You'll find time speeds up. I've been "productively unemployed" for almost 21 years. Seems like 21 weeks! If you plan to travel do it sooner rather than later. We're in our mid eighties and have decided not to do any more extensive travel.(Been on all continents except Antarctica.) We've been blessed with reasonable health. That well may be because I quit smoking, started jogging and lost weight in my forties and fifties. If you're in Canada, join your local Probus Club. If you make 80, you'll find a change in your outlook.You'll tend to take things much easier.
Disagree about Netflix...some splendid stuff...for example the superb new series Morocco. I also have a huge collection of CD's and DVD's simply because they are tangible. I never use the Kobo gadget my daughter gave me because if I buy a book, I don't want an invisible stream of bits and bytes. I want something I can possess.
Judging from your misuse of "there" and your misspelling of "truth" I am assuming that you are a blonde.
I'm 83, have been retired for 20 years. My problem is not enough time! I find also that the older I get, the faster the time goes. I too have resumed my on and off hobby of photography. I drive a red Miata and am a member of our local Miata club.I am active in Probus (an international organization of retirees that somehow never caught on in the US. You could start a club in your community.) I'm also an opera lover and a member of our Muskoka Opera Guild.
I too am a DIY guy and look on our home as something of a hobby. We have done a lot of traveling --- every continent but Antarctica --- but have pretty well stopped because of our age.
We have been lucky with health. We know other retired people who have been afflicted with illness or the death of their spouse. You really appreciate your kids when you get older yet I find it hard to accept that my oldest daughter (we have three) is 61. How did a young guy like me end up with a senior citizen daughter :-)
We also moved out of the city (Toronto) to this gorgeous part of Ontario. I don't miss the city and I don't miss working but I do miss many of the people I worked with.
Hope your retirement is as successful and pleasant as ours has been.
Agree with other comments.It's an excellent shot but could use just a touch more contrast. I like the "S"of the river. That's classic composition.
It might be a little dishonest, but I might add a human figure, either somebody standing on the ridge in the foreground or in a small boat or canoe on the water.Or perhaps a bird or two in the sky.
Isn't there enough killing in the world already?
True!. But I'm sure they need lots of energy and they are huge projects. We're talking about a small sailboat without power. Solar energy? It's doubtful it could produce enough for the demands of desalinating. As a boater myself, I read magazines, visit marine dealers and stay in touch.I never have seen anything about a desalinator for a small pleasure boat.
No. Any thinking person would put 2 and 2 to-gether. How did they feed the dogs? Why didn't they fish? Did they not run into any severe weather? Did they not have any friends or family ashore? I have never heard of a device that de-salinates sea water?If there is such a thing, it is something quite new. If they knew enough to have that, then why didn't they know enough to have proper radios and such. Presumably the desalinator uses electricity. So where did that come from if the engine was dead? If you are dumb enough to lose your phone overboard you're probably too dumb to survive. And for people who have been lost at sea for 5 months, they look pretty damned healthy.
My bullshit detector still works well. This story just doesn't add up. Fake news.
They have that slogan on their licence plates. Even the daytime skies are dramatic with huge, fluffy white clouds against brilliant blue.
That's why Saskatchewan calls itself "The Land Of Living Skies."
To whom do you refer? Readers of this thread or yourself?
Joke? It is utterly stupid! And pointless! Not mention careless. And the author's angry and insulting response to critics is not what one would expect from a clever humourist.
Good for you. I was pissed off by his post too.
We have a 5500 watt Caterpillar generator. To use it, I have to set a switch on the breaker panel then start it with the pull cord. It powers most of the lights and outlets, the refrigerator, freezer, furnace and water pump. It usually starts on the first or second pull. However, by its very nature, it does not get used a lot and the gas goes stale. I make a point of filling it with fresh gas every 3 months or so, checking the oil and giving it a test run.
Although it seems to work very well, I do not operate my computer or television with it.Generator power can sometimes be uneven and damage sensitive electronics.