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ProfessorGAC

(77,021 posts)
18. Good For You!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:42 PM
Oct 2025

Like you, we have a very comfortable retirement income, but I substitute teach because there's a need & I enjoy helping out.
Certainly has more value than another round of golf. (Which I do a lot anyway.)
I donate the money (after taking gas money) to a local food pantry.
It wasn't a bucket list thing, but as I approached retirement 7 years ago, it sure seemed like a good idea. I'm still doing it.
You doing the barrista thing is highly public facing, so I'd think you get a lot of people time.

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The hospital pics of the driver he attacked are very disturbing Zorro Oct 2025 #1
69-year-old delivery driver? maxsolomon Oct 2025 #2
"Delivery Driver" was probably not on his retirement bucket list JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2025 #6
Yes. It will be much more common in the coming johnnyfins Oct 2025 #7
I retired 2 years ago Americanme Oct 2025 #10
Maybe it was. Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #14
Good For You! ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #18
People time is a lot of the reason I haven't pursued that particular "when I have enough time . . . thing." Ms. Toad Oct 2025 #19
A lot of older people have to work Bettie Oct 2025 #9
If you have to work, why retire? demosincebirth Oct 2025 #17
Not every retiree chose to retire. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2025 #20
There's always a cabinet post in the trump mob. Turbineguy Oct 2025 #3
Ice has a spot in leadership. Traildogbob Oct 2025 #5
Among the initial misdemeanor charges filed against Sanchez was public intoxication..... riversedge Oct 2025 #4
. dalton99a Oct 2025 #8
Think that should be mail, not male SocialDemocrat61 Oct 2025 #11
And ibteraction caught on camera of drunk Sanchez trying to get into victims truck BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #12
Well the good news is he's still eligible for a Trump cabinet position. Nt Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #13
Yep past bad behavior not a disqualifier Ritabert Oct 2025 #15
Sanchez sliced that poor guy's face up like a ham. LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #16
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