How much does everybody owe???

One of my very favourite movies is Oceans' Eleven....

11 guys master plan this huge Casino robbery .... for the criminal mind in all of us, it's a wonderful story ( shudder!! ) ....

In the sequel ( Oceans 12... imagine that! ) .... they get "found" by Terry Benedict, the casino owner that they robbed...

and have to pay it back...with interest!!

At the first meeting of the 11 to figure out how they will pay it back, they go around the circle to see how much of the original "score" money each has left...

Saul, played by Carl Reiner, is the elder statesmen of the group. For most of the entire first movie, he was fighting ulcers, after coming out of retirement to help pull off the theft.

After all he went through to help GET the money, now, at his age, he has no intention of giving any of it back....

I absolutely LOVE the script when they ask him how much HE has left..........





How much is everybody short??? the question works its way around the room

"Saul.... ??"

"I haven't spent it all.... but I will!

I'm out fellas...

As ranking old timer, I gotta say ...I just can't do it

At my age, I think I earned the right to be selfish.

I want to thank you all for the wonderful opportunity; You're all ACES in my book.

But I want the last cheque I write to bounce..... "



and with those words... he hiccups slightly, pops an ant-acid ....

and walks off the set....

A priceless piece of writing....

As I have contemplated those words many times, i think about my own life....

and how dismal "retirement" looms..... by the time I get there, there will likely not BE any old age security pension.... and since I don't work for a company that provides a pension, I will have to rely on my own savings to live on when I get old...

shudder....

The other day somebody asked me how my retirement planning was coming....

I punched them .... and when they came TO .... I said..

well.....actually.... I have enough set aside to retire NOW....

as long as I don't live past Tuesday....


sigh!!