Here is my logic. If most people retire at age 65 and the average life expectancy is 84 years, than that means most people live 19 years after retirement.
Thus if you postpone retirement, you should postpone death.
In other words, if I delay retirement until age 75, then I should live to age 94, right?
I gotta think positive. I need time to rebuild my nest egg.
Several times I have received a gift card or a prepaid card that clearly says “DEBIT CARD” on the card above the VISA or MasterCard logo. But NOOOO…..
When I go to use it I have to say it is a Credit Card because it does not have a pin number.
Why don’t the banks put the following on the card?
PREPAID CARD (use like Credit Card)
You would think the banks making billions of dollars a year could figure this out.
SCOTTY, BEAM US UP!
Another reason we need to rethink our education system.
[Please read the following with a Georgia accent.]
Recently I was in Warner Robins, Georgia on business. Just outside the Robins Air Force Base was a barbecue restaurant. It had some of the best tasting, melt in your mouth, smoky flavored barbecue I have ever eaten in every single bite.
Over the years, I have been to a number of great barbecue places. They usually are shacks with faded wood on the sides and rusty tin roofs. They all look like they would burn down if the cooks took their eyes off the fire for only a second and an amber escaped.
But what got me was the name of this larger than usual restaurant in Georgia with the outside painted red. Since the owner was well known in the area for his barbecue, it makes sense for him to name it after himself. That is why the restaurant has a large pink neon sign with the name “Martin’s BBQ”.
But I maintain, from an outsider’s point of view, that the name just does not have a great ring to it. I like the name “Leroy’s BBQ”. Now that is a name that reeks of barbecue, don’t you think?
This is just one reason why education must change.
We need to seriously look at how to improve education in the United States in order to offer a World Class education. Here are some futuristic ideas.
1. Decide to concentrate on quality not quantity. Instead of smaller class sizes which means more teachers, let’s concentrate on better teachers.
2. Collect and catalog all the best videos of teachers. We need to focus on the best of the best videos and teachers that motivate.
3. Allow vouchers to be used. Parents will pick the best schools which will encourage all schools to get better via supply and demand.
4. Meet in classes for group or team projects as well as testing. Students will want to socialize and test scores can be verified.
5. Encourage service for student grants. Do military or community service in exchange for student grants or loans.
Let’s make some positive change. Here is more information.
http://www.futuresearch.com/futureblog/2010/09/01/why-education-must-change/
My submitted entry has the person saying,
“Would it help if I went to work for Bain Capital?”
Joanne and Richard were expecting a baby soon. They knew this was going to be their last baby. Even though they secretly wanted a boy, they did not want to know the sex of the newborn.
Consequently they decorated the baby’s room completely in a neutral color … yes you guessed it… yellow.
Well this frustrated the grandparents to no end. They had heard myths about yellow being a depressing color or making babies angry.
When the baby was born and to the parent’s delight, it was a boy they named Jason.
No more than one hour went by after the birth when the grandparents rushed out and bought everything baby-related they could find. In the color blue.
Stacy has been making sure she and her husband, Jim, eat healthy. For Jim’s birthday, Stacy decided to take Jim out to dinner for the best steak in town.
Inside the restaurant, Jim and Stacy immediately noticed all the deer and antelope heads mounted on the walls.
When it was the couple’s turn, the hostess asked Stacy where she wanted to sit. She replied, “Somewhere where we won’t be stared at.”
Michael E Kelley 