Marilyn's Photos - July 14 2025 - Early Retirement
The Globe and Mail has only one row of cartoons each morning. At the bottom of the second or third page in the sports section - itself at the back of the business section. So far back and yet so funny each day.
Today's funniest cartoons? "You can't retire early. You're too old." "Your resume is great. It's so great I am giving it to the AI bot that wrote it."
Early retirement? There's a notion that it is somewhere before 65. And to be early, doesn't it need to be in the 50s? There are articles all the time on whether a person or couple have enough money to retire at some age like 50 or 55. I always wonder why those people couldn't find things they enjoyed doing and then make them part of their work. And then I wondered if there aren't other motivations for seeking "press" on their financial status. and then the ones I come up with are quite negative.
Pompous sense of self flaunts having lots of money by age 50
Seeking status for their financial saving success given they sacrificed everything
And isn't that consistent with my sense of reality show participants. We in the stands have grown used to these attention-seeking people over the last 25 years.
So I turned the page on that and went looking for Old Age quotes to enjoy - early retirement jokes aren't very popular:
“We don’t grow older, we grow riper.” – Pablo Picasso “The older I get, the better I used to be.” – Lee Trevino “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” – Bob Hope “I’m not old. I’m 25 plus shipping and handling.” – Unknown “Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Picture of the day? The Gourmet Niagara Porsche Day. I took a picture of every car - Gerry's is the first one at the top left - in charge of the run.
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