401-NO-K

July 22nd, 2006

Now the truth is some of the Old Timers in the Band are here tonight to check out retirement home options. And some are just waitin to see if the Stanwood Hotel will fix up the upper RENTAL rooms in time for THEIR golden years.

I know we ought to be loyal to the South End’s premier assisted livin retirement home –Tyee Villa, sort of a Peril Gardens – but their idea of group entertainment is an old Black and White TV that’s fuzzy cause they won’t pay for more than a rabbit ear antenna. And the meals …. I mean, I like oatmeal, but for dinner??

Used to be retirement wasn’t much of an option on the South End. I mean, if you never had a job in the first place, how do you retire from it? And the Band here, we been waitin for our CD sales to kick in so we can set up our 401-K accounts, but obviously, that’s been on hold now since the Eisenhower era. So we’re gonna just keep playin to survive. Don’t you all worry about us geezers. If all else fails, Chaim here runs the Stanwood House Art Gallery and Jewish Cultural Center. He’s generously offered to turn it into a nursing home for the Band if we need it. Altho I have to tell you, I’m already too old for a cot. And oatmeal’s gonna look real good compared to Mozza Balls for lunch.

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