Freedom 55

01 Jun 18
23:05 hrs.

     It's late. I'll start writing tomorrow.

02 Jun 18
06:00 hrs

    Yesterday my Lobster, The Junior Loin Fruit and I went to visit the Old Veteran. It was his birthday. Just 93 years young. I've written about him and his Better Half before. He served with tbe British Paras in WWII and had jumped into France to secure a bridge. The battle to take and hold the objective was referred to as the Pegasus Bridge. There is a movie about the battle coming out soon. The Old Veteran served as a consultant for the movie. Unfortunately, his health has declined to the point where I do not think he will be able to hear it and he may not be able to see it. The production has been delayed due to Brexit and if it is delayed any longer he may not be around to see it. If that happens I'll take the Jr. Loin Fruit to see it. He's a history buff and will really appreciate it.

     Seeing the Old Veteran reminds me of my own mortality.  Quite a few years ago the big banks had promoted the notion of retiring at the age of 55. The notion was that by this time your kids should be gone to college or working (not living in your basement), your house should be close to being paid off and you will be retiring with no real debts. Society was starting to change at this time and people were not working 30 years for the same company and then be pensioned off. Freedom 55 was a means to teach people to look ahead and save the funds themselves before they got to 55 years of age.

     In 2018 Freedom 55 is a myth. The kids are living in the basement with the - Nobody likes me and Nobody understands me- syndrome.

03 Jun 18
14:02 hrs

     The latest project at the Wayward Inn is nearly completed. Just waiting for the paint to dry on a stabilizing beam and then it can be bolted into position. When I was employed as an assembler I purchased a Rigid brand impact driver to do the job. Wrote it off on my taxes too. Wouldn't do without it.

     The Jr. Loin Fruit has invited his Main Squeeze over gor supper. We are having a pork loin roast with garlic and Chinese five spice seasoning, baby carrots, beet leaves and dough and roasted beets. I plan on hitting Costco tomorrow and buying a rack of ribs to make for myself. I don't know what anybody else is having. As we have to go to the Jr. Couch Monkey's bursary function I have no idea if the Better Half has made any plans for anything. I really hope that there is no surprises. I'm not really in the mood for any shenanigans.

     I just remembered that the Sr. Couch Monkey is off on Mondays.  I was planning on lazing about. Watch a movie, hit Costco, maybe play some World of Tanks and monitor the ribs as they progress to perfection. Of course, this would require beaucoup de bier. However, with him being home I may have to include him in my activities. Probably not, as he will probably just mushroom like a lot of his generation.

     Which brings me back to Freedom 55. I'm betting on maybe another 10 years and then I want to start spending a lot of time on a Caribbean beach. Now, I just saw a court case in the Hugh-Ess where this elderly couple had their 30 year old unemployed son hanging in their basement. They had to take him to court to get him to move our. The son lost and was given ten days to vacate. He's out. I wouldn't have gone to court I'd just sell the house and down size to something for my Lobster and I. The profits go to the pina colada fund.

     That's ten years for me to finish my books. They'll be on Amazon.