Posted on 01/08/2020 8:36:13 AM PST by sodpoodle
Four old retired men are walking down a street in Yuma , Arizona . They turn a corner and see a sign that says, "Old Timers Bar - ALL drinks 10 cents." They look at each other and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true. The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?" There's a fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a martini. In no time the bartender serves up four iced martinis shaken, not stirred and says, "That'll be 10 cents each, please." The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each other. They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round.
Again, four excellent martinis are produced, with the bartender again saying,"That's 40 cents, please." They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity gets the better of them. They've each had two martinis and haven't even spent a dollar yet.
Finally one of them says, "How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime apiece?" "I'm a retired tailor from Phoenix ," the bartender says, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery Jackpot for $125 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer it's all the same."
"Wow! That's some story!" one of the men says.
As the four of them sip at their martinis, they can't help noticing seven other people at the end of the bar who don't have any drinks in front of them and haven't ordered anything the whole time they've been there.
Nodding at the seven at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the Bartender, "What's with them?"
The bartender says, "They're retired people from Florida . They're waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price..."
LOL
That’s a good one!
(As I go to work yet again and can’t even think about retirement)
Here’s a cheers! To waking up and having nothing to do except think about what to drink at 5 o’clock!
Cheers ! Listening to our great wonderful president. We live in unique times
I heard that when I 1st moved to FLa in 1999. It still applies.
Name ‘em, ping ‘em...
We’re retired...We don’t have to wait till 5 o’clock...LOL
The wife and I will talk about going someplace on the weekend.
Then I tell her...we’re retired, we don’t have to wait until the weekend anymore. It hasn’t completely sunk in yet.
Exactly...We do the same thing and I’ve been retired for 5 years now...
+1
We’ve been retired for four years now and every day is a Saturday.
I have two years to go. This will be the longest 2 years of my life!
I got my SS check today...My raise was $32.00 a month...
My old boss said he told his wife when he retired
“Now we can have sex twice a day.”
We all laughed, and his response was “That was her reaction.”
LOL...We have a hard time remembering which day of the week it is....
The truism still stands, “We ain’t getting out of here alive!” Waiting for a Happy Hour just spends the single irreplaceable resource that we have, TIME!
Florida: God’s waiting room (thanks to Rush Limbaugh).
You’ll make it....Hang in there...
When I retired, my wife said “what in the world will you do??? You have worked so hard, you’ll be bored to death...”
It did not take long until she said, “You take to retirement like a duck takes to water...”
LOL
Goodness!
I had a scare thinking that something had happened to you!
Lol!
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