What is your definition of fun things to do?

katlupe said:
I liked going to our activities in our community room downstairs. Bingo, our potluck supper, movie night and our tenant or manager meetings. It was the way new tenants got to know everyone else and became friends. I think the quarantine has hurt us in that way. They opened the community room but limited it to 2 people at a time and then set hours that we could use it. That is ridiculous.

I liked going to the festivals, outdoor concerts and other activities that took place across the street in the parks. I like going to car shows, the state park for a picnic and thrift stores. Sometimes just going for a ride in the country is nice. I am not miserable though and enjoy my days even though I can't walk very well.
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Wow, they had activities in your community room? (Before Covid, of course?) Most of the multi-family (apt. complexes, mobile home parks, etc.) places to live around here never had activities even before Covid, even the places with nice recreation rooms, the rec. rooms have always just sat there dusty and unused. I do know 1 person, the mobile home park she lives in in my town, before Covid the park would provide donuts in the rec. room once a month and people would attend bringing their own mug of coffee or tea and socialize for a couple of hours; she said it was really nice. Welp, turns out that's highly unusual; I told someone else who lives here in this town and she was stunned to hear that; she knows several people who live in other mobile home parks here and no activities like that at all as far back as they can remember.

And now that I think of it, from my last couple of years of high school 'till the late 80s, in a big city area in this state to the small town area I'm in now, I lived in apt. complexes, condos, and mobile home parks, and almost all those areas had nice, large rec. rooms that always sat there unused; nobody ever socialized with others that lived in the complexes nor did the owners/management of those places organize any activities like that. I used to think maybe it was just the state I live in, but after talking online to people from all over the U.S., seems like it's that way in a lot of other states. And not just because of the internet, seems like it kind of started way back when everybody started having TVs; maybe it just became easier to stay in your living room and get your socializing done by watching a screen. I think it's kind of sad, but a lot of people I talk to online seem to prefer that kind of life; I guess maybe there are more loners in the world than what I realized.
 

officerripley said:
Wow, they had activities in your community room? (Before Covid, of course?) Most of the multi-family (apt. complexes, mobile home parks, etc.) places to live around here never had activities even before Covid, even the places with nice recreation rooms, the rec. rooms have always just sat there dusty and unused. I do know 1 person, the mobile home park she lives in in my town, before Covid the park would provide donuts in the rec. room once a month and people would attend bringing their own mug of coffee or tea and socialize for a couple of hours; she said it was really nice. Welp, turns out that's highly unusual; I told someone else who lives here in this town and she was stunned to hear that; she knows several people who live in other mobile home parks here and no activities like that at all as far back as they can remember.

And now that I think of it, from my last couple of years of high school 'till the late 80s, in a big city area in this state to the small town area I'm in now, I lived in apt. complexes, condos, and mobile home parks, and almost all those areas had nice, large rec. rooms that always sat there unused; nobody ever socialized with others that lived in the complexes nor did the owners/management of those places organize any activities like that. I used to think maybe it was just the state I live in, but after talking online to people from all over the U.S., seems like it's that way in a lot of other states. And not just because of the internet, seems like it kind of started way back when everybody started having TVs; maybe it just became easier to stay in your living room and get your socializing done by watching a screen. I think it's kind of sad, but a lot of people I talk to online seem to prefer that kind of life; I guess maybe there are more loners in the world than what I realized.
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Not everyone who lives here comes to the activities but the ones who do have become pretty close friends. At our tenant meeting we collect $2.00 from each person (at the meetings) and that money is used for sending flowers or fruit baskets to people returning from a stay in the hospital or if they have had a family pass away or to their family if they passed away. Our movie night is just watching someone's DVDs on the big screen television in the community room. We make popcorn and everyone brings their own drink or we make coffee.

Our potluck suppers are just that, everyone brings a dish and we have so much fun at those.

Some of the ladies here go shopping together too.
 
Never cared for grounds keeping. Bought our first condo in 1987, gave away the lawnmower and haven't missed it yet.
We used to enjoy traveling with our small trailer, but decided when I reached 80 that it was time to give that up.
Spend time here on the computer, the computer club here in the geezer ghetto has meetings on Zoom.
 

Before the Covid,, hubby & I traveled with our son to states out west,, where we rode ATV trails.
Boon docked in our RV.
Missed traveling this year.

We have done local road trips/site seeing this year.
Just getting out exploring PA back roads a for a day trip,, has helped us get through stay at home rules.

At home this year , I was busy out side ,, then canning, freezing garden produce.
Hubby is in to cutting wood ,, turning it into firewood to sell.
He is happiest being active .
 
Sliverfox said:
Before the Covid,, hubby & I traveled with our son to states out west,, where we rode ATV trails.
Boon docked in our RV.
Missed traveling this year.

We have done local road trips/site seeing this year.
Just getting out exploring PA back roads a for a day trip,, has helped us get through stay at home rules.

At home this year , I was busy out side ,, then canning, freezing garden produce.
Hubby is in to cutting wood ,, turning it into firewood to sell.
He is happiest being active .
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I'm happiest being active too, only just with my eyes and my mouth. :LOL:
 
Manatee said:
Never cared for grounds keeping. Bought our first condo in 1987, gave away the lawnmower and haven't missed it yet.
We used to enjoy traveling with our small trailer, but decided when I reached 80 that it was time to give that up.
Spend time here on the computer, the computer club here in the geezer ghetto has meetings on Zoom.
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Did you have a Casita? We have had one for 4 years. We like going to some of the rallies. I hope we get to use it more in 2021. We enjoy doing modifications to it.
 
Coffee or wine with friends is fun for me. At our ages we can’t remember diddily so trying to remember is actually fun! Andour hearing is pretty shot too, so hearing what you THINK someone said has had some pretty hilarious results. We still enjoy gardening, walking, sitting on the patio listening to oldies, talking with neighbors in the summer months. Winter gets a whole lot trickier
 
I loved going out to lunch or brunch with friends and/or coworkers. I loved shopping, any kind of retail therapy. I loved yard sales and estate sales on Saturdays. I loved going out to dinner with BF. I loved taking day trips to the seashore, walking on crowded beaches and having fun with people. I loved meeting new people. I loved the anticipation of doing something new and fun.
 
I believe I addressed a similar version of this felonious breach of privacy in another thread hereabouts and as usual I'm just too lazy to look it up. Well I have reached the epitome of true unparalleled laziness because I no longer seek the ability to sleep standing up or have someone open and close my eyes for me when I am awake or have someone breathe for me when I am sleep. What I want now is this:


This is what I want.

Thnx for watching.
 
When thinking about the things I do most of them are fun. I even have fun sometimes when I'm working.

My favorite thing to do is to listen to music. That expands to things outside the actual listening such as finding new music to try out, taking notes while listening and then analyzing the info I've collected.

I also have fun learning. That is usually done by reading but sometimes I will watch some TV shows or online videos to learn things I want to know.

I really enjoy engaging with other people in different ways such as participating in this forum, emailing pen pals and getting together with people I know. I really love getting into discussions (either face to face or online) about things I'm passionate about (music, wine, art, food, science fiction, etc...)

I have a lot of fun wine tasting and do similar things with that that I do with music.

I have a lot of fun analyzing things or solving problems which is something I do sometimes when I work.

I have fun walking the dogs more of the time. I have fun just walking around the neighborhood or exploring a new area. I really enjoy taking long walks when I travel.

I have fun taking photographs both on my phone and with my camera.

I have a great deal of fun going to music concerts which although is listening to music is entirely different for me. Being able to see the musicians and singers actually making the music in the moment is magical.

There are lots of things I've left out.
 
Not in a prideful way but I appreciate my uniqueness and what I can do differently or the same as other. I am not competitive, but I can hold my own just the same. I am unpredictable, you never what I might say, especially in public.
 
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Traveling anywhere has always been fun for me. I must've been a gypsy in a past life. Where I work a woman from Palestine has become a good friend. She was born in Iraq and a citizen of Palestine and now working as volunteer here while doing her masters. We both like to travel and agreed we'd travel to Tibet when it is safe to go.

ETA: Mindful exercises have been really fun for me especially in stressful situations. Never thought something simple can give me much joy.
 
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katlupe said:
Not everyone who lives here comes to the activities but the ones who do have become pretty close friends. At our tenant meeting we collect $2.00 from each person (at the meetings) and that money is used for sending flowers or fruit baskets to people returning from a stay in the hospital or if they have had a family pass away or to their family if they passed away. Our movie night is just watching someone's DVDs on the big screen television in the community room. We make popcorn and everyone brings their own drink or we make coffee.

Our potluck suppers are just that, everyone brings a dish and we have so much fun at those.

Some of the ladies here go shopping together too.
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Sounds like a really nice place to live!
 

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