[Rhodes22-list] retirement

Mary Lou Troy mtroy at atlanticbb.net
Mon Jun 24 16:17:39 EDT 2013 

Wonderful!

I have never written Haiku Too much math maybe. Still I like it.

;-)

Of course right now I am putting off my leisure work to write this 
note. Actually my leisure work may not really qualify as such because 
it still has deadlines. (I write all the PR - ads, press releases, 
website content - for a small performing arts center 
http://www.mainstayrockhall.org/). I grumble about the deadlines a 
lot but the perks are great and the pin money helps buy toys. I like 
the concept of fun-employed.

Mary Lou

At 02:52 PM 6/24/2013, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
>As a recently retired septuagenarian psychologist and  now what my daughter
>calls 'fun-employed', I have a slightly different take on retirement. I
>agree that reduced efficiency demands are part of it, but I also think that
>many are shifting  from 'sustenance' work (what you do to eat) to 'leisure'
>work (what you do for fulfillment). This can be startling. In my case, I
>left a job doing complex statistical analyses and now find myself composing
>Haiku poems all the time. It is as if the poetry writing aspects of my life
>had been put on hold in service to sustenance.  Here is a sample some may
>enjoy
>
>memories ebbing
>on the shifting sands of time
>what was I saying?
>
>
>Cheers,
>Shawn
>S/V Sweet Baboo (Recycled 86)
>
>On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>wrote:
>
> > I mentioned to a retired psychologist friend of mine that I was as busy
> > after retirement as I was before. His thought was that we were also getting
> > less efficient. He is right, I am much less efficient when I look at what I
> > accomplish even while  I am busy but I have also discovered that the lower
> > need for efficiency is really the joy of retirement. You don't feel guilty
> > spending time of the Rhodes list.
> >
> > By the way, if any of you have bypass surgery in your future and are
> > wondering about coping with boats etc. I would suggest that you hold off on
> > major decisions until you see how things turn out. I had a quadruple bypass
> > last Wednesday, got home yesterday and have to say that while I have lots
> > of
> > aches and pains and look a bit like a Frankenstein project, I really
> > experienced very little real pain and for only brief periods. These guys
> > are
> > amazing. I have lost my boating season I expect but I am also glad I didn't
> > sell the boat or do some other rash thing.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hellyar
> > Sent: June-23-13 6:03 AM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
> >
> > Isn't that the truth about retirement. Too much time and too many ways to
> > spend.....fixing up boats.
> >
> > Mike Hellyar
> > sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Jun 22, 2013, at 10:59 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Bob. I seem to be busier now that I'm retired than I was when I
> > > was working full time.
> > >
> > > Rummy
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 6/22/2013 10:33:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net writes:
> > >
> > > Rummy:  Great advice on port leak repair and Harbor Freight tool to
> >  help.
> > >
> > > Congrats on retirement!
> > >
> > > Bob  on R22 "NoKaOi 3  "
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Jun 22, 2013, at 7:54 AM,  R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> David,
> > >> The quick method is to  simply seal around the outside edge of the
> > >> port
> > > and
> > >> continue  sailing. The slower, longer lasting method, is to remove
> > >> the
> > > port
> > >> using  wooden or plastic wedges and putty knives to remove the port.
> > > Clean
> > >> all the old  caulk off with acetone and then reinstall the  port with
> > >> a
> > > good
> > >> urethane or  neoprene caulk. This is a time  consuming repair, as you
> > >> do
> > > not
> > >> want to damage  the surrounding  fiberglass, but it will last
> > >> anywhere
> > > from
> > >> ten to fifteen years   depending on the quality of the materials you
> > use.
> > >> You can search the  archives and I'm sure you will find a more in
> > >> depth description  of the process.
> > >> The dirty part of the water is coming from the crud  that has
> > >> collected behind the port over the years. Things like  spider crap,
> > >> mold and
> > > mildew,
> > >> pollen  and even leaves have been  found once the port is removed.
> > >>
> > >> Rummy
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 6/21/2013 3:32:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
> > >> chsyhkr at gmail.com writes:
> > >>
> > >> one of   the windows above the bench seat in our galley has a very small
> > >> leak.   Maybe a teaspoon after a big rain or extended  cleaning.
> > >>
> > >> The water is  coming in contact with something  that darkens it quite
> > >> a
> > > bit.
> > >> I was  planning on removing the  flange around the wind,  seeing what
> > >> is there, and  resealing as  needed.
> > >>
> > >> Thoughts?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> David B.  Craft
> > >> Greensboro,  NC
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