Retirement

Time for new adventures, this is my final week of work before starting a new chapter in my life, retirement. Everyone asks me what I will do, as I never seem to find time for what I want to do now, maybe I will start to catch up.  Like most people with a model aviation hobby, there is a never enough time to build all the airplane kits or plans in your stash. Maybe I will take up another hobby like golf, nothing too dangerous like racing motorcycles on frozen lakes. I was watching this winter, and they were trying to talk me into trying it.

For years it had been my plan to spend more time promoting science projects that are on my website for youth. Sadly it seems there is not much interest in this any longer but I really have not pursued finding interested groups either.  With my model aviation hobby I plan to create more videos. Also I want to get to more model airplane contests for sure.

Working with computers for over 30 years now has been interesting and always changing. My first job after college was mainly computer programming which I really enjoyed, it seemed more creative than what I do now. My current job is more about troubleshooting, and with computers there is plenty of trouble to shoot at. The issues change somewhat over time but there are always new ones. 

My attitude towards technology has changed somewhat over time in that I see the positives and a whole lot of negative also. The Internet has put me contact with a whole lot of interesting people who I would never have known if it wasn’t for the Internet. Negatively I think it has completely ruined the music industry, a lot of printed media, and much of retail. 

The biggest challenge right away will be fixing up a house that is very outdated in several areas. Some of the work I will do but major projects will have to be hired out. Hopefully I will learn much as the project progresses.  I certainly have learned much in constructing all the balsa model airplanes I have built in the last few years. The latest two nearing completion I am rather proud of, this was the first time covering UltraCoat Lite covering and using epoxy paint on the fuselage.

Bill Kuhl

http://www.ideas-inspire.com