[Rhodes22-list] retirement

[Joe Camp]

Shawn:

As an English professor and a poet, I can say that your haiku captures the essence of that form's intention.  You have retired to a higher ideal, another plane of enhanced awareness and simplicity. Basho would be proud.  

Joe Camp



>________________________________
> From: Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com>
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 2:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] retirement
> 
>
>Hi:
>
>As a recently retired septuagenarian psychologist and  now what my daughter
>calls 'fun-employed', I have a slightly different take on retirement. I
>agree that reduced efficiency demands are part of it, but I also think that
>many are shifting  from 'sustenance' work (what you do to eat) to 'leisure'
>work (what you do for fulfillment). This can be startling. In my case, I
>left a job doing complex statistical analyses and now find myself composing
>Haiku poems all the time. It is as if the poetry writing aspects of my life
>had been put on hold in service to sustenance.  Here is a sample some may
>enjoy
>
>memories ebbing
>on the shifting sands of time
>what was I saying?
>
>
>Cheers,
>Shawn
>S/V Sweet Baboo (Recycled 86)
>
>On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>wrote:
>
>> I mentioned to a retired psychologist friend of mine that I was as busy
>> after retirement as I was before. His thought was that we were also getting
>> less efficient. He is right, I am much less efficient when I look at what I
>> accomplish even while  I am busy but I have also discovered that the lower
>> need for efficiency is really the joy of retirement. You don't feel guilty
>> spending time of the Rhodes list.
>>
>> By the way, if any of you have bypass surgery in your future and are
>> wondering about coping with boats etc. I would suggest that you hold off on
>> major decisions until you see how things turn out. I had a quadruple bypass
>> last Wednesday, got home yesterday and have to say that while I have lots
>> of
>> aches and pains and look a bit like a Frankenstein project, I really
>> experienced very little real pain and for only brief periods. These guys
>> are
>> amazing. I have lost my boating season I expect but I am also glad I didn't
>> sell the boat or do some other rash thing.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hellyar
>> Sent: June-23-13 6:03 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
>>
>> Isn't that the truth about retirement. Too much time and too many ways to
>> spend.....fixing up boats.
>>
>> Mike Hellyar
>> sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2013, at 10:59 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks Bob. I seem to be busier now that I'm retired than I was when I
>> > was working full time.
>> >
>> > Rummy
>> >
>> >
>> > In a message dated 6/22/2013 10:33:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net writes:
>> >
>> > Rummy:  Great advice on port leak repair and Harbor Freight tool to
>>  help.
>> >
>> > Congrats on retirement!
>> >
>> > Bob  on R22 "NoKaOi 3  "
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Jun 22, 2013, at 7:54 AM,  R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> David,
>> >> The quick method is to  simply seal around the outside edge of the
>> >> port
>> > and
>> >> continue  sailing. The slower, longer lasting method, is to remove
>> >> the
>> > port
>> >> using  wooden or plastic wedges and putty knives to remove the port.
>> > Clean
>> >> all the old  caulk off with acetone and then reinstall the  port with
>> >> a
>> > good
>> >> urethane or  neoprene caulk. This is a time  consuming repair, as you
>> >> do
>> > not
>> >> want to damage  the surrounding  fiberglass, but it will last
>> >> anywhere
>> > from
>> >> ten to fifteen years   depending on the quality of the materials you
>> use.
>> >> You can search the  archives and I'm sure you will find a more in
>> >> depth description  of the process.
>> >> The dirty part of the water is coming from the crud  that has
>> >> collected behind the port over the years. Things like  spider crap,
>> >> mold and
>> > mildew,
>> >> pollen  and even leaves have been  found once the port is removed.
>> >>
>> >> Rummy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In a message dated 6/21/2013 3:32:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
>> >> chsyhkr at gmail.com writes:
>> >>
>> >> one of   the windows above the bench seat in our galley has a very small
>> >> leak.   Maybe a teaspoon after a big rain or extended  cleaning.
>> >>
>> >> The water is  coming in contact with something  that darkens it quite
>> >> a
>> > bit.
>> >> I was  planning on removing the  flange around the wind,  seeing what
>> >> is there, and  resealing as  needed.
>> >>
>> >> Thoughts?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> David B.  Craft
>> >> Greensboro,  NC
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