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Whew!! It still works!!!
"Xeno" > wrote in message ... > On 26/08/2015 1:15 AM, graham wrote: >> On 25/08/2015 8:39 AM, Xeno wrote: >>> On 26/08/2015 12:00 AM, graham wrote: >>>> On 25/08/2015 2:00 AM, Xeno wrote: >>>>> On 25/08/2015 11:27 AM, graham wrote: >>>>>> On 24/08/2015 7:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:33:39 -0600, graham wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 24/08/2015 4:59 PM, Xeno wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 25/08/2015 8:08 AM, Dave Smith wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 2015-08-24 5:30 PM, wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If I were John, I would send away for a replacement set >>>>>>>>>>> of the Capresso burrs (Swiss), and figure out how to retrofit >>>>>>>>>>> his B&D burr grinder with them. Because burrs don't last >>>>>>>>>>> forever. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Oh sure. Those coffee beans are so much tougher than the steel >>>>>>>>>> burrs. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Swing by the Grand Canyon next time you're in the area. Water >>>>>>>>> erodes >>>>>>>>> stone! ;-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Actually, it's the sediment carried by water that erodes stone. >>>>>>>> Graham >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Water without any sediment, water is still very effective in >>>>>>> erosion. >>>>>>> If you pour a bucket of water into a pile of dirt, what happens? >>>>>>> The >>>>>>> force of fast moving water is very effective at wearing away rocks. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Oh, Sorry! I must be out of date then. After all, I received my >>>>>> geology >>>>>> Ph.D 45 years ago and have been working in the profession since then. >>>>>> Graham >>>>>> >>>>> Given the average age at completion of a Ph.D, the average age of a >>>>> graduate from 45 years ago would probably place you in your late 70s >>>>> at >>>>> best but more likely in your 80s. I am currently tutoring a Ph.D >>>>> student >>>>> and she will be 40 on completion, a fairly typical age. Two of my >>>>> previous students were 37 and 35 respectively. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, congrats on managing to stay in your field for your entire >>>>> career. My preferred career path vanished before I had even completed >>>>> a >>>>> Masters. Such is the transitory nature of modern careers! >>>>> >>>> I'm 71. >>>> Graham >>> >> >>> >> > You were a busy boy in your early 20s. >> It was normal in the UK then. Actually, I had some setbacks in my >> research so took a year longer than usual, finishing in '70 rather than >> '69. >> >> > I was about to undertake another career change at age 48 when I became >> > rather ill and instead saw the end of my working life. Let me assure >> > you, retirement is much better when you can plan it in advance rather >> > than having it thrust upon you. >> > >> Sorry to learn of that. >> I'm still working although the drop in the oil price has severely >> curtailed projects. I'm finding it difficult to adjust to retirement, >> as I'm used to working on interesting projects. However, when work does > > Ditto. I was doing curriculum development work and moving into online > education. My new career was to have been involved in the setting up of an > automotive focused technical college in Thailand. It was in that country > where I initially became ill, at my in-laws farm in fact. > >> appear, I feel rather annoyed at having to do it. I'm wondering whether >> to stop cold turkey as professional, software, insurance and accounting >> fees will eat up all my projected income next year. >> Graham > > It is hard to stop cold turkey. They say you need to start planning for > retirement some 10 years prior to actually pulling the pin! I was just > about to enter that phase. Needless to say, my planning simply never > happened. Basically, you need to develop a new hobby or three to > accommodate an extra 40 hours, or more, per week of leisure time. > Typically, 6 months or a year will see you caught up with all those jobs > around the house and after that you will find yourself annoying the living > bejesus out of your wife. > > There's another point. If you and your wife have both been working, you > will need to get used to "living together" all over again. A work > colleague retired the same day I did. His wife retired a couple of years > later. He told me it took the better part of 6 months to get used to being > under each other's feet. "Nowadays they spend half of each year as > grey nomads trekking around the country with 4WD and caravan." Which is exactly what we do  ))-- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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