Happy Labor day weekend!

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Happy Labor Day weekend! Hope you all are having a great weekend!

[dnic]

Same here All, have a great weekend!

[GuitarAttack Forum]

Have a great Labor Day.

I’m going to do the most festive thing imaginable - work on getting some projects out of the shop!

John

[antares]

All the best for the day guys. I've obviously heard of it but it represents a gap in my knowledge. We have May the first over here and I'm guessing it's the same thing? If that is the case, then fair play to you John for working on a day when you ought to be kicking back with a cool one!

でつ e&oe ...

[dnic]

Yes you are correct Steve. A working mans holiday. Which I will be working but I get double time for it so I'm totally ok with it. It is in fact the last two weeks before I retire from the store. So that leaves me with only guitar work, finish work I do for a contractor I've been working with for lots of years. But that will be sporadic. And of course the ever growing never ending honey do list.

[antares]

You two have contributed to society Dane, and then some! Many folks these days appear to duck 'n' dive and effectively leave no mark that they ever even passed through.

Ah- the list! I thought I had the copyright on that!

Some don't adjust to the new normal at all well and see out their days often in increasingly under valued jobs. For some it's an uncomfortable feeling that they're useless and they need employment to ameliorate the notion. For others it's a fear that if they should stop, it won't be long before it's Goodnight Vienna. You guys have given plenty and have much to occupy your days going forward anyway so I feel confident none of that will apply. I guess now I won't be able to say "I don't know how you fit it all in" which generally both puzzled and amazed me.

You guys do at least appear to be living in a really nice place, and that is a very positive attribute indeed. To look across and gaze at that awesome scenery has to be a life affirming experience, and to be able to do so on a daily basis is the jewel on that crown.

I hope everything works out fine for the two of you as you embark upon the next phase over the forthcoming years.

でつ e&oe ...

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I have been retired for a long time now. It has had some really good things about it. At times, there were those days I seemed a busier being retired than when I was punching a clock.

 I don't miss having to put up with bosses and some customers. But I did like to work. I was not afraid to work and work hard. I would, at times, work a lot of long hours. I had 2 jobs where I would wind up working 18-hour shifts on a weekly basses.

 When I moved to AZ, I was working 4 part-time jobs for several years before I landed a full time job. Working the 4 jobs got a little bit harry do to trying to remember how each employer was. NO two are a like! LOL!

 But like I said, I liked to work. And I was always doing something! My wife would come out at night to tell me to come in. It would be 3AM, and I had to be at work at 7AM. I was out working on one of my many cars! Or I would be doing remodeling to the house. I never stood still.

 But all that has now changed for me. My health has put a stop to a lot of things. I now feel so sad that I can't do hardly anything. I can't even mow the grass without getting overheated. It sucks!

 I hate where or what my life is today. I don't like getting old. I watched a show the other day when a guy was dealing with what I am going through. He came to realize he had to give up all the things he loved to do when he was much younger. He is in his 80s. In Feb of next year, I'll be 70. I don't know if I'll be around when I am 80. If the Alzheimer's kicks in all the way, like I am told it will. I'll be lucky to see my 80s. Yes, it has gotten worse.

 But the show broke my heart to see this guy give up his passion. I could see in his eyes he knew his life had ended. No mater how hard we all "put up a good fight" We will all have to come to terms with aging. All of us! 

 I am doing my best to keep on keeping on. But each day I am losing the fight. I can still remember my days of being able to work and work all day and night with more energy than most. I long for the days when I could play music with others as well. I would give anything to have someone that I could play music with. 

 One thing for sure, I have done a lot in my life. That is one thing that no one can ever take from me. Done everything from building cars, to racing them, from building houses, and remodeling them. Being a mechanic on heavy equipment, been on TV playing music, been on radio, concerts, I am an ordained pastor. Been a worship leader, set up sound for concerts and churches. Been a teacher in auto mechanics and welding. I used to get hired to evaluate business. That was a fun job. People would hire me to go in to see how they could get better production going. I was good at organizing a business to run better and get them making money and not losing money.

 WOW! No wonder my body hurts today! LOL!

   

 There are some other things I have done as well, but I think you all get the point.

[dnic]

Sept 4, 2023 0:58:23 GMT -6 antares said:

You two have contributed to society Dane, and then some! Many folks these days appear to duck 'n' dive and effectively leave no mark that they ever even passed through.

Ah- the list! I thought I had the copyright on that!

Some don't adjust to the new normal at all well and see out their days often in increasingly under valued jobs. For some it's an uncomfortable feeling that they're useless and they need employment to ameliorate the notion. For others it's a fear that if they should stop, it won't be long before it's Goodnight Vienna. You guys have given plenty and have much to occupy your days going forward anyway so I feel confident none of that will apply. I guess now I won't be able to say "I don't know how you fit it all in" which generally both puzzled and amazed me.

You guys do at least appear to be living in a really nice place, and that is a very positive attribute indeed. To look across and gaze at that awesome scenery has to be a life affirming experience, and to be able to do so on a daily basis is the jewel on that crown.

I hope everything works out fine for the two of you as you embark upon the next phase over the forthcoming years.

でつ e&oe ...

Thanks Steve, I may have mentioned that our granddaughter has moved in with us. She is twelve and in 7th grade at school. My wife retired from her full time school job in June at the end of that school year. She says "she has no idea how she got everything done while working". But she is very type A and gets more done in a day than anybody I know. In including myself. Our plan was to do some traveling but that will only be while the girl is out of school for summer or holidays. We'll do what we always do, adapt.

It really should be great to have the time to get it "all" done. "the list" as well a normal maintenance around the property and of course the guitar stuff.

[dnic]

Sept 4, 2023 7:18:30 GMT -6 @eagleblues said:

I have been retired for a long time now. It has had some really good things about it. At times, there were those days I seemed a busier being retired than when I was punching a clock.

 I don't miss having to put up with bosses and some customers. But I did like to work. I was not afraid to work and work hard. I would, at times, work a lot of long hours. I had 2 jobs where I would wind up working 18-hour shifts on a weekly basses.

 When I moved to AZ, I was working 4 part-time jobs for several years before I landed a full time job. Working the 4 jobs got a little bit harry do to trying to remember how each employer was. NO two are a like! LOL!

 But like I said, I liked to work. And I was always doing something! My wife would come out at night to tell me to come in. It would be 3AM, and I had to be at work at 7AM. I was out working on one of my many cars! Or I would be doing remodeling to the house. I never stood still.

 But all that has now changed for me. My health has put a stop to a lot of things. I now feel so sad that I can't do hardly anything. I can't even mow the grass without getting overheated. It sucks!

 I hate where or what my life is today. I don't like getting old. I watched a show the other day when a guy was dealing with what I am going through. He came to realize he had to give up all the things he loved to do when he was much younger. He is in his 80s. In Feb of next year, I'll be 70. I don't know if I'll be around when I am 80. If the Alzheimer's kicks in all the way, like I am told it will. I'll be lucky to see my 80s. Yes, it has gotten worse.

 But the show broke my heart to see this guy give up his passion. I could see in his eyes he knew his life had ended. No mater how hard we all "put up a good fight" We will all have to come to terms with aging. All of us! 

 I am doing my best to keep on keeping on. But each day I am losing the fight. I can still remember my days of being able to work and work all day and night with more energy than most. I long for the days when I could play music with others as well. I would give anything to have someone that I could play music with. 

 One thing for sure, I have done a lot in my life. That is one thing that no one can ever take from me. Done everything from building cars, to racing them, from building houses, and remodeling them. Being a mechanic on heavy equipment, been on TV playing music, been on radio, concerts, I am an ordained pastor. Been a worship leader, set up sound for concerts and churches. Been a teacher in auto mechanics and welding. I used to get hired to evaluate business. That was a fun job. People would hire me to go in to see how they could get better production going. I was good at organizing a business to run better and get them making money and not losing money.

 WOW! No wonder my body hurts today! LOL!

   

 There are some other things I have done as well, but I think you all get the point.

Absolutely Eddie, nobody gets away from aging process. And it hits some earlier than others. And that sucks. I think I also wore myself out working but like a lot of men I found my self worth in my work. My work was my hobby before I got into guitars. I've found it very nice to have a focus away from the job. I also really enjoyed hiking before my knee gave up but it's not quite ready to take the abuse again after the surgery even though it's been over a year now.