In article >, Dave Smith says...
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> 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.
> >
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> 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.

I'll have to prepare for a future filled with geezer cake and
pickleball, whatever that is.