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86. Not all jobs are mind killers. I've been at mine for the last 49 years, and if my mind is dead, it was dead at age 23.

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #52)

Mon Mar 11, 2024, 08:38 AM

Mar 2024

I started my job at age 23. I'll be 72 in a week, and I'm still at it. Call it mental decay if you want, but that would had to have set in very early. I'm still in a different country every day, speaking several languages every day despite my (apparent) mental decay. Today, I'll have to use German, Polish, English, Catalan, Spanish, Dutch and French, and it's just 1 PM here. I'm in Germany today, France tomorrow, Spain Wednesday, etc.

I don't think about chasing money. I think about fleeing boredom.

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My wife and I have a comfotable retirement [View all] edhopper Mar 2024 OP

They hoard money. It's a mental illness and they will never have enough. OMGWTF Mar 2024 #1

Yes. Someone always has more than they do. It's a never-ending game. I'd be happy to have no billionairea. Lonestarblue Mar 2024 #15

They actually worship money and the power it gives them to get more money. walkingman Mar 2024 #29

I look at the very wealthy DENVERPOPS Mar 2024 #70

Money is our national religion The Wizard Mar 2024 #83

I've been saying this for years drmeow Mar 2024 #38

I hear you Ed and couldn't agree more. Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #2

Going into retirement FHRRK Mar 2024 #3

Driving is the way to go. It is the best way to see many countries. flying_wahini Mar 2024 #5

Take the train and relax. Wonder Why Mar 2024 #11

Oh we do that, too when the country has one. We took a plane& a helicopter and still drove 1200 mi in New Zealand flying_wahini Mar 2024 #19

I take Amtrak when I can. Book a roomette PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #62

A roomette you say! Didn't know duch a thing existed. Well then, my wife and I KPN Mar 2024 #93

Here's a link to the Amtrak page PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #102

Oh I love that! PatSeg Mar 2024 #104

Awesome. Thanks! KPN Mar 2024 #105

There is economy plus edhopper Mar 2024 #9

I fly Comfort Class with Delta Abnredleg Mar 2024 #28

Rich wannabes vs the rich Johnny2X2X Mar 2024 #101

So true FHRRK Mar 2024 #103

I hope Biden taxes the hell out of them and the Churches too. flying_wahini Mar 2024 #4

i hope you realize that many so called christians arnt and there are ones who do walk the walk AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #26

Tax them. Plenty walk the walk AND pay taxes. n/t Marcus IM Mar 2024 #30

Except they are christians NanaCat Mar 2024 #75

I am not aware of any elected officials of the Democratic party that supports taxing churches. former9thward Mar 2024 #37

I say tax the preachers, not the church. And no tax ... Whiskeytide Mar 2024 #41

Tax the churches NanaCat Mar 2024 #76

I agree with all you said - my suggestion is ... Whiskeytide Mar 2024 #84

So what? NanaCat Mar 2024 #77

"politicians have always been behind where the people are" former9thward Mar 2024 #88

Absolutely opposed to Biden taxing churches TexasDem69 Mar 2024 #47

Why? NanaCat Mar 2024 #78

He wouldn't win if he taxed churches. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #58

So we're to be held hostage to a group NanaCat Mar 2024 #79

Well that's about half of MAGA, if that - TBF Mar 2024 #6

The other end are still just useful idiots helping the rich. live love laugh Mar 2024 #22

Sociopaths. That's what they are. yardwork Mar 2024 #7

This is so true edhopper Mar 2024 #12

Agree with you about irrationality, mostly ... cultures do vary considerably in generosity, though. JudyM Mar 2024 #45

We have been in a destructive positive feedback loop for half a century. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #8

The loop tightened with Trump billionaire tax cuts and insider trading. live love laugh Mar 2024 #23

Some data supporting what you say Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #27

There will never be enough money to fill the holes in their souls. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #10

Sounds like you guys have what you need in life. This hunting for wealth, and yet more wealth, never seems to end. SWBTATTReg Mar 2024 #13

Need can be satisfied. markodochartaigh Mar 2024 #25

"Power and Greed is all that feeds them" Ferrets are Cool Mar 2024 #14

Consider yourself blessed.My dad had two degrees from notre dame Tribetime Mar 2024 #16

I grew up in the shadow of Notre Dame LittleGirl Mar 2024 #31

For some of us, five figures is very 'real wealth'. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 2024 #17

Yes edhopper Mar 2024 #20

The average single recipient gets moonscape Mar 2024 #32

Hmm edhopper Mar 2024 #36

Average overall $1770 dpibel Mar 2024 #55

Not alone edhopper Mar 2024 #57

In any case, I agree with your OP dpibel Mar 2024 #61

widows and divorcees get screwed. mopinko Mar 2024 #90

Absolutely correct Abstractartist Mar 2024 #18

Retired. Don't pay SS, State or Local taxes. Didn't pay any Fed tax last three years. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #21

Human dragons Bettie Mar 2024 #24

They were bitten by Smaug and infected with extreme greed. GoneOffShore Mar 2024 #82

The mega-rich are so lost in the moonscape Mar 2024 #33

Who is the "mega rich"? TexasDem69 Mar 2024 #48

I just turned 65 and received 2 of the various pensions I built over the years. liberal N proud Mar 2024 #34

Money is how new money parasites keep count within their own class Warpy Mar 2024 #35

You nailed it Ed! Feel the same way. ED. Evolve Dammit Mar 2024 #39

I have a comfortable chair. Tom Yossarian Joad Mar 2024 #40

The value of a comfortable chair cannot be overlooked GoodRaisin Mar 2024 #74

we're in roughly similar condition mike_c Mar 2024 #42

Well the problem is this; Mr.Bee Mar 2024 #43

I might also add; Mr.Bee Mar 2024 #49

Amen! Aussie105 Mar 2024 #52

Not all jobs are mind killers. I've been at mine for the last 49 years, and if my mind is dead, it was dead at age 23. DFW Mar 2024 #86

Welcome to DU, Mr.Bee! calimary Mar 2024 #73

Depends on how you define accomplishment NanaCat Mar 2024 #81

You know, Ed, you're right. PatrickforB Mar 2024 #44

They're believers in Divine Right JHB Mar 2024 #46

I'm a leading edge Boomer bluestateboomer Mar 2024 #50

They're all assholes, plain and simple. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2024 #51

They want more privilege than everyone else. LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #53

This cardboard owner guy backing trump is giving me pwb Mar 2024 #54

"Many septuagenarian and octogenarians". I think it's strange that people in later years focus on controlling young BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 #56

We'll never make the needed steps to tax ALL income properly or attack the debt oldsoftie Mar 2024 #59

It's just another form of hoarding. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #60

I'm 75, retired, live alone. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #63

And that, your last sentence, they will destroy antyhing that gets in their way, is why we must destroy c-rational Mar 2024 #64

Then they will die and find out that you really can't take it with you. LoisB Mar 2024 #65

Where wealth accumulates, men decay. RipVanWinkle Mar 2024 #66

Tax them into reality! Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #67

"Every billionaire is a policy failure" Seinan Sensei Mar 2024 #68

The largest expansion of the middle class occurred when there was... LudwigPastorius Mar 2024 #69

According to Cheryl Crow Roy Rolling Mar 2024 #71

That could have been taken from a fictitious character in the novel "Shibumi." DFW Mar 2024 #87

I think it is a form of hoarding. tblue37 Mar 2024 #72

More4Me czarjak Mar 2024 #80

Not to toot my own horn, but I also had a few thoughts Goodheart Mar 2024 #85

I'm always reluctant to dump everyone into one barrel DFW Mar 2024 #89

Amem! BlueTexasMan Mar 2024 #91

That's all of it in a nutshell edhopper! KPN Mar 2024 #92

Post removed Post removed Mar 2024 #94

Welcome to DU. William769 Mar 2024 #95

Hello again. GP6971 Mar 2024 #96

Upper 5 figures edhopper Mar 2024 #97

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2024 #100

This is one of the best threads I have seen in my 16 years here. Permanut Mar 2024 #98

My Republican brother can't resist saying how bad the economy is.... SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #99