Annual Inspection
By Vivenda
@Vivenda (583)
Portsmouth, England
August 8, 2016 7:24am CST
Well, friends, I shall not be around for the next couple of days. My mother is coming to make her annual inspection!
I’m kidding about the inspection bit. My mum is 95 years young and fiercely independent. Heck, she still goes to the gym once a week! She lives about an hour west along the coast from us, and we haven’t seen her for too long a time because of other family problems. It will be great to have her here and spoil her for the next two days.
My mother has always made me feel challenged. She started work on the 1930s equivalent of A Level, got her OND Mechanical Engineering during WW2 (and I’ve seldom seen her without a screwdriver in her handbag since) and was on the Board of an electro-plating company at the zenith of her career. Many women rise to greater heights today, but she was very unusual for her generation.
The internet has been her Nemesis, however. She’s terrified of it. In a way, we’re quite relieved about this. While her equally successful elder brother was still alive, he was more adventurous in this line, and Rik was always being called in to sort out problems on Sid’s PC!
Anyway, must put the finishing touches to her bedroom now. See you all in a couple of days’ time!
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
8 Aug 16
How wonderful. Enjoy your time with your mom. What an interesting life.
My mother-in-law is 94. She has some health problems. It's interesting to talk to people who remember so much of the 20th century. She also is mechanically inclined but can no longer physically do much of what once came so easily to her.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
8 Aug 16
@Vivenda I am indeed an ex-Bubbler. Left in early 2015 before they crashed and burned. Went to Persona Papers. A nice little community which still exists.
Glad your mom is doing better.
Unfortunately, my mother-in-law is becoming more frail. Her mother lived to 103, though, so I'm sure there's some fight in her.
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
8 Aug 16
How wonderful that she is still alive and well. I know people much younger than she is that are afraid of the internet. Have a wonderful visit.
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@Vivenda (583)
• Portsmouth, England
8 Aug 16
Thank you, Heather. It really annoys my mum at one level that she can't receive emails, for example, but she's heard about all the hoaxes and scams, and they've got her running scared. Obviously, a healthy caution is always a good thing!
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Aug 16
That will be an interesting visit, I'm sure. Glad to hear she is still in good health.
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