Posted on 09/29/2013 2:07:34 PM PDT by knarf
Enjoy
‘“5 * If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. “
In other words: Passive/Aggressive, a personality defect. If you can’t tell the truth then just shut up.’
HAHAHAH GOOD ONE C/T...I ADMIRE A HARD NOSE GERMAN DUTCH MARINE LIKE MYSELF I SAY
‘BE BLUNT...IT WORKS EVERY TIME ON PEOPLE WORTH A TINKER’S %%IT...THE OTHERS...WELL BY DEF. THEY AINT WORTH A TINKES....AND IT’S A HULLUVA LOT OF FUN TO WOOL THEM AROUND....CARRY ON SOLDIER..
LOVE that picture.
We call detours and getting lost “taking the scenic route”. Might as well enjoy them!
My wife was my co-pilot with the map so I asked her...”Which lane...which lane”?. She replied, “Oh I’m sorry, I was looking around, I’ve never seen Washington before”
We ended up in probably the most downtrodden areas of the city, boarded up gas stations and buildings and if wasn’t for a compassionate taxi driver that I asked for directions I don’t know how bad it could have turned out.
He said follow me and he guided me out and on back on the right track again.
The first rest stop I came to, I pulled in and told her. “Give me the damn map”
Priceless.
18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
HUH?
A TRULY HAPPY PERSON IS ONE WHOSE OBSERVED THE BASIC RULES FOR A HAPPY LIFE AND RETIRED WITH A BOATLOAD OF DOUGH...TO WIT:
1. USE DEFERRED GRATIFICATION
2. DOLLAR COST AVERAGE AS EARLY IN LIFE AS YOU CAN INTO A WIDELY DIVERSIFIED STOCK PORTFOLIO
3. UNDERSTAND AND USE THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY
4. GET A JOB WITH A PENSION THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH AT LEAST A 3% YEARLY COMPOUNDED COLA
5. READ AND GENERALLY LIVE YOUR LIFE BY WHATS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING BOOK: PSSSST...IT DOESN’T HAVE 4/5 STARS REVIEWS STARS FOR NUTHIN’
Getting Rich In America: Eight Simple Rules for Building a Fortune—And a Satisfying Life by Dwight R. Lee, Richard B. Mckenzie and Eric Conger (Feb 16, 2000)
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This actually isn't true anymore.
“passive/aggressive” is PC, which is why we are in a world of hurt these days.
Those that fail to achieve do not want others to point that out. If someone does a lousy job, we are supposed to be like Dr. Spock and not say they did a bad job but encourage better behavior.
Well, we’ve become so PC as to be so lazy as to never discipline anyone for anything. A 10 year old child could drop his pants, take a huge poop on the living room floor, and we are supposed to say, “Good boy! What a great poopy! Hopefully next time you can make it to the bathroom, hmmkay?”, instead of knocking that out of control kid into next week.
I concur.
My philosophy... It is not the destination that counts, it’s the ride. Enjoy it, savor it.
You need to update this, as such a job is going to be as hard to find and keep as a unicorn for most folks. The first 3 steps cover the needed financial security steps, and the 4th is both unneeded and wrong.
The advice about pensions should be turned on its head: Don't put your job and your retirement in the same risk basket; don't trust an employer pension. That you lose pension rights when you lose a job makes an employer pension an very high risk investment.
There's an old joke about two Jewish women who reunited after a long spell. One started bragging about the success of their business, their children, et al. After each sentence, the other woman would simply say "Fascinating!" and then the braggart would go on to new heights.
Finally the braggart ran out of talking points and asked what the other woman had done. She said she spent the last few years at a finishing school learning new social skills. "Like what?" the braggart asked. The other replied, "Like saying 'fascinating!' instead of 'bullsh!t.'"
THE BOOK SMALL GRASSHOPPAH READ THE BOOK....THEN GET BACK TO ME
[18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
I LOVE that. So true.]
And on that detour be glad that even though you are lost, you are making good time.
There are some words of wisdom in there.
bump for later use
bts
No big deal probably just forgot the number sequence.
b
I’m that guy. If I make a wrong turn, or get lost, I’ll go a ways, just to see what’s so interesting that there’s a road leading that direction. My wife? 100% opposite. It’s maddening - I’m telling her “relax, it’s a dirt road, in the middle of nowhere Florida, I’m sure the GPS knows where’s it’s leading us” - and she’s worried about Jason, or gators, or something.
That actually happened to me. I turned around, backtracked about 10 miles, and got on the toll road - only to cross over the exact dirt road we were just on. Cost us about 30 minutes, 20-25 miles, and lots of stress. Why? Because she wouldn’t relax and enjoy the orange grove.
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