Sucks Getting Old is getting old

It sucks getting old.  But when all we can do is to "get old", there is not many viable alternatives.  The Swiss, god bless them, are making provisions for "end of life planning", or what clinics will call "We take walk-outs."

The Swiss have done much for mountains, banking, and the putting of holes in cheese.  I think they even gave us Yello, but I could be wrong.

Wrong is something we get alot as we get older.  And it sucks being wrong, almost as much as it sucks getting old.

In the last year, I have had the misfortune of having one of my dearest friends die from cancer.  Another acquaintance just passed on, with the euphemistic body riddled.

Life itself is a riddle.  But riddles, like the Swiss, and like cancer, and getting old suck.   There are no guarantees, no best before dates, no use before cautions.
At a certain point there is truth alone.  And death and taxes and gravity are all pretty safe bets.

Seven come eleven, boxcars or snake-eyes.  That's life.  Sometimes youse a winner, and sometimes, it's craps.   It is all how you roll it, little lady.   Little Lady Luck.

Warming your heart with your hands

It is enough to warm your heart with your hands.

Drums of fire on the corner filled with insurance papers, tax forms, yellow journalism, love letters, and family portraits.

Let us pause to consider those less fortunate.  

Forced to drink mexican beers on beaches with blondes in bikinis.

At Freedom 85, we say feh to the fortunate.  Give us a drum of fire, and a grudge to nurture, and we are filled.

Rewards in Heaven-new from Freedom85!!!

For years at Freedom 85, we have been preparing you for life in your sunset years.
Like our slogan, "We hold these truths to be self evident", it is obvious to most of us that retirement, pensions, and golden years are advertising terms from a by-gone era.

The truth is most people will work until they are no longer able to work. The options are limited, so we advise to get with the program, and learn to live your life now.

Because tomorrow.....well, you know where we stand on the issue.

But recently, we have developed a new program that is sure to shake up the status quo.

We call this program REWARDS IN HEAVEN. For pennies per month, you can realize security you have never known on earth.

When we finally leave this earthly domain, what becomes of us? This is a question that has been asked since the beginning of time.

For many life on earth is simply a stage before one gets to Heaven.

But what awaits you in Heaven?

It has been said that you cannot take it with you, but now with Freedom 85's REWARDS IN HEAVEN program, you CAN arrange to have it waiting for you.

Details to follow.

This offer is not available in all states or provinces. Some restrictions apply.

Exit Stage Left

EXTRA!! EXTRA!!! WORK SUCKS!!!! Read all about it.....

I was driving in to work yesterday and listening to the CBC.  Hana Gartner had an interesting discussion on The Current about retirement, the fight to end mandatory, how as we age, we will all have to keep on working, only thing different will be that more and more of the work we do, will be unpaid.

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/

Pt 3: Retirement - So much for Freedom 55. According to a new study, working after you retire, even just a little bit, can make you healthier and happier than people who don't.

It was generally agreed that since work takes up such a large percentage of our lives, that we owe ourselves to find work that we love, or at the very least, we can tolerate for 8 plus hours a day plus commute time.

So to summarize, "retirement" is a concept that no longer exists, "mandatory retirement" is an ageist conspiracy to keep the aged poor and in need of support, work is something we should love, and in the future, we will work for less and less money.

In other news, man botches home circumscision. Judges rules 4 year old cannot give consent.

Even the Financial Post knows it's all a con!

Good to go?
Most Boomers' retirement plans 'going nowhere'
Former engineer and financial planner Jim Otar says most Baby Boomers have not saved enough to retire comfortably and should plan to remain in the workforce quite a bit longer.1
What is interesting about this story is two things.
First, the National Post/Financial Post is finally catching on to the whole retirement con job fantasy that is routinely shoved down our throats. Secondly, author Jim Otar warns that most Baby Boomers are in the "red zone", and that they would be " well-advised to find a new career they can enjoy into old age."

What the hell do you think we've been talking about here at Freedom 85????

1 Jonathan Chevreau, National PostPublished: Saturday, August 22, 2009

Homer vs. Dignity season 12 The Simpsons

A financial consultant visits Chief Wiggum, informing him that he has not planned for retirement.
"You know how it is with cops."
"I'll get shot three days before retirement."
"In the business we call it irony."