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When I’m 64
I will be 64 next month; it’s time I started thinking about bungalows and beige overcoats. There is planning to be done if my transition into geriatricity is to be smooth and trouble free.
In order to avoid any sudden expense, I need to start accumulating my future wardrobe now. There will be comfy shoes that don’t aggravate my corns to buy, preferably slip-ons so I won’t have to bend to tie the laces. I’ll need baggy trousers that come up to my chest, and woolly jumpers for the summer. It is an annoying fact that the fashion industry is only really interested in the younger generations: If you wanted to buy a brand new pair of jeans that look worn out and are full of holes you would have no problem finding them, but just try looking for shirts that come with gravy stains already down the front and it’s a different matter. I have yet to decide whether I will wear a hat. A flat cap or trilby, perhaps; all I know for sure is that it won’t be a baseball cap.
Certain habits need to be developed; I should be working on them now if they are to become ingrained by the time I need them. That sporadic nibbling motion of the lower jaw doesn’t just develop on its own, it needs to be practised until it becomes second nature if you are to remember to do it even when there is nothing in your mouth to chew. I have always been a curious person, so coming to a sudden halt in the middle of the pavement and staring with mouth agape at anything that catches my interest will probably come quite naturally to me.
We often underestimate the aged. Driving at 30 mph on the motorway takes a lot of self discipline; just try it if you’re in any doubt. Likewise with ignoring no entry signs and doing very slow U turns at busy traffic lights. Then there is the holy grail of the elderly driver: going the wrong way down the motorway, achieved only by the very ambitious. There is so much going on on the roads these days and it’s not easy to remain oblivious to it all; it needs to be worked at, particularly when you are trying to incorporate a significant element of inconsistency into your driving at the same time. Being able to cause an accident without being directly involved in it is a very subtle skill indeed.
I don’t yet know whether I will be the endearing granddad type or the miserable old git; probably the latter, no point in wasting the skills I already have.
In order to avoid any sudden expense, I need to start accumulating my future wardrobe now. There will be comfy shoes that don’t aggravate my corns to buy, preferably slip-ons so I won’t have to bend to tie the laces. I’ll need baggy trousers that come up to my chest, and woolly jumpers for the summer. It is an annoying fact that the fashion industry is only really interested in the younger generations: If you wanted to buy a brand new pair of jeans that look worn out and are full of holes you would have no problem finding them, but just try looking for shirts that come with gravy stains already down the front and it’s a different matter. I have yet to decide whether I will wear a hat. A flat cap or trilby, perhaps; all I know for sure is that it won’t be a baseball cap.
Certain habits need to be developed; I should be working on them now if they are to become ingrained by the time I need them. That sporadic nibbling motion of the lower jaw doesn’t just develop on its own, it needs to be practised until it becomes second nature if you are to remember to do it even when there is nothing in your mouth to chew. I have always been a curious person, so coming to a sudden halt in the middle of the pavement and staring with mouth agape at anything that catches my interest will probably come quite naturally to me.
We often underestimate the aged. Driving at 30 mph on the motorway takes a lot of self discipline; just try it if you’re in any doubt. Likewise with ignoring no entry signs and doing very slow U turns at busy traffic lights. Then there is the holy grail of the elderly driver: going the wrong way down the motorway, achieved only by the very ambitious. There is so much going on on the roads these days and it’s not easy to remain oblivious to it all; it needs to be worked at, particularly when you are trying to incorporate a significant element of inconsistency into your driving at the same time. Being able to cause an accident without being directly involved in it is a very subtle skill indeed.
I don’t yet know whether I will be the endearing granddad type or the miserable old git; probably the latter, no point in wasting the skills I already have.
How disappointing
Well I guess you are asking what is so dissapointing. Let me tell you. At the moment I'm in Tobago. It's a lovely island. We anchored on Saturday and went sightseeing on Sunday. It was hot so I was wearing a new summer dress with my bikini underneath.
As I was walking along the main street a car beeped. I was on the pathway so didnt think it was for me. Again someone beeped and then someone flashed lights. The drivers were looking at me. Surprised I started to check my dress. Was I showing something I shouldnt. Well no all seemed it place. Maybe the dress was too see through. Well the beeping didn't stop . So there I was thinking how wonderful this dress must look on me that I was recieving all this attention.
I decided I wanted to see Store Bay before taking the yacht there and I asked a lady how I could get there. She pointed out I just had to stand on the path and a car would stop and take me. I asked what car? She said they go along honking and you just flag them down.
It was then when I realized it wasnt that I was looking good. It was just the cars asking me if I wanted a lift.
As I was walking along the main street a car beeped. I was on the pathway so didnt think it was for me. Again someone beeped and then someone flashed lights. The drivers were looking at me. Surprised I started to check my dress. Was I showing something I shouldnt. Well no all seemed it place. Maybe the dress was too see through. Well the beeping didn't stop . So there I was thinking how wonderful this dress must look on me that I was recieving all this attention.
I decided I wanted to see Store Bay before taking the yacht there and I asked a lady how I could get there. She pointed out I just had to stand on the path and a car would stop and take me. I asked what car? She said they go along honking and you just flag them down.
It was then when I realized it wasnt that I was looking good. It was just the cars asking me if I wanted a lift.
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An Actual Real Blog
I have decided to write a actual blog for a change.
Today I spent a nice sunny afternoon with the music wound up in the music room with the door open. This evening, I decided to rearrange the music room as the sun was getting at the right angle in the sky to shine in through the window in the door and into my eyes when I am sat down. I never had to move any of the heavy equipment too much though so it wasn't too hard.
Now rolling a joint, sitting back and relaxing with more loud music
Today I spent a nice sunny afternoon with the music wound up in the music room with the door open. This evening, I decided to rearrange the music room as the sun was getting at the right angle in the sky to shine in through the window in the door and into my eyes when I am sat down. I never had to move any of the heavy equipment too much though so it wasn't too hard.
Now rolling a joint, sitting back and relaxing with more loud music
Become famous - upset people. It's so today.
There’s a post on FB doing the rounds – the average Brit pensioner gets £79 a week, the average asylum seeker gets £350 a week, a free car, luxury housing, etc etc, share if you think this is a disgrace.
The FB friend who shared it is raging
and so are the other comments. It is, of course, a joke – or so the original poster would claim. No intention to spread false information, no no no. I posted a copy-paste from the UK govt website showing exactly what allowances an asylum seeker can claim (around 10% of the amount quoted), and also the current full state pension (more than double the figure quoted). The angry comments have stopped but I’m the party-pooper. People want to be angry. We live in a world where people want to be lied to, they love to be outraged.
The current potus is, by modern standards, the most successful in history. Whether people are fawning, mocking, or gobbling like turkeys with rage, he fulfils the modern need to a T. Everyone has heard of him, everyone has an opinion, and every other politician in the world seems to be acting out in the hope of getting as much attention. Never mind the quality, feel the width.
Get with the beat, Baggy. I may be gone a while, I am trying to work out my best way of cashing in on now that I have finally worked out how it's done
The FB friend who shared it is raging
and so are the other comments. It is, of course, a joke – or so the original poster would claim. No intention to spread false information, no no no. I posted a copy-paste from the UK govt website showing exactly what allowances an asylum seeker can claim (around 10% of the amount quoted), and also the current full state pension (more than double the figure quoted). The angry comments have stopped but I’m the party-pooper. People want to be angry. We live in a world where people want to be lied to, they love to be outraged. The current potus is, by modern standards, the most successful in history. Whether people are fawning, mocking, or gobbling like turkeys with rage, he fulfils the modern need to a T. Everyone has heard of him, everyone has an opinion, and every other politician in the world seems to be acting out in the hope of getting as much attention. Never mind the quality, feel the width.
Get with the beat, Baggy. I may be gone a while, I am trying to work out my best way of cashing in on now that I have finally worked out how it's done
Young kids nowadays
can identify any number of corporate logos
cannot identify leaves from trees in their own garden
Of course their future progress will depend more on knowing where to go to buy what, than on knowing an oak leaf from a maple one
I horrified a pupil today by saying milk came from cows. Ew, she said, no, it comes from bottles. Yersssssssss but ...
Anyone here ever milked a cow, even once
Lifted a hen to take an egg from her nest
Dug up potatoes
Said boo to a goose with its wings out and neck outstretched as it rushed up hissing
I know lots and lots of us have groomed horses
cannot identify leaves from trees in their own garden
Of course their future progress will depend more on knowing where to go to buy what, than on knowing an oak leaf from a maple one
I horrified a pupil today by saying milk came from cows. Ew, she said, no, it comes from bottles. Yersssssssss but ...
Anyone here ever milked a cow, even once
Lifted a hen to take an egg from her nest
Dug up potatoes
Said boo to a goose with its wings out and neck outstretched as it rushed up hissing
I know lots and lots of us have groomed horses
In the future ..
In the future children will be raised believing it is their duty to seek a happy life, with just one proviso*. They will be taught from the beginning that this life is the only one they have and when it is over, it is over. They will be raised to understand their options in life, but they will not have to attend school unless they seek knowledge. They can stop studying any particular subject, or even leave formal schooling, whenever they have had enough, if they are clear they understand how this could affect their futures. If the hopes and dreams of their parents differ from their own, they will be expected to consider their parents’ wishes, but not forced to obey.
They will not have to follow the laws of any religion, because there will be no religion.
They need only obey those who have earned their respect, or whose rules make sense to them.
Children who are uneasy with pressures put on them can move, for as long or short a time as they wish, to communal places of safety where they will be housed and fed. There will be no automatic blame to the parents and no need for the youngster to defend the decision – no justification needed, no questions when they come and no questions when they leave, the option is open to all.
*The only proviso all in the future have to obey – and it is an absolute – is that they cannot harm others, or maliciously interfere with any other person who is seeking another path to pleasure.
Parents can therefore explain their ideas of the best possible future to their child, but cannot enforce them.
All these future children, when they are grown, will, like all adults, earn a basic minimum wage, enough to support them, in return for working 15 hours a week. If it is their pleasure to work longer and earn more, that is fine, they can find their path and follow it. They are free to love whom they please, for as little or as long as both wish. Again, the only universal rule is no deliberately harming others. Harm does include deliberately causing distress so they cannot lie, cheat or defraud without earning the status of social outcast for breaking that one simple rule.
Utopia, or chaos?
They will not have to follow the laws of any religion, because there will be no religion.
They need only obey those who have earned their respect, or whose rules make sense to them.
Children who are uneasy with pressures put on them can move, for as long or short a time as they wish, to communal places of safety where they will be housed and fed. There will be no automatic blame to the parents and no need for the youngster to defend the decision – no justification needed, no questions when they come and no questions when they leave, the option is open to all.
*The only proviso all in the future have to obey – and it is an absolute – is that they cannot harm others, or maliciously interfere with any other person who is seeking another path to pleasure.
Parents can therefore explain their ideas of the best possible future to their child, but cannot enforce them.
All these future children, when they are grown, will, like all adults, earn a basic minimum wage, enough to support them, in return for working 15 hours a week. If it is their pleasure to work longer and earn more, that is fine, they can find their path and follow it. They are free to love whom they please, for as little or as long as both wish. Again, the only universal rule is no deliberately harming others. Harm does include deliberately causing distress so they cannot lie, cheat or defraud without earning the status of social outcast for breaking that one simple rule.
Utopia, or chaos?
My old fashion BlackBerry
Yesterday, I had a casual meeting with my secondary friend. He has been living in New Zealand for 25 years. We talked a lot. I need to show him pictures of my projects. So I hand to him my mobile phone. He opened up the cover....."OMG Lindzy, you are still using BlackBerry!! You need to change this phone." I laughed hearing his comment. That is not the first time to hear that comment over my BlackBerry. Few times, my boys do comment, " Mommy, you need to change this phone, it is out of fashion. Our phones are even better than your BlackBerry." I laughed, " Son.... I agree with you, it is old fashion...BUT....the best thing is.....even old fashion, it helps me to maximize my work and bring money to pay school fees.
My Bellagio BlackBerry was bought around 2011-2012, after losing my second BlackBerry. It is the third BlackBerry that complete my life. Yes...I am a fans of BlackBerry. I love the qwerty type keypads. I ever try to use touch screen phone, but it is uncomfortable. My fingers are too large for the touch screen keypads. Create many wrong typing. Few of my friends also find the same difficulty in using soft touch phones. Honestly...it needs more time to understand their texts because of too many wrong typing. Some change their phones to bigger size...while I still prefer small phones which is easier to carry and use.
Luckily.....I am not the type of person who puts pride on belongings. I dont want to waste time busy searching and buying things just to show pride. My pride is having proper sense of own value and that is the correct level of respect for the important and value of my personal character, life, efforts, or achievements.
Happy day CS....
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Sorry...if the picture of the BlackBerry did not show up. Hahahaha...lack of knowledge posting pictures.
My Bellagio BlackBerry was bought around 2011-2012, after losing my second BlackBerry. It is the third BlackBerry that complete my life. Yes...I am a fans of BlackBerry. I love the qwerty type keypads. I ever try to use touch screen phone, but it is uncomfortable. My fingers are too large for the touch screen keypads. Create many wrong typing. Few of my friends also find the same difficulty in using soft touch phones. Honestly...it needs more time to understand their texts because of too many wrong typing. Some change their phones to bigger size...while I still prefer small phones which is easier to carry and use.
Luckily.....I am not the type of person who puts pride on belongings. I dont want to waste time busy searching and buying things just to show pride. My pride is having proper sense of own value and that is the correct level of respect for the important and value of my personal character, life, efforts, or achievements.
Happy day CS....IMG_20160712_140132
Sorry...if the picture of the BlackBerry did not show up. Hahahaha...lack of knowledge posting pictures.
How times change
My daughter called round today for a couple of hours. We spent half of that time discussing cleaning products. If anyone had predicted that scenario five years ago, both of us would have said they were crazy.
Mud season....
....I'm sure it exists in all it's delightful essence elsewhere. But here in Maine for about a week or two, until the incredible exuberant growth of weeds and grasses, which then cover it over, we deal with lots of mud. We have mud boots, mud walkways, and even mud rooms. Never a mud festival, which is telling. Sort of like the final slap from the end of winter. And Bravo loves to roll around in it, so we have to keep him on the decks till we can brush or spray him off. Yuk.
Sailing dream
Life changes constantly .
Boys are moving out this Sept with the new school year and I've decided I want to go sailing.
I've always wanted to go sailing. We've been looking for a nice sailboat 40 ft or more. I'm learning about the licences I need and I've also joined "Find Crew". I really would like to go to the west Indies but its not that cheap anymore to anchor or moor or even custom fees some countries you even pay when you have decided to depart. I think I will try the Greek Islands then maybe Canary Islands for winter. I'm not sure if it will really happen but it does keep my mind occupied and makes me stop worrying about my children. i never imagined there was so much involved in sailing. Youtube has kept me occupied watching other sailors and there adventures. Never thought it was that difficult to buy a boat and each country has different laws on deflagging a boat or even what a flag a certain country offers your boat.
Life is always surprising and I guess its up to us to find the good moments as the bad ones come alone.
Boys are moving out this Sept with the new school year and I've decided I want to go sailing.
I've always wanted to go sailing. We've been looking for a nice sailboat 40 ft or more. I'm learning about the licences I need and I've also joined "Find Crew". I really would like to go to the west Indies but its not that cheap anymore to anchor or moor or even custom fees some countries you even pay when you have decided to depart. I think I will try the Greek Islands then maybe Canary Islands for winter. I'm not sure if it will really happen but it does keep my mind occupied and makes me stop worrying about my children. i never imagined there was so much involved in sailing. Youtube has kept me occupied watching other sailors and there adventures. Never thought it was that difficult to buy a boat and each country has different laws on deflagging a boat or even what a flag a certain country offers your boat.
Life is always surprising and I guess its up to us to find the good moments as the bad ones come alone.
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