Dick:
No concern from my standpoint. I was merely trying to make light of the
retirement situation and Arch's visit. As we talked last night, and I
learned more about his activities, I sure didn't get the feeling that he was
going to abandon any with which he is already involved.
My father was an individual who worked like horse all his life and once he
retired gravitated to the LazyBoy chair. However, I believe that that was
due more to the fact that he didn't have any hobby's or other burning
interests to take up his time.
Currently, in my circle of retired aquaintenance's, they all say that they
are busier now than when they were working, many working on their GMCs.
Boy, when Arch gets back home and looks at all this speculation over his
well being, what's he going to think??? Maybe we shouldn't answer that!!
Paul Bartz
From: Richard Bachert [mailto:bachert]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:46 PM
Subject: RE: GMC: Is my 'puter broken?
If I correctly detected a note of concern in your post, someone might want
to consider intervention here (begun, of course, by someone very close to
the individual). Guys frequently lose their reason to exist when their jobs
go away -- even voluntarily via retirement. Happened to my dad, dead at 57
after a too early retirement. And I can't count the other men I knew who
moved on to that big campground in the sky within 2 years after pulling the
pin. Hope he can find an appropriate venue in which to fully engage himself.
If not properly structured, retirement CAN literally be the kiss of death.
Dick 75 PB in Atlanta
We stayed up talking and looking at GMC photographs until 1:30 AM. Funny
though how he has changed in retirement. Last night at the restaurant I was
detailing attractions and activities he could engage in today while I'm at
work and after asking him what interested him, his response was "made
nothing. Again, before turning in for the night I asked the same question.
His response was "I don't know, I'll worry about it after I get up".
Looking forward to tonight. We go out to dinner again, along with Mark
Grady and Emery Stora and his wife plus a dozen or so local GMCers.
Paul
From: Heinz Wittenbecher [mailto:heinz]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: Is my 'puter broken?
Subject: RE: GMC: Is my 'puter broken?
Arch is at my house until tomorrow.
That explains it
Heinz
Paul Bartz
From: Patrick Flowers [mailto
atri63]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: Is my 'puter broken?
Only 11 messages from gmcnet today...
Did I finally mess around sufficiently to break my 'puter or is it just that
everyone is out where they should be... GMCing.
Yeah - I guess this is prime "vacation season" since the schools are mostly
out by now. Dropped my two tax deductions off at their grandparents this
past Saturday so they can deplete their cupboard for a couple weeks. I
guess Arch is on his roadtrip too.
