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Respectfully, it depends. IMHO, a politician in his/her 70s is viable: it's not about keeping up with the pace of cranking out pages of rules, balance sheets, general ledgers, what-not. It is very much about the metadata - HOW they know what they know. A little-known fact: politicians do a negligible amount of what employees in OP's wife's position call "work". They are paid for how they came about the know-how they have. The metadata, if you will.
Keeping up with a 20-30 year old on the cranking out part of a job (whether it be spreadsheets, a 4000 page health care bill, whatever) is a fool's errand. What you DO get paid for is your acumen with the sniff test - being able to tell whether or not a situation looks right, feels right and tastes right. I do not now know, nor have I EVER known, a single 20-30 year old who has a prayer of doing that well.
I say this as a former member of the 20-30 yo super-cranker cohort, who has grown older and considerably more astute.
Exactly - I was astonished at how well Hillary looked on some late night show and then - duh - I remembered.
They have more than enough money, they aren't rushing home to take care of anything. Things are done for them.
Wife loves weekend boating and partying. Nothing wrong with that other than it restricts her already severely limited job options.
All we read is what he says; we have no idea of what his wife really says. We do know that he hasn't worked in years because he stated long ago that he was going to Soc. Sec. as his unemployment benefits ended. Since he was 62 it would have been a small amount.
His wife has been the breadwinner. Whether she continues supporting him she's going to keep working because she's still three years from receiving the full amount.
The saga of his surgeries, especially his rotator cup, has been going on for years. If he wished to get off his rear end and contribute he would have done so years ago. I once saw a Walmart greeter in a power wheelchair. However, rotor cup boy just wants to stay home and play. His wife is the victim. I know that many would call him an abuser since he stays home while his wife supports him.
Be thankful that you
have biscuitpop.
Last edited by Happy in Wyoming; 10-03-2015 at 08:31 AM..
Making a lot of assumptions to jump to some conclusions about this particular situation.
Having said that, there is something I have noticed over the years. People who are willing to do just about anything to support themselves usually don't have to. They are more likely to have job situations they like. I know there are exceptions due to health of individuals or those close to them (caregivers have a job; a really hard one), really bad luck and lack of job skills, but most people seem to either have near zero gaps in employment or frequent and/or large gaps. It seems counter-intuitive, but it is easier to be picky about jobs if you aren't picky about jobs.
?? The TV schedule?? If so, I read some blurb about the e-mail "scandal". They are searching all her e-mails etc. In one of them, she e-mailed one of her minions to tell her the time and channel for the show "Scandal".
lots easier than looking it up yourself - I guess.
My thought was why you would think being a lead player in a very intensive, exhaustive, nation-wide U.S. presidential campaign would be easier than doing household chores, and not require rigorous toil.
And why being a U.S. Secretary of State and traveling to over 200 countries and leading a huge U.S. State Dept, dealing with & negotiating with foreign leaders all over the world, and tackling world issues would be easy and not demanding on a person's mental & physical being just because she doesn't do her own household tasks.
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My thought was why you would think being a lead player in a very intensive, exhaustive, nation-wide U.S. presidential campaign would be easier than doing household chores, and not require rigorous toil.
And why being a U.S. Secretary of State and traveling to over 200 countries and leading a huge U.S. State Dept, dealing with & negotiating with foreign leaders all over the world, and tackling world issues would be easy and not demanding on a person's mental & physical being just because one doesn't do one's household chores.
In your post at #141 in this thread, you said that Hilary Clinton looks good because "she doesn't have to rush home to take care of anything" as if because she probably doesn't do her own household tasks, she is able to maintain good looks.
I pointed out in #146 that just because she doesn't do her own household tasks ('rushing home as you state') that doesn't mean she doesn't have a very rigorous life of intensive responsibility and exhaustive level of tasks as U.S. Senator, U.S Secretary of State, and U.S. presidential candidate.
All we read is what he says; we have no idea of what his wife really says. We do know that he hasn't worked in years because he stated long ago that he was going to Soc. Sec. as his unemployment benefits ended. Since he was 62 it would have been a small amount.
His wife has been the breadwinner. Whether she continues supporting him she's going to keep working because she's still three years from receiving the full amount.
The saga of his surgeries, especially his rotator cup, has been going on for years. If he wished to get off his rear end and contribute he would have done so years ago. I once saw a Walmart greeter in a power wheelchair. However, rotor cup boy just wants to stay home and play. His wife is the victim. I know that many would call him an abuser since he stays home while his wife supports him.
Be thankful that you
have biscuitpop.
Correct. He says that she wants wants to work and he says the she wants to be home for the football game, but we really don't know. Perhaps that's what he wants.
In your post at #141 in this thread, you said that Hilary Clinton looks good because "she doesn't have to rush home to take care of anything" as if because she probably doesn't do her own household tasks, she is able to maintain good looks.
I pointed out in #146 that just because she doesn't do her own household tasks ('rushing home as you state') that doesn't mean she doesn't have a very rigorous life of intensive responsibility and exhaustive level of tasks as U.S. Senator, U.S Secretary of State, and U.S. presidential candidate.
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