On 11/12/2011 10:21 AM, Tommy Joe wrote:
> On Dec 10, 6:51 am, > wrote:
>
>> Well, I guess that explains why you don't work there any more. Says a
>> lot about why you find it difficult to get a decent job too!
>
>
> I wish I had found it more difficult to get a job when I first
> joined the work force at age 30 back in '78. I worked on and off

I hit the workforce at 15 as an office boy or "gopher" as they are
called these days. That was in 52 if I recall correctly. Only ever had
the one employer, a rarity these days. Haven't been out of the workforce
since. Doing consultancy 2 - 3 days a week now just to fill some time.

> before that but mostly hung out in a poolroom doing my best to avoid
> it. Soon, not working became a fulltime job and I was forced to get a
> real one. That's when I started driving a cab. I'm good at it. But
> overall I think that work sucks. Can't wait for that SSI check when I
> turn 65 in Sept. If I'm still alive. Yes, if a person can get away

I will never qualify for what you call SSI.

> without working, more power to them. How about people who don't work
> for like 3 years and all they do is complain about having no job.

If you haven't had a job for three years, it can be really difficult to
find someone willing to take you on. You get tarnished with "that"
brush! Hard to shake off.

Come to think of it, I can't recall any of my peers being unemployed in
the 50s when I first started out in the workforce. There was always some
work around if you were prepared to (a) do anything that was available
or (b) go to where the work was. Some of my peers went on to uni after
high school and then found themselves unable to get work in their field.
They took any work that was going, even as a tram conductor. Different
attitude amongst a lot of the young people these days.

> Hey, if you can go 3 years without working and still have a roof over
> your head you're doing ok in my book.
>
> TJ

Depends a lot on what you were doing BEFORE you had the three years
without working. One of my friends retired a millionaire at 45 back when
a million was a real lot of money. After a few years he was climbing the
walls so he bought into a copper mine and, with a couple of partners,
operated it. He's since sold out of that and does some real
entrepreneurial stuff these days. He was a little older than I so he
must be in his early 80s by now.

Golden rule: Keep mind and body active as long as you can.

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Krypsis