On 3/2/2019 5:06 AM, jan...@gmail.com wrote:
Rumpel,
There no longer seems to be any
"conversation," and certainly
very few retirement subjects.
I found another retirement
board called " soc.senior.issues
but that seems to be defunct,
although there are a few posts
from Jim Higgins, as late as
last December. There are some
old posts from people like
Olly Mensch, on topics such as
"Mercurochrome."
The demise of soc.retirement has been predicted for years, yet it continues.
The more serious question might be what has happened to civil
discussion? The country has become increasingly divided along political lines and that seems to be resulting in an end of discussion, civil or otherwise.
Politics has always been in the discussion here, worse in election
years. Retirement issues come up when participants want to discuss retirement issues, but otherwise the discussion drifts in whatever
direction us old timers feel inclined. Sticking to the topic is often a victim of the way things drift.
Generally, it is just a bunch of old farts sitting around the virtual cracker barrel talking about whatever they want. Personally, I keep
getting drawn back to it because I have been discussing/arguing with a
few regulars for nearly 20 years.
If you are looking for an alternative, I have been using Quora for a
couple of years now. It is a much larger forum and uses a more modern
format including the ability to incorporate graphics which allows me to include some of the charts from my work on comparative state politics.
It is moderated, so a lot of the ugly side of the Internet is eliminated.
I hope that you will continue to participate in soc.retirement. With
Emily becoming much less involved, you are the only woman in this group.
Your mention of Olly reminds me that she is probably gone. Last I
recall, she was in an assisted living facility and not liking it at all.
Jim Higgins drops in occasionally, so I guess he is still alive. One
of the difficulties with soc.retirement is that people just disappear
and we often don't know if they have died.
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:12:34 AM UTC-8, islander wrote:retirement since my disk crashed and I had to get a different computer, but I probably won't rejoin because that would necessitate rejoining (and repaying for) a newsserver, then downloading the many new posts that come every day. I don't think I'm up
On 3/2/2019 5:06 AM, jan...@gmail.com wrote:
The demise of soc.retirement has been predicted for years, yet it continues. >>
Rumpel,
There no longer seems to be any
"conversation," and certainly
very few retirement subjects.
I found another retirement
board called " soc.senior.issues
but that seems to be defunct,
although there are a few posts
from Jim Higgins, as late as
last December. There are some
old posts from people like
Olly Mensch, on topics such as
"Mercurochrome."
The more serious question might be what has happened to civil
discussion? The country has become increasingly divided along political
lines and that seems to be resulting in an end of discussion, civil or
otherwise.
Politics has always been in the discussion here, worse in election
years. Retirement issues come up when participants want to discuss
retirement issues, but otherwise the discussion drifts in whatever
direction us old timers feel inclined. Sticking to the topic is often a
victim of the way things drift.
Generally, it is just a bunch of old farts sitting around the virtual
cracker barrel talking about whatever they want. Personally, I keep
getting drawn back to it because I have been discussing/arguing with a
few regulars for nearly 20 years.
If you are looking for an alternative, I have been using Quora for a
couple of years now. It is a much larger forum and uses a more modern
format including the ability to incorporate graphics which allows me to
include some of the charts from my work on comparative state politics.
It is moderated, so a lot of the ugly side of the Internet is eliminated.
I hope that you will continue to participate in soc.retirement. With
Emily becoming much less involved, you are the only woman in this group.
Your mention of Olly reminds me that she is probably gone. Last I
recall, she was in an assisted living facility and not liking it at all.
Jim Higgins drops in occasionally, so I guess he is still alive. One
of the difficulties with soc.retirement is that people just disappear
and we often don't know if they have died.
Hi Islander! This is Rumpelstiltsin, just to let you know I haven't died, though I'm 77 now so it probably won't be long, though I still feel fine. It was always a pleasure to read your posts, and I've toyed with the idea of rejoining soc.
On 4/19/2022 8:18 PM, Geoff Wilson wrote:
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:12:34 AM UTC-8, islander wrote:
On 3/2/2019 5:06 AM, jan...@gmail.com wrote:
The demise of soc.retirement has been predicted for years, yet it
Rumpel,
There no longer seems to be any
"conversation," and certainly
very few retirement subjects.
I found another retirement
board called " soc.senior.issues
but that seems to be defunct,
although there are a few posts
from Jim Higgins, as late as
last December. There are some
old posts from people like
Olly Mensch, on topics such as
"Mercurochrome."
continues.
The more serious question might be what has happened to civil
discussion? The country has become increasingly divided along political
lines and that seems to be resulting in an end of discussion, civil or
otherwise.
Politics has always been in the discussion here, worse in election
years. Retirement issues come up when participants want to discuss
retirement issues, but otherwise the discussion drifts in whatever
direction us old timers feel inclined. Sticking to the topic is often a
victim of the way things drift.
Generally, it is just a bunch of old farts sitting around the virtual
cracker barrel talking about whatever they want. Personally, I keep
getting drawn back to it because I have been discussing/arguing with a
few regulars for nearly 20 years.
If you are looking for an alternative, I have been using Quora for a
couple of years now. It is a much larger forum and uses a more modern
format including the ability to incorporate graphics which allows me to
include some of the charts from my work on comparative state politics.
It is moderated, so a lot of the ugly side of the Internet is
eliminated.
I hope that you will continue to participate in soc.retirement. With
Emily becoming much less involved, you are the only woman in this group. >>>
Your mention of Olly reminds me that she is probably gone. Last I
recall, she was in an assisted living facility and not liking it at all. >>> Jim Higgins drops in occasionally, so I guess he is still alive. One
of the difficulties with soc.retirement is that people just disappear
and we often don't know if they have died.
Hi Islander! This is Rumpelstiltsin, just to let you know I
haven't died, though I'm 77 now so it probably won't be long, though I
still feel fine. It was always a pleasure to read your posts, and
I've toyed with the idea of rejoining soc.retirement since my disk
crashed and I had to get a different computer, but I probably won't
rejoin because that would necessitate rejoining (and repaying for) a
newsserver, then downloading the many new posts that come every day.
I don't think I'm up for that. I also miss Rita, who died long ago
now of course, but I always regarded her as the heart of the group
while she was alive. Peace and love from this former self-identified
"hippie", though I never really did fit that mould. Since I'm not
subscribed to soc.retirement any more, I probably won't read (or find)
any replies to this post, but all the best to you and the other
posters, even El Castor if he's still there!
OMG! On the chance that you do read soc.retirement, please send me a message at Islander.1234@yahoo.com. That is my throw-away email address that I use to avoid spam. I'll respond and we can communicate
privately. So good to hear that you are still alive!
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