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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RobV" data-source="post: 551221" data-attributes="member: 40570">Thank you for your thoughts, Danno.We are nearly the same age (I will turn 60 in July), and while my condition is not nearly as bad as having a stroke, I was laid off from my $23/hr job in January, after 4 years.  And I pissed off all of that good money, or most of it, anyway.  Now I find my age to be a factor in landing another job in my specialized field of being a computer operator.  I had two calls from headhunters about jobs, but never received a call for an interview on either one.My big stumbling block these days is my inclination to depression has gotten worse.If I didn't have a wonderful Quaker Meeting lifting my spirits, I don't know what I would do.I did recently refriend my friends on FB (deleting them in the throes of winter is as close as I can bring myself to suicide.  Don't worry, I do want to live, and I hate pain.  On a motorcycle I am dressed head to toe in safety gear).This IS a wonderful forum!  It is one of the best reasons that I can think of for going down the Nikon path.My camera will be one of my last indulgences to be sold, even though I don't have the energy or freedom from [irrational] self-imposed guilt to be enjoying it like I should.I, too, have often wished I lived somewhere more interesting than Indianapolis - like rural Kentucky when I look at some of your pictures!  But I know that good images are all around us, and it is up to us to use the creative side of our brain to see it - even in Indianapolis...I guess that's all I have.  I'm glad you have a wife to help you with your new life.  All I have is two cats.  It's not the same. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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