Retirement... throwing in the towel or shifting into high gear? (move, screaming)

[Aqua Blue]

I find this whole idea funny. When I was working it was so routine and I wAs so bored so often. But, you had to stay and had to do the same thing over and over and over. Now when I get bored I can go do something else, sometimes that is even take a nap.

[Dave_n_Tenn]

I remember my kids sayin' "Dad... I'm bored" and I would say, "if your bored, your boring". Seems like that mood just went away by itself.

I'm never bored... tired or exhausted yes, but never bored. Did I mention, I love me a nap.

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Originally Posted by ReachTheBeach

Well, the title is 2 clichés with "or" between them and I count 6 clichés in the body of the first post. I figured you did it on purpose. No big deal, but I wouldn't ridicule someone (wasn't me) for pointing it out. I especially would not have used yet another cliché...

Am I charged with "excessive use of cliche's" . and those who sent reps for the cliches... thanks.

[jrkliny]

throwing in the towel
shifting into high gear
in the age
get-er-done
take the reins off
marathon runner who as enough kick to sprint to the finish line
primed
cool the jets
take your foot off the brake
on the downside of life

Maybe you could express yourself more clearly than with a string of phrases.

[ReachTheBeach]

Originally Posted by Dave_n_Tenn

Am I charged with "excessive use of cliche's" . and those who sent reps for the cliches... thanks.

In the heat of the moment you might have gone over the top and layed it on a little too thick. You yanked a few chains but not past the point of no return. It will all come out in the wash...

[Escort Rider]

Originally Posted by jrkliny

Whoa. Did you wake up too early and have too many cups of coffee? Maybe you could make your point with fewer bad and trite analogies.
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Originally Posted by ReachTheBeach

Well, the title is 2 clichés with "or" between them and I count 6 clichés in the body of the first post. I figured you did it on purpose. No big deal, but I wouldn't ridicule someone (wasn't me) for pointing it out. I especially would not have used yet another cliché...

Originally Posted by jrkliny

throwing in the towel
shifting into high gear
in the age
get-er-done
take the reins off
marathon runner who as enough kick to sprint to the finish line
primed
cool the jets
take your foot off the brake
on the downside of life

Maybe you could express yourself more clearly than with a string of phrases.

Originally Posted by ReachTheBeach

In the heat of the moment you might have gone over the top and layed it on a little too thick. You yanked a few chains but not past the point of no return. It will all come out in the wash...

This is not the writing forum, and the thread topic is not about the use, or the over-use, of clichés. If this were a club of English Ph.D.'s I would understand all the criticism and the attention to the writing. But it isn't, which leaves me mystified as the reason for these attacks. If we were all so intent on pointing out everybody's lapses from a perfect, high degree of literacy, then very little of substance would be discussed on City-Data.

[ReachTheBeach]

I didn't mean my responses as attacks. I think the OP did it on purpose, looking for responses that played along.

[jrkliny]

Originally Posted by Escort Rider

This is not the writing forum, and the thread topic is not about the use, or the over-use, of clichés. If this were a club of English Ph.D.'s I would understand all the criticism and the attention to the writing. But it isn't, which leaves me mystified as the reason for these attacks. If we were all so intent on pointing out everybody's lapses from a perfect, high degree of literacy, then very little of substance would be discussed on City-Data.

Do you think this is an attack? I am just having fun with Dave's choice of words which are picturesque at the least. Sorry, Dave, hope you are not upset.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Not tired of the idea of work itself, and still very energized by technology and high quality competent business strategy. But sick as heck of outsourcing, offshoring and the race to the bottom. I have very mixed feelings about eventually reaching the finish line.

[engineman]

I didn't retire, I escaped. I have never missed the "rat race".