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Not fixin' to retire
At 96, longtime tractor repairman still enjoys working
Country Today ^
| 3-16-05
Posted on 03/16/2005 4:32:15 PM PST by SJackson
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:32:15 PM PST
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
Exactly why we need privatization of SS so his family can keep his INVESTMENT!
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:38:05 PM PST
by
VastRWCon
To: SJackson
Great post!
Love your family, love your work and you will be blessed with long life!
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:40:10 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Rino's = Collins, Snowe, DeWine, Graham, Specter, Coleman, McCain, Chafee, Smith developing)
To: SJackson
Just one of the little people shrillary was going on about
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:41:01 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Strategery + Schardenfreude = Stratenschardenfreudery)
To: SJackson
"He's not allowed to fix any more tractors because I'm tired of putting them back together again," she said with affection. With all sincerity..."Good for you Johnny!"
To: VastRWCon
Exactly why we need privatization of SS so his family can keep his INVESTMENT! It would be interesting to hear him weigh in on that. I understand your sentiment, but actuarially he's an argument for the other side. Social Security paid off for him. And I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't care a whit.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:43:08 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything, Andre Malraux)
To: SLB
Thought you'd find this interesting.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:47:13 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. - John Adams)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:52:30 PM PST
by
SJackson
(Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything, Andre Malraux)
To: SJackson
What a role model for families today. They should make a movie of this man's life.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:52:37 PM PST
by
Goodgirlinred
( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
To: SJackson
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:54:16 PM PST
by
apackof2
(optional, printed after your name on post)
To: SJackson
The life of a good man, summed up in 4 sentences:
Johnny Poirier, 96, still goes to work every day.
The two married in 1933 and moved several times before settling in Buffalo.
Family a top priority.
A highlight of his week is Sunday mornings after church when he and Mrs. Poirier, along with about 20 to 25 of their friends and family, meet at a downtown restaurant for breakfast and catching up.
God bless you, Mr. and Mrs. Poirier.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:55:37 PM PST
by
MaryFromMichigan
(We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)
To: SJackson
I knew a guy who ran a sawmill until he was 92. He used to take an ancient (model A or T ) Ford truck into the woods on his property, cut down a tree drag it out and mill it. This was in the early 80s. The guy had a Polish sounding name. He was about 5'4' and looked like a thick wire. He was invited to leave home when he was 10. He ended up working in a German arms factory. Being in his company was like being in a time machine.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:59:22 PM PST
by
Stentor
To: SJackson
If only all our parents could be like this.
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posted on
03/16/2005 4:59:58 PM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: VastRWCon
Just think, because of this selfish and greedy person, he prevents an able body person who really needs a job, out of work. Sarcasm off
Actually he probably takes the place of 3-4 young full time workers. Or 7-8 of Jesse Jacksons followers.
My grandfather died at 93 years old. He worked his 200 acre farm all his life, until 6 months before he died, when pneumonia forced him into assisted living his last 6 months.
On good days, the people at the nursing home had to keep an eye on him, they caught him a couple of times walking home to work his farm, 2-1/2 miles away.
He was never the same, not because of the pneumonia, but because he loved his land so much, he couldn't stand being couped up with a bunch of old boring people. He wanted to work.
To: SJackson
Just wow! Americana as we all wish it was......
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posted on
03/16/2005 5:02:20 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(After 32 years of dealing with stupid people I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.)
To: SJackson
But did he not pay in for not 96years but say 60+ years? Should he/family not get something back?
To: VastRWCon
Exactly why we need privatization of SS so his family can keep his INVESTMENT! Exactly why we need to carefully review options under a privattization plan. With a private account, you set up an annuity and he would probably have outlived any normal annuity. If he got a life-time annuity, there would be no INVESTMENT to pass on.
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posted on
03/16/2005 5:13:12 PM PST
by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: VastRWCon
He DID get something back.
Self-respect and the respect of everyone who ever met him.
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posted on
03/16/2005 5:13:54 PM PST
by
Father Jack
(Confused, Stupid, and Documented)
To: SJackson
Great Story!
Thanks for sharing, now I gotta call my Dad.
To: Father Jack
I never met him and I respect him! God bless! But W's plan does sound logical.
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