All of us on here are doing the right thing!

Yes!!!

Must tell DH that. He thinks I spend too much time on here. Makes sense really.

jings you are only on here because you are aware that looking after your own health will benefit the whole family, think of it as preventative medicine

Heaven only knows that you would probably be rather doing housework etc, but you are making this sacrifice for their sakes.

Absolutely right.

Yeay ! a license to play ?

Brilliant !! I do sometimes struggle with the correct word when speaking, but somewhere like here it doesn't matter - I have time to use the thesaurus .
Instead of finding a reference in a book I just google questions now, and learn so much more because that takes me off on a tangent to learn other things.
I haven't tried internet games yet (soduku, crosswords) but I know they're there at a click.

Go for it !

My trouble is that my arms start twinging if I am knitting or if I am on the computer keyboard. Is there an alternative?

Nellie why not use an ipad its not so hard on the arms .

Oh Lord! I do hope so, considering how much time I spend on mine!

These days this is all my DH thinks I do! ? He doesn't see all the other stuff, cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing etc. I can see the value in computing.

Yes! This is so true, it keeps our brains active, though if you spend as much time on here as I do, then it doesn't do much for our bums! grin

And the political threads give the old blood pressure a bit of a workout!

though if you spend as much time on here as I do, then it doesn't do much for our bums! grin
Or our tums

So silver surfers in their 70's in their 70s are 42 per cent less likely to develop the mental problems which precede dementia. And knitting reduces the risk of memory problems by 16 per cent. I do both.... does that mean my risk is reduced by 58%? .

Apparently it doesn't prevent us stuttering....