Working after retirement 2013

My friend Bob Marvin sent this along to me this morning.  Bob lives in New Hampshire, selling any type of engineered material he can make an obscene profit on {that would be about 6% in today’s market}.   He was a sales rep for the small foundry that I worked at for several years and was a wonderful source of New Hampshire deep discount ‘Maker’s Mark’ which I needed to fuel me in that job.

The Importance of Having an Occupation After retirement

As we get older, we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world. It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other "seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither.
Harold Schlumberg is such a person:

THIS IS QUOTED FROM HAROLD:
"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'
Well...I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whisky into urine. It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."

Harold is an inspiration to us all.

RETIRED HEALTH MESSAGE

As I was lying in bed pondering the problems of the world,I rapidly realized that I don't really give a rat's hiney. It's the tortoise life for me!

1. If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, and is fat.

3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.

4. A tortoise doesn't run and does nothing, yet it lives for 450 years.

And you tell me to exercise?? I don't think so.

I'm retired. Go around me.

God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

Thanks for the chuckle Bob!  As long as good folks like you keep working, I can continue to collect my meager retirement. We do enjoy hearing from Blog subscriber's, the feedback encourages us to keep going.

Let me tell you about our crazy weather:  It was low 80’s the last few afternoons.  Weather front coming thru as I write this, T-Storms woke us up at 6:00 and now it’s just pouring.  High today will be 62°.  Next Monday we should see 90°!

I have managed to get all 4 tires replaced thanks to a young fellow in the campground that we hired.  We are ready for Alaska, having made the last payment on that expense too.

Last Sunday after church, we took a 200 mile round trip to Johnson City and had lunch at one of our favorite stops, Hill Country Cupboard.  We discovered this stop a few years ago while visiting the nearby President Johnson’s birthplace, a very small town.  30 miles down the road is The Johnson Texas Whitehouse, this is a wonderful working ranch with a 4 hour tour. 

On reflection, My generation is too quick to remember President Johnson for the war he inherited rather that the phenomenal political risks he took as a southern democrat pushing thru significant civil rights legislation.