When Lockdown Ends - What next?

It is unlikely that it will be practical for me to travel to my native UK for months to come yet.  But when I do, I would definitely like to arrange some meetups. But until that visit actually happens, i could definitely do with a few more PM communications. In that way, it should be possible for you to glimpse whether there are likely to be any major incompatibility issues, well before I get over there. I'm in no great hurry anyway. and there is nothing much developing here, despite my numerous attempts to contact like-minded people. (They definitely exist, but are obviously totally inured to a very solitary existence.) I've been an expatriate for decades. I am almost half a world away from the UK, in a country that prides itself on its 'friendliness', but which is a bit lacking in communicating that sometimes.

For all my considerable experience of isolation, I am still not particularly comfortable with it.. i am very aware that many of the people I previously associated with the UK are likely now to be either diagnosed, self-identified, or still not yet aware. So it is not like I have just woken up to this issue. I realised something decades ago, but still reckon that I am not entirely incompatible with others. I reckon I have considerable empathy with people who might be termed both NT and ND. OK, I am sure I am as full  of contradictions as both of those (perhaps rather tentative) stereotypes.; but they are still stereotypes that i am never likely to fully buy into.

Frankly, my solitary existence for many many years has left me finding lock-down a comparatively easy exercise; and yet I still feel increasingly isolated (in a negative sense).

As i still have supportive family in the UK, I would probably find it easier to communicate with folks in the' vicinity' of Somerset and Devon. It's still an area i really like, and I'm still quite well-informed about living and working in that area. I've been over there a few times in  recent years; and each time i have found it more than agreeable. ;-) I am also interested in updating my skills and beginning some form of third age employment. So people with exchangeable craft and social skills would be favored. (But with broad inclusivity definitely in mind, I'm pretty sure that would cover almost everyone who posts here.)

I won't re-introduce myself here, since my previous posts should be quite informative. (Previous PM respondents are definitely welcome.) I find this a constructive forum, with a lot of  enjoyable posts.

I'm sort of aware that my posts often end up being the 'kiss of string death' on topics here; but that might just only be because I usually post quite late. Constructive comments on posting behaviour are also welcome, however! ;-) Perhaps I am a lot more anti-social than I've ever realised; I still reckon I am not entirely so, though. Perhaps a bit too verbose!? ;-)

Senor said:

I'm sort of aware that my posts often end up being the 'kiss of string death' on topics here; but that might just only be because I usually post quite late.

( Greetings, Mr SeniorMoment... so that is what it is called - "kiss of string death" (not "kiss of thread death" or something)...! I shall try to remember this Term. I used to get that M'self... I also used to get what I called "First Post Curse" where I posted first and then that Thread just dropped away into obscurity / was copied by someone else. But the less I post, the less I get that, imagine that. (!)

As far as I recall You have been here longer than Me, so I would be glad for You to get the PMs You ask for. I always like to see continuity, so Good Fortune to You from Me. (Sorry I cannot really think of anything else to say apart from that.) )

Cheers! Some of that is just my idea of humor. I don't actually take too many things at all seriously.

Cheers! Some of that is just my idea of humor. I don't actually take too many things at all seriously.