Just joined so I'm introducing myself.
Watch this postI will be 67 next month and retired from the many different jobs in my working life. I guess that I didn’t ever find my calling. I went to university at age 59 but when it was over it was too late to launch a new career. I wanted to lecture but students don’t want to listen to old fogies, so sadly I put aside that idea and settled into life as an eccentric dog owner.
I live in a beautiful Lancashire valley surrounded by hills that demand they be walked/climbed, how could I refuse?
I would like to do a bit of cycle touring but a recent diagnosis of spondylosis and some hip pain means that I may not be doing a world tour anytime soon!
I’m keen to make some friends as I have been on my own for a very long time now, my daughters don’t bother much with me and I don’t have a partner.I didn’t expect to be so isolated at this time in my life, isn’t it strange the way family and friends seem to forget us when we get past 60?
I will pop in regularly and hope to strike up some friendships.
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I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
I'd love to chat with you anytime if you fancy it.
Just hope you get this lol
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I just joined the site within the last hour. I was taken aback when yours was the first comment I read. Namely because I am the same age, have a similar living situation (albeit mine is in North Yorkshire near Thirsk, I have two daughters who haven't bothered me for years due to blaming me for the marriage breakup and I have had a distant relative of spondylosis since my late 20s (fortunately controlled by 3 to 5 monthly treatments (my MOT/service as I like to call it) by a cranial osteopath wherever I have lived in the country which has let me keep cycling and hill walking - within reason for over 30 years - God bless them!
My partner of 7 years left a few months ago when he and I had to acknowledge it had run out of steam as he wanted to sit on a sofa and I wanted to keep on being out and about in the countryside. Having said that, I am finding the loneliness soul destroying. I could try to blame lock down, which hasn't helped, but the truth is I just don't have friends who stay in touch - except my best friend from school days but she is in Cornwall - mostly due to my changing jobs, countries, homes more times than I don't know what.
I'm trying to move as cannot afford to run this big farmhouse on my own but cannot decide where to, etc. I love the northern hills so reluctant to live anywhere flat. I'm not a city person. I've taken a temp job just helping out in the local Holland and Barrett shop for a few weeks part time to get me out of the house - my two budgies and I have run out of conversation and the fish in the small aquarium aren't much company. I am desperate to get a dog again, mine died 18 months ago and ex would not let me get another one as we both worked full time. Landlady will insist it is kept outside but I will find way around it for a few weeks until I can leave when lock down is lifted as need to have the company of a dog again very quickly before I climb the walls completely. I am a volunteer dog walker with the Cinnamon Trust as just got an assignment to walk a collie each day whilst the owner recovers from an op so at least I have a lead in my hand again each day and she is lovely. Tell me more about your 4 legged friends when you have chance please.
Bye for now
Christine
Hi Yorkshire lass I hope you are still doing your volunteer dog walking and enjoying walking the Collie! I hope things are improving for you.
Hi Tricia 2756 I notice you said you work from home. I also work from home and like you, think I am glad it may now be a permanent option but think it is less social and I am sure it is good for us to pop out to the office and see people more, face to face. Very strange times don't you think? I agree the rain this week is putting the dampers on things and looking forward to the sun coming out again. Today has been a better day!
It looks like the post from Cetwich is from 5 years ago but it appears at the beginning of the thread. I am not sure she is still on the site according to some others. I saw your post and I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I am new to the site too. Lockdown has affected everyone's life in some way and is making us look at our lives. I have been through bereavement a few times and it is difficult. The lockdown and crisis has affected us being able to see people face to face and to go out in the ways we used to. Maybe you would like to chat sometime.
I'm new on here and just finding time to have a look around...
Read your post and can truly sympathise. I have a somewhat different viewpoint
of being 'old' ....you become invisible ! ...and yes, family certainly do seem to forget
us as we age |(or certainly seem to want to).
I would love to chat if you'd care to ...
p.s....Celtwitch ? ...tell me more.
Celtwitch disappeared from the site quite a while ago but there are plenty more people to chat to. I notice that you are from Scotland - whereabouts? I love coming up to Scotland and have always felt a particular affinity with the Dumfries & Galloway area so it was no surprise, when researching my family tree, to find that many of my ancestors lived there (Kirkinner, Newton Stewart).
Carole 🙂
sign off now.
Carobyloch
I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
If you're still looking for new pen pals, I would be very interested in exchanging emails with you. I'm a man in his mid-seventies living alone here in Colorado, US, and I would enjoy chatting with you about anything that interests you. Having worked very briefly in Surrey several years ago, I became an incurable anglophile in search of anything English or Scottish or Welsh or Irish. (My ancestors on my father's side came here from Scotland a long time ago.) Your thoughts on current situations, travel, politics, history, religion, personal lifestyle, animals, and the like would certainly be enjoyable.
Joe
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exchange views with you on various subjects. Probably best if we don't
comment on current respective leaders though !!
Yes, I do live next to the sea on West Coast of Scotland - both my parents were Scottish, but I was born and brought up in Yorkshire..... (o.k.a. Gods own country). Don't suppose you've heard of that though, being from the states.
So......Colorado ? You'll have to tell me more, never been, although have been to few states over there. Been several times to Chicago to stay with friend I met in Turkey (we were both friends with same Turkish friend). Been to Florida, very briefly, also New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Los Angeles, Michigan, oh, musn't forget Hawaii of course.
Will try to be brief now, as who knows, you may be getting lots of new mails!
Can assure you where I live is NOTHING like Surrey, although suppose they
both bring a lot their individual beauty to the U.K.
Tell me, whereabouts did your ancestors come from in Scotland....what was their name? There are old clan maps available that show which area of
Scotland certain names come from, but suppose you know that anyhow.
Well, would certainly love to exchange views, as you say, but you might have received lots of mail, so won't keep you any longer reading mine.
Would love to hear more from you.......bye for now.....
Carol.
Thank you for replying! It was a long shot that you might be interested, but learning all about you and your background and travels sounds really exciting. I hope I can offer enough in return to keep you interested because I have thousands of questions about what you think on so many things.
But first, something you said spurred an old memory and I burst out laughing: you mentioned meeting a friend in Turkey, with a Turkish friend in common, and then visiting your friend in Chicago. Do you remember the old James Bond 007 movie, From Russia with Love? In it, Bond's sidekick captures one of the Russian bad guys, ties him up, and then questions him: " So your mother wasn't Turkish. What a coincidence! My mother wasn't Turkish either!" That was funny! Just wanted to share it. : )
So, I worked briefly in Guildford and Redhill, BUT also in Izmir (Smyrna), and my mother isn't Turkish either. : ) Sorry, I'll quit being dumb. My job also took me to Egypt and Norway and Argentina and Dublin and Montreal and lots of US cities. Eritrea was also in the plans, but Ethiopia was bombing the airport at the time, so that got scrubbed. But I was never involved in any projects in Asia.
My gosh, you have traveled a lot in the US! You probably know more about this country than I do. I would really love to know what you think about those places. Most of them are among the 'good' places here, I feel.
Perhaps we could send emails from our own accounts to each other to keep our discussion less public, if that works well for you too. I guess the private chat allows messages so we can send email addresses? Do you know how that works?
I really look forward to talking more about your travels and Scotland and other questions you asked that I didn't answer in this message. This is a lot of fun!
Joe
PS. Since you lived in Yorkshire, are you considered a 'Geordie'?
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The coronavirus has been hard on everyone. If you ever want to chat let me know. I am 52 and work in a public library in northern Illinois. I have a maltipom and three grown sons. My husband is an architect.
Take care of yourself,
Ali
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Saw your mail when browsing through, would love to chat if you're agreeable.
I live on West Coast of Scotland, overlooking the sea - beautiful on good days
but we haven't been getting many of them lately !
Been to Chicago several times over the years to visit friend there...nice city !
I think its best at night, very beautiful with the skyscrapers all lit up. Had some
good times there.
Do feel free to respond, if you care to.........
Carol.
Is it impossible to remove this old post from celt witch....? Retaining it makes the site look SLOPPY.
I am also a senior (older young person) and I live in Chatsworth GA. I went to college at Brenau University. Loved the area.
I had an Auntie who lived in Albuquerque. She moved there as a young woman having married an American Serviceman she met in the UK unfortunately I lost touch with her many years ago after her Brother, my Father, passed away.
I'm a British ex pat living in Spain and I too have an elderly dog Simba, he's a mastiff x labrador and 13 now . Get in touch if you fancy a chat.
Stay safe Simbadog
I am also new to silversurfers and I joined to meet new people and enjoy the general chit chat friendship. I am 66 and retired from my work some 18 months ago.
I am finding however that retirement is not all what it’s meant to be as the literature says.
After reading some of the comments here regarding family, I can almost resonate with a lot of that.
It would probably help if I mention that I live in Sydney, Australia and I the youngest son of immigrants that travelled here from Europe seeking a better life after world war 2.
I hope to meet some friends through chatting.
I’ve noticed some of these comments date back quite some time anyhow I hope to hear from someone as I will pop in every now and again.
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I hope this finds you in good health. I know there is a time difference, lol
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I'm a night bird after 25 years of working nights can't seem to get my body clock to work properly.
Hopefully we will be accepted on here, we don't have radical views but I am classed as a gruppy old man by our 5 grandchildren and I am British and quite proud of it.
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I am also new on here and also going to enjoy general chit chat friendship. I am also 60. I agree with your comment about family and some friends forgetting about you once you reach 60. Hope you meet some friends on here even just chatting helps.
I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
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I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
I live in Wisconsin, and know what your talking about with hip pain.
I just started silversurfers yesterday, so I really don't know my way around.
Please reply to me if you want.
I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
Recently, the COV-19 does scare people to death.
You do variety of jobs as a temporary worker, is it for living or just to kill time?
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I currently work for a European company that design and manufacture Medical Device.
Everything seems OK so far, but have a bit of mid-age thinking and try to figure out what life can be better in near future.
You are retired? So nice. Recently, the COV-19 does scare people to death.
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Pretty cat in your photo!
Welcome to the sight. I am relatively new to this. I have 2 cats one 11 months old she followed us home as a stray whilst walking our dog. We have just acquired a new kitten he's about 2 months old and again abandoned.. Luckily our aged dog doesn't mind.
I live in Menorca and love the outdoors
Please get in touch if you fancy a chat
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