[Rhodes22-list] retirement

Mon Jun 24 18:15:21 EDT 2013

I looked up "Haiku" on the internet. My god, there are reams of material,
hundreds of years of history, books, professional journals, you name it. I
feel I have been so ignorant. So, here goes my first attempt:

Looked it up
Big mistake
New life begging

Can I quit now?

Graham 

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Graham Stewart
Sent: June-24-13 5:43 PM
To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] retirement

Great poem. Now I need to find out what a Haiku is - which makes my point
about retirement giving you the luxury of being busy without having to be
efficient.

Graham 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Boles
Sent: June-24-13 2:53 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
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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