Why do retired people constantly gloat?

[Crepitus]

Knock on wood, I've been lucky as far as my frame goes. Still skiing 52 years and counting. Internally, things happen on occasion.

Nice!

I still try occasionally.

It's still more falling than skiing though, lol.

 

[JohnDB]

they operated on mine years ago

it gives out now & then

i just pretend to tie my shoe...... ~S~

Yeah....I don't need the cane all the time..
Just occasionally and never when I expect it. So I was not looking for one that is metal tube that looks completely sterile industrial medical with stabilizers....but....one with character and style. No cut glass or ostentatious crap....but maybe some ornamental brass in the handle. Dunno. Something that can be passed off as just an accessory instead of a necessity.
Boots usually help most of the time....but dress shoes are problematic.

 

[Concerned American]

Go you

I'm sure you know it's a bit of a hazardous sport CA

~S~

LOL, Only if you fall down. Just went yesterday and I'll probably go up tomorrow as well, gotta make that season pass pay for itself.

 

[Kruska]

I've had the left knee worked on once and the right twice, so I feel ya there.

But I'm not even 60 yet and I'm bored. Most of my friends still have to work.

You guys should all head for retirement Take me as an example, never worked a day in my Life and never felt better at 64

 

[Crepitus]

You guys should all head for retirement Take me as an example, never worked a day in my Life and never felt better at 64

I am retired, have been for almost two years now. I'm 57 BTW.

 

[JohnDB]

I've had the left knee worked on once and the right twice, so I feel ya there.

But I'm not even 60 yet and I'm bored. Most of my friends still have to work.

Knees have come a LOOOOONG way....now multiple sizes adjusted for your specific size, better components for long lasting use between replacements and easier to replace wear surfaces in the artificial joint. (Minor surgery).

Ankles? Nada. Everything is experimental and with high failure rates. And they remove your foot when it fails. ( 50% of the time)

I got some time yet....my knee still works well enough before I get it replaced. Ankle is going to be a lost cause eventually....but while I can I'm just doing what I can. Including baking for family and friends. Wiring up whatever.

 

[sparky]

So I was not looking for one that is metal tube that looks completely sterile industrial medical with stabilizers....but....one with character and style

something to flog the apprentices comes to mind John......~S~

 

[Concerned American]

something to flog the apprentices comes to mind John......~S~

Do you guys still send them to the store for a box of ohms?

 

[sparky]

I am retired, have been for almost two years now. I'm 57 BTW.

67, worked since i has a paper route in the 60's, over 4 decades in construction, and i built my farm which is some sort of retirement delusion.......~S~

 

[sparky]

Do you guys still send them to the store for a box of ohms?

or the wire stretcher...... ~S~

 

[JohnDB]

something to flog the apprentices comes to mind John......~S~

That's what my boots are for....to assist them up the ladder

 

[JohnDB]

or the wire stretcher...... ~S~

Sending the apprentice off to the supply conex for a box of 120V ohms....on foot.
So when he gets there they send him to another conex.....who then sends him off to third one.

When the foreman comes by I tell him that I sent the apprentice off for some quarter-20 nuts and ain't see him for an hour.

 

[sparky]

Sending the apprentice off to the supply conex for a box of 120V ohms....on foot.
So when he gets there they send him to another conex.....who then sends him off to third one.

When the foreman comes by I tell him that I sent the apprentice off for some quarter-20 nuts and ain't see him for an hour.

Eventually the apprentice shows up with the wrong sh*t, and a confused look

Which is when we send him up into the attic, or crawlspace rathole to look for the buried junction box

honestly, the trades would render most Human resource managers cryin' themselves to sleep at night John....... ~S~

 

[Zincwarrior]

From ARFCOM:

They gotta bring it up in every subject possible.

"Snow doesn't matter when you're retired."

"I read a lot of books since I'm retired."

"My sex life really didn't improve once I retired."

"I can't imagine having to go to work tomorrow because I'm retired."

Total non-sequitur shit, allllll the time.

Big fucking deal, you sit at home and play solitaire and shitpost on ARFCOM because you don't have anything productive going on in your life. I get it, but I don't care. I'm not happy for you, I don't feel bad for you, but I'm pretty indifferent about your employment status.
Meh, I stopped caring about gloating people once I retired.

One thing is correct, I don't worry about snow removal so much now.

I didn't bother with cleaning the driveways till 0800 this morning from the Sunday night - Monday night snows. There was no place I needed to be so why bother?

The poor slob across the street shoveled his twice.....Oh well, he's young, it's good for him.

Cut them of from Social Security and Medicare. Lets see how long these welfare queens gloat..

 

[Leo123]

From ARFCOM:

They gotta bring it up in every subject possible.

"Snow doesn't matter when you're retired."

"I read a lot of books since I'm retired."

"My sex life really didn't improve once I retired."

"I can't imagine having to go to work tomorrow because I'm retired."

Total non-sequitur shit, allllll the time.

Big fucking deal, you sit at home and play solitaire and shitpost on ARFCOM because you don't have anything productive going on in your life. I get it, but I don't care. I'm not happy for you, I don't feel bad for you, but I'm pretty indifferent about your employment status.
Meh, I stopped caring about gloating people once I retired.

One thing is correct, I don't worry about snow removal so much now.

I didn't bother with cleaning the driveways till 0800 this morning from the Sunday night - Monday night snows. There was no place I needed to be so why bother?

The poor slob across the street shoveled his twice.....Oh well, he's young, it's good for him.

Since I retired, I'm broke.

 

[Leo123]

Cut them of from Social Security and Medicare. Lets see how long these welfare queens gloat..

SS is such a ripoff. They took a chunk of my wages for 50 years and gave back a pittance.

 

[Winco]

I actually wear a watch more often but that's because I go to casinos more.

Did someone say "Casino"




We have LEGAL sports betting in WA Casinos.

I got a 4 team parlay starting with tOSU, Ravens, Bills, and finally Eagles.
ALL on the money line.
No worrying about the spread, but doesn't pay nearly as well.

 

[Crepitus]

Cut them of from Social Security and Medicare. Lets see how long these welfare queens gloat..

I'm not on either. Won't pull SS until I'm fully vested in 10 years.

 

[1srelluc]

Cut them of from Social Security and Medicare. Lets see how long these welfare queens gloat..

Well, my answer to that is.....Fuck You, Pay Me.

The .gov damn sure stole and pissed away what I could have been saving/investing with for 50 damn years.

 

[the watcher]

I live in Virginia, and commuted for 40 years, 30 as an electrical O@M manager, and the commute got worse every year and was actually worse than the actual job but you do what you need to do. I worked out of local 26 and went to work when I was 25 for a water authority when I was 25, the wife made me stick to it and we struggled through the wages but mad it through, and she made it possible to retire at 55. She worked for the county and retired there too. I was bored with fishing ( gas was $.99 gallon then and found every rock pile in the Potomac), and went to work at Quantico Cemetery for exercise and to control my weight. Then went to work at parks and rec to be outside. I think if you retire you think of yourself as some kind of survivor, and it's not something you should apologize for, but not something to gloat about. I think that's irritating to people, but retirees are just people, some are assholes and some aren't.