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Post by glennkoks on Nov 12, 2021 3:06:21 GMT
Nowadays, I make my living on the water catching crabs, fish and harvesting oysters. I work hard but when you love what you do it seems like retirement.
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Post by ratty on Nov 12, 2021 4:29:48 GMT
[ snip ] Here's one for Ratty, some years ago doing a geochem survey spent a week in a place call Goondiwindi NSW and QLD border we drank $10 Australian red for hydration it was 32C. It was so different from anywhere I have ever been. Also spent a month in Odessa TX pulling kit together for a drilling rig, man there were "interesting folk". I want to die doing that stuff to the end. [ snip ] Ah, 'Gundy'. My first experience with Goondiwindi was as a night telephone attendant when I was teaching at a small town called Meandarra. Woken by the night bell, I was asked to place a trunk call to Goondiwindi. When I connected and asked "Is that Goon-diwindi?" the stern distant voice said "Gundy here!" Lesson learned .... PS: Meandarra was where I learned to play lawn bowls; the bowling club was the only place to get a beer on a Sunday.   |
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Post by nonentropic on Nov 12, 2021 7:13:27 GMT
Ratty a puddle, the wet!
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Post by ratty on Nov 12, 2021 10:57:14 GMT
Actually, I think that shot was taken shortly after the Great June Cyclone of 1967. On the Queen's Birthday long weekend, I came home from Meandarra and spent almost the entire time watching the rain. On the Monday afternoon, I headed back in my trusty 1956 Morris Oxford (see below). The Brisbane River was running a banker at Coronation Drive and I was forced to stop several times after dark on the dirt roads to wipe splashed mud off my headlights.  You'd be surprised where that car went with those narrow tyres. It wasn't very waterproof though ....  |
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Post by birder on Nov 12, 2021 22:51:13 GMT
I retired at 52 because I was made redundant but had a decent redundancy payment, I thought I might have to start working when it ran out but have managed OK, I've kept busy with my hobby of birdwatching for the last 23 years. Best thing I ever did, I'd recommend it. We have many birds here as well. Lots of cardinals, migratory hummingbirs and wood peckers (among others). I added squirrels to my list. They are very entertaining when they aren't stealing my peaches. Reminds me that I need to stock up on birdseed for the winter. I cut down some invasive small trees and piled them up into brush piles for winter shelter. I love birding in North America, I've been to Florida and Vancouver Island BC, fantastic places. |
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Post by code on Nov 15, 2021 15:25:31 GMT
Wife and I are also close to retiring, if we can muddle by for another decade we should be able to retire. I have thought more about the future then at any time in the past as I've come to realize I have an expiration date.
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Post by code on Nov 15, 2021 15:25:58 GMT
Nowadays, I make my living on the water catching crabs, fish and harvesting oysters. I work hard but when you love what you do it seems like retirement. where? |
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Post by Sigurdur on Nov 15, 2021 16:04:12 GMT
Wife and I are also close to retiring, if we can muddle by for another decade we should be able to retire. I have thought more about the future then at any time in the past as I've come to realize I have an expiration date. Is it clearly labeled? |
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Post by ratty on Nov 15, 2021 22:26:16 GMT
Wife and I are also close to retiring, if we can muddle by for another decade we should be able to retire. I have thought more about the future then at any time in the past as I've come to realize I have an expiration date. Is it clearly labeled? I had a "Best before ...." label but I didn't realise it until it was too late.  |
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Post by duwayne on Nov 16, 2021 3:02:21 GMT
Wife and I are also close to retiring, if we can muddle by for another decade we should be able to retire. I have thought more about the future then at any time in the past as I've come to realize I have an expiration date. My wife and I have 3 "children". Two of them are retired. |
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Post by ratty on Nov 16, 2021 7:23:01 GMT
Wife and I are also close to retiring, if we can muddle by for another decade we should be able to retire. I have thought more about the future then at any time in the past as I've come to realize I have an expiration date. My wife and I have 3 "children". Two of them are retired. I am seventy-six. I'd be interested to know the age spread here. Anyone else care to volunteer? |
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Post by Sigurdur on Nov 16, 2021 12:37:12 GMT
68, so pretty young yet. Hopefully my good until expired date is another 30 years away.
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Post by pbfoot on Nov 16, 2021 14:19:49 GMT
Actually, I think that shot was taken shortly after the Great June Cyclone of 1967. On the Queen's Birthday long weekend, I came home from Meandarra and spent almost the entire time watching the rain. On the Monday afternoon, I headed back in my trusty 1956 Morris Oxford (see below). The Brisbane River was running a banker at Coronation Drive and I was forced to stop several times after dark on the dirt roads to wipe splashed mud off my headlights. You'd be surprised where that car went with those narrow tyres. It wasn't very waterproof though .... The Morris picture brought back a fond memory of buying plywood with my Dad and we carried it home in our Morris convertible. San Diego, California 1965. |
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 16, 2021 14:29:45 GMT
68, so pretty young yet. Hopefully my good until expired date is another 30 years away. 72 in 12 days. I'm the reason that Thanksgiving moves around.  |
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Post by glennkoks on Nov 16, 2021 15:29:20 GMT
Nowadays, I make my living on the water catching crabs, fish and harvesting oysters. I work hard but when you love what you do it seems like retirement. where? Texas Gulf Coast near Galveston. |
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