Chat With Reyn

what's going on here ? are you just hanging around to congratulate each other ?
get a move on if you hope to stay employed ! hbg

At this point, I'm not employed, or am I in a hurry (or need to) get employed. :wink:

Remember, I just retired in December.

mornin' , reyn : at least i see from your post that you are alive and that's an encouraging sign.
i'm sure your better half will ensure that you are not not just sitting around idle.
just met an old friend who just retired at age 71 (he had his own insurance agency). it was his last day at his office and he was telling that, to stop working would be inviting death. "remember cor harboos ? ", he asked me; "he stopped working for me and six months later he was dead. that's not going to happen to me. "
my friend (peter, a good dutchman) has a large house and garden in the country, he owns and operates two trailer parks with one of his boys, he is in the process of fixing up an old village house and has now purchased a run-down farm that he wants to get back into shape ! he doesn't want to die in "retirement" but rather wants to go down with a shovel in one hand and a crutch in the other !

here is to a happy and idle live, reyn ! hbg

Good morning, hbg,

I've said this before, but I'll mention it again. The vision many have of retirement is all wrong.

Retirement isn't all about sitting around all day doing nothing with one's self. It's about having the time and energy to be able to do all the things you wanted to do while one was fully employed. That's my view anyways.

Currently, I'm working on a money-making scheme to make a little bit of extra moola per month. I'm registering with market research surveyers to get paid for filling out their surveys. Before anyone laughs and says, you can't make any money that way. Actually you can. Not with just one or two, but you have to be signed up with a whole lot to keep the survey invitations rolling in.

I'm currently signed up with over 100 companies and hope that this will keep me busy within the next few weeks. We'll see. It hasn't cost me a penny, so no harm done either way.

If anyone's interested, I'll keep you posted. If you live in the U.S., you can sign up for so many more than you can in Canada.

Now you know how I've been using my time. It does take a fair bit of time to register with so many companies, but I feel it will be worth it.

reyn : that's an interesting concept. once we are back from vacation, i'll follow up on it.
i caught the headline of reader's digest. something about making money from home using your computer. i didn't buy the mag; i'll look for it at the library.
nice and sunny day here in eastern ontario; can't remember ever having such a mild january in the 49 years we've lived here.
take care. hbg

Indeed, I think so, hbg!

DJ just posted a good site HERE in which the banner has a survey one can do for a chance to win $1000 or $100 just for filling it out. Only took me a few minutes to do. Easy stuff.


One does have to be careful as to what one signs up for. The beauty of the "survey for money opportunity" is that it does not cost you a cent to participate, only your time.

It varies from company to company. Some pay a small amount per survey, some give you a chance to win a cash prize (in other words a lottery), or merchandise or gift certificates, etc, etc.

You're not going to make a lot of money with a few companies. You can possibly make some extra "grocery money" by signing up to a lot of them.

Let me know if you're interested, and I can send some links your way via a PM to register with the big companies.

"You can possibly make some extra "grocery money" by signing up to a lot of them. "

grocery money ain't bad. we charge almost everything we buy on a creditcard that gives us airmiles - and double miles at some stores. while it's never been enough for a flight, there is usually enough for free grocery shopping twice a year.

there's a german saying : "kleinvieh macht auch mist" - english "small animals will give you manure too". hbg

Yes, indeed they can! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all will work out. I've only started signing up for about 10 days now. So, it's way too early to tell how it's going to go. It takes a while for these companies to get your details in their databases.

morning, reyn. have to thank you for introducing me to Stan's chess site. i'm not getting quite as many games as i'd like, but the results have been pretty good other wise. i noticed lmur asking about openings--he might be interested to know i found a fellow who actually plays the Sokolsky opening, aka Polish opening. i've challenged him, so hope he accepts.

Hi, Ian. Yeah, until a player gets his rating established after 25 games, sometimes it's hard to get games. You should try to put a couple in Challenge Central.

I know very little about openings. I just mainly play for the fun of it.

the sokolsky is 1 b4 by white. some famous players have used it, but it's never caught on. i'm no opening expert either, i just try to survive it.

and about this "provisional" thing, once i get to 25 games, i may refuse to play anyone who's not provisional, except for people who played me when i was provisional, like yourself.

In Challenge Central, you have the option to use the "Double-Acceptance" feature. Read here:

Double-Acceptance
When a Double-Acceptance Challenge is accepted, you then get a chance to Accept or Reject the proposed acceptance. So, a game is not created until you (the challenge creator) approve the proposed acceptance. If you Reject the proposed acceptance, then the Challenge will go back into the Challenge Central list.

You can reject whomever you wish. No games are mandatory.

If you use the "Standard" feature, when challenges are accepted by someone, games are automatically created.

Of course when you privately challenge someone, like you did, that person always has the option to decline.

Hope that answers your question.

reyn, thanks for the info. i've picked up a couple of opponents today so things are looking up.

hey rain what's for brekkies?

Some kind of egg that doesn't hate me, I'm sure.

An egg morning of some kind, I believe....

Hi Reyn , this is the first time I have read your topic and I am really surprised at the number of replying in your topic . You seem to be an attractive user here . So why do you have such charisma ? Do you know ? I don't know because my English is not good ,sometimes I don't understand what you guys are talking about , moreover i haven't read enough 9 pages here .Yeah , too many pages to read in a short time

Hello Silver. It's nice to see someone here from Vietnam. You might very well be the first from that country.

No, I don't think I have charisma. I think folks just like the casual chat about various things.

If you read the first 10 pages, you'll get more of an idea what I'm all about.

Anyways, it's always nice to see a new face. Welcome to A2K. I hope you enjoy your stay here.

Has anybody seen this man's face lately?



I've missed him somewhere along the line.....

The galute from Texas has little to say lately.

You, too, eh? I've got the same bug, more or less.

I've been debating with myself whether to pack it in here and play more chess or not.