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Lets just say...you want to retire early, so what do you do. First get a good paying job, like working for the state. Buy that paper, The Chief, plenty of state jobs, test in there. Or, any good paying city job. After your probation period is over, move back in with family, save on rent and food. Work CRAZY overtime, and bank all of it. I said ALL of it. After 6 months, apply for a loan at bank, nothing big. Better yet, have your money saved in a Crdeit Union. When you receive the loan, it will be payrolled deducted, so you won't miss it, plus you're still doing crazy overtime. After loan is paid back, apply for another loan, this time bigger. Furst laon will be about 1k, so, second can go up to 5k. Pay that back as soon as you can with your overtime to present week or bi weekly, plus its being payrolled deducted too. When loan is all paid off, look to invest in a company that just coming out, IPO, intial Public Offering. On your principle, keep that in, and every 90 tp 100 d...

Oh God, tomorrow is the big day...5-0 !!! That day will be okay, its the one after I'm worried about. I always felt comfortable with the way I am. No matter what I've been through, I've accepted it as fate, dealt with it and moved on. So why am I getting so concerned with the way that my family sees me now. Is it because damned near all my cousins will be there? I think that's what it is. It never concerned me before, until now. Or, maybe, its because of what I think I have not yet accomplished. I take my days one at a time. Any day above ground and not in jail is a good day to me. But others don't see it as I do, or do they. To be honest, I never expected to lived this long. I mean the average age for the Black man to live is to the age of 28. Either dead or in jail, as they say. So, I'm grateful as all hell for neither of the two. But this party/get together has me really bugging out. One thing is that I was so happy that I posted it on Facebook. I then receiv...

...and I'm not going anywhere. I wanted to, but its a bit too chilly for me to travel anywhere along the east coast right now. But in September, maybe November, its either Mrytle Beach or Virginia Beach. VA Beach was awesome when I went 2 years ago with my ex girlfriend. Was very relaxing and we both had a good time. Only went on the beach one day, but we stayed in the hotel heated swimming pool every chance we got. Not too may people were at the indoor pool which was good. I tried to talk her into..ya know, in the pool, but she is a health and neatness freak. Too nasty for her. The room was nice with a the largest hot tub I ever seen. We stayed in that too. Only went out to eat one night. RThe reason for that...I work with food,and I know the prices were gonna be crazy. For breakfast, all you can eat for 7.95, can't beat that. McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut and tv dinners cause we had a microwave in the room. All together for 5 days, no more that 700 dollars. That...

Guy comes the counter. Says he wants Boars Head Black Forrest Ham, which we don't sell. We do have Honey Maple ham. He says he let him get a half a pound sliced. So I start to slice, he says hold up. He wants me to open a new ham, and there is 3/4 of a pound left on the ham I have open. I tell him I can't open a new one, so he says okay and walks away. Next thing you know, the store manager says to the deli manager take care of him. I tell the deli manager what the deal is, and he tells the guy he is not opening another ham. They get into a shouting match. The store manager comes by and says open anew one. It makes me no difference either way. The deli manager is steaming mad, and I don't blame him. Next time he comes in, he's gonna want the same thing done like this time. --michaelchappell

In my store, they had these furry stuff animals for 99 cents. So, I got about 4 of them for my girlfriend. Weeks later, while she was at work, and I was at her house, I looked at them. The tags were still on them. They were chew toys for dogs. I hoped my girfriend didn't see it. Probably did though. --michaelchappell

A co worker, who is from another country told me he spent his Easter flying kites. I asked him why, was it a tradition. He told me he doesn't know why, that's what his family does every Easter. Okaaaaay. So, why do cultures fly kites on Easter, lets take a look. Have you seen that movie Chicken Heart, with Lisa Bonet and Robert Deniro? Deniro plays the devil. Towards the end he is eating boiled eggs. Eggs represent the soul. While he is eating them, his fingernails grow longer, that like of the devil. Okay, I degressed, back to Easter. Okay, Easter, people go Easter Egg hunting, right? So, does the eggs represent lost souls. And, why and where do rabbits, bunny rabbits come into play at ? This has me thinking, cause rabbits don't lay eggs ya know. Do rabbits represent all that pure, and the reason why kids, search for eggs during the Easter egg hunt? I remember when I was in elementry school. We practice in the gym for about 2 weeks for this May Flower Pole thing they were ...

The second party I threw, was a bithday/holoween party for my then girlfriend Jennifer. It was held in a friend's house, Tisha, in Parkchester. Again, I let a whole lot of people know, and a lot of them females, were also bringing their girlfriends. People asked me should they dress up, I said it was up to them. At first, 2 things went wrong with this party. First, a friend of mine, father owned a liquor store, and he told me that I could get the liquior realy cheap. I gave him 300 dollars and told him to get whatever. Econd, the neighbors on Tisha's floor didn't wantthis party to happen, when we started moving the music eqipment in that afternoon. After paying 75 dolars to all the aprtments on that floor, everything was ok...so I thought. The liquoir never showed up on time, even at all. My friend gave me some bullshit excuse, so that ment another 300 to 500 dollars out of my pocket. Again, mostly females showed up, and they were mainly dressed in night time sleepwear, whi...