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Model Forum / General / Models / December 2008Modelling time and retirement
I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. For the past couple of years, I have worked fewer hours than previously and so I had a fair amount of time on my hands. It was bliss - like being retired twenty years early! At first I was turning out one completed model a week and thoroughly enjoying myself. However, recently I noticed that, despite having the same amount of free time, my output had been steadily dropping. I found that when I considered doing some modelling I was thinking "What's the rush? I can do it later." And of course, I was doing less and less. Things have now changed. I have recently got myself a new job, which means I have a great deal less spare time. One would have thought that would mean less modelling, but it's not so. I've found that now that I have less spare time, I'm actually making time for modelling. My output has risen quite remarkably. Okay, I'm not churning out one a week, but still. I've also found that now I'm enjoying my modelling more. Any comments from those of us who *are* retired?  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? Retirement has meant pursuing many of the other things I hadn't had time for, at least at this level. I only retired in May so my routine still hasn't really settled in but I found myself doing *much* more work in the yard, reading lots more, actually watching some television *and* not doing any more modeling that I had previously. That will probably change when winter really sets in here in Southeast Idaho but we are still in the 50's so I'm not housebound yet. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** Enzo, I've been retired for six years now and I find that my output has actually dropped off. The primary reason is that while I have more time to dedicate to the hobby I find I work slower, spend more time on research, and check things out on the internet more than before. I find I also model at the same time of the day as I did before my retirement, usually later in the evening. I spend the earlier time on research and other new interests, such as photography and travel. I also limit myself to two models underway at any given time, one aircraft and one ship. I noticed that building a larger number of kits at time resulted in a completion rate close to zero. Now I build about one large ship model a year, one small one, and two or three aircraft projects. Paul SNIP > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? > Enzo, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >> Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? I find that I also work slower. Thus while I put in more time modeling, my completion rate is not that much higher. I find ANYTHING I do these days takes longer. I read something recently about how as we age, the speed our nerve impulses travel slows down! I CAN, if need be, really put a lot of time into a model if a contest is coming up, so that is nice. > > Enzo, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I modeled to get away from work. Now that I'm retired, I find I model very little any more :>{ John > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? Hey Enzo... I retired from air traffic control about three years ago. Since then...I've completed no models!!! Seems now that I'm 'retired', I'm busier than I ever was with more, varied activities. I still keep slowly increasing the stash and I've got some out on the work area but nothing has taken shape. Actually, a part of the problem is that, in conjunction with retiring, we moved a short distance to a larger (?) house and I haven't really committed a dedicated area to model building. My youngest is moving out next month and I'm thinking of using that as an impetus to finally make myself a work area and get to work. One other thing that I promised myself would get me going again is for Tamiya to release a 1/72 P-51B. Tamiya...are you listening????? Seeya John > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? I'm not officially retired but I can say that I haven't finished a model in a long time. Something about having lots of time makes one slow down. There was a saying that went "Work expands to fill the time available." Apparently when time expands work shrinks. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? I'm not retired, but I was completely off on disability for about three months back in '06...I got down to building and built like I hadn't done since high school. Then I went back to work half time and it slowed/ceased. I haven't touched a thing since I got back to work full time in the fall of '07. I think in my case I may actually finish my stash before I die if I don't grow it too much more... Signature- Rufus >> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >I think in my case I may actually finish my stash before I die if I >don't grow it too much more... heresy! >>> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >>> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> > heresy! ...that's me - always bucking the trend! Signature- Rufus >>>> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >>>> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > >....that's me - always bucking the trend! i'd rather trend toward some bucks right now. >>>>> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >>>>> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> > i'd rather trend toward some bucks right now. I heard that...I think I'm down about 1/3 to half my life savings...and falling... ...homesteading in Alaska is starting to look promising. Signature- Rufus >>>>>> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >>>>>> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >....homesteading in Alaska is starting to look promising. i'll hitch up the mules, you gather up the women folks. don't forget the cigars and rubber ducky. >>>>>>> I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >>>>>>> modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > i'll hitch up the mules, you gather up the women folks. don't forget the > cigars and rubber ducky. ...grandma, you ride up on top... Signature- Rufus >...grandma, you ride up on top... ...Hey! Keep it clean here, Rufus! There's kids watching! :-P OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >> ...grandma, you ride up on top... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > OM ...so you never listened to the National Lampoon Radio Hour, I take it... Signature- Rufus >.so you never listened to the National Lampoon Radio Hour, I take it... ...Not in decades. We only had one station that played the syndicated version, and that was a hippie-run FM station in the mid-70's. Also the only station subversive enough to play Dr. Demento. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >> .so you never listened to the National Lampoon Radio Hour, I take it... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > OM ...WXRT in Chicago? That's where I used to listen to them both during the same period. BTW - I graduated from the same high school John Bellushi did. I started the year after he got out...went to school with his little brother Billy...always wonder whatever happened to him. John was already on the National Lampoon Radio Hour by the time I started listening. Signature- Rufus >>> .so you never listened to the National Lampoon Radio Hour, I take it... >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > brother Billy...always wonder whatever happened to him. John was > already on the National Lampoon Radio Hour by the time I started listening. Where does Jim fit in the family? Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >>>> .so you never listened to the National Lampoon Radio Hour, I take it... >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. I want to say that Jim is the youngest, but I'm not really sure. Mama Bellushi used to run a deli downtown, but I never went there or paid much attention to the family until I had left and gone off to college and John got onto SNL and became nationally known. I've heard that his mother's deli was where John got the idea for doing his "Samurai delicatessen" skits on SNL. Jim had been taking skydiving lessons at the DZ down in Cal City once upon a time when I was still jumping, and I tried to run into him and say hey from the old hometown but I never managed to. Was gonna ask him about Billy. ...they're getting ready to tear down my old high school to make way for condos. Signature- Rufus >...WXRT in Chicago? That's where I used to listen to them both during >the same period. ...Nah, this was the legendary KRMH - "Karma" in San Marcos, TX. When the station was located at the transmitter, it was notorious for having been raided by the local cops for pot a half dozen times in the three or four years it was up and running as "Karma", and twice they actually got caught. One of the DJs who got busted I wound up working with a decade later when I was an overnight DJ, and he loved to tell the story of the second raid, where one of the local gestapo had arranged for a Roto-Rooter guy to accompany them and attempt to retrieve any pot that had been flushed down the one toilet the Xmitr building had. "All them pigs got was a bloody tampon and a couple of turds, but that's because they broke in quicker than we could get the baggie to the toilet!" ...It literally *was* a station run by hippies, just like the mythos about FM in the 60's and 70's claimed all the FM stations during that period were O&O'd by. The hippies wound up having to sell the station to the group that owned the local Top 40 AM station - KNOW - and it became an "easy listening" station for the next 20 years or so. They're still a "neo muzak" channel, only more canned programming than live. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >>>>>> In article <6XqUk.439487$yE1.109127@attbi_s21>, Rufus <not@home.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > >....grandma, you ride up on top... yee haa. > I think in my case I may actually finish my stash before I die if I > don't grow it too much more... There are two acronyms that I have picked up from other hobby groups. SEX = Stash Enhancement eXperience. Whatever you do to add to your stash. SABLE = Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. :-D So... how many of us are SABLE? And for those of use whe *are* SABLE, do you ever intend to give up SEX? SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >> I think in my case I may actually finish my stash before I die if I >> don't grow it too much more... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > So... how many of us are SABLE? And for those of use whe *are* SABLE, do > you ever intend to give up SEX? Yes. Signature- Rufus : There are two acronyms that I have picked up from other hobby groups. : [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : So... how many of us are SABLE? And for those of use whe *are* SABLE, do : you ever intend to give up SEX? Definitely SABLE. Give up SEX? Do polar bear sh.t in the woods? Still waiting for my AMTech 'widow, dammit! Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes >Still waiting for my AMTech 'widow, dammit! ...AMTronic, you mean? OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ :>Still waiting for my AMTech 'widow, dammit! : : ...AMTronic, you mean? I dunno any more - it has been too long. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > : There are two acronyms that I have picked up from other hobby groups. > : [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Bruce > Give up SEX? Do polar bear sh.t in the woods? They do now :-) SignatureChuck Ryan Springfield OH >I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more >modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? it's why buy a cow, enzo. you're not getting all the time you want to build, aka, free milk, so you can't buy the cow. milk has more value so you are more wanting it. > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? Since I started writing for a living, I've completed more models that I did when I was otherwise employed. In fact, in the last three months, I've completed 4 F-16's, three F/A-18F's, a P-3C and three E-2C's. (Naturally, I built the kits by Fujimi that had been laying around just before Hasegawa announced its new E-2 kits...). I think I've built about twice as many in the last three years as in the previous five. Don H. > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? I retired 4 years ago, moved into our home in Maine, set up my hobby shop in the basement, unpacked my stash, purchased a used display case, and started modeling. In four years I've completed 21 kits, various ship, tanks, missiles, and my first love: aircraft. Our computer setup is in the basement as well as my wife's sewing center She sews for Grandkids and neighbors and I model. Retirement is pretty much as I had hoped and planed for. Just hope it lasts a little while longer. My health concerns are about losing the feeling in the tips of my fingers. Using tweezers more to pick up things. Eye sight supplemented with magnification. But life is good, modeling enjoyable, and most important: wife is happy. Dick... On Nov 18, 7:40 am, Don Stauffer <stauf...@usfamily.net> wrote: > Paul O'Reilly wrote: > > Enzo, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I've been retired for eleven years and find that I, generally,when not traveling have spent more time in modeling and the requsite research. Mornings are for household "Honey do's" and yard work. So usually I can spend from 1:00 pm to about 5:00 pm every weekday and about the same amount of time on Sundays. Modeling on Saturdays is always after morning coffee with other IPMS members and the weekly visit to the hobby shop. The Mrs.'s days are spend doing her house work , genealogical research and her volunteer work for the genealogical society and church. I normally get between four and six aircraft bullt and about the same number of car kits in a year's time. Overall, after spending 38 years as an administrator and teacher, life is pretty good! The only bad thing about retirement is that you don't get any days off ! ! > I've always accepted the fact that wjhen I retire, I'll get a lot more > modelling done. However, I have to question that assumption. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Any comments from those of us who *are* retired? Been 'retired' for almost 15 yrs now. Even though I wasn't that prolific to start with, model completions have dropped to the point that the last one was close to 3 years ago. I can't even get my self going to finish renovating the rest of this old Victorian barn. I guess my 'get up and go' got up and went :-) Chuck Ryan Springfield OH |
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