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Old 09-11-2014, 12:20 PM
 
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A lawyer sent me a letter one time saying he had a "pension for litigation."
When my SIL was still working as a Paralegal, she was contacted by a headhunter who wanted to know if she was interested in a new position where she could specialize in "litigitation". My SIL had to suppress the urge to laugh at a headhunter who couldn't even pronounce the specialization that was involved with this job.


 
Old 09-11-2014, 01:13 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Totally agree. And now that we will have the baby boomers retiring in groves, are we going to try to shortchange them too, in the name of fighting a war against terrorists.....
 
Old 09-11-2014, 01:28 PM
 
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[quote=Fox Terrier;36456879]
we will have the baby boomers retiring in groves...quote]


I wonder if, prior to retirement, those baby boomers were "working in the vineyard of The Lord".
Once you get used to harvesting the fruit of the vine, it shouldn't be too difficult to switch to harvesting from trees.

 
Old 09-11-2014, 02:16 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I pictured tent cities sprouting up in orange groves, full of prune-faced oldsters!
Peachy, eh?
 
Old 09-11-2014, 03:57 PM
 
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I pictured tent cities sprouting up in orange groves, full of prune-faced oldsters!
Peachy, eh?
Well, perhaps if they keep humming Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, it will help...

 
Old 09-11-2014, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Sudcaroland
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I've just read this one: Anyone know where you can buy like childhood cancer ribbon items for like a party
 
Old 09-11-2014, 04:12 PM
 
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I'm an author, and have worked as an editor.

My #1 all time favorite: An essay (printed in a local paper) talked about "racial epitaphs."

I guess that would be a tombstone that says, "Here lies a dead (fill in the blank)."
Really did laugh out loud.
 
Old 09-11-2014, 04:16 PM
 
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Totally agree. And now that we will have the baby boomers retiring in groves, are we going to try to shortchange them too, in the name of fighting a war against terrorists.....
I want to retire to China Grove with the Doobie Brothers.
 
Old 09-11-2014, 04:17 PM
 
Location: USA
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"All I can say is I probably would have went back to my home town."
 
Old 09-11-2014, 04:17 PM
 
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I've just read this one: Anyone know where you can buy like childhood cancer ribbon items for like a party
Like no, like I don't even understand like why you need like something like that.
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