Re: Work-til-you-drop America

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At 01:22 PM 3/6/2005, Carrol Cox wrote:


> Similarly, in a reasonably decent society, in which no one worked more
> than (say) 20-30 hour weeks, it would be sensible for those over (say)
> 55 to go on working (say) 8 or 10 hour weeks! _Mere_ retirement is
> something like the warehousing of students in schools simply to keep
> them off the streets and the job-market.
>
> Carrol


after working 18-20 hrs a day for over two months, and 60-90 hr weeks for
five years before that, I can't think of anything better than utterly
nothing to do. I can't even sleep more than 5 hours any more without waking
up with a start, worrying about everything I have to do!

Please, don't take retirement away from me. I will refinish furniture, loll
around reading Fanshen, dust my bookcase, visit museums, go to outdoor
concerts, walk the dog, and paint my nails..... happily doing nothing else
-- for years.

Please?


kelley

a work-a-holic who still looks forward to retirement

p.s. Carrol, I hunted down more info on the Ptahhotep quote--thanks to a
listmate at a Web design list.


http://www.inkworkswell.com

"Be a scribe! Your body will be sleek, your hand
will be soft. You are  one who sits grandly in your
house; your servants answer speedily; beer is poured
copiously; all who see you rejoice in good cheer.
Happy is  the heart of him who writes; he is young
each day."

                 --Ptahhotep, Vizier to Isesi,
                   Fifth Egyptian Dynasty, 2300 BC