God gives the human body extra energy and durability during those years so you can handle it. I'm so thankful that Reagan was president by the time I turned 30 so I actually got to keep some of what I had worked for.
That ass Carter was president when I turned 20 and we did what we had to do to keep our heads above water at that time. Low paying jobs were at least available then. Now, Carter on 'roids is working to destroy those jobs along with all of the others.
And, yes, I don't feel sorry for the lazy thumbsuckers who voted for this sh*t, but a third of them (including all my kids) did not and they are suffering too.
Like you, I intend to stick around for as long as I am physically able to work.
I strongly feel that you and I have trodden the same path.
Thank you vigilanteman.
Your kindness and understanding is appreciated.
Same here. To pay my way through college I worked 3 part-time jobs with a full daytime class load in computer science. It didn’t even occur to me to get college loan.
Today students are dangled easy credit terms, with no interest and no principal due before graduation. Colleges encourage over-applying (for cost-of-living — room and board, transportation, food, etc). The kids think it’s free money. It creates a handout mentality.
Like you, I too hit my 20’ s when Carter was president.
The difference is we did not grow up with everything we asked for. We learned that if you wanted something we had to find a way to make money to buy it.
I cut grass at 10 had paper route at 14 and drove a forklift for old crotchety Anderson on his lumber yard at 16. By 17 I had joined the army and realized life was a bitch. I am now in my 50s my home is paid for and I have no debt.
All Thanks to a work ethic I learned at a young age not some government program or snot nosed Muslim from Chicago.