It's Good To Be Retired

[Billy_Kinetta]

Have you guys ever heard of self control and not being a part of the inanity in the first place?

Yes. I have never had a Twitter or Facebook account, and never will.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Suckers. I don't have to retire. I live off the government. I just used my EBT card to buy liquor. If I have anything left on the card I might even buy enough milk for at least 6 of my 14 children.

Why didn't you just snuff out half of them before birth isnt that one of your Commandments??

 

[initforme]

One way to beat the god awful rat race....retire early. Max out roth's every year from your first real job. Bingo.

 

[Gdjjr]

Life is hard don't cry it won't help.

I agree with you sorta- lots of folks have made millions crying, publicly (think music)-and some have made a lot of money just writing about grief- think Harlan Coben and Nicholas Sparks, both of whom have had tear jerker movies (chick flicks) made based on stories they've written- things can manifest themselves in ways unimaginable-

I just posted on a different message board ( an acoustic guitar forum) to a guy who was crying, kind of, because he was trying to re-arrange a song from a piano tune to a guitar format- but, the song really depressed him- he's as old as I am (73)- I allowed as how grieving is good therapy- re-arranging, or writing about an emotion, with emotion, is great therapy- necessity (grieving is btw) is a mother of invention- he once posted a sketch of a girl he had dated a long time ago, which tripped my nostalgia button and inspired me to write, Janet- a song about a girl I knew when I was 15 that I had a tremendous crush on, and still do in my mind, so I grieve (cry) about it in song- I've written a number of very emotional songs and it is my best- to date- and, I'm rearranging, It Gets Easier, by Willie Nelson- it's about getting older- I'm re-arranging it to fit my need, to grieve, about getting older- my need- his fits the song, for him, it will fit me when I get it right- for me- and I will feel better.

That someone else (on social media or the press) does it for you or about you isn't grieving, or crying- it's wanting attention- and most of us want attention- the problem with that is, you don't often get the attention you are craving-

 

[whitehall]

Wow, you can get away with robbery or burglary but there is no statute of limitations on ten year old slurs against the gay community. McCarthy blacklisting lives. Welcome to the democrat socialist revolution.