Most economists agree that by the time you're 40, you should be living in a book filled cottage on the edge of the sea, and solving minor crimes in your village with the aid of a Victorian ghost cat.

@Edmonds_Scanner

So I live in a redneck town with my wife and nine cats and it's 103 out...

No way I'm trying to solve a crime here.

I'm just grateful these rednecks are all superstitious and we have two black cats.

🀘🫠😈🫠🀘

@Edmonds_Scanner I got the book-filled cottage part alright, live maybe 5 miles from the Chesapeake Bay (brackish), but I don't live in a village (though there are plenty of idiots around most likely doing minor crimes) and I don't believe in cats or ghosts, Victorian or otherwise.
@Edmonds_Scanner to be fair its always been my dream...

@Edmonds_Scanner Well, I live in a book-filled cottage about half a mile from the sea; minor crimes in our village consist of a couple of kids shoplifting sweets from the Spar and then being daft enough to talk about it loudly … so that’s covered too.

But where do I get the Victorian ghost cat?

@Edmonds_Scanner There's still time for me!
@Edmonds_Scanner where do I get one of those cats?
@Edmonds_Scanner I'm 74, I have the cat and the books, where's my cottage?
@Edmonds_Scanner Yes, please, even though I'm running a decade or so behind schedule.
@Edmonds_Scanner 30 years late, plenty of books but given the size of this place hardly filled, a real black cat and a view of the sea. Not that interested in solving crimes, but slowly slowing down and enjoying.