Assuming you have worked a full career in a reasonably good job, been a good saver, etc, your retirement should be relatively-easy. You can do the things you wanted to do but didn't have time or thought your work would disapprove, whatever you like.
Cadillac Man has recently retired and he was a good saver so things look swell for him. However, he's also aware he is on a fixed-income now so he needs to be careful but, assuming he doesn't blow the wad in Vegas, it should be largely a cakewalk for the rest of the game.
Lotho is in largely the same situation and neither he nor Cadillac Man is given to gambling, narcotics, hookers, name yer poison ... they don't take them. In both cases it looks like it's generally a cake walk to the finish line.
Note: there is no ignoring of personal situations in life but such matters do not need discussion in this context. Those things are in the category of the Illusion of Gravity in terms of things we thought were solid really were not. We have no editorial on life throwing curves and the regulars know we have seen many curve balls.
So these men have worked toward a specific goal and, to a large extent, achieved it. We don't mean to go any deeper into this than the fundamental paradigm: work, save, repeat and you will get there. They did that and they did get there.
The part we don't understand is in others who got there but that wasn't enough. I need more money it seems ... but for what. If you make enough to buy your tropical island, you will have to hire people you probably can't trust to take care of it for you since otherwise you just bought yourself another job and not such a good one.
So the question is when you have enough, why do you want more. Maybe it's so you feel safe so then you don't retire until you have twice what you think what you will need. Whether it's two times or ten times is where it gets weird as you sell off the rest of your life to buy security to protect ... the rest of your life. We see little logic in that.
Perhaps it entertains you to make money through your investments but we don't see how it's going to be particularly entertaining unless you play the quick kill speculation games which have been so deadly to Wall Street. Any other types of investments just lie there like Hot Lips Hoolihan and never make a sound.
Note: five points if you get that one.
Perhaps we just don't understand a retirement of playing with investments any more than we understand what's good about retiring to Miami Beach to play canasta with other half-rotted old geeks.
Some continue working but it's not for The Company anymore, instead they work for themselves and this we do understand. It's not something we want to do because all we ever wanted to do was play a guitar which actually is more work than likely you can imagine but we don't see it as work.
(Ed: it's still the same thing)
I know, matey. In all my life, I could never convince myself music is work. How can it possibly be called that. In fact, I worked harder on music than I ever worked on anything and I only wish I had worked even harder.
From the Rockhouse perspective, we see a whole lot of people acquiring things simply for the sake of acquiring them but it's the same story as with buying cars. Don't fall in love with a car, it will not love you back.
In other words, a whole lot of people seem way, way lost. It seems they are trying to find happiness in acquisition but that only brings problems and unhappiness in the need to take care of the acquisitions. In our book, that's lost.
(Ed: don't tell me about lost, you're one stoned pony!)
In fact, I'm as sober as Judge Wapner. I will rectify that situation as soon as possible but the fact remains: I ain't stoned.
Note: woe be to any man who goes off searching for reefer while the house runs out of toilet paper. Some of you know what I mean and we call you boys the ones with relationships. Some of you don't care what I mean and we call those boys the ones who will be single forever.
(Ed: so the purpose of retirement is to ensure a consistent supply of toilet paper in the house?)
Roger that, matey. Anything beyond that is gravy.
Cadillac Man has recently retired and he was a good saver so things look swell for him. However, he's also aware he is on a fixed-income now so he needs to be careful but, assuming he doesn't blow the wad in Vegas, it should be largely a cakewalk for the rest of the game.
Lotho is in largely the same situation and neither he nor Cadillac Man is given to gambling, narcotics, hookers, name yer poison ... they don't take them. In both cases it looks like it's generally a cake walk to the finish line.
Note: there is no ignoring of personal situations in life but such matters do not need discussion in this context. Those things are in the category of the Illusion of Gravity in terms of things we thought were solid really were not. We have no editorial on life throwing curves and the regulars know we have seen many curve balls.
So these men have worked toward a specific goal and, to a large extent, achieved it. We don't mean to go any deeper into this than the fundamental paradigm: work, save, repeat and you will get there. They did that and they did get there.
The part we don't understand is in others who got there but that wasn't enough. I need more money it seems ... but for what. If you make enough to buy your tropical island, you will have to hire people you probably can't trust to take care of it for you since otherwise you just bought yourself another job and not such a good one.
So the question is when you have enough, why do you want more. Maybe it's so you feel safe so then you don't retire until you have twice what you think what you will need. Whether it's two times or ten times is where it gets weird as you sell off the rest of your life to buy security to protect ... the rest of your life. We see little logic in that.
Perhaps it entertains you to make money through your investments but we don't see how it's going to be particularly entertaining unless you play the quick kill speculation games which have been so deadly to Wall Street. Any other types of investments just lie there like Hot Lips Hoolihan and never make a sound.
Note: five points if you get that one.
Perhaps we just don't understand a retirement of playing with investments any more than we understand what's good about retiring to Miami Beach to play canasta with other half-rotted old geeks.
Some continue working but it's not for The Company anymore, instead they work for themselves and this we do understand. It's not something we want to do because all we ever wanted to do was play a guitar which actually is more work than likely you can imagine but we don't see it as work.
(Ed: it's still the same thing)
I know, matey. In all my life, I could never convince myself music is work. How can it possibly be called that. In fact, I worked harder on music than I ever worked on anything and I only wish I had worked even harder.
From the Rockhouse perspective, we see a whole lot of people acquiring things simply for the sake of acquiring them but it's the same story as with buying cars. Don't fall in love with a car, it will not love you back.
In other words, a whole lot of people seem way, way lost. It seems they are trying to find happiness in acquisition but that only brings problems and unhappiness in the need to take care of the acquisitions. In our book, that's lost.
(Ed: don't tell me about lost, you're one stoned pony!)
In fact, I'm as sober as Judge Wapner. I will rectify that situation as soon as possible but the fact remains: I ain't stoned.
Note: woe be to any man who goes off searching for reefer while the house runs out of toilet paper. Some of you know what I mean and we call you boys the ones with relationships. Some of you don't care what I mean and we call those boys the ones who will be single forever.
(Ed: so the purpose of retirement is to ensure a consistent supply of toilet paper in the house?)
Roger that, matey. Anything beyond that is gravy.
2 comments:
give mr my 5 points
I do gamble but more as entertainment I start the evening with gambling money in my right pocket when it is empty
Im done. Ask Raven about taking him and his sister to the casino each night of the last cruise
Cars certainly love you back because they will absolutely move and moan
One of Sutherland's best scenes. I don't even have to see it and I laugh.
It still kills me I saw the cat in a theater on Broadway and I was too starstruck to even say, love you work, man. Thank you. Maybe he hates that, tho. What's he supposed to say.
Gene Shalit was there too and that still is the most New York thing I ever saw. At that point I knew ... this is the fookin' center of it.
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