Retirement and Illinois Nazi’s
Today a couple of my coworkers with ages close to half mine asked me what I would do retired. Do I have a hobby? Like do I like to build models or something? One suggested submarines; I don’t know why. I immediately thought about an odd coworker I once had who would build WW2 models in his house while his equally odd children were homeschooled. I always imagined him hunched over with one of those extendable magnifying glasses putting the final touches on an SS officer standing beside his Panzer tank. My visions then led me to the Illinois Nazi in the Movie “The Blues Brothers” who in one scene is sitting at a desk painting a ceramic eagle. I didn’t really know how to answer the question. I really don’t have any hobbies. I wish I did, but they take so much space and I don’t even know what interests me. I told him maybe I would become a re-enactor. I was joking but honestly it seems like it would be fun in a guy sort of way. On second thought, maybe I don’t want to go sit i