"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

5K Qs said:
Retirement planning would be so much easier if you knew your death date in advance!
(That knowledge would also help with getting rid of accumulated knives in a timely manner.)

- GT
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There's a major drawback to this asumption.
During a countdown, everything is frozen in pure expectation, no one moves or speaks. That wouldn't be a life.

Dan.
 
knarfeng said:
If it helps, I'm 70 and still working full time. I'm looking at continuing to work for another year or so, for similar reasons as what you listed.
I had an acquaintance who retired, but outlived his savings. It was a lesson learned.
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Yep, that is always the worry I have too. My family is generally long-lived, most making it into their 80s. I would love to reach the end of that tunnel where the light is shining, but for now I am just happy that there is still light visible ahead.
 
jc57 said:
Yep, that is always the worry I have too. My family is generally long-lived, most making it into their 80s. I would love to reach the end of that tunnel where the light is shining, but for now I am just happy that there is still light visible ahead.
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That all crossed my mind when I jumped ship at 61. Luckily we are in a decent position, although my paternal grandmother lived to be 100. :oops:
 
I was able to retire in 2015 at the age of 58. Beginning at 27 I worked 56 hours a week for 31 years and only realized the mental stress and physical toll of it after it was over. It has been by far the best 8 years of my life. Truly grateful for these years with my wife and family. It seems like yesterday that i retired.66F500CC-1B07-4059-8728-ACEEBB0255A4_1_201_a.jpeg
 
Fodderwing said:
I was able to retire in 2015 at the age of 58. Beginning at 27 I worked 56 hours a week for 31 years and only realized the mental stress and physical toll of it after it was over. It has been by far the best 8 years of my life. Truly grateful for these years with my wife and family. It seems like yesterday that i retired.View attachment 2274698
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That's one heck of a stretch of hard labour Dwight! 😵‍💫 I'm glad you're able to relax, and spend more time with your family now, you certainly earned it 👍 I worked 70 hour weeks as a youth-worker, but only when the kids were off school, and I was a young feller. I had a mate years ago, who made big money in the steel works, 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week 😱 Poor guy was dead at 30 ☹️ As a wise man once said, 'The things we give up, in order to work, are never replaced." A wonderful photo, as always, there my friend 😎👍
 
mbkr said:
Regarding adequate funds: A good friend of mine - who passed away last year at 69 - once said, "you want the last check you ever write to bounce". Dave was pretty smart :D
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I knew an old feller years ago, quite famous here, in his own way. As we later found out, he was told he had The Big 'C' , and spent the rest of his life donating money to good causes. I wasn't able to get to his funeral, but apparently no expense was spared. He was taken to his final resting place by 6 black horses with black ostrich feather plumes. The large number of invited guests were given the finest food, and drank the most exquisite vintage Champagne. Then a few speakers got up to talk about Albert's life, including one who spoke about the part he had played opposing Franco in the Spanish Civil War, and another, who told of his more recent activities, signing up for credit card after credit card, to pay for his philanthropy, and for his lavish funeral 😱😉
 
Jack Black said:
I knew an old feller years ago, quite famous here, in his own way. As we later found out, he was told he had The Big 'C' , and spent the rest of his life donating money to good causes. I wasn't able to get to his funeral, but apparently no expense was spared. He was taken to his final resting place by 6 black horses with black ostrich feather plumes. The large number of invited guests were given the finest food, and drank the most exquisite vintage Champagne. Then a few speakers got up to talk about Albert's life, including one who spoke about the part he had played opposing Franco in the Spanish Civil War, and another, who told of his more recent activities, signing up for credit card after credit card, to pay for his philanthropy, and for his lavish funeral 😱😉
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Reading this, I was thinking, "A life well lived" and feeling a little wanting in comparison.
Then I got to the end and felt redeemed 😇 😂
 
Jack Black said:
I knew an old feller years ago, quite famous here, in his own way. As we later found out, he was told he had The Big 'C' , and spent the rest of his life donating money to good causes. I wasn't able to get to his funeral, but apparently no expense was spared. He was taken to his final resting place by 6 black horses with black ostrich feather plumes. The large number of invited guests were given the finest food, and drank the most exquisite vintage Champagne. Then a few speakers got up to talk about Albert's life, including one who spoke about the part he had played opposing Franco in the Spanish Civil War, and another, who told of his more recent activities, signing up for credit card after credit card, to pay for his philanthropy, and for his lavish funeral 😱😉
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No children, I suspect!!! 😲
 
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