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If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring

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Posted on July 22, 2021 at 09:50:53
JURB
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Location: North Ohio
Joined: May 29, 2016
 I am fraught with poor health, it is affecting my ability to function. I am really weak, have a hard time walking. My eyesight is going to hell.

Next month falls on my 61st Bday, that will be the day.

I will keep the bench together, and maybe then it is my own experimentation etc. Maybe.

I should liquidate my parts, but then really I could become a local place to get them, we have none. I can operate in the basement and practically no overhead.

I dunno, I actually got two students that should advance. One is obsessed with measuring capacitance watching a meter go up to 63.7%. Actually he has the technique quite refined, but it is time to move on. Both of them need to get into transistors.

Terminator
Electronix Underground

 

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Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 22, 2021 at 10:37:25
Craiger56
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 Just finished six months of chemo myself and now they want to do a marrow transplant, so I can relate to how depressed you are.

I enjoy your writings and hope you can continue.

Regards, Craig

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 10:49:00
Mike B.
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Location: OR
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 Damn, I am also sorry to read of your major health issues. I hope being retired is a good thing for you in a number of ways.


 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 11:38:45
dee eye why
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Posts: 1148
Location: so. ohio
Joined: March 20, 2003
 Best of luck to you. I hope things improve for you.
Keep us updated.


.
Freak out...Far out...In out....

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 14:28:28
Jim Treanor
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Posts: 2167
Location: Pacific Northwest
Joined: June 1, 2003
 Best wishes to you. With the hope that improvement accompanies your retirement.


Jim

 

+1 Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 22, 2021 at 14:30:16
Jay Buridan
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Posts: 10282
Location: Michigan
Joined: January 21, 2004
 Best wishes.

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 14:48:17
timothywas1@comcast.net
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Location: illinois
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 I care.
You have been part of a family here and thanks for being forthright in sharing.

I sincerely wish you the very best moving forward.
You will be missed.
Gods blessings, to you and yours.
Regards,
/// Tim W. ///

 

Sorry to hear about your health issues, posted on July 22, 2021 at 15:06:29
Goober58
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Posts: 5587
Joined: November 15, 2016
 Hope your health improves. Hopefully you will continue to participate on AA. Good luck!

 

RE: +1 Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 22, 2021 at 15:13:43
timothywas1@comcast.net
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Posts: 754
Location: illinois
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 Agreed.
Wishing you healing prayers.
Regards,
/// Tim W. ///

 

I could tell from your posts you were losing it., posted on July 22, 2021 at 15:17:36
ghost of olddude55
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Posts: 32569
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 Lame joke. Sorry, man.
Anyway, I've got five years on you and even though I'm in terrific health, my eyesight is also going.




The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 15:51:59
ejman
Audiophile

Posts: 403
Location: SW Oregon
Joined: October 3, 2006
 Hang in there. Don't give up. I've also been battling a debilitating disease with no cure. Up and down days but actually my interest in music and just listening to my system and doing little tweaks here and there are enormously satisfying within the parameters of what I can do. So keep at it as long as you can. It ain't over until...

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 17:18:24
fantja
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Posts: 15519
Location: Alabama
Joined: September 11, 2010
 Enjoy the Music.

 

They can fix that, posted on July 22, 2021 at 18:34:02
jedrider
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Posts: 15167
Location: No. California
Joined: December 26, 2003
 A lens implant is like having new eyes.

Too bad they can't do the same for hearing, however.

 

Ears too, posted on July 22, 2021 at 19:13:56
Des
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D

 

Thank you (nt), posted on July 22, 2021 at 20:06:41
Craiger56
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Thank you (nt) , posted on July 22, 2021 at 20:08:05
Craiger56
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RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 22, 2021 at 20:54:13
Mr Steed
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Location: NY
Joined: May 19, 2012
 See if this helps.
I lost my ability to work more then 25 years ago.
What helped me deal with what nature did to me was to
always keep in mind that as bad as you feel/get.
There is always somebody worse, sometimes way worse the you.
Hang in there.

 

RE: Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 22, 2021 at 23:53:52
Todd Krieger
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Posts: 37333
Location: SW United States
Joined: November 2, 2000
 I was in a diabetic coma back in December of 2016...... Fortunate to be around today......

Health is a fragile thing..... We think we're bulletproof, then reality hits......

Just hope for the best.

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 23, 2021 at 07:10:00
fstein
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 You are clearly depressed. Talk this over with your MD

 

Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 23, 2021 at 07:25:30
Jay Buridan
Audiophile

Posts: 10282
Location: Michigan
Joined: January 21, 2004
 I hope you find healing in retirement.

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

ditto /nt, posted on July 23, 2021 at 07:31:07
Story
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RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 23, 2021 at 07:56:22
rogerh113
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Posts: 508
Location: San Francisco South Bay
Joined: October 20, 2014
 Sometimes work seems frustrating, but is actually important. It keeps your mind occupied with things that you enjoy and are good at.

I went through a 1 year patch with multiple major abdominal surgeries. As soon as I could, I started working on an amp repair project. Gave me something satisfying to focus on outside of the pain and recovery issues (dragged around a wound-vac for well over half a year).

A friend had a parasailing incident where he partially shattered his spine. Miraculously able to walk with a titanium cage in there, but in great pain always (think constant big opioids). He needed to take his mind off the pain, and took up woodworking. Produced some really stunning projects, and when he is working he is distracted from other things.

Perhaps you should only close doors for a short period to see if you are lured back to work. Once the stuff is gone, your choices are reduced.

Good luck. Coming up on 67 myself.....

 

RE: If Anyone Cares I Am Retiring, posted on July 23, 2021 at 08:24:26
JURB
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Posts: 2056
Location: North Ohio
Joined: May 29, 2016
 Thanks for all the well wishes.

I might actually do something, dunno what but...

I am not unhappy though close to death. I have lived a unique life. I have had an interesting one. Not bad despite maybe what the Chinese tin aboit living in interesting times. I have had real cars when they were real cars, I mean shook the ground. I got a ticket for flying a car, I swear I never thought they would have an ordinance against that. Beside, what's wrong with it if you are headed the right direction ?

 

Nothing much yet for ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration)..., posted on July 23, 2021 at 08:42:24
Ivan303
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Posts: 48887
Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM
Joined: February 26, 2001
 One eye gets a shot every 3-4 months (wet macular degeneration) while the other one just slowly goes bad (dry macular degeneration) with nothing except vitamins (anti-oxidants) which slows the process by about 10%.

If I live long enough, I will become legally blind.

While each eye is 20:40+ I'm still correctable to 20:30 using both eyes simultaneously, as the degeneration is in a bit different part of the field of view in each eye.

New Mexico tests eyes for driving every year after age 75 but tests both eyes simultaneously.

As an audiophile, I'd rather be blind than deaf.






First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

Better glasses might help, too., posted on July 23, 2021 at 09:55:15
ghost of olddude55
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Posts: 32569
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 My scrip is getting a bit long in tooth.
I'm not going blind, but I started building model cars again recently and that's when I notice that I have a harder time seeing fine detail than I did 30 years ago.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Yesterday, I.had laser work on a secondary cataract, posted on July 23, 2021 at 10:21:19
SamA
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Posts: 2902
Location: Washington, D.C.
Joined: February 12, 2004
 Man oh man, what an amazing result. I can see clearly again!

 

RE: I'm certain we all care and wish you the best , posted on July 23, 2021 at 15:28:29
B. Scarpia
 At 74 there's only 3 things going bad, my eyes, my plumbing, and ... wait while I ask my daughter.

 

I am not much better, posted on July 23, 2021 at 16:28:04
bouncy ball
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Posts: 1221
Location: British Columbia
Joined: July 26, 2003
 Physically I think I am ok. Mentally I am not.
I work in Emergency room, I am so burnt out, angry and stressed.
For over 25 years, I normally can detach myself from work but 18 months of pandemic, I have lost that ability. I have trouble sleeping, irritable, feel like on edge all the time.
I haven't turn on my system for at least 8 months, I am getting counseling through workplace health department.



Anyway I hope you can crack through it, find your way to enjoy life.

 

Thank you for your service. , posted on July 23, 2021 at 18:03:38
srdavis2000
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 People other than our armed services serve. Hang in there and I hope things get better.

 

Sorry to hear about your health., posted on July 23, 2021 at 18:21:50
srdavis2000
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 You are still young by my measuring stick. I retired at 68 and I'm 73. You should still have some time to figure things out and time to do what you want. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. I'm reading books, paddling my canoe and fishing. Get a hobby other than audio. It helps to diversify.

 

I am so sorry; can I ask you to watch one YT? It's brief., posted on July 23, 2021 at 18:33:04
John Marks
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If you like it, PM me, and I will see if I can dig up the original audio.

john

 

RE: Sorry to read of your poor health, posted on July 24, 2021 at 08:27:04
Craiger56
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Location: San Jose CA
Joined: April 3, 2002
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 Geez Louise congrats on your recovery!

Thanks, Craig

 

RE: Thank you both. (nt), posted on July 24, 2021 at 12:49:57
bouncy ball
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Location: British Columbia
Joined: July 26, 2003
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