Daytripping September-October 2021 Issue

TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME
If You “Start Me Up” I’ll Never Stop
I’ve been thinking a lot about
retirement lately. Not my own – I don’t
think that’s in the cards for a while, or
ever perhaps – but the topic has been
popping up more often than a vaccine
debate. (Okay, you’re right, nothing pops
up more often than a vaccine debate.)
It seems to me that there are
two types of retirees, those who are
incapable of sitting still and must find
some way to be productive, and those
who feel they’ve earned the right to golf
and read and relax and do no more than
they must. There is no right or wrong,
but I don’t find too many that fit into
that latter category unless or until they
have to. Almost everything is productive
when you think about it. Golfing is
good exercise (and constantly reminds
you that you’re not perfect), reading
is good for the mind, travelling is full
of experiences. It’s pretty hard to do
nothing at all.
We have a bunch of great folks that
deliver the Daytrippers once they’re
printed. It’s only one day every few
months but there has been a steady
line up of interested drivers for over two
decades, and they’re almost all retirees.
The average age is probably 70... I’m
expecting Joe Biden to call for a job
any day now. They get paid of course,
but the money isn’t their incentive -
it’s purpose. Most people want or need
purpose in life – they want to feel that
they’ve accomplished something at the
end of the day. They need a reason to
wake up in the morning. Bringing the
Daytripper from town to town isn’t a
bad way to spend the day, but there are
many others.
A friend asked me for advice last week
because he is retiring in the coming years
and wants to spend his time encouraging
the “electrification of transportation.”
Yeah, I had to think about that one
too! He wants to encourage people,
businesses and industries to switch over
to electric vehicles. It’s what he feels will
do the most to help the planet. That is
such an admirable goal. All this time I’ve
been thinking about being the next Mick
Jagger... a lofty and unlikely career move,
but equally challenging I think. I’d settle
for being the next Cliff Erickson, a local
guitar/vocal legend.
Another friend I spoke with retired
from the police force last year, but went
right back to work in a related capacity
because help was needed organizing the
battle against COVID-19. He’s just now
about to enter the world of retirement
and is pretty sure that he’ll want to do
next to nothing. We’ll see.
What really brought this to mind
though is the current struggle to find
employees. Would you like a job? I
don’t mean with Daytripping, I mean
anywhere. There are help wanted signs
everywhere these days. Some restaurants
have had to close on certain days due to
the lack of staff. Family run businesses
that usually have some additional staff
are having to do it all on their own, and
they’re getting worn out. For all the
retirees out there, I’m serious –- would
you like a job? We have an amazing
in Southwestern Ontario
work force out there among our retired
population, with folks that want to work,
just not too much. This is the perfect time
if you want to put in a few hours a week
somewhere. You’ll learn something new,
or teach them a few things, and your
time will really be valuable. You have
experience, you’re reliable and you grew
up with a work ethic that I’m guessing
outshines that of your grandkids.
Something else that brought this
topic to my mind is the passing of Ruth
Sharon at the age of 97. Ruth lived
outside of Windsor and was renowned
as “The Cookbook Lady.” Her columns
have been in each issue of Daytripping
for years as well as many other
publications. She spent years teaching
people to cook on stages and in person,
published numerous cookbooks and
helped many organizations publish
their own cookbooks as fundraisers. But
this was all after the age at which most
people retire. Before that Ruth travelled
extensively as a buyer for a chain of
stores, owned a beauty salon and was a
teacher at St. Clair College. She just never
stopped, and most of her work later in
life was out of the goodness of her heart.
As you may know, Daytripping is
largely written by our readers, people just
like you, and many of them were never
published until they were well into their
50’s, 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s. I’ve seen
first hand many times how something
like this can add a new and unexpected
chapter to a person’s life, to become an
unforgettable and rewarding experience.
Then there’s my wife Maggie. She’s
eligible to retire after 30 years of teaching
and may want me to spend some of that
time with her. She has no immediate
post retirement plans but I rest assured
that she’ll find a new calling (or she’ll be
calling me to come home from work).
On a sidenote, imagine for a moment
what you’d want to do with your time if
you won a ridiculous amount of money
– $100 million let’s say. More than you
could possible spend. Then ask yourself,
what is stopping you from doing that
now?
There’s a part of me that can’t wait
to retire, but only so that I can go on to do
other things. I did take the first step this
past year by starting a post retirement
publication. It’s a seniors magazine (go
figure) called Welcome To The Club, and
it features articles from over 25 years
of Daytripping archives. Daytripping
is too successful and too rewarding to
not continue, but we do have a lifestyle
change planned for it as well. Beginning
in 2022 there will be three issues/year
instead of five, with the first one coming
out in mid-April. Being forced to slow
down during the pandemic played a
hand in this decision – it turns out that
“not working” isn’t the worst thing in the
world (vaccine debates are!)
With a bit of luck, this will give me
more time to practice guitar, write hit
songs and connect with Mr. Jagger. Wish
me luck and I’ll do the same for you! I
think I’ll go buy a lottery ticket now.
Thanks for reading,
Mark Moran, Publisher
Daytripping Features
Daytripper’s Directory Pullout Map..........15-18
“Where You Should Eat” List...........................19
Tourism Contact Information..........................17
2021 Photo Contest...........................................2
S.W. Ontario’s (Largest?) EVENTS List............. 37
Antique Tours..............................................32,56
Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Farm Markets......43,44,45
Recipes........................................................10,43
Corkscrews & Craft Brews..................................6
On The Covers
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2) Port Stanley Terminal Railway
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