Volzfan59

practicing martial arts

tent in the

it’s close enough

Me brother, me too.

by a raindeer

hurt a lot

Grass seed and three bales of hay. Edit; I grew up in East Tennessee. Every yard that I’ve ever put in, be it for my father as a kid or on some of the houses that I’ve built, I’ve always put down a light covering of hay or preferably straw. Keeps the birds from eating the seed, keeps the wind from blowing it away and I guess the rotting hay/straw helps to fertilize the ground. Fast for to this morning, the guy at the hardware store said he’s never heard of doing that down here in SE Arkansas? My wife said the same thing, she grew up here. Is that just an east TN mountainous area thing?

Glad my boats in the garage!

Good luck! It’s like herding cats.

what do you

the back seat

I retired from my career (law enforcement) in 2013 at 53. Figured that 30+ years was enough, plus the stress and PTSD were killing me. Went to work part time at Bass Pro Shops as I love bass fishing. It was the perfect retirement gig for me. Gave that job up at 59 and started fishing…….a lot. Started drawing my social security at 62. I’m 66 now. Between that, my pension and my wife’s income (nurse) were fine. She might retire next year. As far as boredom goes, it hasn’t been a problem for me. Bought an old farmhouse a couple of years ago, pretty much gutted and remodeled the whole thing. Finally finished in June and moved in. Going to start on the barn when it cools down. Not fishing much anymore, might be a little burnt out. As far as modeling goes, I’m in my shop as much as I want, Monday through Friday until around 3:00 PM. I reserve my evening’s and weekends to spend time with my beautiful wife. I am hoping to start traveling a good bit when she retires. It’s mainly for her. I’ve been all over the eastern United States. She’s not traveled much at all. There’s places that she needs to see. I do recommend not just laying around. Walk or get a bicycle, anything to keep moving. For me, it’s walking or bike riding outside. I hate indoor stationary bikes, inclines, etc. Before retirement, I ran two to three miles everyday. Due to arthritis in my knees and hips running is no longer a thing. The orthopedic surgeon that my wife works for told me to get a bike or start walking. I second what @Dave Ambrose said, my experience with Medicare has been great so far. Heck, my experience with the Social Security Administration has been great. Overall, I highly recommend retirement, but I was ready. Even though I had made it to Lieutenant and pretty much had it made, I hated putting on my uniform and going to work. My wife on the hand loves her job and isn’t really looking forward to retirement.

got caught in

causing him to

My goodness, you’re so right @iamsuperdan. That was a great read. Earlier in this conversation I posted that I had read that Gordon Lightfoot didn’t want this song released as a single. Read that he had even gotten mad at one of the record co executives. This article, while not directly addressing what I had read, seems to blow what o read out of the water. Thank you for posting this.

Me too. I guess I just like turning pages.

eats only designer

at the village’s

and got hit

the cat ate

It looks just like the real thing.

maybe chewing tobacco

maybe Cracker Barrel

hard to clean

deck of the