at our place who could retire now just carrying on working because its what theyve always done and theyll just keep going till they get carried out feet first I think, but at some point you have to recognise your life experience or whats left of it, is worth more to you than just carrying on working.

certainly my plan is to retire around 60, which is still a fair way off Im not that old yet as long as I could afford to keep doing the things I like doing outside of work, Im certainly not hanging round till my pension is ready to be paid, and Im certainly not going to stay on just for something to do.

anyway I thought this was the cheer you up thread

I'm fortunate enough to have a job I really want (need) to do. I might want to slow down a bit in another 20 years but I find it hard enough to do that when I'm on holiday.

He's right Robby -- you'll not know how you'll feel about work till you get to that age -- I still feel very fit and able but in 10 years time I may feel different about it -- I'm lucky that the sort of work I do gives me a lot of time to do stuff and I do a lot of other stuff away from work.

rjsterry

Cowsham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

awavey wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Cowsham wrote:

I'll dread having to give up work -- even if I ever won the lottery I'd still go in -- I'd work for free, I enjoy the work and I'd especially miss the humour of the situations that arrive on a daily basis.

Me too. It has it's days but I think I'd go round the bend with out a job to do. The idea of 30+ years of retirement is not appealing but good luck to those that are looking forward to it.

but youd find something to fill that job sized gap with, it wouldnt be sit at home watching pointless tv all day, youd find other things to do whilst you still could to keep active mind & body, and thats the key because I see alot of people at our place who could retire now just carrying on working because its what theyve always done and theyll just keep going till they get carried out feet first I think, but at some point you have to recognise your life experience or whats left of it, is worth more to you than just carrying on working.

certainly my plan is to retire around 60, which is still a fair way off Im not that old yet as long as I could afford to keep doing the things I like doing outside of work, Im certainly not hanging round till my pension is ready to be paid, and Im certainly not going to stay on just for something to do.

anyway I thought this was the cheer you up thread

I'm fortunate enough to have a job I really want (need) to do. I might want to slow down a bit in another 20 years but I find it hard enough to do that when I'm on holiday.

He's right Robby -- you'll not know how you'll feel about work till you get to that age -- I still feel very fit and able but in 10 years time I may feel different about it -- I'm lucky that the sort of work I do gives me a lot of time to do stuff and I do a lot of other stuff away from work.

She, not he. Of course I can't predict the future, but it's something I love doing first, and a job second. I know that it's a very fortunate position to be in.

pinno

rjsterry wrote:

She, not he.

:shock:

Now that blew my stereotyping out of the window.

This?:



Nice.
Pity about modern gruppo's. It would suit a nicely polished alu groupset.

Ben6899

That frame (give or take a few mm) , but a different paint job.

Oh and mine is fillet braized.

verylonglegs

Ben6899 wrote:

That frame (give or take a few mm) , but a different paint job.

Oh and mine is fillet braized.

Is that the same Donhou that started off in Norwich a while ago? I exchanged a few emails with him about a frame as it would have been nice to use someone local but the wait was quite long at the time so I didn't go through with it. Think not long after was when he left for London. Good to see he has thrived, at least it appears that way.

Ben6899

verylonglegs wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

That frame (give or take a few mm) , but a different paint job.

Oh and mine is fillet braized.

Is that the same Donhou that started off in Norwich a while ago? I exchanged a few emails with him about a frame as it would have been nice to use someone local but the wait was quite long at the time so I didn't go through with it. Think not long after was when he left for London. Good to see he has thrived, at least it appears that way.

Same chap. Tom.

rjsterry

Pinno wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

She, not he.

:shock:

Now that blew my stereotyping out of the window.

I meant awavey, whose post Cowsham was replying to. I'm definitely a he.

Matthewfalle

Ben6899 wrote:

That frame (give or take a few mm) , but a different paint job.

Oh and mine is fillet braized.

is the stem slammed?

#slammed

Ben6899

What do you reckon, Matthew?

webboo

People discussing power meters and the need for 32 teeth sprockets

crispybug2

Seeing my niece and her husband on tv just just now doing marshalling at the London Marathon

Wayne Plunger

My new water flosser.

awavey

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

She, not he.

:shock:

Now that blew my stereotyping out of the window.

I meant awavey, whose post Cowsham was replying to. I'm definitely a he.

thankyou yes, she/her Id given up trying to correct people

cowsham

awavey wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

She, not he.

:shock:

Now that blew my stereotyping out of the window.

I meant awavey, whose post Cowsham was replying to. I'm definitely a he.

thankyou yes, she/her Id given up trying to correct people

Sorry pet didn't know about that extra rib -- ( and before Robby gets started on me -- "yes I know" )

Pross

The email preview of one of my colleagues emails on Outlook. The limited number of words has cut off a perfectly normal sentence so that it displays 'Thanks Chris. I've got Wood'.

pinno

Ben6899 wrote:

That frame (give or take a few mm) , but a different paint job.

Oh and mine is fillet braized.

Ooooooo
(you tart)

Matthewfalle

being at home with a glass of wine and TDV while the bambini snore in their beds.

#simplethings

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

being at home with a glass of wine and TDV while the bambini snore in their beds.

#simplethings

Tricky is sick. Not eating

Ben6899

Until I have the chance to take better photos. This is cheering me up, at the moment...

https://flic.kr/p/2fEJ5uW

pinno

There you go Ben:

Ben6899

Thanks Pinno.

pinno

Ben6899 wrote:

Thanks Pinno.

You are welcome.

From another thread I posted:

Flickr is a pain in da ass.

Using the arrow key on the flickr photo you selected (bottom right corner) [Star...Right pointing arrow...Down arrow with line underneath - you want the middle Right pointing arrow] then you will get 4 share options: Share...Embed...Email...BB Code.
Click on BB Code. Then you'll have a long string like this. Highlight the whole link and paste it on here:

"[url=httpg: //flic.kr/p/ppRQGQ]imghtyps:/ /live.staticflickr.com/3952/15366209400_b22844efe8_ k.jpg[/img[/url]DSC00424 by [url=httrs://www.flickr.com/photos /pinarello001/JoeBloggs[/url], on Flickr"

That ^ works BTW.

For example (same string as above without editing)

ImageDSC00424 by JoeBloggs, on Flickr

But, if you want a clean image without the peripherals, delete everything bar [img]. For example: (same string as above but with everything outside of img (in hard brackets twice): [imghttps://live.staticflickr.com/3952/15366209400_b22844efe8_k.jpg[/img]

I have taken out a hard bracket from above so that you can see the edited link or else you would see the photo not the cleaned up link.

For all other images, right click > click on 'copy image address' > paste here > highlight link > click on img above ^ in the post editing bar.

orraloon

What do Snoopy and Bradley Wiggins have in common?

webboo

orraloon wrote:

What do Snoopy and Bradley Wiggins have in common?

They both live in a Kennel. :?:

orraloon

Webboo wrote:

orraloon wrote:

What do Snoopy and Bradley Wiggins have in common?

They both live in a Kennel. :?:

Nah. They both live on Ben's book shelf.