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I bought my first Guzzi in first my mid twenties.
Not doing it wrong at all. Retiring fully would be wrong for me and I certainly don't need the income. I like to work and I pick jobs that I can go to with a sense of enthusiasm. The free time Guzzi rides are all the sweeter for it.Ralph
Wish I had, didn't learn about them till late in life. Been retired a while now, love it.Dean
I'm really getting jaded about any activity that requires a "meeting" or a "committee" or a "board". I'll help neighbors cut up a fallen tree, or sit with an older person that needs help, but I'm going to quit doing things that look like "Work" looked for 35 years .....
...but I'm starting to ask myself "Lannis, haven't you been to ENOUGH committee meetings and seminars and organizational and board meetings in your life?"
I can tell that I really approach this gig differently than you. I find that I'm starting to resent ANY "calls on my time" other than recreational things that I've planned. I have always volunteered for church and community service things, but I'm starting to ask myself "Lannis, haven't you been to ENOUGH committee meetings and seminars and organizational and board meetings in your life?" I'm really getting jaded about any activity that requires a "meeting" or a "committee" or a "board". I've got one tonight, to discuss an annual budget, and hiring, and policies, and I really don't want to go ... I think I've had enough. I'll help neighbors cut up a fallen tree, or look after the granddaughters, or sit with an older person that needs help, but I'm going to quit doing things that look like "Work" looked for 35 years .....Lannis
I retired at 50 moved to the country and got bored after about 5 years.I got a job driving a school bus.I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!Same kids for the last 7 years so I get to see them grow-up.My kids range from 4 years old to 18 y.o.All I have to do is start my bus, pick-up and deliver kids and go home.I even have kids come out to see me when they are home from the Service or College.The kids keep me in touch with young people and ALL I have to worry about is how I do MY job.... nothing else,no one else,no bugets,no revenue,...NO worries!!!!I volunteer now more than ever ,since, I have the time to help those that were not as Blessed as I was....Alan
Sounds excellent! My trouble is, once you're known for serving as a committee chairman or board member, people are always trying to get you to do it.Serving meals at the Salvation Army - yes! Like you say, just do my job, help people!But serving on the Governance Board of the Salvation Army - no! Some might say "But you can use your professional skills to help MORE people that way ... "No, I'm not listening! LA la LA la LA ..... And if they ask YOU to serve on the Transportation Advisory Committee for the school district, you just say "NO! I have a bus to drive, kids to interact with. No time, sorry!"Lannis
.... I find that I'm starting to resent ANY "calls on my time" other than recreational things that I've planned.
Do you think this is age related or just simply tired of the repeating 'ground hog day"?
They're related, so it's a little of both, I think.Part of it is what makes one tend to be a "curmudgeon". Some things, I've put up with now for 50 years, things that don't make sense and are wrong. But now, I don't have to keep my mouth shut and toe the line because I've got to keep a job or stay in school or stay respectable or something - Like King Theoden said as he faced Saruman's tower - "I am old, and fear no peril any more". Some perils, anyhow.Lannis
But now, I don't have to keep my mouth shut and toe the line because I've got to keep a job or stay in school or stay respectable or something
The last couple of years of my office career, I had to keep in mind this: "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes."My current happiness is based in some part on my freedom to decline interaction with assholes.
Just turned 59 in August and I have no intention of retiring, I get great pleasure in showing up for work and make my co-workers miserable for another day !!!!!
Is there a Moto Guzzi forum that is less oriented toward older men?Is the only alternative individual threads on advrider or the Aprillia forum? What's the view on the newish guzziriders.org?
So... what you are asking is this ? Please , is there a place less littered with crotchety old men where a young person might find some respite ? It's OK Rob , we already know ... Dusty
Yes, that's exactly what I'm asking, and you know what, some older people might ask the same thing.
Geez Rob , I thought we had been pretty nice to you Dusty
In other words, you're now going to kick me out. That's cool, and reflective of the age problem of this forum. Meanwhile, I suggest that you think about this statement, from a thread today, which the moderators had no problem with, but which is completely out out of touch with 2015 and for many people highly offensive, not to mention entirely irrelevant to what was being discussed: "He's an ex schoolmaster of questionable orientation, definitely a bully which I find contradictory."
In other words, you're now going to kick me out. That's cool, and reflective of the age problem of this forum.
Meanwhile, I suggest that you think about this statement, from a thread today, which the moderators had no problem with, but which is completely out out of touch with 2015 and for many people highly offensive, not to mention entirely irrelevant to what was being discussed: "He's an ex schoolmaster of questionable orientation, definitely a bully which I find contradictory."
Is there a Moto Guzzi forum that is less oriented toward older men?Is the only alternative individual threads on advrider or Aprilia forum's Moto Guzzi sub-forum? What's the view on the newish guzziriders.org?
