Recent content by jamesgang

Well said "trumpeting angel"! "Less is more & more is less"! I've been preaching this to the wife now for a few years, to little avail. Somewhere we have crossed that invisible line in our psyche whereby more stuff actually became a disadvantage. If only we could see the subtle "quality of...

Jack, 20 yrs. ago when I was involved in a no-compete hassle with an employer, I was told by an attorney that the contract is primarily used to prevent employees from quitting & opening up a similar business in the locality. Attorney said that they could not prevent one from merely seeking work...

No singing! For entertainment, as I recall, if we were not too tired after the days work, we'd go fishin or build a campfire & cook our catch.

Perhaps, Rancher, my family's reaction to my "soul searching" back in 70's could be of assistance. Mom & Dad were extremely unhappy with my decision to give up career & then do the "mother earth" thing within a few years. As I look back, no amount of arguing on their part would have changed my...

Hmm; if TH's description of "death culture" is correct, then, years ago when I was about that young ladies age, I felt the same as she did! This is actually my 2nd ER! First was at the tender age of 26, I told them to take this nice white collar job & shuv it! Walked out giving 2 wk notice, did...

Great topic! I have been fighting the good fight for 2 years! And that is, the wife, along with her co-conspirator MILAW, have so far, unsuccessfully, been trying to persuade me to put up a storage shed in the back yard. HA! Double HA! HA! This is my "line in the sand"! The Alamo! The last...

Nords, I see the light now! I was unable, for some reason, to link to that article yesterday & was unsure what you were responding to. After reading the article, I tend to agree with your remarks. :)

I would not tend to worry too much about 29 yr old , Rancher, as some tend not to follow the mainstream. Much talk on this forum about personality types INTP & INTJ who march to the beat of different drummers. Perhaps she is one. 15 years from now, she could be the proud owner of a huge goat...

Tuff luv approach that TH advocates sounds like a winner! If you have saved & sacrificed all your life while others, including adult siblings, have not prepared for stormy times, then they have made their own bed! Don't let them die but throw them only a life preserver or a fishin pole & let...

Wow! Is he talking to me? If so, he may have caught a slight case of "Teds" ailment! ! !

"Sc**w you"! Nice comment Ted. With that, I suspect you have just lost whatever semblance of respect you may have enjoyed on this board!

I have lurked here for about a month, & have not run across any talk of what I would assume would be a common issue - & that is the spouse disagreeing with the ER issue! ! ! I have just recently verbalized to my wife(& myself really) of my intentions to at least semi ER. Actually, this has been...

Farmer, I too, have been somewhat embarrased to reveal my semi retirement status even at a much older age than you. I seem to have acquired the notion(don't know why) that there may now be somewhat of a social stigma attached to ER? ? ? Maybe it's a hangover from the "roaring 90's" whereby if...