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On 3/11/2014 7:21 PM, HanK wrote:
On 3/11/2014 10:12 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:36:26 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The idea of spending a lot of time in exotic locations waiting for
parts
to fix a broken down old trawler with failing generators,
transmissions,
et cetera, has little appeal to me.

It's for sure that 'sitting on the hard' will be much easier on the
generator, transmissions, et
cetera. You really should crank those Volvo diesels up every couple
of years, just to move the oil
around.

And, if you're in an exotic location, what the hell's wrong with
spending some time there while
waiting for a new generator to arrive? Sounds ideal to me....planned
that way, maybe, eh?



You seem to think that what might appeal to you is of universal appeal.
Oh, and typically, you're not waiting for a new generator to arrive,
you're waiting for a part on your existing generator to arrive.

I get a kick out of you "full-time retirees." You've got nothing of
consequence to do all day long, all week long, all month long, so you
have to find a zillion little hobbies to fill out your dance card. Golf,
model airplanes, RV'ing, firearms, motorcycling, bluegrass festivals,
guitars. What's next, line dancing?


===

Those grapes must really be sour this morning.

Harry is a perfect example of not financially preparing for his golden
years. Unfortunately there are many more like him who will eventually
end up on the public dole because of poor planning.


For some it's not for not trying... Some work really hard all their
lives and just don't make it as well as others... but it doesn't mean
they gotta' give up and bitch about what others have.
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On 3/11/2014 9:14 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.


That is just sad.

Your life is work?




You don't seem to get it. I like what I do. In many cases, my work helps
people who really need help, in this country and abroad, in sustainable
development, delivering reliable potable water, worker training, worker
rights, et cetera, in underdeveloped nations.

I also get to meet and work with interesting people in a number of
fields of endeavor, including business, labor, the fine arts, music,
theater, and movies. I get to wear a suit and tie if I want. I get to
travel to interesting places on someone else's dime. I get paid nicely
for this, and get to produce interesting deliverables.

To me, that's a lot more interesting and a lot more fun than flying
model airplanes, playing golf, RV'ing, et cetera.

To each his own.



To each his own is right.

Many people who work or volunteer their time and efforts to support
humanitarian causes are respected and even admired. However when you
constantly ridicule, mock and taunt people because they have interests
that you don't share or because they desire to enjoy their hard won
retirement years pursuing endeavors that don't interest you, any respect
you may think you have earned goes out the window.




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On 3/11/2014 9:09 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 9:14 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

That is just sad.

Your life is work?




You don't seem to get it. I like what I do. In many cases, my work helps
people who really need help, in this country and abroad, in sustainable
development, delivering reliable potable water, worker training, worker
rights, et cetera, in underdeveloped nations.

I also get to meet and work with interesting people in a number of
fields of endeavor, including business, labor, the fine arts, music,
theater, and movies. I get to wear a suit and tie if I want. I get to
travel to interesting places on someone else's dime. I get paid nicely
for this, and get to produce interesting deliverables.

To me, that's a lot more interesting and a lot more fun than flying
model airplanes, playing golf, RV'ing, et cetera.

To each his own.



To each his own is right.

Many people who work or volunteer their time and efforts to support
humanitarian causes are respected and even admired. However when you
constantly ridicule, mock and taunt people because they have interests
that you don't share or because they desire to enjoy their hard won
retirement years pursuing endeavors that don't interest you, any respect
you may think you have earned goes out the window.




AMEN!
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On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:30:36 PM UTC-5, HanK wrote:


There comes a time when one wants to stop doing for a living and start

living.


Reminds me of an old saying-

"Do you work to live or live to work?"


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I wore a suit and tie every day from 8th grade until I left IBM so I

am not as impressed with it these days.



Sitting around writing ad copy certainly would not do it for me, no

matter what I was wearing.



I guess I am happier building things.


Yeah,My compliments to you, Greg. I wish I had the time and finances to go boating and swimming about every day. Enjoy it, you worked for it!
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:23:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:30:36 PM UTC-5, HanK wrote:


There comes a time when one wants to stop doing for a living and start

living.


Reminds me of an old saying-

"Do you work to live or live to work?"


===

Work'n to live

Live'n to work

One man's hero,

Another mans jerk.

Sounds like we should put it to music, maybe to the tune of "16 Tons"
by the late, great Tennessee Ernie Ford?

We might have a hit on our hands. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU

Personally I worked hard all my life. Never missed a paycheck, saved
for retirement, put my kids through good colleges, paid my taxes, and
repaid my debts. I have no regrets about my life or retirement.
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On 3/12/2014 12:08 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:23:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:30:36 PM UTC-5, HanK wrote:


There comes a time when one wants to stop doing for a living and start

living.


Reminds me of an old saying-

"Do you work to live or live to work?"


===

Work'n to live

Live'n to work

One man's hero,

Another mans jerk.

Sounds like we should put it to music, maybe to the tune of "16 Tons"
by the late, great Tennessee Ernie Ford?

We might have a hit on our hands. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU

Personally I worked hard all my life. Never missed a paycheck, saved
for retirement, put my kids through good colleges, paid my taxes, and
repaid my debts. I have no regrets about my life or retirement.


I worked hard too, but I made some bad decisions and a couple guys rich
in the process too, just not me. So I gotta' work some more I guess but
I have been watching the better off from this side of the fence all of
my life, not gonna' let it kill me...
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On 3/11/14, 10:09 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/11/2014 9:14 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/11/14, 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

That is just sad.

Your life is work?




You don't seem to get it. I like what I do. In many cases, my work helps
people who really need help, in this country and abroad, in sustainable
development, delivering reliable potable water, worker training, worker
rights, et cetera, in underdeveloped nations.

I also get to meet and work with interesting people in a number of
fields of endeavor, including business, labor, the fine arts, music,
theater, and movies. I get to wear a suit and tie if I want. I get to
travel to interesting places on someone else's dime. I get paid nicely
for this, and get to produce interesting deliverables.

To me, that's a lot more interesting and a lot more fun than flying
model airplanes, playing golf, RV'ing, et cetera.

To each his own.



To each his own is right.

Many people who work or volunteer their time and efforts to support
humanitarian causes are respected and even admired. However when you
constantly ridicule, mock and taunt people because they have interests
that you don't share or because they desire to enjoy their hard won
retirement years pursuing endeavors that don't interest you, any respect
you may think you have earned goes out the window.





This is rec.boats. I'm just trying to fit in as much as my digestive
track allows with the right-wing slime whose almost entire reason for
existence here is to ridicule, mock, and taunt. Fortunately, my
digestive track doesn't allow much of that, so I simply send most of
those righties straight to the filter and septic tank system without
reading their excrement.
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