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Participant[quote=flyer]Scaredy, thank you so much for enlightening me. LOL.[/quote]
Never had to eat shit climbing your way up the ladder?
The guy cross the street had to sell his house in less than a year. Pilot. Assume he got covid fucked at work. Stretched too far.
Hes like all of us, same dream, same plan except shitty timing.
Participant[quote=flyer]I’ve always felt that we should always be living the lives we want to live–retired or not–and if you’ve realistically determined your finances will last for the duration of your lifetime–that gives even more peace of mind.[/quote]
Haha. Lol. LOL. Loooooool.
Was reading AN UPHEAVAL,chekhov short story earlier today. An upper class wife wrongfully accuses her staff of stealing her jewelry. She searches the young governess’ room and this indignity profoundly disturbs the naive governess.
“Mashenka went into her room, and then, for the first time in her life, , it was her lot to experience in all its acuteness the feeling that is so familiar to persons in dependent positions, who eat the bread of the rich and powerful, and cannot speak their minds. There was a search going on in her room.”
Virtually all of us must for years eat crumbs from the rich and powerful. But even the rich in that story are scrambling…
And our kids too.
Fortunately, we have chekhov to help explain life…
Participant[quote=svelte]That is a great poem!
I’ve already started by list of things I’m gonna do when I retire and don’t have to care what anyone thinks…I don’t really care too much right now but have to keep up appearances to stay employed. 🙂
Maybe I’ll start buying purple clothes. To practice.[/quote]
Poem inspired the red hat society…
ParticipantWarning
Jenny JosephWhen I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.ParticipantWhen i am an old woman i shall wear purple.
Huh. Never avtually read the poem beforr… its kind of a retirement poem.
When i am an old man, i will only wear acid related t shirts.
ParticipantThis articles a bit different. It says that while we think we want early retirement from work, what we might actually need is early retirement from other stuff. I may declare my retirement from driving, reading the news, travel, and showering in the next decade. Also retire from trying to be entertaining, hurrying, and eating out.
“Ironically, it might not even be work that many of us most want to retire from. We might be far keener to retire from, let’s say, late nights, going to the theatre, using social media, holidaying abroad or having sex with new people. Take the idea of announcing ‘early retirement’ from parties. Usually, if someone turns down every invitation and stays at home, they’d be seen as lonely and withdrawn – and probably unfit for human company. But suppose we could say that we’d ‘retired’ from social life; our decision would instantly acquire nobility and prestige. We’d be seen to be giving up not because we couldn’t stand other people or because we were gauche or unpopular. The implication would be that we might have been perfectly capable of making witty conversation over cocktails – but that we had decided we’d done enough of that sort of thing and were going to concentrate instead on deepening our friendships with just two or three people or on learning a new language by ourselves in bed. “
Participant[quote=pencilneck]There happens to be an awesome local discussion group that generally uses School of Life material as a focal point for the conversations.
School of Life is terrific, but it tends to present a particularly strong view from a single narrow viewpoint of a topic. Whether one agrees or disagrees, it provides fertile ground for conversation.
If you’re interested, Google “Thinking While Drinking” The scheduling is done primarily through Meetup.com.
Currently the discussion are primarily online due to covid. I haven’t attended an online conversation. However, I very much enjoyed the in-person conversations I attended. I’m looking forward to them returning.[/quote]
Thnx . I have read almost all of dw bottons books. I would be interested in talking with people who engage with him.
September 20, 2020 at 3:49 PM in reply to: OT Can an HOA do not approved a color scheme in official list? #819726ParticipantYes. Get the rules. Study them! Find all her violations!
ParticipantLawsuits are only as aggressive as u like.
Participant[quote=carlsbadworker]How do we know that rate won’t go up?
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Also, +1 for HLS.[/quote]
Interesting.
But as fed fund rate decreases, there is less room for rising and falling of mortgage rates, which do not appear to ever exceed the fed rate, although the mtg rate oscillates under the fed rate curve.
If the fed rate were very low, the os cillation would become tiny.
Does that change things?
September 19, 2020 at 10:43 AM in reply to: OT Can an HOA do not approved a color scheme in official list? #819710Participant[quote=svelte][quote=kiki]
I am from South America and although I have been blessed not to feel discriminated – I am pretty laid back so if people did I actually didn’t notice/care. I work for a Asian company so ethnicity diversity is in their DNA. I have strong supporters at work that are white. But you never know, they might not like our last name.
I hope I don’t have to go to arbitration though. I just want to paint, i am not interested in ruining the HOA that at the end will increase the fees for everyone. I’ll keep you posted on my saga.
[/quote]I doubt you are being discriminated against based on your ethnicity or country of origin.
More likely the current HOA board or architectural committee probably has a few Barney Fifes and they constitute the majority at the moment. I’ve seen that happen and usually what happens next is at the next election, the homeowners vote them out because other homeowners have been subject to ridiculous decisions just like you.
So a passive way out is to just wait until the next election.[/quote]
6’3 inch handsome white injured war vet with 3 young kids and gorgeous white wife would not be treated that way.
September 13, 2020 at 1:47 PM in reply to: Interesting COVID numbers article – Pigg thoughts ? #819644Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]IMO Lock-downs, forced biz closing and school closing is not really doing much to prevent the spread in SoCal and USA and is doing far more harm than good.
Like NYC and Sweden I think we are close to burnout.
Its about run its course IMO.
Lock-downs did not really do much IMO.[/quote]LOL
ParticipantAll very good.
But im getting the fascium for extra security
September 10, 2020 at 1:39 PM in reply to: o/t The Great Reset — COVID-19 and the riots part of a larger plan? #819608Participant2020 may be my best year ever. the lockdown helped me get my head together, feel better than ever.
doing lots of work by video, from anywhere, now.
Sure, the vibe feels increasingly like a technological fascist dystopia, but day-to-day, I’m enjoying life way more in 2020 than 2010, worried about real estate transactions, young kids, money tight,
hell i’m even loving life when it was 114 degrees outside last week, i was in my pool, hanging out, waiting for the end of the world, happy.
i might change my tune if i get the cove and cannot breathe, but if it continues like this, i am in halcyon times.
I’m going to say I’m at least 40% happier than I was 10 years ago, even though I’m old, closer to death, have a foot injury…life is beautiful
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