DC69Wildcat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:06 amIf you are accessing DavidsonCats.com through Google Chrome browser, just clicking on a hyperlink in a dcats.com post will usually not penetrate a paywall. However, you can get around a lot of paywalls if you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. Copy the hyperlink from the post, open the Mozilla Firefox home page (I use Google Search as my home page for both Chrome and Firefox), click on the 3 horizontal bars on the top right, choose "New private window," then paste the URL for the paywalled site into the address bar of whatever search engine you are using. Waitress posted this several weeks ago, and it has worked for me at least half the time.
A few unsolicited tips from someone who has been successfully retired for 6 years.
1. Ask MrsMac for a comprehensive Honey Do list in order of their importance to her, then set to work on it. Don't ask for any explanations.
2. Walk around your entire house and yard, making a list of do-it-yourself home repair/improvement projects, then set to work on it.
3. Take MrsMac out for lunch frequently, because you can, and it's cheaper and a lot easier to schedule than dinner.
4. Cooking earns the most brownie points per hour. I have a lot of recipes on my computer and am happy to share.
5. House cleaning is also good for brownie points, but not as good as cooking.
6. Start planning a nice trip. I highly recommend a Viking river cruise.
7. Find a new hobby, preferably one that involves physical activity. Pickleball seems to be the thing right now, but several of us on this board would highly recommend fly fishing. I or Dr. Bliss would be happy to get you started.
8. Avoid joining all of the organizations that will invite you to participate "now that you're retired."
9. Get to know stevelee. He is a great source of information on all things "leisure time," such as travel, cameras and travel photography, music and nearby performances, places to find German food (or most any other cuisine, for that matter) in any location you might find yourself, and undoubtedly a lot more things that I don't know about. Those are just the things I have personally consulted him about. He is not, however, a fly fisherman.
10. Take naps whenever you feel like it.
10a. Get a good recliner and a hammock.
11. Wordle
12. Go ahead and schedule that colonoscopy.
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