tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post4985795771834034549..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: A Whinge and a WhineWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19620553594522680062019-09-18T19:30:18.333-02:302019-09-18T19:30:18.333-02:30I haven't reach elder status yet (and I sure h...I haven't reach elder status yet (and I sure hope to), but I'm on a medication that makes me tired all the time so I get it about being weary. Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-74225622222456565942019-09-13T22:17:28.197-02:302019-09-13T22:17:28.197-02:30Your words and those from comments have caused my ...Your words and those from comments have caused my eyes to widen and a little wisdom to sink in. So . . . it's OK to be tired in your 70's? How about that? I'm 76 and have not been tired by routine tasks until this year. I've fought it. But then gout took over a foot and ankle. I think I'll just do my own thing, rest when I want to. Hmmm.dianefaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229979968118248563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13049275341456629602019-09-13T13:59:20.285-02:302019-09-13T13:59:20.285-02:30I've never lived in NFLD, but over half a cent...I've never lived in NFLD, but over half a century throughout the far north and the Arctic, with no electricity, no running water, no cenral heat, no transportation. The hardest place I've ever lived is the city. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-92007508841916537282019-09-13T13:23:00.078-02:302019-09-13T13:23:00.078-02:30If anyone would like to share coping skills, pleas...If anyone would like to share coping skills, please feel free to email me at nsriver (AT) Telus (DOT) net. <br /><br />I am also Metis, and that has been a lifetimes experience too, in racism, poverty, government meddling and sharing, with other women. I also have lots of experience dealing with medical profession, over my disabilities, which are compounded by being old (I can see you all nodding 'me too'). I do not have the vision capabilities to run a blog. Please be assured your email would be welcomed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37863185585323158572019-09-13T13:05:07.131-02:302019-09-13T13:05:07.131-02:30I'm 78 WWW, and I live it all. These are some ...I'm 78 WWW, and I live it all. These are some of the problems and solutions I've met and deal with daily. As well as being old I am twice disabled physically with congenital spine disorder and corneal blindness. I am not on any disability income, nor am I in a subsidized accommodation, nor do I sneer at other seniors. I did not have a house to sell, nor do I have a new car. I have lived in poverty all my life. I am offering and sharing, as senior women must do, because we receive no real help from the politicians, and are tired of the egos who just want to make bank on our misery. The best we can do is put heads together. I see women here offering each other solutions. Great. Good. We women have done so all our lives. I have been poor all my life, taken what I can use from dumpsters and cast offs. Different solutons for different locales. I make do. I'm a woman. Being an elderly woman is just another hurdle and we must do this together. Wherever it is we live the best thing is to share solutions with each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72057811964801408162019-09-13T09:44:18.057-02:302019-09-13T09:44:18.057-02:30I am laughing out loud at this. Haven't you ev...I am laughing out loud at this. Haven't you ever wondered why seniors lie down and take their poverty without a whinge of protest? Forever. Until now. And two old women who have to work to make ends meet stand up??<br /><br />All this advice thrown out. You are not in the trenches of this obviously.<br /><br />It's taking a huge toll on us. <br /><br />Arm chair critics are the most unsupportive of all.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41689227264371417792019-09-12T00:01:22.199-02:302019-09-12T00:01:22.199-02:30Aaalso, by "classes" I mean someone sitt...Aaalso, by "classes" I mean someone sitting with you and teaching you how to sign on, make an email account, send an email to a friend/grandchild etc. Seniors centres, or a room where seniors could meet for coffee once a week and grow to a comforting and welcome day out, worth planning for. That would be 1st on my list if I was doing with this effort. How can there be a seniors cadre if there is no place to meet? A room a table at the library, or corner at a high school. It's done like that all over. I see there is at least one such place in St. John's, but it could even be a church basement, or someone's home. A meeting place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28180043304587621462019-09-11T23:34:28.174-02:302019-09-11T23:34:28.174-02:30I have learned when I'm exhausted, mentally an...I have learned when I'm exhausted, mentally and physically, even the radio and the news bothers me. Sooo, I wear ear plugs all day. You'd be amazed how great that can be, after a while your mind just settling on whatever small task your hands are doing. Today did that until 2 p.m. Turned radio off, turned computer off, took pictures, lovingly polished the old soup pot, changed bedding, fluffed pillows, fondled a shelf full of a now-grown persons teddies. Sweet silence. It can be so hard to find in a city. Even with everything turned off, it's all "turned on" outside my window, but it's abruptly shut down as soon as I put the pink foamies in my ears. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-43075399595211782852019-09-11T23:24:24.851-02:302019-09-11T23:24:24.851-02:30LOL River I tried the talcum thing and was very pu...LOL River I tried the talcum thing and was very puzzled ab out the source of the white spots on my snazzy black tights as I stood in line at the Starbucks. Sigh. I've decided to shower at night. That way I'm also safer in the bath and shower. Less chance of slipping and more agile if that's a word that I can apply to me anymore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23853416924617210822019-09-11T23:20:38.484-02:302019-09-11T23:20:38.484-02:30Ooooh. So sorry. Yes. Ooooh. So sorry. Yes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76431239394279117922019-09-11T23:18:16.345-02:302019-09-11T23:18:16.345-02:30Is there only one library in St. John's then? ...Is there only one library in St. John's then? Have never been. I can't myself use public transit, but people here use public, or DATS to get to the seniors centre and libraries. I would't call the system "good" but it is functional enough people use it to get to school, work, appointments. Car pooling with seniors who have cars? I wonder if the library has classes? I'm betting they do. It's kind of their mandate wherever they are, NFLD or Nunuvut. But I can surely understand not usikng public transit. As I say, I can't use it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72488024741568362392019-09-11T23:09:59.368-02:302019-09-11T23:09:59.368-02:30Lol. Well I'll bank oars then, because unless ...Lol. Well I'll bank oars then, because unless you open the FB page to public I'll have no idea what's going on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88169906703901126912019-09-11T17:46:15.931-02:302019-09-11T17:46:15.931-02:30Nick, yes the stereotypes are out there, and the p...Nick, yes the stereotypes are out there, and the patronizing and the dearies and sweeties. Hugely irritating but I have that lovely cane and I raise it slightly and I see the quick look of fear and it is gratifying.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70304725054995308252019-09-11T17:44:53.053-02:302019-09-11T17:44:53.053-02:30Ramana, not to this important issue. It is devasta...Ramana, not to this important issue. It is devastating to see so many senior women in such poverty and too ashamed or handicapped to do anything about it. We have called this a legacy issue since the beginning. It is.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71011503927752749872019-09-11T17:43:15.171-02:302019-09-11T17:43:15.171-02:30Yes I did River, thank you. The poem arrived in th...Yes I did River, thank you. The poem arrived in the dead of night and the following day I saw this house and had goosebumps!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53183629263641498162019-09-11T17:42:28.307-02:302019-09-11T17:42:28.307-02:30I don't beat myself up, Regina, I do the best ...I don't beat myself up, Regina, I do the best I can. I wish there were more like you out there, plugging away on the keys, bring the world to your door!<br /><br />A break is coming up shortly.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58891575389885185532019-09-11T17:40:38.291-02:302019-09-11T17:40:38.291-02:30Just about everybody are throwing their oars in th...Just about everybody are throwing their oars in the water on this. We are too tired to deal with the hundreds of advisors. We absolutely need volunteers. We only have 3 so far.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48122596988599561572019-09-11T17:39:43.444-02:302019-09-11T17:39:43.444-02:30LOL you would need a good and free public transit ...LOL you would need a good and free public transit system for this magic to happen. To actually learn computing would require many, many trips to the library, costing energy and appalling transit times (and not every day for the transit service). It sure isn't happening here let me tell you.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70581655198033092502019-09-11T17:37:00.463-02:302019-09-11T17:37:00.463-02:30Not at all Tom, it's just the momentum of this...Not at all Tom, it's just the momentum of this is not letting up on me, the upcoming election being a huge driver as well. We are faced with an extreme right getting in if we don't muster the troops. Then again The Great Hack which I recommend, tells us elections are all fixed anyway.<br /><br />In this crazy world we have to believe in something and I truly don't know what that is right now.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-79798536735003247452019-09-11T17:35:01.548-02:302019-09-11T17:35:01.548-02:30How perfect is that T? I felt my whole post was a ...How perfect is that T? I felt my whole post was a silent scream. But so relieved to find I am not alone. Thank you.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-35413526938747989172019-09-11T17:33:57.078-02:302019-09-11T17:33:57.078-02:30Good, all the boxes ticked Gigi. Your card went on...Good, all the boxes ticked Gigi. Your card went on its way yesterday. I was looking at a map, from my island to your island is a huge journey. Let me know how long it takes!!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87423478126242307772019-09-11T17:33:00.116-02:302019-09-11T17:33:00.116-02:30It's interesting isn't it. I can sit and c...It's interesting isn't it. I can sit and converse with people for ever it seems if I am stimulated intellectually. Day to day tends to dull me down.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63283962280491593942019-09-11T17:31:51.650-02:302019-09-11T17:31:51.650-02:30I remember you telling me a while back Ernestine t...I remember you telling me a while back Ernestine that 78 was the age for you when everything went sideways. Up to then you had been bouncing around. I am mindful of your good words.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49060749826778278112019-09-11T17:30:42.106-02:302019-09-11T17:30:42.106-02:30Mental exhaustion is even worse, I find social int...Mental exhaustion is even worse, I find social interacting takes a huge toll if it is of the small talk variety which has me just about comatose, I don't do it well and I can't bear anyone showing me their consumer culture acquisitions and expecting my oohs and aahs. I'm not that good an actor.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-9850020434676782032019-09-11T17:28:48.732-02:302019-09-11T17:28:48.732-02:30I agree River the hair issue is major. I am seriou...I agree River the hair issue is major. I am seriously considering getting mine washed professionally once a week. I wonder how much it would cost.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com