[Magdalen] Retirement

[Jay Weigel]

Sure they do. My kids aren't that old and they do.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Louise Laughton <llaug at twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> Younger people don't know what a fifth is; booze has been metric for a
> while now. I remember a story, perhaps apocryphal, about  Baptists who
> followed one year's highly successful slogan, "A Million More in '54," with
> the next year's "Every Four Bring a Fifth." Backtracking became imperative.
>
> On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
> And I'll fourth it. Now who'll have a fifth? *Listens for the clamor*
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, Roger, wish I could be in Summerville this week-end to
> see
> > you and the Wilders.
> > Judy
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> "Old clergy never die; they just go out to pastor."
> >>
> >> Gordon Cosby used to say that retirement wasn't a Christian notion,
> >> because we are always called to ministry. When he died at 95, he was
> > still
> >> involved, and board meetings were held in the apartment so he wouldn't
> > have
> >> to go out.
> >>
> >>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Congrats, Roger upon reaching this, the height of living!
> >>> You know, having had priests in the family, I've often thought that
> >>> retirement for them is a bit of a misnomer. My father-in-law was I
> >>> think more busy doing locums, temporary  takeovers in other priests'
> >>> extenuating circumstances, etc. etc.,  after his retirement than
> >>> before. There is an Instant Sunshine song about Judges, that really
> >>> applies to priests, too. It's Habeas Corpse, with a refrain like this:
> >>> "Old judges never die, they don't even fade away!"
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Lesley de Voil
> >>>
> >>>> On 10/20/14, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In a message dated 10/19/2014 9:32:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>>>> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Congratulations and welcome to the  club!>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What Jim said!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'll third that.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> P. Dan Brittain
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> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > Western Michigan
> >
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