Hi all,
the question came up the other day of "What type of Retirement Home/Village setting would you opt to live in, when we finally sell our home ?"
And MOST importantly what sort of 'neighbours', would you like to have around you ? Brainy technology geeks etc or the rest of the population ?.
(hard to word the above, as I DONT wish to Imply, the "REST" are any form of lesser foke than I, and not any good to live around)
This year I will be 66, and here in Australia, getting into a Retirement facility, then eventually into Assisted care unit or nursing home, can take quite a few years, especially if its one, that is in a popular location. You put your name down and its progresses up the list as time passes.
We live on a steep hilly semi rural property and I am already finding it getting tiring to walk the 40m to the letter box, so I am thinking by the time I am 75, flat ground living will be the order of the day.
So I started doing some online research on a few places, and in the process it struck me, the greater majority have general "Joe Public" as residents.
I come to technical forums like this one, because I have been in High Technology all my life, and am not a great mixer socially. Simply have no interest in going to dances, or gaming clubs, pubs or sports events.
So when it comes to a retirement home, then nursing home, that I could possibly stay in, till I die, could I cope with 96% non like minded foke around me ? ; maybe even in an adjacent room, as I get to be put in assisted care facility.
Having to sit in a communal dining room for lunch and dinner, as I have seem many do, does not appeal to me, especially if I have nothing in common with those around me.
I guess maybe by the time I am 75 or 85 or 95, all I will want to do if make sure my false teeth say put. so I can eat. Hell, I most likely will have lost a few brain cells by the time I get that old, that just maybe I wont want to talk or even be able to think that much about technology anymore.
So I ask what other here, have you discussed or considered such a question ?
If you don't have a long term partner that you would end up moving with, (due for health reason, maybe them needing a significantly different type of care facility to yourself, or them 'passing' or being way way younger than yourself) and its just yourself, by that stage of your life, would you :-
A. prefer to find a Retirement Unit/Home/Village that caters for more, dare I say, highly educated people ?
B be happy with a Retirement Unit/Home/Village that has fokes from all walks of life, around you ?
I am sure this post will raise the ire of some, for maybe me inferring, I was better than other "classes of foke', but that's NOT what I am inferring.
I have NOT made any distinction due to race, creed or color, but purely wishing to retire amongst like minded foke.
As to what of my technology bits and pieces I will hopefully take with me to any such facility, I think I would take :-
a. few technical books maybe also the Discworld books and Monty Python dvd's.
b. 3 vintage computers, most likely my Motorola MEK6800D2 kit, that I owned since 1976; my 68000EDU unit and the PiDP-8.
c. My old enhanced No 9 Meccano set.
the question came up the other day of "What type of Retirement Home/Village setting would you opt to live in, when we finally sell our home ?"
And MOST importantly what sort of 'neighbours', would you like to have around you ? Brainy technology geeks etc or the rest of the population ?.
(hard to word the above, as I DONT wish to Imply, the "REST" are any form of lesser foke than I, and not any good to live around)
This year I will be 66, and here in Australia, getting into a Retirement facility, then eventually into Assisted care unit or nursing home, can take quite a few years, especially if its one, that is in a popular location. You put your name down and its progresses up the list as time passes.
We live on a steep hilly semi rural property and I am already finding it getting tiring to walk the 40m to the letter box, so I am thinking by the time I am 75, flat ground living will be the order of the day.
So I started doing some online research on a few places, and in the process it struck me, the greater majority have general "Joe Public" as residents.
I come to technical forums like this one, because I have been in High Technology all my life, and am not a great mixer socially. Simply have no interest in going to dances, or gaming clubs, pubs or sports events.
So when it comes to a retirement home, then nursing home, that I could possibly stay in, till I die, could I cope with 96% non like minded foke around me ? ; maybe even in an adjacent room, as I get to be put in assisted care facility.
Having to sit in a communal dining room for lunch and dinner, as I have seem many do, does not appeal to me, especially if I have nothing in common with those around me.
I guess maybe by the time I am 75 or 85 or 95, all I will want to do if make sure my false teeth say put. so I can eat. Hell, I most likely will have lost a few brain cells by the time I get that old, that just maybe I wont want to talk or even be able to think that much about technology anymore.
So I ask what other here, have you discussed or considered such a question ?
If you don't have a long term partner that you would end up moving with, (due for health reason, maybe them needing a significantly different type of care facility to yourself, or them 'passing' or being way way younger than yourself) and its just yourself, by that stage of your life, would you :-
A. prefer to find a Retirement Unit/Home/Village that caters for more, dare I say, highly educated people ?
B be happy with a Retirement Unit/Home/Village that has fokes from all walks of life, around you ?
I am sure this post will raise the ire of some, for maybe me inferring, I was better than other "classes of foke', but that's NOT what I am inferring.
I have NOT made any distinction due to race, creed or color, but purely wishing to retire amongst like minded foke.
As to what of my technology bits and pieces I will hopefully take with me to any such facility, I think I would take :-
a. few technical books maybe also the Discworld books and Monty Python dvd's.
b. 3 vintage computers, most likely my Motorola MEK6800D2 kit, that I owned since 1976; my 68000EDU unit and the PiDP-8.
c. My old enhanced No 9 Meccano set.