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Finally Retired

Discussion in 'Other Discussions' started by Earth Wind and Fire, Mar 24, 2023.

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  1. JonC

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    I rode the lift up Stone Mountain.
     
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    My asthma kicked the first time I climbed the mountain with my explorer scout friends… soo I skipped the second climb and took my camera and shot wildlife pics. Out of the water rose a baby calf moose and started to move toward me. I started to klick pics and before I knew it behind me was momma moose, snorting her displeasure with me. I backed away in a quiet hurry… got some great pics though.

    I love the place! My boyhood friend and wife bought a retirement home in Maine, she is a native “Maniac” so she influenced him, but he isn’t cracked up about Maine in the winter… prefers Arizona. That’s an interesting place also.. different landscape and very pleasent & dry in the fall and winter but brutally hot in the summer. We Americans are fortunate to live in such diversity.
     
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    Note: if anyone does visit Phoenix Arizona, try Pizza Bianco… run by a guy from the old Bronx Italian neighborhood of Arthur Avenue … he left NY because of his asthma and settled in Dry Arizona but brought his skill sets with him. What makes him sooo different, his motto is Garbage in Garbage out. In short, everything he cooks is fresh… he goes to farms for all his cheese and vegetables etc. google it if your interested.
     
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    When I was in forestry school at U. Maine in 1973-75, I worked at a Bangor pizza shop owned and run by a 2nd-generation Neapolitan-American from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. (Ironically, he grew up just 5 blocks from my Norwegian-American father-in-law; Bay Ridge was ethnically rich.) Mr. Seguino grew herbs for the place in his home garden and ordered mushrooms via Delta air freight from PA, and made true New York (and Napoli) pizza, though he added thick-crust Sicilian pizza during my time there. The manager of the local Pizza Hut would come to Napoli's for his own pizza. :Laugh After Mr. Seguino sold the pizza place and fulfilled his dream of an Italian restaurant, the new owner would buy outdated shrooms from the local supermarket. The pizza quality quickly went downhill.
     
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    Don’t tell me. It’s the challenge that made you do it.
     
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    Heck yea. It's a big mountain. ;)
     
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    Thing about retirement is not to allow yourself to stagnate, in fact don’t consider yourself retired at all.
    Brain stagnation, and body stagnation and staying in the comfort zone and staying in place, this is the enemy.
    Build a base routine of activity that optimises exercise and using your brain. Then branch out off that doing different things.

    Push yourself to improve your strength by harder exercise. You want be learning new things and teaching new things and meeting and helping new people.

    Prayer life in the morning doing the handover to Jesus, meditate on the scripture preached at Church each morning and really dwell on it throughout the day.
     
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    I have talked to many retired and they say they are more busy now than when they were working
     
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    Golly, y'all climb mountains for fun? I gotta climb from 3480ft to 3600ft just to get back home from the mailbox down at the roadside :p unless I take the tractor.

    You'uns can climb my driveway for free if you bring me my mail.
     
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    I retired in 04 and became family go-fer and stay quite occupied, especially with Dad, who is now 98.
     
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    Retired a long time ago and because that the only thing I worry about is the spare tire... Know what I mean?... Brother Glen:Biggrin
     
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    Intermittent fasting works
     
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    Just go to one meal a day or one meal every two days, whatever suits. Cut out sugars and carbs in general.
     
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    @Earth Wind and Fire ,

    Went fishing in Beaufort. Happened to look over at my wife (that isn't her in the pic) and saw the dolphin looking in the bass boat.

    And no, @kyredneck , we ain't allowed to eat them.

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    Jon didn't any one tell you you're not to play with Flipper?... Brother Glen:D
     
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    Cool pic! And no, ain't no way I could ever eat Flipper...:)
     
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    If he did the whole BB would come down on him an I would lead the way... Brother Glen;)
     
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    Well....being that I was in a 16 foot aluminum bass boat I think Flipper would have pulled me out to sea. :Biggrin
     
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