The glory days are over
05-27-2006, 08:23 AM
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Plan
Originally Posted by Randal
Here`s de plan---dump the wife, in some cases thats a plus anyhow lol.--leave the kids with granny, she looks after them most times anyhow lol.
proceed to the exotic east(belly dancing etc) work for 5 years return with a lot of dough, and 3 extra wives lol (you`ve become a muslim they can have 4 wives)
pay off all debts live happily ever after.I am sure that plan will work great.
Often a happy life is built upon home, friends and family. If you have to sell out your own country to stay in the saddle I don't think there is much value in that kind of life. No matter how many wives you get you will always be a stranger and eventually come home to a country who dosent know who you are or care anymore. I use to fly with plenty of pilots who had just returned from extended stays overseas and they were wealthy lonesome zombies with big pools in their backyards but no one who wanted to swim in them. SKyHigh
05-27-2006, 08:43 AM
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Money may not buy love, but it sure can rent it. It may not buy happiness, but you can park the yacht or Ferrari next to it.
About 60% of the pilot population has found some wives do not lead to happiness or wealth. Almost 100% have found that a good looking twenty something girlfriend can create instant happiness and be easily replaced if lost or stolen.
About 60% of the pilot population has found some wives do not lead to happiness or wealth. Almost 100% have found that a good looking twenty something girlfriend can create instant happiness and be easily replaced if lost or stolen.
05-27-2006, 10:18 AM
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Nice
Originally Posted by jungle
Money may not buy love, but it sure can rent it. It may not buy happiness, but you can park the yacht or Ferrari next to it.
About 60% of the pilot population has found some wives do not lead to happiness or wealth. Almost 100% have found that a good looking twenty something girlfriend can create instant happiness and be easily replaced if lost or stolen.
About 60% of the pilot population has found some wives do not lead to happiness or wealth. Almost 100% have found that a good looking twenty something girlfriend can create instant happiness and be easily replaced if lost or stolen.
Those ideas sound incredibly shallow now and will be awfully hollow at 70.
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05-27-2006, 12:33 PM
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I can't call your recipe for happiness profound, but if it makes you happy go for it. I may be hollow at 70, but maybe you and your wife will end up that way also.
I wouldn't dream of passing judgement on someone's path to happiness. You seem to make a hobby of it.
I wouldn't dream of passing judgement on someone's path to happiness. You seem to make a hobby of it.
05-27-2006, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
I am sure that plan will work great. Often a happy life is built upon home, friends and family. If you have to sell out your own country to stay in the saddle I don't think there is much value in that kind of life. No matter how many wives you get you will always be a stranger and eventually come home to a country who dosent know who you are or care anymore. I use to fly with plenty of pilots who had just returned from extended stays overseas and they were wealthy lonesome zombies with big pools in their backyards but no one who wanted to swim in them.
SKyHigh
Often a happy life is built upon home, friends and family. If you have to sell out your own country to stay in the saddle I don't think there is much value in that kind of life. No matter how many wives you get you will always be a stranger and eventually come home to a country who dosent know who you are or care anymore. I use to fly with plenty of pilots who had just returned from extended stays overseas and they were wealthy lonesome zombies with big pools in their backyards but no one who wanted to swim in them. SKyHigh
My country sold me out by letting greedy Harvard MBAs destroy my career and steal my pension. I've gone overseas and found a way to re-start my career and perhaps reach my original career goals and financial expectations. That certainly wouldn't have happened had I stayed in the good ole USA. I enjoy my life overseas. I have far more friends than I did in the States and my son will grow up in an enlightened multi-cultural environment.I define myself as an American because I believe in the premise of America as founded by our fore fathers. Individual freedom being one of the main components of that original premise. I need not live within the confines of America's borders to pursue my happiness nor does leaving those borders mean I forsake my belief in America.
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05-27-2006, 01:19 PM
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Actually I am in my 50s and have seen more expensive throw away relationships among those who married(some multiple times) than not. Any small mammal can reproduce, and the idea that your legacy is important to the world takes an ego of truly massive proportion. The race will survive without you creating a herd of children.
I am very happy and would not dream of passing judgement on what you consider neccessary for your happiness.
I have quite a lot to show for my time, it's just not in the currency you choose to trade in. Can't we just all get along?
I am very happy and would not dream of passing judgement on what you consider neccessary for your happiness.
I have quite a lot to show for my time, it's just not in the currency you choose to trade in. Can't we just all get along?
05-27-2006, 01:45 PM
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So then, perhaps you will share with us your concept of legacy and describe how your view is going to change you or the world for the better.
Again, I don't pretend to be wise enough to judge someone or tote up their life's work and present a meaningful accounting. Maybe you have aquired this skill and can fully account for the true meaning of life. Good luck and all the best. I will respect other's choices whether they respect mine or not, we don't all have the same goals.
My Bundyisms were partially a joke, but then so is life.
Again, I don't pretend to be wise enough to judge someone or tote up their life's work and present a meaningful accounting. Maybe you have aquired this skill and can fully account for the true meaning of life. Good luck and all the best. I will respect other's choices whether they respect mine or not, we don't all have the same goals.
My Bundyisms were partially a joke, but then so is life.
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05-27-2006, 03:19 PM
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Country
Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot
I agree with the first sentence, but after that you loose me. How does going overseas to work = selling out your home country? My country sold me out by letting greedy Harvard MBAs destroy my career and steal my pension. I've gone overseas and found a way to re-start my career and perhaps reach my original career goals and financial expectations. That certainly wouldn't have happened had I stayed in the good ole USA. I enjoy my life overseas. I have far more friends than I did in the States and my son will grow up in an enlightened multi-cultural environment.
I define myself as an American because I believe in the premise of America as founded by our fore fathers. Individual freedom being one of the main components of that original premise. I need not live within the confines of America's borders to pursue my happiness nor does leaving those borders mean I forsake my belief in America.
Typhoonpilot
My country sold me out by letting greedy Harvard MBAs destroy my career and steal my pension. I've gone overseas and found a way to re-start my career and perhaps reach my original career goals and financial expectations. That certainly wouldn't have happened had I stayed in the good ole USA. I enjoy my life overseas. I have far more friends than I did in the States and my son will grow up in an enlightened multi-cultural environment.I define myself as an American because I believe in the premise of America as founded by our fore fathers. Individual freedom being one of the main components of that original premise. I need not live within the confines of America's borders to pursue my happiness nor does leaving those borders mean I forsake my belief in America.
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05-27-2006, 03:25 PM
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Judgment
Originally Posted by jungle
I can't call your recipe for happiness profound, but if it makes you happy go for it. I may be hollow at 70, but maybe you and your wife will end up that way also.
I wouldn't dream of passing judgement on someone's path to happiness. You seem to make a hobby of it.
I wouldn't dream of passing judgement on someone's path to happiness. You seem to make a hobby of it.
I wasn't passing judgement. Most people would consider your philosophy to be shallow for a high school kid. I don't think it will make you happy either.
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05-27-2006, 03:45 PM
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You thought wrong. Calling something shallow is passing judgement. I am very happy and want for nothing, I also hope that you are happy.
It is always amazing to me what makes others happy. I may think their selection is wrong for me, but I'd never tell them that or presume my choice to be better. I make a few half joking remarks and all of a sudden you seem to know what my life is all about. You missed.
When one starts making pronouncements about the way others should live their lives the conversation gets trite in a hurry. Many of your posts don't sound too happy, perhaps you'd like to extoll the virtues of life as you live it-perfect for you and wrong for me. Best of luck to you.
It is always amazing to me what makes others happy. I may think their selection is wrong for me, but I'd never tell them that or presume my choice to be better. I make a few half joking remarks and all of a sudden you seem to know what my life is all about. You missed.
When one starts making pronouncements about the way others should live their lives the conversation gets trite in a hurry. Many of your posts don't sound too happy, perhaps you'd like to extoll the virtues of life as you live it-perfect for you and wrong for me. Best of luck to you.
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