I hope the ride goes well; it's always a shock to realise we are all, in the end, frail humans - even the larger than life ones. Condolences.
Congrats to Steve, his guitar will love the extra time I am working out when I can do the same, but family and work not ready for me to stop yet
Hey Sandi, how ya doin? Remember the pedant thing in the "this made me ĺaugh" thread a while back?? Well here goes.... I think you are confusing jealousy with envy. Jealousy, The definition of jealous is disliking when someone wants something you have. An example of jealous is a husband who dislikes other men looking at his wife. Resentfully suspicious of a rival or a rival's influence. Envy, envy is the desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else). Your welcome buddy, all the best to Mr T, I am quite envious of his situation, he's a lucky guy. Love and best wishes Patchinko
Thanks, @Dartplayer. I'll relay your congrats to Steve. And you're right his guitar--guitars actually!--will definitely love the extra time they get. I hope that you can work out your retirement to be at least close to when you yourself would like it to be. These past couple of years in particular have really been a reminder that life goes by all too quickly and is short even if we live to a ripe old age.
Thanks for getting me back on the correct vocabulary track, @Patchinko! And, yes, now I do remember that exchange on that thread. You are right; it is definitely envy that I'm feeling. I ran across a verse in the Bible yesterday (Proverbs 14:30) that says of envy, "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones". I don't think I happened on that particular verse coincidentally. And I certainly don't want rotten bones--bones that have been broken are bad enough for me. So I'll focus on simply being very happy for my beloved hubby as he enters his retirement years. Love and best wishes back at ya, Patchinko!
A very low Howden Reservoir this evening. Unusually, the place was completely deserted, just me and the bike. I just layed on the grass for a while listening to birdsong and felt quite in touch with nature! A moment to savour .
Glad you were able to get most of the damage fixed, @Dawsy. Bummer on the other parts but perhaps the bit of silver lining is that you won't be OCD about any little stone chip like some are (um, that would be me...) or scratch.
That's about the same for me, @RevPaul. I might possibly be able to squeak by with two more years but it would be squeaking. Time will tell. Thanks for the congrats for Mr. Sandi. I'll pass them along!
Hang in there Sandi, your time will come! Best wishes to Mr Sandi. I retired in April 2020 and I only realised the other day, it's 2 years already! Where did that go!
Thanks, Pegscraper. You're right...my time will come. Time goes by fast plus I am only working half time these days so I can't complain. And working in the public schools, as of today I'm on summer break and on vacation for two whole months! How are you enjoying retirement? I'm guessing that you love it since time is going by so quickly for you.
Well, it's, erm........BRILLIANT!! although the first 18 months, in and out of Covid lockdowns and restrictions were a bit of a PITA. 2 years on and my body clock still thinks I've got to go to work and wakes me up around 7am, so I just turn over for an extra hour ZZZZzzzzzzz lovely! Retirement also brought me my first Triumph (retirement present to self) so absolutely nothing to dislike about it!
Today I cursed at just how bad the Bluetooth integration in the tiger 900 is. It’s so bad that I deleted the triumph app from my phone, unpaired the bike from everything, disabled Bluetooth in the bike, and turned off all the dash widgets related to it. feh.
That looks and sounds divine, Pegscraper. I feel the need to find a place like that around where I live. The only problem is there's no water and precious little grass. Perhaps a little spot on Mt. Lemmon tomorrow is in order.
@Aaron Brown Wow! Well, so much for technology, Aaron. But take heart, perhaps it's a sign that you need to do what @Pegscraper just mentioned in his recent post in this thread...."listen to birdsong, feel in touch with nature, savor". That said, I know how absolutely infuriating it is when supposed "technology" gets the better of us!
meh. I’ll just go back to using maps from my phone on road, my gps off road, and voice commands to my phone via my Sena 50s. All of which work flawlessly
Wow @Pegscraper that really is low for this time of year. Beautiful place to just "be". I love trail running so much because it gives me the chance to just immerse myself in nature and my surroundings.
Noted the sign doesn't mention " No Street Scramblers " .. remember to pack the wire snips from now on ! Heh, heh, can still remember feeling quite in touch with nature a couple of times .. damned irrigation ditches hiding in long grass at the side of the road. Maybe it was that '59 Bonnie getting it's own back for being treated unkindly ? " Such is youth " (to slightly misquote Ned Kelly a little)