I retired at age 57 sixteen years ago. My pension, social security & minimum required withdrawal from my IRA total approx. $31,000/yr & my wife gets a bit less. Everything we have is paid for including the house. I don't waste a lot of money but I get anything I want. So far this year I am up over $6,000 from Jan 1st &...more

Some people are too stupid to recognize IRONY.

With that many different uniforms how are they able to identify the bad guys? It looks like a good way to invite friendly fire. I know that when I was in we were required to buy a new uniform when the O.D.s became obsolete. I managed to avoid it because I got out just shortly afterward & was TDY most of the time. That ...more

How old was Mary when God got her pregnant?

I am a retired mailman & I have too many stories to tell of dog attacks. I was never attacked by a pit bull but I know of several people who were. The biggest problem is the terrible power of their jaws. We had one carrier in our office who had one & he was badly bitten when he tried to "kiss" his own dog.

I'd be happy to take a bus IF they would get ones that had comfortable seats. They are still using the exact same buses that I took to cross the country over FIFTY years ago. Even the poorest countries have better buses.

We don't need high speed. We just need for the railroads to buy a map of the United States. Why in the world do you have to go to Chicago to get to Texas from Southern California? Worse yet you have to to Chicago to get to Florida. The other major problem is there is at most one train a day to most locations. I would l...more

At least he is finally in a place where he belongs, Fort Devens. I was stationed there on two separate occasions. I would certainly hate to spend the rest of my life there.

Actually we could. Drown him & resuscitate him once for each of the first three murders & then don't resuscitate him for the fourth.  This should be done for all multiple murders. Since they can't be positive they can be brought back each time will be for real.