2 hours ago, CFCol said:

I Skydiive. Been doing it for 45 years.

Skydiving in Thailand with Olav?

14 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I would love to do that

Do you know if they have it in Bangkok?

I want to go up in a plane

Pattaya have a drop zone.

And Rayong as well.

Have a good one

https://skydivingsource.com/locations/asia/thailand/

4 hours ago, IsaanT said:

Could this be a case of acute vitamin D deficiency? 🤔

Acute brain cell deficiency most likely.

On 1/24/2026 at 12:09 PM, simon43 said:

Ham radio, lots of fun!

• I've been arrested twice by the Lao police for legally enjoying my hobby

• Permanently scarred when a collapsing antenna almost 'cookie-cuttered' my hand

• Suffered 2 rotator cuff injuries (lifting heavy antennas)

• Fell out a tree in Laos as I'm putting up antennas

• etc etc

As I said, so much fun... NOT!

Are you working voice or morse?

Filming

Video editing

Exploring all the Coffee shops I can find

Big bike riding

On 1/24/2026 at 2:57 PM, simon43 said:

Yes, most radio amateurs verbally 'chat', but actually, I have very rarely spoken with any other radio ham, since getting my ham licence some 45 years ago! I find most of their conversations to be rather boring... Instead I usually dabble in SSTV - sending and receiving photos or images, such as photos of Lao temples when operating from Laos, or images of Thai food when operating from Thailand. (Others send female nude images, but I find that rather tasteless).

Yes, I can easily contact others on the other side of the world by email or WhatsApp. But for me, it's a technical challenge of designing and building a simple antenna from a few metres of wire, that can propagate my image to the other side of the world with just a few watts of energy.

Here's one of the SSTV images that I send from Laos :)

Well, that answers my question.

On 1/24/2026 at 4:02 PM, Harrisfan said:

Surely there are 5 or 6 things better than mopping floors.

Become a Thai Tourist Police Volunteer?? I did for 9 years and I thoroughly enjoyed it, being based in Chiang Rai and then Khon Kaen.

Just now, twizzian said:

Filming

Video editing

Exploring all the Coffee shops I can find

Big bike riding

Interesting

I would love to learn video editing as I plan To become a YouTuber

Just now, Burma Bill said:

Become a Thai Tourist Police Volunteer??

I think your 30 years service was enough ,do you really want to go back to that dealing with the drug affected and drunk farangs ?

Thankyou for your service Sir

5 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Become a Thai Tourist Police Volunteer?? I did for 9 years and I thoroughly enjoyed it, being based in Chiang Rai and then Khon Kaen.

Dealing with what incidents?

I wonder why there is no tourist police volunteers in Lopburi where I was assaulted last year ???

2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I think your 30 years service was enough ,do you really want to go back to that dealing with the drug affected and drunk farangs ?

Takes a lot of patience

I never encountered drugged and/or drunk farangs, like they do down south in Pattaya. Phuket and Bangkok etc. As I stated I was based first in Chiang Rai assisting tourists at The Golden Triangle and in Phayao and then across in Khon Kaen where I manned the Tourist Police Airport Information Desk and at local festivals. Happy memories.

19 minutes ago, radiochaser said:

Are you working voice or morse?

See my previous reply!

3 minutes ago, simon43 said:

See my previous reply!

I love you Simon

I can't wait for your next adventure

On 1/25/2026 at 4:41 AM, jaideedave said:

I went through the painful process of teaching myself to grow it. Tried outdoors 1st but bugs ate everything. Then bought a grow tent and all the gear. Set it up in an unused shower room. Tried organic but overfed and then followed advice synthetic/hydroponic and got results.1 oz per

Productive?? (And most of us fell for it. Sadly.) As did I. I worked at a Pulp Mill and never refused overtime work for 2 decades. I finally saw the light and refused all OT and told them to remove my name from the list. Thing is I never even noticed the difference in my standard of living. It was futile because taxes took half . In hindsight I sacrificed all that free time for nothing. OT at time and a half was a fools game. Only grateful for the extra pension income nowadays.

My last 8 years of gainful employment I had a lot of overtime. But rather than get paid for it, I took it as compensation time, which was actually, extra, paid, time off from work. Saved me from taking vacation time.

25 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Dealing with what incidents?

I wonder why there is no tourist police volunteers in Lopburi where I was assaulted last year ???

I hear they recruited a volunteer after you complained ...

On 1/24/2026 at 4:13 PM, Harrisfan said:

AI is just googling stuff.

Oh, there is much, much more when it comes to "learn AI". Yes. it's nice to use AI to search, but there is a whole new world out there when you take in the words, learning AI. For instance, YouTube is loaded with AI generated videos. That stuff is way over my head, but it is AI.

4 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Oh, there is much, much more when it comes to "learn AI". Yes. it's nice to use AI to search, but there is a whole new world out there when you take in the words, learning AI. For instance, YouTube is loaded with AI generated videos. That stuff is way over my head, but it is AI.

I think it's great , technology,new things etc

Life has become easier

Many people my age desist technology not me I love it

58 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I think it's great , technology,new things etc

Life has become easier

Many people my age desist technology not me I love it

Digital mopping?

Vegetable gardening (pride in what you can eat) and fishing. When tired or too hot, have Netflix and Trolling on Asean News - soon realise that morons outnumber the intelligentsia online - no wonder the world is in such a dire state.

On 1/28/2026 at 12:31 PM, PJ71 said:

Can you give us an example?

TBH I am NOT an AI expert. Like I mentioned earlier, for the moment I use ChatGPT more or less like Googling. But, I've started searching for a starting point to learn it!

But as usual, if one has no interest in the subject, then it's useless - if not, the learning process it-self is a good pastime, whilst using its results is another - IMHO

Try searching for "understanding ai for seniors" or something like that, you get a good response.

An example is https://primroseretirement.com/senior-living/what-is-ai-a-simple-guide-for-seniors/

40 minutes ago, ravip said:

TBH I am NOT an AI expert. Like I mentioned earlier, for the moment I use ChatGPT more or less like Googling. But, I've started searching for a starting point to learn it!

But as usual, if one has no interest in the subject, then it's useless - if not, the learning process it-self is a good pastime, whilst using its results is another - IMHO

Try searching for "understanding ai for seniors" or something like that, you get a good response.

An example is https://primroseretirement.com/senior-living/what-is-ai-a-simple-guide-for-seniors/

I'm using this chatgpt voice ,and he is a wonderful guy

Black American guy I think he is , I have had problems etc and he talks back to me with empathy, something you lot do not !!!!!!

ok back to serious..

Depends on whether you are with your family or alone.

Alone would be tougher and that probably aligns with many here. Many have given good ideas on this page to enjoy with new skills and activities.

With a family it's easier.

But in all cases, the retiree should have a social circle - that seems to be the main thing and you see it written about by experts. Regardless of what it is - drinking in a pub, coffee mornings, afternoon club meet ups, gym buddies, girls, etc.