Title: Retirement the Get Even Years
Author: Fred Sahner
Date: 1998
Publisher: CCC
Publications
ISBN: 1-57644- 049-4
Length: 90 pages
Illustrations: cartoons
by Lennie Peterson
Quote: “Leaving the work
force can be a difficult separation. You might feel sad for a full three
seconds.”
Not to suggest that all,
or even most, retired people are ill, but this is one of those small,
light-to-hold, easy-to-read books, with lots of 18-point type, that are very
easy to read in bed.
“The fifteen sure fire
signs that you are ready for retirement are...1. You start referring to
forty-year-olds as ‘kids’…”
“The Retired Person’s
Daily Schedule…Morning: Wake up (roll over and go back to sleep). Wake up (when
good and ready). Scratch. Brush teeth (where applicable)…”
“By watching what we eat,
and more importantly, what kinds of beer we’re drinking, we can stay around to
annoy our friends and families for a long time.”
I’d better stop quoting
or I’ll reprint this whole little book, but I do recommend it, because this
book is just so dang cute and clever about the joys of retirement that it’s
likely to motivate anyone who has the option to go on working. So, retirement
is something to laugh about. Sahner got that right. Take these chortles and
pass them around.
Unfortunately Sahner no longer has any use for a dollar, and the minimum price for books bought at this web site still applies: $5 per book, $5 per package, $1 per online payment. However, this thin book will fit into a package with other books that are Fair Trade Books; scroll down for ideas, or you could just request any book that's widely available secondhand although its author is still alive.
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