[Leica] On retirement

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

As one who has been retired for more than 20 years, I will offer one 
more bit of advice.

Be flexible in your planning.

After one year of retired life, with time to go to the airport and get 
in some flying, I was found to have endocarditis, and had to have two 
mechanical heart valves installed.  Made a full recovery, and felt fine 
after a while, but the FAA ruled against a Medical Certificate.  No more 
flying.  This is what drove me back to my earlier pursuit, photography 
with Leicas and other cameras.  The LUG has helped a lot in filling the 
void.

Thanks, Brian.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/3/2014 11:20 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
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>>  The big secret of a happy retirement is to retire TO something 
>> rather than FROM something.
>
> This is one of the best things I've read on the LUG in quite a while. 
> Thank you, Larry. I'm 64 and a number of my peers are retiring. I 
> hadn't been able to put my finger on why I didn't want to retire, but 
> this nails it. A week after I no longer have anything to do, I know I 
> will drop dead.
>
> Brian Reid
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