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job$ somebody's gotta do...

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job$ somebody's gotta do...                                                                    I can't think of many jobs that shouldn't exist, but there is at least one assignment that falls into that category.     Huh ? What’s up with that ?   It's heartbreaking that our society needs these kinds of services , Eric Culver said.   When I was in school, we had tornado and fire drills. Today, kids have active shooter drills.    Eric, Dale Massey, and Tammy Brown are the working partners of a company called Active Aggressor .    Just this afternoon  (December 13, 2022) we had an active shooter in a mall here in Louisville (Kentucky), he added.   I feel bad about that, but, I also feel good that Dale, Tammy and I are helping people by training them how to react to an ...
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 Rx approved...                        An area of interest to some people after retirement is volunteer work.  It is a passion for some who choose to give of themselves instead of pursuing an Encore Performance that includes a paycheck .     Volunteering, regardless of the beneficiary, can be more demanding of oneself because of the personal interest in the ongoing crusade that most times doesn't have an end.     HUH ?   What's up with that ?     There isn't any rule in the Encore Performance handbook that disqualifies volunteer work as an official Encore Performance in itself.  I have talked to a few people who have disclosed their charitable side, but, very few have said they devoted themselves full-time to such a pursuit post retirement.     However, one of the exceptions is Bill Harned of Mt. Washington, Kentucky.   I read an article in the newspaper back i...