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Things that make you think about life...

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Sorry to hear, Phibes.

    There are people who define themselves as what their profession was. I knew an OB who was diagnosed with kidney cancer - kept on working though he could have retired. I don't get it.

    Sounds like your associate had a good plan, it's a pity that it was cut short.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • MikM Offline
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      #6

      Then there are those who cannot adjust to retirement and die soon after. All sad.

      But tomorrow is not guaranteed.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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        Doctor Phibes
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        #7

        It's fair to say that he wasn't exactly workaholic, but he was great entertainment value.

        He taught me all about the use of the insult 'weichei'.

        During the lockdown, I logged onto a meeting with him and a rather serious German customer. He had this very industrial looking wallpaper as his back-screen, and with a cheeky smile asked if I knew what it was. The look of horror on the other German's faces when he told me it was the Peenemünde research facility had me literally crying with laughter during the meeting.

        I was only joking

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        • 89th8 Offline
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          89th
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          #8

          Darn it, sorry to hear Doc. That's a shame.

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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
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            #9

            And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

            There is no guarantee of tomorrow or even ten minutes from now. Live appropriately.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • taiwan_girlT Offline
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              taiwan_girl
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              #10

              A couple cliche, but still true:

              You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

              No one on their deathbed ever said that they wished they would have spent more time at the office.

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              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                A couple cliche, but still true:

                You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

                No one on their deathbed ever said that they wished they would have spent more time at the office.

                George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #11

                @taiwan_girl said in Things that make you think about life...:

                You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

                I'd never heard that! So true.

                I was able to stop taking call and work part time at age 64. Made all the difference. Then, a year later, I said, "Why bother at all?"

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • 89th8 Offline
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                  89th
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                  My goal is to retire in 15 years, if the market does better, perhaps earlier. I'd be 57. My wife said I'll get bored, but I've never been that personality, I have so many other things I'd rather do during the day... golf, workout, watch movies or tv, read classics, write, photography, hike, swim, get a massage, sleep in, travel... man oh man I would never ever get bored.

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                  • 89th8 89th

                    My goal is to retire in 15 years, if the market does better, perhaps earlier. I'd be 57. My wife said I'll get bored, but I've never been that personality, I have so many other things I'd rather do during the day... golf, workout, watch movies or tv, read classics, write, photography, hike, swim, get a massage, sleep in, travel... man oh man I would never ever get bored.

                    George KG Offline
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                    George K
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                    @89th said in Things that make you think about life...:

                    My goal is to retire in 15 years, if the market does better, perhaps earlier. I'd be 57.

                    I could have retired at 60 - except health insurance was unaffordable. My group covered me until I turned 65. That's the only reason I kept gong for another 4 years.

                    Boredom is not an issue for me either.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • HoraceH Offline
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                      Horace
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                      My primary hobby of sitting on a chair in the middle of the room and staring at the wall, seems inexhaustible. It pains me to be torn away from it by work and other things.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        I'd retire this year if it wasn't for the cost of health insurance.

                        I was only joking

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                        • JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
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                          Signed my first papers at 52.

                          I still work PRN.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                            I'd retire this year if it wasn't for the cost of health insurance.

                            CopperC Offline
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                            Copper
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                            #17

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

                            health insurance.

                            check obamacare

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              Signed my first papers at 52.

                              I still work PRN.

                              Doctor PhibesD Online
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                              Doctor Phibes
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                              @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                              Signed my first papers at 52.

                              I still work PRN.

                              I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

                              I was only joking

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                                jon-nyc
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                                #19

                                I threw in the towel at 44. Special circumstances of course. My plan always (since I was probably 20) had been 50.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                • HoraceH Offline
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                                  Horace
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                                  I'll keep doing this as long as they let me.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                    @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                    Signed my first papers at 52.

                                    I still work PRN.

                                    I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

                                    CopperC Offline
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                                    Copper
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                                    #21

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                    @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                    Signed my first papers at 52.

                                    I still work PRN.

                                    I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

                                    Check here for obamacare - this site will give an estimate for Massachusetts

                                    https://betterhealthconnector.com/get-an-estimate

                                    They will pay for health insurance based on income, not net worth. So if you are living off savings and and don't have much income they will pick up the tab. You can have a lot of money, but it is only income that matters.

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                                      xenon
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                                      I’m torn on this too now. I’ve got 25 years ahead of me until official retirement age… but I should be able to get there in 10 if I buckle down and grind out my middle-mgmt tech career. (Probably way too optimistic).

                                      Or do I really try to branch out and try something different while I still have the energy….

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                                      • CopperC Copper

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                        @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                        Signed my first papers at 52.

                                        I still work PRN.

                                        I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

                                        Check here for obamacare - this site will give an estimate for Massachusetts

                                        https://betterhealthconnector.com/get-an-estimate

                                        They will pay for health insurance based on income, not net worth. So if you are living off savings and and don't have much income they will pick up the tab. You can have a lot of money, but it is only income that matters.

                                        Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #23

                                        @Copper said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                        @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                        Signed my first papers at 52.

                                        I still work PRN.

                                        I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

                                        Check here for obamacare - this site will give an estimate for Massachusetts

                                        https://betterhealthconnector.com/get-an-estimate

                                        They will pay for health insurance based on income, not net worth. So if you are living off savings and and don't have much income they will pick up the tab. You can have a lot of money, but it is only income that matters.

                                        I'm guessing the spoilsports would consider my pension as income.

                                        I should also have said '....and if I didn't have two kids in college'.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

                                          Signed my first papers at 52.

                                          I still work PRN.

                                          I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

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                                          Renauda
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                                          @Doctor-Phibes

                                          Long did you pay into CPP before you moved to the US?

                                          Elbows up!

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