There is no student debt, no credit card bills, no car or house payments for me to worry about. I just want to enjoy the time I have left and go fishing, drink a decent whisky and relax.
Keep fighting the good fight. You and your families are in my prayers and I wish everyone the best. Even Laz and Gunner. /smile
Till we meet again.
EQ
Congrats on your stellar job raising your offspring, and do enjoy your time with the missus, you both have earned it.
But you’ll be back. They always come back...
Good luck in the future. Happy trails to you. I have contemplated doing the same thing in the near future. It’s been a great 20 years.
Maker’s Mark
I certainly understand the sentiment.
I have come to the conclusion that we are in a period quite like the prophetical books of the Older Testament.... I just don’t think that God is calling me to a thing like the prophets, where He said “you PUBLICLY AND REPEATEDLY proclaim it, but they are not going to listen.”
I see two rxns to the PUBLIC message that a collapse is certain and coming, likely in the form of destruction, misery, and the extirmination of MOST of the USA and the west:
1) Hatred, vituperation, scorn, rejection and hostility from the wokists, and their bobble head “middle ground” people
2) (more disturbing)... a skirt swishing indignation consisting of mostly “HOW DARE YOU SAY THESE THINGS ABOUT OUR GREAT AND GLORIOUS NATION?” “you must be a closet commie” “we might be bad but we aren’t as bad as the rest of the world” “if Christians weren’t so _______ (you fill in the blank) the USA would once again be glorious” and of course (with a tip of the hat to Sean Hannity “it is because you aren’t VOTING”
Those two are social media today. Why would I want a steady diet of that?
I find that it is only when I am not immersed in all that and am in fact reading the bible that I can see more clearly my citizenship in a short lived, wicked, apostate, heritage rejecting, loyalty confused, bible ignorant, materialistic, proud, arrogant, pathetic populace, and how it infects me, can be more properly evaluated. I am assured of another more lasting citizenship and can smile at the fear.
Nations come and go. COULD God restore us or at least have mercy and not wipe us out in a horrendous collapse? Of course.
I see no reasons to assume that is coming, though. We clearly have the majority of the nation which loves death, debt debauchery and idolatry.
“Elections” are not so much a vehicle to ensure freedom, select governments, and set the course of a nation, as they are to be a snapshot of the relative wisdom and foolishness of a peoples. 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012,.... 2020 and now 2022 are a pounding, boldface, 17000 decibel, underlined flashing HTML font announcement that we are beyond rescuing. They are one portent after another of a catastrophic end to life as we know it.... call that drama queen crap if you like (won’t be the first time I have heard it). We are not going to vote ourselves out of this.
All is lost, yet all is NOT lost. I have a different citizenship and have zero interest wailing and/or interacting to those whose foundation is firmly fixed on quicksand.
The collapse of the west will not be the abandonment of the world to savagery, murder, totalitarianism and barbarism, though that may appear to be. Wealth will vaporize, but much will be transferred to new parties. Freedom is embedded in the heart of man, and eventually the fools who insist on standing culture, economics and faith on their heads will die. Maybe wisdom will be in vogue again then.
Nothing left but to wait for it to burn, and sit tight to help pick up the pieces and reconstruct. I don’t need a steady diet of social media to plan that.
Your Mileage May Vary
Good Luck to you.
FRs loss, but it is your gain to unplug from the mess for awhile. Best to you and yours...
When I die then I’ll relax but until then I keep on digging just to stay in the game of life outside an assisted living facility or nursing home. I suspect you’ll get bored real quick.
I’m finding it hard to “log in” /s these days.
I don’t want to get my face shoved in it anymore.
All the misleading articles and positive comments (including mine) that turned out to be LIES!
The George H. W. Bush election or the Trump 2020 election all over again .
“we’re WINNING! A Red Tsunami! Up to 80 House seats and 10 Senate seats” BULLSHIRT!
WE got ME!
I have said that not in 2024, (that’s too late) but, in THIS election 2022, we didn’t regain control of BOTH the House AND Senate, this nation is OVER, FINISHED, GONE, KAPUT, ENDED. The “great experiment” FAILED!
HALF a win (a weak half at that) is a LOSS! It’s not enough.
So I can relate. Already retired, Social Security and some savings, livin’ the life here in the woods. What the government does, doesn’t really affect us much. I ignore the laws I don’t like and adapt to those that do affect me. Gas prices etc.
Sorry for the rest of you, but stick a fork in it, this nation is DONE!
I dont blame you.
Anymore there is never a hiatus between elections. Constant primaries and elections.
I don’t blame you one bit for needing to have time away from the clutter. Things look to be ugly coming. I am also worn with it.
Enjoy yourself and your family as best you can.
Well if McCarthy let’s me down, I’ll take a break from voting Republican except for the local town board elections. I am so sick of these leaders that don’t lead.
Democrats must be ecstatic, their leaders truly do lead, they deliver for the Left. They fight tooth and nail, they hold hearings and destroy their enemies, they implement leftist policies. The GOP, quivers in fer.
That OPUS was WEAK!!!
I enjoy most exchanges with FReepers.
I do wish the RINOs, DU provocateurs, and Deep State trolls would leave, of course.
Stay safe, and keep your powder dry.
All the best to you, EQ... God bless.
Don’t be too handy. Friends and family find out you’re retired and have skills tend to find you work.
My youngest bought a salvage 2014 Expedition and had it delivered to my place for me to straighten the frame and unbody, replace all damaged parts, replace timing chains and sprockets. Got it done, (I don’t do paint), and he sold it 6 months later. This week its yank the airmatic struts from his 2015 Mercedes gl450, and install coil-over struts (that rig has been a maintenence pig).
I should sell all my tools, welders, acetylene torch, etc and tell everyone I’m on strike permanently. The ‘retirement’ pay is horrible.
Have fun, sir!
We became empty nesters 9 years ago when we moved the nest, and the last one fledged! I can’t tell you what a blessing it is to watch your children grow up, and begin to handle their lives in earnest, while you watch, and guide only when absolutely necessary. Otherwise, hands off, and enjoy your empty nest! We have grown so much closer in these nine years. Same age as you but not ready to retire (thanks Burden!), but will be at it a few more years just to make sure we are really ready when the time comes. We wish you all the best, and do hope that you will return after a sabbatical.
Can’t say as I blame you.
Good Luck! Try turning your phone off as well. Perhaps for a few hours a day. Also, do you really need as much TV (if you do view it). My wife and I have been retired for some time and we are down to watching movies on DVD, which we own or rent from Netflix. No network shows or anything that can have politics sneak in. I understand walking away from FR for a while. It is my last indulgence in politics. I should stay away for most of the time and perhaps review for an hour or two a day just to catch up. Again, peace and tranquility to you and your wife. May you truly learn to appreciate the time that the Lord has given you.
I took a break after a personal tragedy last year. Sometimes it’s needed and I pray this break brings you what you need!
Regards!
Best wishes for a great retirement