Most times i get into a serious debate on energy, computing, privacy, poitics, economcis etc  it all goes well until they discover in in my mod 70s.. the immedate response is NOT 'Oh so you are just another of the expert uptodate elderly still putting in' NO its 'you cant be THAT old!

WAY past time we elderly (im 74) got onto the Boards and Governance bodies that currently treat us all as 'age care dependent past-it expensive useless overheads on the community'. many of us- at least of those of us still with reasonable health of course - are still learning, teaching, mentoring and keeping compltely up to date and looking ahead in an informed manner

My take: http://works.bepress.com/mwigan/7

I guess retirement did not exactly match my expectations when  still working. We are very busy, very active and wonder where we found time to raise a family and go to work.

I enjoy walking,gardening,cooking and eating,reading,colouring,and quizzes. I also love live theatre but living in a remote region has its drawbacks when it comes to the arts. We have 2 border terriers who are now in their twilight years and they are the centre of our lives.

I am in reasonable health having beaten breast cancer and I like to keep myself fit and active.

Met my husband when I was 12, married him at 19, been married 48 years. Have 2 sons. Love travelling Australia. Started caravaning with parents and siblings at 10, then with future husband and my family, then again when our boys were young and now we are retired we are caravaning again and absolutely loving it even more.

I enjoy pottering in our small vegetable garden and making sauces and jam. I also volunteer at the local Primary School as a Pupil Mentor and a Reading Helper.

We have no Natural grandchildren, but a local family with 4 children (23,20,17 & 8) have adopted us, and we really enjoy having them live across the road and the 8 year-old pays us a daily visit and enjoys planning our outings to all the local Op Shops, Movies, Parks, and Playgrounds during the school holidays.

Both my husband and I each have an Apple Computer, as well as an IPad and Iphone and enjoy reading ebooks, playing games, searching the web, Social Media and keeping up with family and friends. We not not experts but it is good fun.

We moved from Melbourne and have lived in a small seaside fishing village in Victoria for the last 12 years and find the local people very friendly. 

I met my wife while I was waiting to go Korea. I was the Orderly Officer on a paticular Sunday when I was invited by a sergeant from my own company to partake of a refreshment in the Sergeants' Mess, which I quickly agreed to do.  While we were at the bar waiting for our drinks to be pulled, I noticed two goodlooking females sitting at a table, and one in particular was stunningly beautiful.  I quickly enquired of the sergeant the identity of the females and was told that they were his sister and her friend on a visit to see him. I quicky said "Sergeant, introduce me". He did and it so happened that the beautiful girl was his sister. We went out a few times and I asked her to marry me. We were married three months from the day we met. We were married on Anzac Day, a Saturday and I had to be in Camp on the Monday. We were married almost 56 years when she died on 13 December 2008.

She was the best thing that happened to me. When the Korean War ended, I took my discharge. I studied for a new career with her support and encouragement and never looked back. We had three sons and one daughter, still living and grown up. I have 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

A day never passes without a thought for my beautiful and wonderful wife. 

People here claim to know me already, as I have been called just about everything but a "white man" (which I am), and this is all in good fun (I hope!), so I needn't divulge anymore of my persona with fear of being found and replacing George Clooney (I should be so endowed!). Have fun everyone, be safe, be happy, and have a Merry Christmas and I shall be in touch (much to your disgust! - probably).

- F. E.

I took retirement (?) to look after my husband who needs care, and have never worked so hard in my life! We both enjoy what we call weekend breaks, but they are generally in the middle of the week at some out of season park/ cabin/or swanky resort. Always good fun getting to know a new place.

When we are not tripping, he watches continuous sport and I settle at the sewing machine making scrub hats for nurses who work in theatre. To brighten their day.

Having always been the worker, handyperson, builder, farmer, carer I am looking forward to one day having time to think about what I never did, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have; Done mutitudes of different jobs, married, had 5 children, always worked, Rode motorbikes for a long time even towing a trailer, jumped out of a perfectly good plane, absailed down beautifully coloured cliffs, glided across the blue sky, raced go carts, gone camping with 20 teenagers..(you have to do that!) Floated down rivers in inner tubes, swam at beautiful beaches, planted 1000 olive trees, driven tractors, trucks, cars, busses, bobcats and motorbikes. Cooked food for 100's of people, worked with children and the aged.. so much to do... not enough time!

My Motto In Life Is; If you are not living on the edge... then you are taking up too much room!

Cheers!

So great to see many new faces on the Meeting Place! Happy to meet you all and hope to see more of you in the forums. Thanks for dropping by!

Hi everyone I have been reading all your comments so I thought I would join in, been married to my beautiful wife for 42yrs. Our daughter  lives in Melbourne with her husband and dog ,love the big bash cricket , and Softball ,enjoy reading ,gardening , and traveling , we have just come back from Europe 

Been married 50 years this year, hubby was a five pound pom from the NE of England, he thought there had to be something better than going down the coal mine and found out that there was. I worked as doctor's secretary for many years.  We are both working class and proud of it, we blew a fortune travelling around Australia for twelve months but it was worth every cent.  Never saved enough to become self-funded retirees though, we are now both on the full pension.