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1 posted on 05/15/2026 10:47:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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This fellow is a remarkable individual.

Definition of Socialists is people who want everything you have, except your job.

They could learn a lot from this fellow.

2 posted on 05/15/2026 10:55:04 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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I like that story. It’s good to have work you like in your twilight years. It doesn’t become work.


3 posted on 05/15/2026 11:00:16 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He spent a week hunting a mammoth, just because I said I was hungry. He's such a good friend. )
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There was a story some years ago about a decorated Air Ace who was a janitor at the Air Force Academy, and what happened when one of the cadets found out about his past. Not sure if it was true.


4 posted on 05/15/2026 11:24:17 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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(handyman)

James Taylor?


5 posted on 05/15/2026 11:25:59 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Something I did during some of MI’s worst recessions since Y2k was to mow fairways at two of the nicest resort-style public golf courses within 7 or 8 miles of home. It was exhilarating to be running along on an $80K Jacobsen or Toro fairway mower at 5:30-6 o’clock in the morning making my cuts and patterns at sunrise and all morning long. However, after lunch there was some manual labor but an 8-hour day meant I could be home by 2:30 in the afternoon, which was nice.


6 posted on 05/16/2026 1:45:59 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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"I was just hanging out with the cat, and it was a little lonely," White said.

He doesn't understand. His job is to serve the cat, and provide for its every need.

If he's lonely, he needs more cats.

15 posted on 05/16/2026 4:43:01 AM PDT by Fresh Wind
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Kind of like a thieving Minnesomalia governor leaving his throne to become a vendor who goes around keeping the tampon machines full in men’s and boy’s toilets and locker rooms.


17 posted on 05/16/2026 5:28:38 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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He’s done the right thing the so called golden years are in truth rust.

Some friends that retired didn’t live long after it the ones that kept on the move are still alive.


18 posted on 05/16/2026 6:15:28 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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Retirement is highly underrated.


19 posted on 05/16/2026 6:33:22 AM PDT by Glennb51
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A colleague who was from a wealthy part of South Florida said retired corporate executives and entrepreneurs living in living in multi-million dollar homes would drive up to grocery stores in their luxury cars to put in shifts bagging groceries.

Kept them on their feet, active and around people.

20 posted on 05/16/2026 6:49:47 AM PDT by fso301
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24 posted on 05/16/2026 9:40:24 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter in)
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When I first retired I was bored but as time passed I found things to do. Recently I was at a doctors office and the older lady who checked me in and I started to talk about retirement and it turned out she had but was bored and went back to work.

I said I could remember the break times and what everyone was doing during the day and she responded that I soon forgot which I responded yes as I was doing something I liked.

Keep busy and walking or at least have a treadmill or exercise bike (fixed arm) and do stretches to keep the body & nerves working.


30 posted on 05/17/2026 1:08:53 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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