**** your...

[notyoueither]

OK, now that's a problem.

Does some guy's attitude about your wife's decorating sense really matter?

[notyoueither]

Depends which standards you use. If I had to retire today I would be able to live the rest of my life on my savings, but barely.

Well then you have an out. Better than most people.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben you are not a Texan, you are also not an American, you are also a monarchist as mentioned in another thread which disqualifies you from claiming any sort of adherence to core American values. Hanging a Texas flag on your property is therefore dishonest.

So I shouldn't fly it with my Jacobite Banner? Good to know.

My ancestors were American loyalists who were exiled to Canada by the revolution. Last I checked Texas wasn't a part of your 'revolution' which deprived many people of homes and property for their crime of loving the king. Thankfully modern America has moved beyond such petty greivances with the installation of the imperial office of the presidency since the reign of Lincoln the first.

[KrazyHorse]

Well then you have an out. Better than most people.

No ****. Most people's lives suck. However, most people don't live the **** work-life balance I do either.

[notyoueither]

Lucifer has his price.

[KrazyHorse]

Anyway, we all have an out: half a bottle of wild turkey, some aspirin, a hot bath and a razor blade.

[Ben Kenobi]

See above

You don't see the irony of a Canadian ex-pat monarchist flying a Texas flag?

[Hauldren Collider]

You probably should drink less [/captainobvious]

[notyoueither]

Anyway, we all have an out: half a bottle of wild turkey, some aspirin, a hot bath and a razor blade.

True, but something else may be preferable.

I'd rather retire to a beach in Central America than to the wrong side of the grass.

[Ben Kenobi]

You probably should drink less

But I *like* Big Red.

[KrazyHorse]

If I drank less I would not be able to deal with the incompetence I face daily. This is a positive career move.

[notyoueither]

And here I did my liver in by shear hedonism.

[The Mad Monk]

I will retire in 10-15 years and then I will have interesting threads again. Until then, I am playing sociologist-***-participant among the southwest Connecticut upper class.

What makes you think your retirement will stop that?

[KrazyHorse]

Because I will certainly not retire to the northeast.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm going to buy a handgun and a bodyguard and retire to St Maarten