Tag: Retirement

In five years?

Editor's note: Compare these thoughts from 2013 with the situation today. Where do you see yourself in five years? - RJP While the government diddles around with our lives, someone asked me, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" This is a bad question to ask people our age, especially right now. We are … Continue reading In five years?

GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK

Thanks for your service, Rich Paschall He had been in the business for almost 40 years. The last twenty-seven of those with the same company. He liked his job and thought he was good at it. In just a few more years, he would retire. Everything seemed to be on track. When Carl started his career, orders were … Continue reading GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK

WHERE IS PONCE DE LEON WHEN I NEED HIM? – GARRY ARMSTRONG

Carly Simon is in my head a lot these days singing, "You're So Vain". After decades of seeming perpetual youth in my career as a reporter, the portrait in my attic has become an illusion. It's something with which most people who work in the public eye must come to grips as time goes by. First my … Continue reading WHERE IS PONCE DE LEON WHEN I NEED HIM? – GARRY ARMSTRONG

MORE LIKE WELL-POLISHED BRASS

When you think about retirement and "the golden years," you probably think it means (at least) more free time. After decades of deadlines, you can do what you want, when you want. Time to travel, time to sleep, time to be with friends.  Me and Cherrie after all these years It usually doesn't work out. … Continue reading MORE LIKE WELL-POLISHED BRASS

GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK

Thanks for your service, by Rich Paschall He had been in the business for almost 40 years. The last twenty-seven of those with the same company. He liked his job and thought he was good at it. In just a few more years he would retire. Everything seemed to be on track. When Carl started … Continue reading GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK

AT THE OLD BALLGAME – A REBLOG THAT’S RIGHT ON TARGET – By RICH PASCHALL

With the Red Sox down in St. Pete playing the Rays who this year, are very much IN it as we head into playoff time, this seemed like a very appropriate rerun. Harold takes a road trip to the Trop, by Rich Paschall Friday was "Fun Day," or at least that is the way Harold … Continue reading AT THE OLD BALLGAME – A REBLOG THAT’S RIGHT ON TARGET – By RICH PASCHALL

THE FUTURE? OY VAY!

Fandango’s Provocative Question #130 You want to know what I'm worrying about? You mean whether or not there is going to BE a planet to live on? Other than that? Let us start with the simplet, yet somehow most heartfelt expletive available in Yiddish: OY VAY ISS MIR! How about whether or not our pensions will … Continue reading THE FUTURE? OY VAY!

PAGING PONCE DE LEON

Carly Simon is in my head a lot these days singing, "You're So Vain". After decades of seeming perpetual youth in my career as a reporter, the portrait in my attic has become an illusion. It's something with which most people who work in the public eye must come to grips as time goes by. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mQZmCJUSC6g Live … Continue reading PAGING PONCE DE LEON

SWEET OLD NONSENSE

Sweet old lady is an oxymoron. It's one of those myths, probably perpetrated by childhood memories of grandma, a rosy film smoothing over the lumps and bumps. Age makes everyone cranky. Men get grouchy. Women get snarky. Old people are impatient and significantly less reserved about saying what's on their minds. We don't have much to lose, so why … Continue reading SWEET OLD NONSENSE

CAN I RETIRE FROM RETIREMENT?

We keep planning vacations. The problem? We are retired, so vacations are not much different than life. If we had more money and could travel, maybe that would be different, but prices have gone up, we've had a year plus of COVID, and we are not getting younger. Things I always wanted to do seem … Continue reading CAN I RETIRE FROM RETIREMENT?