There they go...up, up. and away!
Can't see them anymore...they've disappeared. Retirees...all of them, in one way or another. Just this week another high-proflie celebrity figure retired, as Oprah aired her last show. It was a big deal, and her fans got teary-eyed (on cue) as she hopped on the bandwagon to pasture with all the others cashing in their chips, calling it a day, packing it in.
Before I actually shed a tear, though, my mind, ever-inquisitive, wanders from the sendoff and wonders if all these people walking away from what seem to be lucrative careers are possibly one step ahead of the rest of us. Do they know something we don't? It's the feeling I guess a fly might get just one millisecond before the newspaper strikes.
I could understand if someone is retiring from digging ditches, but these people could REALLY just 'phone it in'! And if the gravy train has actually been derailed I'd like to know so I can...well, uh. Oh, maybe it wouldn't even matter. What would I do? Retire?
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