tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post8067431623759536730..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Gotta Live Like Auntie MameAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-10692044503563411022011-02-27T00:25:39.568-05:002011-02-27T00:25:39.568-05:00I am nearing retirement age, and I have been worki...I am nearing retirement age, and I have been working in a physically demanding job for 36 years. My hands hurt all the time now. I won't make it working forever. <br />My suggestion is that when we are at the end of our rope, we knock on the door of one of those 2% at the top, suitcase in hand, and say, "I'm moving in. You took my retirement money, now you're stuck with me." If one person does it, as Arlo Guthrie says, they'll think he's crazy, if three do it, they'll think it's an organization, and if fifty people do it, they'll think it's a movement....kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-3236273610242206982011-02-23T13:21:23.992-05:002011-02-23T13:21:23.992-05:00Thx for the advice. That makes me feel a little be...Thx for the advice. That makes me feel a little better about having to pull from my retirement money to survive the last 2 years (at least until I have to pay taxes on it in April). :)Gruvkittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667411138724801816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-88365205426003908162011-02-23T12:59:01.631-05:002011-02-23T12:59:01.631-05:00Great idea! Especially since, if we keep pretendin...Great idea! Especially since, if we keep pretending that global warming is a hoax or a scam or whatever, we may all drown before we get a chance to retire!Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-79271213306340282312011-02-22T23:33:49.358-05:002011-02-22T23:33:49.358-05:00retirement is not all it's cracked up to be.retirement is not all it's cracked up to be.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-44305561506271335532011-02-22T21:41:44.275-05:002011-02-22T21:41:44.275-05:00Slackers rule!Slackers rule!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-67756535024625309952011-02-22T19:48:12.209-05:002011-02-22T19:48:12.209-05:00I second that.
I got asked a few weeks ago if I e...I second that.<br /><br />I got asked a few weeks ago if I ever plan for retirement. I wanted to say, "Are you KIDDING? Retirement won't EXIST when I'm over 50." Hell, I doubt it'll exist when I'm over 40 (I'm 32).Jennifernoreply@blogger.com