Why do people not want to work?

[Jstpssng]

Thanks, but it is not glamourous. I alluded to this before, but we took it on the chops when we moved into this old dilapidated Tiny House. Not ONE PERSON thought it was a good idea, which is really scary. The system is so messed up that people would rather live in a nice house, then get $174,000 cash.

Goodness gracious a person would have to work for 5 years in a traditional job to get that kind of money (factoring in the costs of working). That would mean I would be away from home most of the time, and in 5 years time, my daughters will be 11, 17,18 and 19. NO THANK YOU! I will gladly trade a nice home for 5 years with my daughters growing up! (ages 6, 12,13 and 14)

But that is the really sad thing. Many people on here tout up work ethic, and shame people like me that have retired early, yet when they get to be 70 years old, they look back on all those years away from the people they love and wonder why they were always at work? No thank you! I will gladly make deep sacrifices so I can work for, and work around, my family. That is not laziness; that is working hard for the things that matter.

This Tiny House will be nice in a few years. In the meantime, I will be around my wife and children as I fix it up. I call that a win-win, even if it comes disguised as a humble abode.

The people most are shaming are those who choose not to work so that you have to. Not many people can accomplish what you've done.

 

[ovrszd]

Speaking of work and wives. My wife is always telling me that my work is really just my entertainment. Sometimes I think she just doesn稚 like it that I like what I do for 層ork?

If you enjoy your job and you are good at it you make it look easy and everyone thinks they can do it. Until they try. :laughing:

An elderly neighbor was doing some dozer work for me when he was 75. I said "Leonard when are you going to retire"? He as ked my definition of retirement? I replied doing what you want to do every day. He said "Then I've been retired my whole life"!!! He farmed for a living. Still on the farm at 96.

 

[atsah]

An elderly neighbor was doing some dozer work for me when he was 75. I said "Leonard when are you going to retire"? He as ked my definition of retirement? I replied doing what you want to do every day. He said "Then I've been retired my whole life"!!! He farmed for a living. Still on the farm at 96.

Probably keeps him alive.. Good for him..

 

[the old grind]

I'm still climbing ladders and scaffolds at 69, while the 40-somethings I know are all candy and cartoons the minute they get home from work.

It seems that if one of them doesn't get as much 'relax' time (reruns, spacebook) as spent on the job they should just sleep off the disappointment.

"I'll do it Saturday." (Saturday is either too hot or too cold to go outside, whole year is actually:laughing

Saturday: "Nothing good on. I worked so hard last Tuesday, I need a four hour nap this afternoon. (68^ and Sunny) I'll do that tomorrow."

Sunday: "What a beautiful day lets go out to eat and buy whatever cheap, crappy seasonal decorations are on sale on our way home."

Weekend breakfast is around twelve noon by 1:30 a movie has been chosen for that evening. Bath, joint, cigarette, and a rerun later it's 4:00 and too late to start anything. Never work for self later in the day than at job. "I'll do it next weekend."

I'm still having enough daylight by 9:00 to work outside but as we approach the equinox that'll change noticeably in a mere few weeks.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You've been watching me! lol Are the Halloween decorations on sale yet? I sometimes work very hard, but then it's definitely a day off time. Rarely, would I schedule two days in a row out on the road.

 

[the old grind]

Don't spend it all on Holiday trimmings if any of your ghost-hunting gear has become obsolete the day you bought it. Y'know, like the camera you bought last year is ok, but not quite good enough. The EVP and squawk boxes aren't the best. Thermal camera isn't good enough either, maybe because it's 30 YO and you can't find a battery for the boat anchor you found at a yard sale.

btw, If your ghost gear were all that good you'd use it a lot more, but not to worry, website has been there only two years. Folks will be signing up for readings and the $$ will be rolling in soon. btw, Christmas is coming up, so share your list and don't expect to have to spend your own $$ on another collection.

"If the best things in life are free, why do old people expect us to`pay for them??"

 

[Industrial Toys]

I really dislike buying electronic/consumer gear. Such bad value for ones money. I just ordered a cast guide bracket for a band saw made in 1963 from Wells in Michigan. The lady that answered, the phone (YES, you read that right) was the one that facilitated the order. AMAZING!

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Speaking of work and wives. My wife is always telling me that my work is really just my entertainment. Sometimes I think she just doesn稚 like it that I like what I do for 層ork?

If you enjoy your job and you are good at it you make it look easy and everyone thinks they can do it. Until they try. :laughing:

Yep... scary, but we are in agreement. I love my job and have no plans to stop anytime soon. If I don't have some sort of project going, I'm a wreck.

 

[atsah]

If I don't have some sort of project going, I'm a wreck.

Same here.. I'm in the local hardware all the time buying whatever I need to bring something I bought back to life..

 

[two_bit_score]

An elderly neighbor was doing some dozer work for me when he was 75. I said "Leonard when are you going to retire"? He as ked my definition of retirement? I replied doing what you want to do every day. He said "Then I've been retired my whole life"!!! He farmed for a living. Still on the farm at 96.

Gotta respect that!