I keep my Cobrahead sharp with one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CQTLJM/
I'm with you, leaflady; there's so much on my to-do list that I don't have the time or patience to sit around and commiserate. Granted, I'm always sitting since I move on wheels, but you get my point. I sit around and work. It's more productive to hammer away at solutions than to agonize endlessly over problems.