On Jan 18, 8:32*pm, Michel > wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton > scripsit in
> news:030c473f-0f0f-4de4-9f41-
> :
>
> > Oh, somebody with a pension! *I'm a little envious.
>
> It's not much of a pension compared to what others get. *I only can
> cobble together 20 qualifying years over my 40 or more years of
> working and studying (the maximum eligible is 35 years), and to
> achieve that I had to buy back 4 years from service in the 1970's. *

I'll be retiring on whatever I can save/invest by myself--and Social
Security, if it's still there. It probably will be; there'd probably
be
armed revolt if they stopped providing it.

Cindy Hamilton