I didn't drown...

[Nemo]

Howdy all!

It's been a while. Retired from the "day job" almost one year ago, and I've just been consolidating my shop and projects. Now I get to focus on the kind of work I enjoy.

Will be posting new stuff about projects at the website more often in the future.

And Vulcania Submarine has a Facebook page now. I really don't get Facebook, except that it seems like a way of communicating with others, and everybody seems to have it, so we got one. I put up a purty picture. After that I don't know where that page is going. But if anybody's interested in it, there it is.



That's about all I can think of for now. Hope everybody's been safe and having fun.

VBR,

Pat

[Linda]

Hey! I was wondering how you were doing!

Sounds like you are having a good time, and it's great that you will have more time for projects. I bet they will be awesome.

Thanks for stopping by.

[scubadiverbob]

Pat,

If on fb, do a search for Robert Berry + Chico, CA and send me a friends request!

Robert

[SeaRat]

Pat, welcome back after your interlude with retirement. I just did that, and am starting to enjoy it too. I sent both you and Robert a friend request on Facebook.

John

[Nemo]

Well, thank you all very much!

Linda, I feel like I just got my life back. I've got some Leagues-related ideas for the future, and I'll for sure be letting you folks here at Vintage SCUBA know what's going on. Mahalo!

Robert: thanks! Will do!

John: It's nice, huh? Looking back, does it still amaze you that you made it this far? Our generation sure saw some schnit, no?

I retired from the Department of Public Safety. Got out at 62 with a pension and SS. Honestly, most of the last year has just been about getting off the treadmill. It'sd nice to be able to not do anything at all today if I don't want to, but it takes some getting used to. I still have the feeling that I'm always supposed to be doing something, and I actually had to re-train myself to relax and enjoy the ride. All the best to you. Enjoy, man! That's what it's all about.

Yack at y'all later!

VBR,

Pat

[SeaRat]

Pat, yes it does amaze me about that...that I'm still here and have made it to retirement. I did it a bit later than you, as I'll be 67 in December. I have a pretty good retirement coming in from both SS and a public employee's retirement I earned in another job. But I still haven't gotten completely off the treadmill; my company asked me to come in for a few hours the week after I retired, and again on Friday. They still haven't hired my replacement, and because of the complexities of that job I expect more work getting that person oriented when he or she is hired.

So I'm in the process of stepping off the treadmill, and have a number of projects in mind (a book, for instance [Hi Jaybird]), and some equipment workups for diving.

Pat, concerning equipment, I'm going to send you a PM that you may want to read. I don't want to do it on Facebook, but the PM system here is pretty good. 'Talk with you later.

John

[duckbill]

Hey, I missed you! Was wondering where you went, but I was gone a while too with computer issues, and now don't get on as much as before. Glad you're back.

[Nemo]

Aug 25, 2012 21:47:13 GMT -8 duckbill said:

Hey, I missed you! Was wondering where you went, but I was gone a while too with computer issues, and now don't get on as much as before. Glad you're back.

Thanks DB. Glad to see you're still firing on both cylinders, too.

[Linda]

Hope you are having a happy birthday today!

[Nemo]

Sept 9, 2012 16:45:28 GMT -8 Linda said:

Hope you are having a happy birthday today!

Thank you very much! :-)

But to be honest, it's really not my birthday. I always lie about that when I'm signing up on websites. Paranoid about hackers getting my personal information, I guess.

Besides, I'm really not sure when it is. My Birth Certificate is a clay tablet scribed in Sanskrit...but the actual date was obliterated eons ago.

But actually, yeah. It was a really nice day today. Thanks for thinking of us, Linda.