Just joined so I'm introducing myself.
Watch this postI will be 67 next month and retired from the many different jobs in my working life. I guess that I didn’t ever find my calling. I went to university at age 59 but when it was over it was too late to launch a new career. I wanted to lecture but students don’t want to listen to old fogies, so sadly I put aside that idea and settled into life as an eccentric dog owner.
I live in a beautiful Lancashire valley surrounded by hills that demand they be walked/climbed, how could I refuse?
I would like to do a bit of cycle touring but a recent diagnosis of spondylosis and some hip pain means that I may not be doing a world tour anytime soon!
I’m keen to make some friends as I have been on my own for a very long time now, my daughters don’t bother much with me and I don’t have a partner.I didn’t expect to be so isolated at this time in my life, isn’t it strange the way family and friends seem to forget us when we get past 60?
I will pop in regularly and hope to strike up some friendships.
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I retired, early , from work in the middle of lockdown, i'd just had enough!
Im married, for 46 years , age 65. We have 2 sons , both married and just welcomed our 2nd granddaughter this week, although we cant travel to meet her right now.
I have been passing my time by knitting, reading and a bit of genealogy which I'm finding very interesting.
I have a sister and she has the heavy end of caring for my mother at the moment as she lives near to her and we are not allowed to travel. I'm missing them both but I know its for the best
I’m new to conversing in a chat room, but I wanted to give this a try.
I live in Burbank, Los Angeles, California with my daughter who works for DisneyStudios. I moved out to Los Angeles County in 2010 from my home in St. Louis, Missouri (Midwest USA).
Apparently I live in the worst area in the USA for Covid. Our hospitals are overflowing and the virus is spreading like wildfire and deaths are filling up trucks. Needless to say, I’m in lockdown. I walk with my daughter and maltipoo puppy every morning at 4 am to avoid people. Then at night 7pm. I take my puppy out for 5 minute runs outside, 3 times a day. I can’t visit my 2 other adult children that live in Utah with my grandchildren. But we text, FaceTime and talk. My only physical human contact is with my daughter when she comes home from work. She’s one out of four people that work in a plexiglass large office area—everyone else works from home. So they have the whole 6 floor building to themselves!
When she goes to work, my whole world opens up! I am learning to code C++ so one day I can create my own software. I joined a creative writing group so I can finish my poems and my stories I write. I have 4 paying genealogy clients, so I divide my time researching for the documents of their ancestors. I have been an active genealogist since 1965, Now I have 200 5-inch binders full of documents and photographs. I have had a great passion to help others. Crazy as it sounds, I feel so trained to be living in this time in my life. I’ve lived in many places because of work, I’ve lived in California, Washington state (my favorite) ,New Hampshire (my hardest state to live), Florida, Connecticut, Utah and (home) Missouri. When I was in my mid twenties I lived with my husband and son in New Hampshire. It would start snowing in October through April. It was common to have several 3foot snow falls everyday. I remember raking the snow off my roof of my home! We walked into town, trudging through 3 foot snow drifts everyday to keep warm at the town library. There was no internet, Our tv was sold to buy a month of oil to heat our home. I had a typewriter and radio. And a sewing machine and a joy of cooking cookbook. The town was 1 street with shops. So we had to order everything by mail, genealogy by mail and I kept busy....so when Covid started and eventually shrouded us into retreating to our homes ...my memories of my past ignited the returning power of survival!
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You've certainly lived a lot of places. We have moved around too , due to hubby's job, only in Scotland and England but we have been settled here in West Lothian in the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow for almost 30 years. The town is a 'Royal Burgh as we have a palace where Mary, Queen of Scots was born. Incidentally, according to the original books . Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott, of ('Beam me up Scottie') Startrek will be born here on 28 June 2222!!
I have only researched my own family tree although I have found that a couple of great uncles emigrated to Illinois c 1922. one of them appears to have been quite well known in Michigan and just a bit infamous!? Andrew Strachan McFarlane moved to Detroit in 1937 and went on to be President of The Federation of Labor apparently taking the miners out on strike. I have found photos online of him with President Hoover and James Hoffa! Unfortunately cant find any family although I know he had 2 daughters. I can find no trace of his brother who also emigrated , James Strachan McFarlane was married to Ellen Reid but has seemingly disappeared. If you ever come across any of these two in your genealogy travels I'd be forever grateful.
Things are not too clever here, as in everywhere else at the moment, we are pretty much locked down and the virus is running riot. It changes weekly but at the moment we are allowed out to shop for food and exercise keeping 2 m apart and wearing a mask and hand sanitising everywhere. We are ordering our shopping online and having delivered, I do try to go outside for a walk every day but the weather has been snowy and cold , not as much snow as you dealt with!
Keep safe
I have to say I've been very lucky all in all: I am an engineer and had already been telecommuting for some time. Actually, I may have invented telecommuting as I convinced my employers in 1989 to let me buy one of the first ever MACs and work from home 3 days a week so I could be with my 2 year old.
I've lived all over as well. Born in California, but spent my early years in South America then 10 years in Denmark.
I'm extremely lucky to be a woman working in high tech still after all these years. But I can tell you, finding women friends at the workplace is a no go. Anyway, happy to chat. Glad to be here.
Yay to the global community, boo to the global non-immunity! 🙂
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Bless you
Don't give up.
I have been a member here now for the best part of three minutes so thought it was about time I left a message. Pity that I can't think of anything interesting to say, but i guess that good manners dictate that I should introduce myself. I am not sure how we deal with real names here so will leave that for now, but I am a single man living in Gateshead who will turn 60 in two days time. I am happy with my lot, but also maybe considering a little bit of a reboot.
Looking forward to meeting you all.
Lovely to hear from you. I had a good day on my birthday (just quiet drinks with my brother and sister) and a few days off work either side, which was nice.
In Gateshead the weather is drizzly.....always!!!.....I quite like it really.
Take care and keep in touch. it would be nice to know more about you.
Bob
Can you claim on council tax ?