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Chill Out; Get Outside of yourself

Since I’m a geezer, I have the luxury of doing what I want. We decided to go to Alaska. It is not the US in the "OMG I’ve got to deal with external BS." Survival is sort of important. As my wife says, "It’s about functional, not about frills." And that, to me, is the starting point. Know your point of departure. The world is bigger and more amazing than you may think.

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onhwy61
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Thank you for a marvelous thread!

@clearthinker why do you pollute this wonderful thread with your anger and insecurities?

Photo above looks like a great location for a new lo-comfort prison for the fraudster scumbags in another post today.  Perhaps reduce security a bit to allow escapes that would end in death by exposure.  That would reduce running costs on long sentences.

Someone said 'hate the crime not the criminal'.  That's all wrong.  Don't spare these scums any sympathy.

 
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@onhwy61 

I am angry, but not insecure.

From your handle you may be an aging hippie and sympathetic to criminals.  I'm an aging hippie well on to Highway 61, but never sympathetic to criminals.

I only pray you don't get scammed by one of these bastards, like quite a few on here have been.  But if you did it might change your attitudes somewhat.  Anyway it would be interesting to hear your proposals on stopping all the scamming which gets more widespread every year.

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Preaching to the choir. In my younger days I climbed half the 54 Colorado fourteeners. Skied a few and even mountain biked one. The world viewed from the top is the most serene thing you can do. Now at 67, it's time to rest 🙂

jpwarren58
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Alaska is a beautiful place. Austere, rocky, demanding. 

Not for the faint of heart. Avoid the winter and the thaw and the mosquito eruption. Also steer clear of the crazies. Lots of time to think awkwardly. But hiking, fishing, hunting, cross country skiing...world class.  

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I've been hiking since 14 years of age.  In my youth I did a lot of backpacking but as I age I only do day hiking.  Typically somewhere between 7 to 11 miles in a day and typically with a good amount of elevation gain/decline.  I love the mountains!  You can see by my avatar picture that I am a skier, too.  I have been skiing for 49 years and still enjoy the higher elevations and big mountain skiing.  I got 23 ski days this year, the final 2 were just last week.  And of course, at Mammoth Mountain.  I also fish for pelagic species (tuna, yellowtail, dorado).  Though that is at sea level (not the mountains) it is most certainly the outdoor lifestyle and more experiences of this beautiful planet.  And I get to stuff my freezer with some amazingly delicious fish😋

Sorry to ramble on about myself.  Bottom line, though, whatever you prefer to do in your spare time, @whart is absolutely correct.  Chill out and get outside of yourself.  Just get outside and experience the world around us.  It's awesome!  And it provides such marvelous memories.

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