I have had a bit of a tussle at the club because of my earlier musings about government employees and their golden pensions. Several mems having retired from the afore mentioned service took umbrage with most of my sentiment in the earlier post.
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What a surprise eh? The Auditor General of Canada is worried that the Civil Service pension account is UNDERFUNDED.
Are we not tired of endless advertisements telling us that news staff on TV stations can hardly wait to tell us the news? Endless squawking about how committed they are and how early they rise in order to give us the “Real story”.
An old but still young friend passed away last night. He admitted that he had frittered away a great deal of life on very little, wasting it as he said. Almost his last words were, “It has gone by so quickly.”
Have you ever noticed how odd some people are? I don’t mean chaps who have a funny gait, such as several mems here about the club, men who thump their legs before attempting to stand to get the circulation going. No, I mean the types who expect something with a sense of entitlement, without really earning it.