This story aired Thursday night on an Indy News Channel.

Great Story...IDK how long the news links stay active.

Carmel, IN Retirement Community Woodworking Shop-WRTV6

Hmmm, I wonder how the food is?  This may have potential. 

I've told the LOML, I'm not leaving this place unless the next one has a bigger workshop!

John

Wonderful, this is really cool. I have proof that staying active in woodworking keeps the mind sharp, not only here on TPW from our seasoned citizens here, but my own father at 85 yrs old is sharp as a tack, and he is healthy, and still woodworking. The mind needs this.

I bet when they presented the plan to the facility to build a wood-shop, they mentioned the benefits of having free furniture repair, and supplying the crafts groups with blank slates to paint on, I could hear the sales pitch now! Fantastic!

The retirement village where my Mom lives has a really nice carpenter's shop. The stuff the fellows make there is really top notch.

The only retirement home around here just offers a duck feeding activity. 

Hopefully, I'll only leave my workshop in a body bag. Feeding ducks is not on my agenda.

i have no plans to leave our house and my shop.  55+ retirement community?  pass.

42 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

just offers a duck feeding activity.

But Gene, how else can they get the necessary ingredient for Duck à l'orange 

Nice idea but did not see any hearing protection or dust collection

When I was fixing to retire several years ago, some coworkers asked me if I was going to move and downsize. I told them I was staying because of my shop. I told them I had built a casket. It was in my shop in cardboard boxes because I didn't want looking at it. When I croaked my wife was to open the box where she would find a hammer, nails and instructions for assembly. She was to put me in the casket, call the backhoe and bury me outside by the front door to my shop. I wasn't leaving.

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice idea but did not see any hearing protection or dust collection

"some safety guards removed for photographic clarity, use all provided safety equipment"

 

or something like that....

4 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice idea but did not see any hearing protection

 

Maybe they're like me and don't want to hear it anymore.

Or, can't hear it anymore.

33 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Or, can't hear it anymore.

I was going to go there, but I figured I better wait till someone up in there years says it first.

10 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Hmmm, I wonder how the food is?  This may have potential. 

It's Carmel Ron...probably 5 star catered meals, wine & cheese bar

49 minutes ago, John Morris said:

I was going to go there, but I figured I better wait till someone up in there years says it first.

Huh? Whatcha say?

Knowing the general community I'd speculate they would thank us for our concern then respectfully remind us they've made it this far in life w/o using hearing protection, safety guards and so forth. They do it for fun and to keep busy and active...just a hunch but reminiscent of an event with my late MIL.

 

She had moved to an assisted living, nursing home after a few falls while living on her own. She was also a Type 2 Diabetic.  During one of our visits my wife took her a bag of butterscotch discs (hard candy) per my MIL's request. I questioned her, "Mary should you really have these with your diabetes?" To which she promptly and firmly replied, "David, I'm 84 y/o...I'll eat whatever I darn well please! Now would you put them in the drawer over there for me?" I never questioned her "snack" requests after that. BTW, besides my mother, my wife, and a great aunt, she was the only one who ever called me David.

 

Anyways, I thought the story was a great public & human interest news story. An enjoyable change to the doom, gloom, politics, and Indy daily murder count.

at a certain point in life, you can listen to advice, and then ignore it.  i'd say the point is somewhere around 70-80.  i'm not there yet, plus i'm married, so i have to listen to advice.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

It's Carmel Ron...probably 5 star catered meals, wine & cheese bar

Works for me