I had quite a collection of unusual news stories to link to here this week but after collecting them---i really didn't want to post them---it just felt better to write---it just felt good write about the stupid things i am doing....I am currently reading an SF novel Faith, JoJo and I are lost in streaming Stargate Universe from netflicks--(yes i know it's old and been canceled but what do we care)---- I am surviving work but with new rules I have written on below.
JoJo and I now have new hard working solar panels on the roof--finally---and all in all my personal, little world is not to,too bad. The outside world---now that's fucked.
After a few years of sanity at work in regards to the dress
code---a Hitler leader is wishing to
Fuhrer over the masses attired alike in coats, ties and slacks. Whereas
previously i could wear BDU pants, boots and warm outerwear in the winter---once
again the concept of---- it is better to look good than to be good---
has risen from the ashes. It is impossible for me to attempt reach inside the
small minds who demand everyone look the same----- to attempt to understand if there is
actually a truth behind this concept, which i cannot grasp from out here.
But i digress---This random, personality based rule change costs everyone
money---immaterial to those in charge, but still this has required a
complete change of equipment carried, method of carriage and so on. Luckily Job
requirement costs are immune from the retirement budget experiment, explained below...I decided
i would fight back by adhering to the new rules---but only to the letter of
them by developing a style I call, old white guy raids Samuel Jackson's closet.....black leather sport coat, black tie, blue black shirts only, black
slacks, black backwards beret for a hat...and of course the white
ponytail.....an old, fat, white Samuel Jackson is what they are going to get and
it follows their rules to the letter-----Snakes on a mother-fucking plane is going to appear monday.......
We began our retirement budget living experiment Oct 1st. We set up a
process where we removed from budgeting materials and expenses required by my
still working day to day....such as commuting gasoline, lunch, vehicle
maintained, work clothing requirements and so forth. We now are tabulating
income and outgo based on projected retirement salary and required expenses
based on the retirement scenario.
We are lucky in some respects that years ago we began the cutback to a
more realistic lower income lifestyle--we have no cable bill, we hardly ever
travel for vacations but if we do we camp out of the VW camper...we rarely eat
out...no going out to the movies...we do no Christmas capitalism whatsoever, we
have already reduced housing and debt. Our biggest cutback has been
smoking---which we both love and can give the Russian's a run for their money
at --- so reduction in smoking expense and spending on both of our hobbies is
the major adjustment we are currently attacking.
JoJo is smoking nothing but home made cigarettes--and I am smoking a combination of self-rolled cigarettes separated by the occasional Cigarillo---both of these actions appear to have satisfied our human tobacco requirements....my total tobacco expense yesterday during work was $1.48....which i would expect to cut completely in half if i was at home,retired and away from the stress of work which in and of itself creates an environment requiring additional smoking. My total personal expenditure this week(outside of work requirements) was $6.50..
JoJo is smoking nothing but home made cigarettes--and I am smoking a combination of self-rolled cigarettes separated by the occasional Cigarillo---both of these actions appear to have satisfied our human tobacco requirements....my total tobacco expense yesterday during work was $1.48....which i would expect to cut completely in half if i was at home,retired and away from the stress of work which in and of itself creates an environment requiring additional smoking. My total personal expenditure this week(outside of work requirements) was $6.50..
When retired and capable of cutting out 2nd mobile phones, 2nd car
expenses, clothing requirements, and so forth my first thoughts are that we can
make it--with even to spare all little for the occasional minor luxuries to
feed our individual peccadillo's.
This is the last posting on this blog regarding military
modeling projects of mine---Oz, Bruce and I (the 3 armored nerds) are
attempting to form a group of military plastic modelers to meet up twice a
month at the local Starbucks--we've created a blog hoping to allow anyone else
in the local area to find us and join in with us at
I will now be posting information on both my individual and the groups
work on that site. If you've been interested at all in my little modeling
section
http://roswellmilitarymodlers.blogspot.com/ will be the place to find my works in progress from now
on. An interesting after the fact is that our group held it's first little
meeting this Wednesday night at a local Starbucks and it was great, totally
enjoyable...to me it was a small sample of how a good retired life could be
made...we sat, talked modeling and military history, and drank coffee---this
was the way my mind constructed spending positive time with others in
retirement-----our little meeting gave me hope for the future and i want more
experiences like this one.
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert,
in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
Milton Friedman
