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I've had a diverse work history over the past 40 years.

Retired early, now to figure out what to do with life.

"Life, and the pursuit of Happy Penis"

Relationship Philosophy:

I am in year 38 with the same Woman.

Some days I wonder, Why?

Most days I know it has been worth it.

It's never always smooth sailing, and it's never all storms.

You work together to rig the sails, and make the ship perform.

62 Years Old 56°47' N 111°28' W Bench: Sure, I'll sit on a bench Squat: AAAhahahahaha!

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6d ago Wisdumb of the Aged - Thoughts and Lessons Learned from an Old Guy

@Typo-MAGAshiv

God damn sums it up.

Too many small things that can't be mentioned without it turning into a novel.

The Reader's Digest version would be watching his passions and dreams being taken away.

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1w ago Wisdumb of the Aged - Thoughts and Lessons Learned from an Old Guy

Dave is gone, left on May 3rd, four days after I arrived.

They asked him on Friday evening if he was ready to sleep more, and he consented to being given a regularly scheduled dose of sleep and pain meds.

Early Sunday afternoon, while his Step-Daughter and I held his hands, he took his final breath.

I'm glad he is free and that I was there for the moment.

Cancer would be listed as the reason of Death, I know it was the thousand small things that drained his life and will to live.

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1mo ago Wisdumb of the Aged - Thoughts and Lessons Learned from an Old Guy

@Typo-MAGAshiv

I talked to his Step-Daughter today, Hospice Doctors are saying a few weeks is a reasonable timeline.

Time to look at flights.

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1mo ago Wisdumb of the Aged - Thoughts and Lessons Learned from an Old Guy

Another update on my long-time Friend.

He moved into Hospice yesterday, on the one year anniversary of his Wife's sudden death. He called me the day before and told me he was going there and didn't want any questions asked.

He is having trouble swallowing, and in turn isn't eating much. His Step-Daughter had a heart-to-heart with him about it because she noted a rapid decline over the prior week. She is involved in the Medical Field and familiar with the signs and she may have pulled some strings to line up Hospice in short order.

She told him that it was either go now and be in a good place, or take a chance and end up being in Emergency Care while on a wait list. Wisely, he set aside his normally obstinate thinking and chose the first option.

I am waiting to hear back from his Step-Daughter on what kind of timeline they are expecting as we want to book a flight to go see him before it's too late. His 69th Birthday is in early June and is not expected to live until then.

It's been a shitty few years for him, to say the least.

Some of it was a direct result of him willfully choosing to not deal with the realities of life surrounding him (Happy Wife, Happy Life and it's not worth the fight) and the Cancers took away his ability to work, not just for income, on his own passion projects in his dream shop. Most of that was either sold for less than what it was worth, given away or hauled to the dump.

During one dump run, I told him to go stand at the front of my truck and not look because I knew just how painful it would be to see so many parts that he had carefully scavenged from wreckers being tossed into the pit. I felt the pang of loss as I did it.

That was about the time he stopped Chemo. Looking back, it seems obvious he no longer felt had the will to keep going and just wanted to have a clear head on the way out.

I can only hope they keep him comfortable up to his last moments and I get to see him one last time.

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3mo ago The Hub

@Bozza

Shhhhhh! Don't start giving them ideas

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5mo ago Wisdumb of the Aged - Thoughts and Lessons Learned from an Old Guy

Goodbye to 2025 and Welcome to 2026.

I can only hope it's better.

There are some signs that Americans and the greater part of the World are starting to look behind the curtain.

The release of the Epstien Files is just one small step. May the perpetrators all see justice.

Canada is looking elsewhere for trading partners, and may be abandoning the F-35 purchase in favour of the Gripen with a Rolls Royce engine, which would eliminate any US control. We still have our own at-home problems to deal with.

I think some Countries are going to feel more pressure against their current actions/policies/dogma than ever before. Fingers crossed on that.

As for me, coming up on 7 years since Retirement and our first, and likely only, Grandchild is nearly One.

I'll take it.

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