Never thought retirement would be like this

Uncontrolable said:
... The funny part is that the women do the choosing. But, they still want the guy to be 6' and have a high double figure income. That makes sense biologically. Yet, those same women can come to feel alone in those kinds of relationships. It is like there has too be chemistry, but also a kind of spiritual intimacy. That is a rare commodity. Those are the people who stay married for 50 years. ...
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I've been thinking about your last post, and this part set off alarm bells. I still remember vividly the day my mother gave me the following awful (imo) advice. I was 16:

Boys don't like girls that are smart. ... Ask them a lot of dumb questions. ... Pretend not to be able to do things.

A pretty big put down of men in general, imo. There are many that eventually figure things out. Not so many at age 16 though, and I understand why. It takes two level-headed people to make the best decision about who you are going to spend the rest of your life with, or else you have to be incredibly lucky. Very few are that level-headed at 16, or even 25. I surely wasn't.

Of course my mother's purpose was to get me married off, but her advice backfired, because they also drilled into me to be honest. I could never play those games or try to manipulate. Looks to me like a recipe for disaster down the road, again, unless you are very lucky. I would like to say it was just "the times", but I still see those kinds of discussions on web pages of teenage girls today. {sigh}
 

Nancy, good to see you got new glasses and you are happy with them. Have you tried Zenni.com for glasses? After my last eye doctor visit (I still wear the hard contacts), I had them give me my Rx and I ordered a pair of glasses for when I don't want to wear my contacts. They are bifocals and they were much cheaper than what the eye doctor had to offer.
 
I didn't know you could get regular eyeglasses using a contact lens prescription. I've looked at Zenni.com for frames. Tried contacts for about 8 years once, back in the 70's, the old fashioned hard ones. The southern spring pollen didn't go well with contacts, so I gave up on them when I moved here. And then I had to carry around sunglasses in the summer anyway.

My face and eyes are so plain, I can decorate (and hide) a lot of it with eyeglasses, especially those huge ones back in the 80's, the bigger the better. Ha! From your avatar it looks like you have pretty eyes and eyebrows. Mine are blah. :p

Added: In answer to your original question, I'm still afraid to order them online. I've had to have a couple that needed redone in the past. Don't know how hard that would be online. One day I'll take the plunge.
 

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If you ask, they will have to give you the Rx for glasses. It's the law. I see much better with the contacts. One eye is for reading and the other for distance. Seems weird, but it works! Yep, the pollen can drive you nuts in the Spring around here. That is why I ordered the glasses and I also ordered the "clip on" sunglasses for them.

Thanks for the comment on the avatar but I just think it was the low lighting! LOL Lots of wrinkles now as far as I am concerned but I guess I have earned all of them (too much working outside with no sunscreen). I used to never leave the house to go to the grocery store, etc. unless I had some makeup on but not anymore, this ole gal goes "face naked" most of the time now! Funny thing is I don't feel as old as I am. I look at myself in the mirror and wonder who that person is! But I am determined to never give up on learning new things whether it's technology or physical things. I think that keeps you young. Never give in or up!
 
maggiemae said:
.. One eye is for reading and the other for distance. Seems weird, but it works! ...
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Some people choose to do that when they have cataract surgery, with their new lenses---set one eye for distance and the other for reading. It was a hot topic on the internet when I was looking up what type of lenses to choose. You haven't had that surgery have you? Some did well with that choice, and others didn't. Looks like you would be all set if you ever have to get that surgery.

maggiemae said:
... Funny thing is I don't feel as old as I am. I look at myself in the mirror and wonder who that person is! But I am determined to never give up on learning new things whether it's technology or physical things. I think that keeps you young. Never give in or up!
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Yes! Me too! Don't ever tell me I can't do that (unless it's getting up on the roof).
 
WV Glass Industry

"Although glass was made here much earlier, West Virginia became an important glass manufacturing state at the end of the 19th century. The emergence of a significant glass sand industry in the Eastern Panhandle and the growing availability of cheap fuels, especially natural gas, provided the natural resources critical to glassmaking. At the same time, railroads had improved transportation in the state, and local booster movements in numerous towns aggressively recruited manufacturing enterprises to build on the plentiful natural resources. Finally, neighboring states, especially Pennsylvania and Ohio, were home to an abundance of skilled craftsmen still essential to glass production at a time when technological changes had just begun to restructure the industry."

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RadishRose said:
RE: West Virginia.

The best thing there was from West Virginny they came to stay in sunny Californi-ay...

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Walter Brennin played that character to the hilt. I used to watch that show. He was in several John Wayne movies as that character. He was in an Elvis movie. There was a movie called "Good Bye My Lady." This was an obscure movie that only appeared on TV a couple of times, then disappeared. It has come out again recently. Brennin played a subdued version of that character. He was raising a young boy. Coming of age movie. This kid finds a Bassengi. A breed of African dog that crys and has a yodeling kind of call. This is done in the deep south and the movie is about hunting dogs. I will stop here if you have not seen this movie. In any case, this Brennin character is the one I will never forget. He was everyone's grandpa.
 
If I remember correctly, someone here ( jujube? ) is related to the Hatfields---no doubt the better half of the famous "Hatfields and McCoys" (feud).
 
Meanderer said:
That's interesting, Nancy...the "Perfect Storm" for glass making.....were your new glasses made in WV???:rolleyes:
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All I know is the frames have a fancy Italian name (Giannini), but most do. Ninety percent are made in China.

I like that image. At least those glasses wouldn't slip down your nose. Or would they? :confused:
 
I had so forgotten about that show. I watched it every week growing up! Walter Brennin's character reminded me so much of my Grandfather! I will have to see if I can find that movie ("Good Bye My Lady"), sounds like something my husband and I would enjoy! I still love "Ole Yellar"
 
maggiemae said:
I had so forgotten about that show. I watched it every week growing up! Walter Brennin's character reminded me so much of my Grandfather! I will have to see if I can find that movie ("Good Bye My Lady"), sounds like something my husband and I would enjoy! I still love "Ole Yellar"
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Yes, it is one of those nice ones. Wish I could tell you where you might find it. Direct TV might have it for rent. You could also try net flix. I could bring it up in Google, or Yahoo. You will find it then.
 
I feel a little disrespectful posting this trivia with a hurricane going on and people suffering, but I guess life goes on for the rest of us. :confused:

This is the front edge of a little half-acre pasture up near the main road. There is a fence under all that mess. If the state road folks hadn't mowed earlier this week I wouldn't have even noticed this was happening.

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On around the corner shows kudzu on the neighbor's side. It can grow a foot a day if it rains a lot. That is the back of the rental house I keep talking about. The fence on this section was never electrified because the people living there at the time had children, and I didn't want them to get shocked accidentally. I'm pretty sure now that the current occupants own(ed) the dog that attacked Dixie. I've kept the goats out of there all summer. This used to be a beautiful little pasture. :(

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Thursday my only goal was to spray this fence, because the vines will eventually ruin it, but when I got there the brush killer was nowhere to be found.:confused: The only possibility was it fell off the cart last time around the perimeter fence (long story), so I took off looking for it---found nothing. Meanwhile ran across a tree fallen on the new fence with some damage. Had to circle all the way back around just to turn off the power before I could even fix it.

A new puzzle. Since things weren't going very well anyway, I decided now was a good time to check the cabin, which I've been avoiding. Whatever I might find couldn't ruin two days that way. Ha! The storm door was open wide and jammed under a sloping porch rafter so it couldn't close. It doesn't show well, but the edge of the door is almost 1/4" above the bottom of the rafter.

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The door doesn't seem to have any damage at all. No one had tried to get in. It must have been due to a really strange wind. The cabin sits beside a hill, and the door was installed in that direction on purpose so the wind couldn't catch it.

Couldn't fix it with the tools I had with me, so I sat a chair beside it to make it look like the door was propped open on purpose.:) I guess I'll try removing the windows first and see if I can spring it, or maybe shave 1/4" off the rafter. I really don't want to tackle removing the whole door, but will as a last resort.

Anyway, yesterday I got the fence sprayed. May have to do a second round of spraying because the foliage was so deep and thick. Maybe I'll get some "after" pictures before winter. Will tackle the cabin door next time. Fell asleep early after a long day, so I'm up early. Where is the sun? Is it always like this at 6 am? :p :)
 
Aunt Bea said:
If the door is stuck under a rafter can you use a jack and a 2x4 to raise the rafter a quarter of an inch to free the door, just a thought.
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That's a good idea, Aunt Bea. I even have a jack post. I want to be careful not to ruin that door (or the windows in it, or the roof :) ).

I'm speculating now that a big burst of wind might have come up under the roof, lifting it just enough for the door to push past that rafter. Puzzle of how it happened probably solved.
 
CeeCee said:
All I can say after reading that is that my life sure is different from yours. :)

Also...will you marry me? Just kidding. :)
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:lol: Things like this happen only in clusters, and in spurts, it seems. In between it's smooth sailing. :rolleyes::p But the spurts are getting closer together lately. :confused:
 
NancyNGA said:
I feel a little disrespectful posting this trivia with a hurricane going on and people suffering, but I guess life goes on for the rest of us. :confused:

This is the front edge of a little half-acre pasture up near the main road. There is a fence under all that mess. If the state road folks hadn't mowed earlier this week I wouldn't have even noticed this was happening.

lR6XNxF.gif


On around the corner shows kudzu on the neighbor's side. It can grow a foot a day if it rains a lot. That is the back of the rental house I keep talking about. The fence on this section was never electrified because the people living there at the time had children, and I didn't want them to get shocked accidentally. I'm pretty sure now that the current occupants own(ed) the dog that attacked Dixie. I've kept the goats out of there all summer. This used to be a beautiful little pasture. :(

LgHejIU.gif


Thursday my only goal was to spray this fence, because the vines will eventually ruin it, but when I got there the brush killer was nowhere to be found.:confused: The only possibility was it fell off the cart last time around the perimeter fence (long story), so I took off looking for it---found nothing. Meanwhile ran across a tree fallen on the new fence with some damage. Had to circle all the way back around just to turn off the power before I could even fix it.

A new puzzle. Since things weren't going very well anyway, I decided now was a good time to check the cabin, which I've been avoiding. Whatever I might find couldn't ruin two days that way. Ha! The storm door was open wide and jammed under a sloping porch rafter so it couldn't close. It doesn't show well, but the edge of the door is almost 1/4" above the bottom of the rafter.

1UpamLm.gif


The door doesn't seem to have any damage at all. No one had tried to get in. It must have been due to a really strange wind. The cabin sits beside a hill, and the door was installed in that direction on purpose so the wind couldn't catch it.

Couldn't fix it with the tools I had with me, so I sat a chair beside it to make it look like the door was propped open on purpose.:) I guess I'll try removing the windows first and see if I can spring it, or maybe shave 1/4" off the rafter. I really don't want to tackle removing the whole door, but will as a last resort.

Anyway, yesterday I got the fence sprayed. May have to do a second round of spraying because the foliage was so deep and thick. Maybe I'll get some "after" pictures before winter. Will tackle the cabin door next time. Fell asleep early after a long day, so I'm up early. Where is the sun? Is it always like this at 6 am? :p :)
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Nice country.
 
I loaded up my cart after the most fun gig. You know, saxes, stands, fronts, speakers ... As I wheeled to the parking lot, I got a lot of "nice show today" and "way to go". I often wonder what I'd be doing if I didn't have music. In my ensembles I'm surrounded by beautiful people, young and old. Two hours of practice seems like five minutes. It truly is my passion. Don't get me wrong, we have fab family, happy grandkids, and chickens too for that matter. But for me, music is where it's at. Just thought I'd say.
 
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