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dandy72 wrote: An awful lot of these would apply to some government workers I know (currently employed, that is--not retired)
They're practicing. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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JimmyRopes wrote: They're practicing.
I never thought of it this way, but my god, you're absolutely right.
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I had a government contract for 5 years (got me through the recession) and witnessed Feds in action, or should I say inaction. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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I resemble that!
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Finally! 
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Having no structured time requirements in your life is over-rated, imo. I had basically that for 2 years while I was trying to find an interesting job, and it is way too easy to lose the motivation to do anything at all. That's why lots of people either fail to retire properly (keeping an interest in their previous work), become limited hours contractors, or take up something that is essentially a job replacement that they have to work hard at (DIY, golf, writing, ...) once they retire.
I'm sure the feeling of not having to work to pay the bills, and to be able to pick and choose what work one does and for whom, is wonderful. I'm in a pretty good position in that regard as, although I do need to work for money, I can be fairly choosy about who I work for, and I don't have to work more than 9-5. I wouldn't want to be completely without structure though.
Assuming I, and civilisation as we know it, am still around at 65 I can see myself being a business owner and not really retiring because I'd get bored and demotivated having nothing forcing me to do stuff.
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I've replaced working for; remodeling my sons house, hiking,camping, backpacking, biking, kayaking, I still program doing personal projects and articles for my web site and CP. But I do it at my pace not many dead lines anymore.
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BobJanova wrote: I wouldn't want to be completely without structure
I have structure in my life. When I get up I go for a bicycle ride (one day a long route [20-25 Km] next day a short route [5-6 Km]), when I get home I eat breakfast, I sweep up the around the outside of the house (a lot of flowers and leaves falling off the Mango trees this time of year), take a shower and go out to have lunch at a local place.
After lunch I usually go on the internet for an hour and maybe take a nap if I feel like it. After that I go out and have a few beers, take my dog out for a run (he is an old dog and can't run too fast anymore) and get home for dinner around dark because it is too hot to eat in the afternoon until the sun goes down.
Then I go back on the internet to check my email and maybe do a little programming. Later in the night I watch the English speaking news (Channel News Asia or AlJazeera) and watch a movie or two. Then it is off to bed and when I wake I start the cycle again.
That is about as much structure as I need in my life.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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I'm on-line therefore I am.
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Its a Facebook Drone [^] 
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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It's 41F here so it's probably me! It was 70+F yesterday when I got home from visiting family and today it's 41F high for the day.
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Woke up to -2F, currently 19F. No whining, just shivering if out too long.
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Better thee than me!
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PULL!
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I currently work for a bank and there's a challenge to find ways to use drones. 
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Tracking robbers?
Steve
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Someone suggested that.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I was reading on my old replies questions here and on SO. As I went to the earlier ones, frequency of, "bloody hell! I don't remember these things any more" kept on increasing.
Never happens with pr0n though. We sure are intelligent species.
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I need to read my own articles and tips to remember how something works...
Sometimes I'm even like "I didn't know I knew that!" 
I could describe all my emberassing moments of the past 26 years in full detail though.
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Sounds like an article. 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I could describe all my emberassing moments of the past 26 years in full detail though.
What, including the time you forgot how to spell "embarrassing" on a public forum? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've seen worse in the lounge. Some of it was even spelled correctly 
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We forget all of our wisdom, and remember all of our foolishness: without that we could not live as if the inevitability of death does not exist, and waste yet another day being superficial.
“The best hope is that one of these days the Ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away ~ leaving people with nothing more to stand ON than what they have so bloody well stood FOR up to now.” Kenneth Patchen, Poet
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The Microbiologist ask for just a small one.
The Seismologist asks for his to be shaken, not stirred.
The Geneticist working on Cloning asks for a double.
The Climate Change Scientist asks "Where's the ice?"
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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A computer scientist asks for gin....erm beer...erm vodka...erm whiskey....erm anything with alcohol!
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