I've never met anyone who resembles a family member, but there's a guy on a tv commercial that is a dead ringer for one of my younger brothers. I guess there are only so many variations...
Great, Lon. He looks good for that age, and looks to be fit and dapper. With a physique like mine, I may look (I hope) like that (if I make it that far). Say hello for me, and he has a look-alike living in Virginia.
Linda lives to the right of me and we visit frequently. Another widow (99 year old Evelyn lives in the apartment on my left. Evelyn is not in the picture as she was inside at the dining room.
I like that visitors to a facility like Lon's are required to follow public health guidance, especially while the pandemic is not yet over. Good for the facility for being cautious and protective.
I had to give up driving four years ago because of my legs. I sure miss it. The residents that have cars and still drive are in assisted living for medical conditions that don't affect their driving.
I find it interesting that--with all this COVID stuff going on--residents are permitted to go off-campus and then return to the facility. I would have thought things would be tightly sealed-up. Of course, employees are free to roam, so I guess there's no difference. That being said, I sure would miss driving. You know, Lon, my neighbor's wife is in her 60s, and has never been behind the wheel. She [obviously] has never had a driver's license. This is in a rural county that was REALLY rural when she was growing up, not someone who has lived in Manhattan her entire life.
Residents are required to leave and return the premises wearing a mask. It's been that way since the begining.
My mother was the same; never had a driver's license and she died at 76 over 20 years ago. Lon, we all envy something that others can do or have that we cannot. Sorry you are missing driving but people are so crazy nowadays that you are probably better off.
We convinced my mother at 95 to give up her car. Not because she had trouble driving (she was a great driver with good eyesight and excellent reflexes) but because traffic had gotten so horrible in her area. We trusted HER....it was everyone else we feared.
The woman next door is probably 65 or so. Does anyone here have any contemporaries who do not drive? I don't think I know anyone of our generation (besides my neighbour) who does not drive. You got Lon who--as many of us would--really misses the experience, and others--like my neighbor--who apparently never had an interest in it. It's not unAmerican, but it feels nonAmerican these days. I think we have a member here who lives in England who does not drive...or maybe that person just does not own a car. I kinda recall that being mentioned...I think.
I can't think of anyone I know from my generation who doesn't drive, other than one person here in town. She worked for the town office and lived only a block or so away, so I guess she never saw the need to drive. It seems odd to me, though.
@Lon Tanner - driving does bring a feeling of independence, but much has changed and would cause you much stress. We have crazy people out on the roads and many do not mind running over you.