On 2016-11-13 3:22 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> My advice to everyone is to retire while you still can, longevity is
> not promis ed to anyone. If you don't have enough money to retire at
> 60 you won't have enough at 70 and you'll have even less at 80 if you
> last that long. The time to begin planning for retirement is before
> you're ten years old... every ten your old should have a savings
> account.
>


Thank goodness I had a good pension plan at work. Thank goodness it was
a government job at a time when the political agenda was to cut civil
service jobs and one way was to offer early retirement packages,
dropping the age and time factor from 90 to 80. I was retired at 53. I
have been having a great time and keep myself busy.

I knew several guys at work who retired at 65 and died within a year.
One lasted only a month or two. The worst I heard of was a guy who went
out to his retirement party and died on the way home.

There are lots of retirees having a great time. There are 5 guys in my
kayaking club, some of the most active members, who call themselves the
Class of 41. They are all 75. I play pickleball several times a week,
and half the players are over 60.