Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

> The Cook > dropped this turd
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
> > If you are not employed then you are unemployed aren't you. Doesn't
> > matter if you are retired, as in being 65+ or not able to work, or
> > just don't need to work to eat. We are retired so we qualify as
> > unemployed, not having a paying job. Does not necessarily mean
> > qualifying for unemployment benefits.
>
> I didn't look at it that way. I suppose I was thinking by being
> unemployed, one was laid off or something.


"Unemployed" kind of infers (or is it "implies"?) that one needs to find
employment so as to provide the basic needs of life. Since you don't fall
into that category I wouldn't consider you "unemployed"...

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