tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post5947802830149730041..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Beyond WealthCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-74682659822899126002017-10-12T13:55:19.688-07:002017-10-12T13:55:19.688-07:00How many years will it take for you fagotcube moro...How many years will it take for you fagotcube morons to figure out that you can't have a single life philosophy for every lifeform in the universe?<br /><br />The vast majority of homo sapiens DO NOT LIKE YOUR LIFESTYLE. Even many of those who say they do, wouldn't be able to bear it if they somehow attained it.<br /><br />As long as you are giving advice that's supposed to apply to EVERYONE, you are not giving very good advice.<br /><br />Read some philosophy and wake up: http://orgyofthewill.net/orgyofthewill.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07579730970134326112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-79943641589664874102017-10-08T17:49:19.743-07:002017-10-08T17:49:19.743-07:00Neal. Nice to see someone else in the area who is...Neal. Nice to see someone else in the area who is a Cappy fan. I grew up in Vancouver but live in Blaine, just across the border. Haven't done the Grouse Grind (it wasn't a thing when I was growing up) but it actually sounds fun. I need to do a little more hiking to get the "climbing" muscles built up as I am a runner, weight lifter, and martial artist (when not sitting sedentarily on my motorcycle, assuming that it a word. Spellcheck doesn't want me to use it but then spellcheck doesn't want me to use the word "spellcheck").heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-75062818811785602052017-10-08T17:46:20.578-07:002017-10-08T17:46:20.578-07:00A couple thoughts:
People have to make your stuff...A couple thoughts:<br /><br />People have to make your stuff. Someone has to make that motorcycle, that computer, that internet. Those people are going to be tied down to a greater degree than you.<br /><br />I have chosen a slightly different path. I am a teacher (gasp, but a libertarian math teacher who holds his students to high standards) and I was, in a previous career incarnation, lead technician at a Harley dealership. I made crap money then, I make decent money now, AND I work part time at my own business fixing motorcycles which provides me with decent extra income if I don't mind working long hours in the spring while teaching and working on bikes.<br /><br />Relevance? I have time (summers off from teaching), money (extra job), and stamina (I'm in my early 50s and have, in the past ten years; ridden to Niagara Falls from Washington state, camping the whole way; ridden to and hiked in Colorado, then ridden down to San Diego to take a Calculus class before riding home; and ridden from Albuquerque to Twin Falls, Idaho in one day, just because I had nothing better to do and was headed back to the Pacific NW.<br /><br />So we do exist but it takes some serious lifestyle choices in order to be able to do it. Don't have kids or have them be graduated and out; have a job that allows you to take significant time off; and stay in shape (and don't get unlucky in health). Its going to be a limited pool no matter how you look at it.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-59805697793093659622017-10-04T04:26:28.321-07:002017-10-04T04:26:28.321-07:00Are you sure your friend is less happy than you ar...Are you sure your friend is less happy than you are? I'm not sure if the other people you mentioned are staying in it for the wealth.<br /><br />For the CEO lady, she might get more happiness from being in charge, having people follow her every whim and kiss her ass than she would from freedom and driving a motorcycle. Also, there are people out there who solve logical puzzles for fun, so I can imagine that putting out fires can also be quite entertaining to some. I get that you would be less happy if you had their lives, but why are you sure that they would be happier if they had yours?<br /><br />They could switch to your way of life if they wanted to, brainwashing is a possible explanation for why they don't do it, but I doubt it's the only explanation.Joanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173187405871134631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-65654733682049005202017-10-03T15:42:42.727-07:002017-10-03T15:42:42.727-07:00"... held hostage by an overly complicated en..."... held hostage by an overly complicated entrepreneurial venture."<br /><br />I know some guys who pay gals real money for that kind of thing.<br />Capital of Texas Refugeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-35784389127087170802017-10-03T15:14:39.050-07:002017-10-03T15:14:39.050-07:00Oh Captain, my captain,
Shall you refrain from st...Oh Captain, my captain,<br /><br />Shall you refrain from stoking my ire?<br /><br />A two wheeled traveler as well I am and I can.<br />I fritter and tatter on my Triumph Tiger I scatter,<br />to experience the wind and benzene drip.<br /><br />Cheers on your journeys as I lurk in the crannies<br />in spite of your writing hootenannys.<br /><br />I shall peer in your mirror if you appear<br />broadside a bear, I do declare.<br /><br />Shall I close, such a cliché <br />Oh so French and apropos.<br /><br />Cherrio!<br /><br /><br />Starrmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-76763486197143837812017-10-03T12:21:34.367-07:002017-10-03T12:21:34.367-07:00I just discovered this blog. Funny, because I just...I just discovered this blog. Funny, because I just listened to your podcast making fun of the whoring adjunct. Well, I'm a whore myself (although I actually love my choice and have chosen it with eyes wide open, instead of being forced into by poor economic choices) and for the first time in my life I have a work-life-balance that most people only dream of... I comfortably make six figures working part time while being able to take off more than 12 weeks a year and travel, while also being able to return to school and save some leftover. However, this is obviously not sustainable over the long term as I age, although if possible I'd like to take advantage of it as much as possible. Just wanted to say interesting blog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-740485019101100852017-10-03T04:12:34.634-07:002017-10-03T04:12:34.634-07:00A nice piece, just realize that everyone goals are...A nice piece, just realize that everyone goals are different. For some the toil IS their essence. Capn you should read 'The Wanderer' by Sterling Hayden (the actor). His two points on life -- <br /><br />The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?<br />-- Sterling Hayden<br /><br />What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade.<br />-- Sterling Hayden<br /><br />All the more remarkable as the man was talking of the 1950's a period we today consider a 'simplier time'.Tucanae Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935170696138248693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-10918855702196022862017-10-02T21:21:45.339-07:002017-10-02T21:21:45.339-07:00What will your legacy be after your 79 years? Do y...What will your legacy be after your 79 years? Do you live your life leaving only footprints or is there some way you have made the world better for being in it? I have a wife three children and an extended family of a few more friends and their children. I am not sure I woke up to the debt cycle early enough to escape, but I damn well am trying to ensure the children have an opportunity to do so...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24936720384165536262017-10-02T15:28:58.899-07:002017-10-02T15:28:58.899-07:00Another good post. Would have missed it if you put...Another good post. Would have missed it if you put it your videos or podcasts. I think there's a non-small group of blog readers like me who prefer written content where we can use speed reading techniques. Getting useful info out of video and podcasts is reeeeaaally slow. Here's a no cost suggestion for transcription, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxkH8lvnOA<br /><br />I know you don't mind discomfort. When you're in Vancouver, check out the Grouse Grind. We thought we were saving $10 on the tram ride. We didn't know the suckiness that lay ahead.<br />Nealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-65434133218347682302017-10-02T15:16:23.184-07:002017-10-02T15:16:23.184-07:00I like that piece. I have been living ... to some ...I like that piece. I have been living ... to some extent ... the preferred lifestyle of not working too much. I did at times but didn't let it become the norm.<br /><br />In my case, I worked as a professional musician for many years, then morphed into. band instrument repair tech with a small home-based business that grossed about a 100K a year. Yet, half of the year I worked only part-time. <br /><br />I ride motorcyles, but at my age, the stamina is gonzo. I do have 'enough money and lots of free time. I am semi-minimalist ... I do live in a nice house but I paid it off 15 years ago.<br /><br />The focus of my life has been about freedom. Freedom to do what I like to do and go where I wish to go. I have lived semi frugally, in that, I never used credit for anything other than a brief mortgage. I saved money every month until there was enough. <br /><br />Like you, I marvel at the conditioning most people have undergone without question. We will eventually become the Borg.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-54998253672885098992017-10-02T13:35:57.766-07:002017-10-02T13:35:57.766-07:00Some people find a great middle ground. I started...Some people find a great middle ground. I started out working for a manufacturer of downhole pumps. By the time Jim was in his late 40's, he was spending 3 months per year in Palm Springs. In the summer time, when he was back here in Red Deer, he had a mid-morning tee-time several days a week. He came to work at 7, teed off at 10 or 11, and back to work in the afternoon. In his 50's, he was spending 4-6 months in Palm Springs, and routinely golfed 27 holes a day.<br />He had very good managers, paid them well, gave them the room to do their jobs well, and expected them to do so.Bill Greenwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-63293299110829462132017-10-02T12:16:45.727-07:002017-10-02T12:16:45.727-07:00"One, Marissa Mayer, the formerly disgraced C..."One, Marissa Mayer, the formerly disgraced CEO of Yahoo"<br /><br />Wait, you mean she's not disgraced anymore? <br />I think you meant to say:<br />"Marissa Mayer, the disgraced former CEO of Yahoo"<br /><br />(I know you won't think this pedantic 'cuz you have high standards!)Meistergedankenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333642349126604663noreply@blogger.com