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Thoughts - Part IV

Retirement. This is the golden period of a lifetime of hard work, when one can actually enjoy a few of life's comforts without the confines of everyday work. It is a period celebrated by society.  It is a time of a few good years before death.  You are out of the game, having done what you have done, having said what could be said, and having lived in the active world swirling about you.  It is not a time for youth, just beginning their venture. Yet, many young folks live a portion of the retirement live - the relaxing and doing little but without reflection and with few memories, without goals and without drive.  Text-ing and Twitter-ing do not make a life, past or present, and never will. Current Legislation.  It was considered landmark legislation when a bill was passed and signed to allow the FAA to move around money to avert serious airport delays owing to traffic controller furloughs.   While Congress was giving itself high-fives on a job well done, t he United States cit