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F.O.A.D.

On 12/23/13, 5:29 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:04:00 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 3:53 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:30:38 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Monday, December 23, 2013 11:11:37 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:02:51 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Not at all. Many times here you have indicated the only thing that
really matters to you is "profit," or money-making. I'm sure that is
behind your support of the Palestinian desire to push the Israelis into
the Mediterranean, because you figure that with the "Jewish state" gone,
tensions in the Middle East will ease, and that will profit your
portfolio, if not fill your gas tank.

We all care about the continued success of the economic systems of the
world. Nothing threatens peace more than economic collapse.

Funny stuff. Harry used to brag about the expensive stuff he "owned" and things he's "done". Now that he's been outed regarding his unpaid taxes and bankruptsies, he's suddenly become an adversary of aquiring material wealth.

Yeah Harry goes out of his way to rationalize why he still needs to
work when he should have enough money to retire.

I work because I like to work. I get to work on assignments and
long-term projects I find intellectually stimulating and that keep me in
close collegial contact with some interesting people, *and* I get paid
for working. It's not as if I were going to retire from some scutwork
job, like inspecting the construction work others had done.

Very few of my long-time clients and colleagues have retired, though all
could afford to do so.

It certainly sounds like a bunch of people who never had the
intellectual curiosity to develop interests away from their job.

My inspecting contract was very interesting, simply because of the
variety of jobs I inspected. It was also pretty lucrative ($58.50 an
hour, portal to portal and expenses).

I found a group of very interesting people at Florida DEP and I spend
time with them, on a variety of environmental projects. I just don't
need them to pay me. I also stay pretty busy building things at the
house. I actually do that building, not just "inspecting the
construction work others do" like you.

I have skills

Your assumption is that my friends who didn't retire are still working
at their primary jobs. Some are, some are not. One who resigned from
running a multinational financial corporation has for five years headed
an NGO that helps communities in underdeveloped countries find, build,
and sustain potable water suppliers. Do you suppose that is
intellectually stimulating? Another is deeply involved in running
activities for the Aga Khan Foundation in a really crummy part of the
world. I don't think either of them play golf or go RV'ing or rebuild
their porch. *They* have skills.

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