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Sunday, 3rd August, 2025
Sitting in my old workroom that has for over a year been my "retreat" where I can sit quietly and reflect on life, and looking at the haphazard jumble on my old workdesk where so many models were built over the years, I think I have finally realised that I am all "washed up"
I am not exactly depressed, but more like fed up of the whole show. Life after 80 is not much fun and we cannot go out for pleasure anymore as most of the town has been pedestrianised and the large high-rise parking area pulled down. Blocked off roads, more bus lanes, one way traffic systems and security cameras have made it too difficult for the elderly. Not that it really matters, as all the shops I once frequented have gone now. So it is all online these days.
I have never really like this century that seems to be striving for an unmanned world. (Press 1 if, press 2 if!" and the almost complete obsession with smartphones and computer games.


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Sunday, 3rd August, 2025
Sitting in my old workroom that has for over a year been my "retreat" where I can sit quietly and reflect on life, and looking at the haphazard jumble on my old workdesk where so many models were built over the years, I think I have finally realised that I am all "washed up"View attachment 535834
I am not exactly depressed, but more like fed up of the whole show. Life after 80 is not much fun and we cannot go out for pleasure anymore as most of the town has been pedestrianised and the large high-rise parking area pulled down. Blocked off roads, more bus lanes, one way traffic systems and security cameras have made it too difficult for the elderly. Not that it really matters, as all the shops I once frequented have gone now. So it is all online these days.

I have never really like this century that seems to be striving for an unmanned world. (Press 1 if, press 2 iff!" and the almost complete obsession with smartphones and computer games.
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Robert, take heart, you aren't the only one.

Since my amputation last November, my world imploded into a very small space with me, the 'singularity' at the center.
 
What can one say? Try getting yourself out of that dreadful town for a while, physically or dreamily, it doesn't matter. Go look at the sea or the highlands for a few days/weeks, or get yourself a copy of the "Swallows and Amazons"-series, "the Chronicles of Narnia" or "The Wind in the Willows", and let them do their magic on you. Sometimes, the wisest thing to do is what everybody else would declare you completely crazy for. Just do it. Courage and good luck.
 
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What can one say? Try getting yourself out of that dreadful town for a while, physically or dreamily, it doesn't matter. Go look at the sea or the highlands for a few days/weeks, or get yourself a copy of the "Swallows and Amazons"-series, "the Chronicles of Narnia" or "The Wind in the Willows", and let them do their magic on you. Sometimes, the wisest thing to do is what everybody else would declare you completely crazy for. Just do it. Courage and good luck.
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It isn't that simple. The town is OK, but what is happening to it is happenig everywhere, and I have so little energy, I can't walk more than a few paces without getting breathless, and wife is the same. With me, it is side effects to medication for prostate cancer, bronchiectasis and osteoporosis. As long as I sit around, or lie down, I feel quite well, and I do not have any pain at all. It doesn't help being 81. Jus one of those things that comes with age!
 
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Robert, take heart, you aren't the only one.

Since my amputation last November, my world imploded into a very small space with me, the 'singularity' at the center.
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I know what you mean, and we all have our crosses to bear. Hope things improve for you, but the light at the end of the tunnel often seems a long way off. It is lack of breath and energy that is wearing me down -
 
Please don't despair, I have learned from your post. I did purchase one of your plans, the Julia, and look forward to building it.
 
OK, I got it. You feel that your road slowly comes to an end. You can't really change that. But what you can do, is to let it end in beauty. I understand that you don't really feel like it, but just start building a new model, the biggest and most beautiful you have ever made, the one you were always afraid of. Don't ask questions, just do it. It doesn't matter if it never gets finished. It just has to keep you busy and out of despair. And talking of beauty, this one's for you and your wife.
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I would hope you digitally photographed all or most of your models.

It would be a wonderful gallery to share, one I would appreciate and cherish.
 
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