[CharLac]

My experience when it comes to retirement and being busy, is ensuring that you are busy doing the things you really like !

If you can swing that... that is of prime importance.

The big danger in retiring, is in having no interests, except in the job that you just retired from...and then just sitting on the couch, watching TV. Day after day.

I've known some colleagues who retired about the same time I did, and they maintained a regime of being a couch potato and that did not bode well for their future health.

If it is a problem, it's that I have too many interests! Photography, cycling, camping, fishing, spending time with my kids and grandkids doing all those things, fixing stuff around the property (never ending from compressors to light switches), scanning in slides and old pictures from my parents, and the list goes on.

[Racer X 69]

If it is a problem, it's that I have too many interests! Photography, cycling, camping, fishing, spending time with my kids and grandkids doing all those things, fixing stuff around the property (never ending from compressors to light switches), scanning in slides and old pictures from my parents, and the list goes on.

Yeah, me too.

In no specific order, as everything is at the top of my list.

Cars.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Airplanes.

Trucks.

Kayaking.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Motorcycles.

Photography.

Collecting diecast cars.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Racing.

Tools.

Cars.

Hiking.

Camping.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Bonsai.

Racing

Travel.

Rock Tumbling.

Building things from wood.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Computers.

Cars.

Music.

Hi fidelity stereo gear, especially early solid state stuff.

Cars.

I'm sure I have left something out, believe me, there is so much stuff in my adventure bucket it is overflowing.

[savoche]

Yeah, me too.

In no specific order, as everything is at the top of my list.

Cars.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Airplanes.

Trucks.

Kayaking.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Motorcycles.

Photography.

Collecting diecast cars.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Racing.

Tools.

Cars.

Hiking.

Camping.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Bonsai.

Racing

Travel.

Rock Tumbling.

Building things from wood.

Mrs. Racer 2.0.

Computers.

Cars.

Music.

Hi fidelity stereo gear, especially early solid state stuff.

Cars.

I'm sure I have left something out, believe me, there is so much stuff in my adventure bucket it is overflowing.

You probably should make room for Mrs. Racer 2.0 in there, too! Oh yeah, and maybe cars.

[FantasticMrFox]

You probably should make room for Mrs. Racer 2.0 in there, too! Oh yeah, and maybe cars.

Yeah, I counted as many cars as Mrs. Racers (five each). Maybe he should throw in a sixth Mrs. Racer, just to be on the safe side. Who knows whether she secretly reads this thread?

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[Parallax]

You probably should make room for Mrs. Racer 2.0 in there, too! Oh yeah, and maybe cars.

Yeah, I counted as many cars as Mrs. Racers (five each). Maybe he should through in a sixth Mrs. Racer, just to be on the safe side. Who knows whether she secretly reads this thread?

It really doesn't matter. In reality the list will be very short -

Mrs. Racer 2.0
Routine household chores
Mrs. Racer 2.0's "honeydo" projects

[Racer X 69]

It really doesn't matter. In reality the list will be very short -

Mrs. Racer 2.0
Routine household chores
Mrs. Racer 2.0's "honeydo" projects

Yeah, I should have mentioned those too.

And building /flying stunt kites.

And skiing.

I also plan on some cross country skiing too, maybe I can get Mrs. Racer out of the house.

And I just remembered I have wantedto do this for a long time.

You Tube

You Tube

[gaweidert]

As result of my utmost hatred of TV advertising we record everything and watch it later so that we can fast-forward through the adverts. That is, when we still watch regular TV. Mostly, the TV is used to stream Netflix or another streaming service with no adverts.

In the ancient days there was this thing called cable TV which was trying to gain a foothold in the US. The hook was that people would pay for the service because there would be no advertising.

[Racer X 69]

The hook was that people would pay for the service because there would be no advertising.

I have never had cable TV that didn't have commercials.

[Parallax]

The hook was that people would pay for the service because there would be no advertising.

Yep.
As lies go that was right up there with "the check is in the mail", "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinski", and "I'm not a crook!"

[gaweidert]

I have never had cable TV that didn't have commercials.

The hook did not last long.

[tim60]

The hook did not last long.

Obviously the hook was provided by the lowest bidder.

[Racer X 69]

Enough lies.

Racer through the years.

Me, before you could see me. Long Beach, California.

I'm in there, trust me. 6 months before some stranger I never met, and never saw again slapped me on the backside and made me cry, at the US Navy hospital in Corona, California.




Me, carpet surfing, 8 months. Shootin' the curl, sportin' 3 cornered pants, pooping green and puking pablum. Cowabunga dude!





That carpet surfing is hard work. Dad giving me a ride on his knee after a few runs on the big waves.





Grandpa giving me a knee ride. I was like, "Who is this guy?"

Grandpa was good with kids. He had 6 of his own, and they all went out and had a bunch, in twos and threes, so lots of grandkids (my cousins).






2 years, 7 months.

GQ all the way. Gonna chase down some girls, play it cool.

Rico Suave cool.





Tough guy. Heading for the ring.





3 years, 3 months. Merry Christmas from San Pedro, California. Dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. San Pedro was just another stop along the way.





Second grade. Waiting on that last tooth to come in.

If memory serves me, this was the year that Kennedy was assinated.





Fifth grade. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

That sweater had leather elbows. I felt like Ward Cleaver.

I looked like Dennis The Menace.




July, 1972, almost 16 years old, Silver Lake, South of Everett, Washington, at the house in the next picture. Holding a chicken here, as I recall it was one that became a pet. Mom made pets out of too many of the animals. We could never eat a pet.

Ate that chicken's unborn young though. Every morning at breakfast.





With my mom, 1981. That house is the last house my family lived in as a family. Mom got it in the divorce. When she remarried, and moved in with her new husband, I moved in a took over payments. Lived there for about 10 years, met and married Mrs. Racer 1.0. Mom got divorced from her second husband, bought a 24 foot travel trailer, and moved it in behind the house. That may have been a contributing factor in the deterioration of my marriage to Mrs. Racer 1.0, but I would never fault mu mother for such things. Divorced Mrs. Racer 1.0 after 3 and 1/2 years, mom cashed me out in the equity I earned for making payments on her mortgage for 10 years, I moved out and bought my first bit of real estate.

A few years later mom sold her place to developers, along with everyone else in the area, everyone moved away, the machines came in a raped the land, and they built tick tacky little boxes, so close together you can't drive a car between them, and besides a tiny two car garage that would have trouble accommodating two Smart cars, there is limited street parking.

No more rural scene with hobby farms dotting the landscape.




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I should have included this video, it is perfect for it.

You Tube

You Tube

[MarkJerling]

Great series. Thanks for posting Racer!

[Parallax]

With my mom, 1981.

You need a haircut.

[Parallax]

I see Brand X gave me a like for that. Is there message in that, racer?