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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Welcome to the 'group'.....best of luck and loads of fun. Hope you find who/what you're looking for!
Beauty
Hope you have fun on here.....a friendly crowd. Always somebody to chat to.
Regards Beauty
Angela
But please don't expect a conversation in Welsh hahaha. My Mum was from Anglesey but moved to Yorkshire as a child. And my daughter is the musician in the family 🙂
See you are from Manchester same as me although lived in South Wales now for 20 years
Hopefully I will find my way around this site soon
Hope to chat some more.
I live in Stoke-on-Trent (Although I'm from North London) with my wife Chris. I had a liver transplant almost two years ago, due to alcohol and liver cancer. I'm now in my third youth and fighting fit again. Out of totally respect to my liver donor, I am now raising awareness of Alcohol-related Liver Disease. This has been an uphill struggle as local MP's and council officials aren't interested in addressing this issue.
Over the three years from 2013 to 2015, 155 people in Stoke-on-Trent died from alcohol-specific causes, 110 men and 45 women. That’s an annual rate of 22.5 per 100,000 people, twice the national average rate of 11.5 per 100,000. In 2015/16 there were 2,494 hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions, and still no one cares.
I've put together my own website in order to raise awareness of this problem: http://www.taep.co.uk/
Hopefully I can get to meet some equally mind people who I can get to know.
Congratulations on your successful liver transplant and your quest to spread the word about alcohol- related liver disease. Are there any self-help groups in your area who would welcome a talk from you? I would find standing up in front of a group of people quite intimidating but a short talk followed by a question and answer session would set the ball rolling. You might be able to get a police-officer to come along as well to talk about the horrific effects of drink-driving.
Is there anyone out there in Surrey/London outskirts interested in forming a walking/travelling group.... Hope to hear from you. Beauty
I joined Silversurfers today.
I now live in Cheshire, originally from Wales. Enjoy making new friends and chatting or emailing.
My hobbies are listening to music, reading, walking sketching plus a few more which I do not do so much now. Enjoy my iPads and word games.
I do Voluntary caring.
Would like to make new friends
Look forward to chatting or emailing. Will add photo of myself in due course.
My first posting so a little about myself,my name is David and as my user name suggests I live in the beautiful county of Lancashire. I am a retired Company Sales Director and spent most of my working life travelling the World selling processing plant to the food industry.
I have been single for quite a few years now and live alone.
I have a wide range of leisure interests that include a love of travel to far away places,music,dining out on nice food,interest in most types of sport particularly soccer,cricket and golf. I enjoy driving, fly fishing, woodwork,DIY and reading .
I have 3 grown up children who flew the nest many years ago and all doing very well for themselves.
Would love to think that I could meet some nice friends with similar or even not so similar interests to chat with on this forum.
David.
I live in Cumbria and my husband has recently gone into a care home having had young onset Parkinsons disease for a long time. I am working full time in a hospital
Just want to say hello.
Welcome to Silversurfers - we are a friendly crowd and I'm sure that you will soon find your way around the site and join in with topics which interest you. Has it made it easier or harder for you now that your husband is in a Care Home? I realise that you won't have the day-to-day chores associated with caring for him at home but, having had both parents in Care Homes and juggling a full-time job with running a home as well, I know that it can be very difficult trying to prioritise the jobs which need to be done.
I had early onset PD diagnosed at the age of 47 & I am now nearly 70 & struggling to lead a decent quality of life.
I am sad to hear that hubby has gone into care. I can relate to your situation having deteriorated considerably since downsizing to a flat 3 years ago.
It would be helpful for me to bounce questions off of you if you feel able
I dread the thought of being parted from my wife of 47 years, but am still with it enough to realise the heavy burden o liife with me
best widhes
PD is an awful disease, my hubby became hyperanxious with it and that was the cause of a lot of his problems. hope you can manage in your flat.
Best wishes