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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:08 PM Original message |
I doubt I will ever retire. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been trying to figure out how I can turn my interests into a business |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. You can still have hope. Some of us are right on cusp of retiring and realizing we can't and |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm 53. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Please be. |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I'm 65 and I don't know whether I'll ever retire. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. "academia is being remade in the corporate image" |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm 63, will never be able to retire |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. You love books and gaming. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. We're talking about moving back to my home town and opening a used book store. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I buy/sell on eBay and that may help you with a small store - |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. We figure we will end up with a large online business... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. People love to hang out - |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Same here, but I come from a few generations of poverty... |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Me as well. . . |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Retirement should come before you start working, |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. I will never be able to afford to retire outright so I opt to take retirement in installments |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why? |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Can you eleborate or was this supposed to be sarcastic and ironic? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You said.. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Oh, no. I don't mind. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. but that doesnt answer the question. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. I don't know. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. 60 yrs old here and would like to retire but I wasted my youth |
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iscooterliberally (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think I will be able to retire either. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We aren't looking to ever be "rich". |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. me either |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. posted in wrong place. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. I plan on retiring by playing the blues |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. 1 |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. From your post, it sounds like money is pretty tight. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I have a 401K and profit sharing at work. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. I know we'll never retire and I'm happy about it. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. When I was your age, I was in the same boat...... |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'll be dead before I can retire as well. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. i had to stop working at age 48 due |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm 63 and see no retirement in may future |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm 48 and don't expect to retire either. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. You May Not Retire Comfortably, But You'll Definitely Retire . . . |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm 31 and have never been able to afford my own place. Retirement? Ha! |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm 63 and just "semi-retired" |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's sad, but the new American Dream is having enough money to retire. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. me either |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. You have the right idea. When I was too young to pay attention, |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm 34... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. I was working up till 2010. I was 70 years old |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm 49 and plan to retire in 7 to 10 years. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. My sister who is 37 and a medical biller shares your feelings. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Shoot when I was 32 I didn't think I would ever be able to retire either |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've had ideas here and there |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. If you do something you love & is fun you will never work a day in your life. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm just happy to still have a job at my age. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. I woudn't even think of retiring. I just don't get the appeal. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm planning on working well into my 70s. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. Retired at 38 |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm 42 I'm planning on working in my field till my kid gets through college |
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