You working past retirement age?
 

I have read here several times about when folks retire, early or on time. Not sure if many have talked about working past the age of 65.
Some may need to.
Some feel better if they keep working.
Some HAVE to retire because of health, their financial situation, regardless...
Thanks
Jeff

I turn 66 and 10 months Jan 2026,signing up for SSI in Sept,Will keep working driving till I can't pass my DOT physicals any more then work inside till I can't any more.I need to work

I worked in government for a long time. In that time I saw a ton of people chasing that extra 5 years, because you get a retirement bump at each one, 25, 30, 35 etc. So they would hold on for years past the 20 year retirement eligibility. Then they would finally retire and only make it a couple of years before the base would get an obituary email......

IDK, everyone has their own choices to make, but that scenario always depressed the heck out of me.

If you love your job, awesome. Keep doing what you love, but for most of us that groan when that alarm clock goes off in the morning....... get out when you can. I like to think when the time comes maybe I can semi retire a couple years younger than average and get a job to make ends meet doing something low stress that I like even if its a huge pay decrease. Ill bartend at a golf course or something. Work for health insurance and free rounds :)

I have been on SS for 2 years.
I'm 67 and I run a small shop that fixes vintage cars.
It's more of a clubhouse.

At nearly 74 I still work......on my terms. Typically a day or two per week. Several years ago my grandfather said working is what keeps you young. He worked until he was 92 and would have worked longer but they closed down the business. Over the years I've known many people that retired early.....and died early!

I owed sick time that I borrowed and had to pay back. Either I had to pay back money or I could work until I earned the sick hours I owed. I worked an extra 1.5 years so I didn't have to pay the money. After I retired I was so glad I didn't have to go to work every day. I didn't dislike my job.

My biggest peeve at work are guys that are old enough to retire and won’t but still come in ***ching about the company everyday. I think that some of them just get scared or just can’t financially.

I look at it this way, my Dad made it to 80, I’m 61. I want to work as little as possible in the “last” quarter. I’ve been off work for 3 months with rotator cuff surgery, I’m liking the retirement preview very much. The time off has changed my mind about working till I’m 65 before retiring.


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I like my job most days and like getting out of the house and seeing different people. My plan is to work full time till 70, then maybe scale back to 4 days for awhile, then 3 days......and just kinda play it by ear. Going to start SS at 67 so I have several years of drawing an extra paycheck to help pad the retirement funds so I don't have to cut back on fun stuff.

Eric

61 and am looking forwards to retiring in a couple of years. The only part I’ll miss about my job is working with my son,, we’re on the same crew. Me and my wife have done pretty good at saving over the years so we’ll be ok. I wish I really liked my job like some people but I don’t, it’s tolerable but that’s about it. Would like to play golf on a weekly basis.

FYI - i f want to work until the last option of 70 & 1/2 +- (vs 66+) for the higher monthly payout, you will have to LIVE until approx 78 years old to come out ahead

As Clint Eastwood said "Do you feel lucky, PUNK ? Well Do YA ! "

I retired at 66 1/2 and work part time, so I collect SS and PAY IN to SS as well ...

The money I make still working part time bought me my 2 66 GTO's ! Great Trade off !!

I'll be 68 in just a few months. For 15 years I had a 50 mile round trip commute every day, and I was sick of traffic. I originally planned to retire in my early 60s, once my wife got a job with insurance. Well, she never got her own insurance until after I was Medicare eligible. Things changed when Covid came along, and all of the engineering staff was told to work from home. I found that a lot more tolerable, so I kept working. I planned to have hip replacement once I got on Medicare, but some other things cropped up and the hip replacement has been delayed.

About a year and a half ago, the company said that all employees had to return to the office at least three days a week. I had already talked to my boss about retiring, and he told me I could work from home as long as I would come into the office when needed. I probably go in about two days a month.

There has been a lot of turnover in recent years at my employer. A number of people have retired, others have moved on to greener pastures. I'm one of the more senior people in the engineering group, so I have to field a lot of questions on legacy products. The work is not physically hard, it can be stressful sometimes due to deadlines, and I get really irritated having to deal with conference calls in the early morning or evening with teams in China and India.

Right now my plan is hip surgery in October, take medical leave for several months, then retire in Spring 2026 at age 68 1/2. I asked my old boss about working part time in early 2024, he said he would lose a full-time head count if I transitioned to part time. My old boss moved to a different job, and my new boss seems more open to working part time. I work in new product design, but I might have to move to sustaining engineering if I want to continue on a part time basis.

My dad retired to a recliner at age 62. By age 75, he was showing early signs of dementia. By age 78, his dementia worsened, he only lived three years past that. My line of work requires a lot of planning and technical problem solving, which will help delay cognitive issues. So for now, I will work until spring 2026 and evaluate where I go from there. I want to retire early enough to have time to restore a couple of cars and unwind the rest of what I've collected.

No,
I retired in Feb,

Started getting Medicare and SS in April when I turned 65. Same job for 37+ years running a shop for a construction co.

Most of the fellows I worked with long time didn't make it to retirement, the last one dying a month before his 66th birthday and his first check. At his funeral last year I made the decision not to wait till 67

I still feel pretty good (everything hurts but still works), have no debts, and after a couple months of feeling useless, I'm finding my self a lot busier than I planned on being. :)

2 years now, retired at 61. Still do the odd job at Home, Auto Tech. Have hoist and get to pick my Jobs and hours so much easier than Dealership life.

I was eligible to retire at 49 but worked 2 more years to get my retirement a little higher, so I retired at 51 years old and drew Social Security as soon as I was eligible. When I walked out the door I never looked back.
A friend recently asked me if I wanted a job and I told him NO, he told me I didn't know what the job entailed and I told him I didn't want any job. As busy as I stay I don't know when I had time to have a job.
My advice is to retire as soon as you are eligible and able, do the things you always wanted to do and enjoy your life. JMHO!

I retired 4 1/2 years ago right when I turned 63. I've done some work at home on classic cars for other guys (My shop rate is a ridiculously low $35/hr) plus I am on call 24/7/365 for a job at the local small town jail where I live. Typically that gives me maybe a shift per week and I can say no any time they call, or I can go in if it suits me.

I likely average about 4-6 hours per day in my garage/workshop working on my 2 old Pontiacs or just building stuff ( no woodworking, I hate wood working)! Besides that, a nap every day after lunch, 2 brisk walks per day, just over 2 miles each time and as you can see, my days are full.

I tell people nobody enjoys retirement more than me. I would never go back to work. Between my Canada Pension Plan and my Old Age Pension Plan payments plus the little bit of retail work I do, we easily pay our bills. I should have retired at 60, otherwise no regrets.

A decade ago we were in Greece and noted the others in the group who were in there late 60's/70's were having a rough go of it physically. We made the decision to retire as soon as we could.

Covid really messed up our supply chain. After reviewing our finances wife (tax accountant) said we could afford to pull the plug in 2023. Will start next year drawing SS at 62. Health insurance was over a grand each, per month in Albuquerque - with absurd waits. It is that per year here for better, far more accessible coverage.

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I fully retired in February at 61. I had wanted to work longer, but with the offer i got, it was too good to pass up. plus they said they were cutting staff by 50%, I figured if i left i may save a mid-career peer. So now I have the time to do what I want and enjoy life. We have health insurance from the military, so no issues there.

Per our financial planner I could have retired before age 60, but I like what I do, so I will probably taper down at some point. We are trying to get all of our international travelling while we can, so fortunately that is not affected by working except in a positive way.

Practiced retirement in me mid-50'. Now 60and been fulltime again a few years. Go into office 2-3x/week.

Got no old Pontiac to work on, so got a trend of losing vigor. Keep your strenuous hobbies!

I retired from full time employment in 2018 at the age of 64. Just didn't want to work 5 days a week anymore and couldn't work out a deal with my employer for a 4 day week. Why didn't I want to work 5 days a week? Four major surgeries between 2006 and 2017 (3 time cancer survivor).

Found myself a very good paying 3 day per week outside sales position (sales is what I did). After a year and a half, we went on a trip to Italy and before we left I decided I didn't want that job anymore, so I gave my boss 30 days notice and filed for my SS. After returning from Italy I lasted about 6 weeks before I took a position 2 days a week driving shuttle for a local GM dealership.

Did that until 2021. Bought my new Cadillac with the employee pricing perk and then found a better position as a Logistic Service Rep for a medical service courier. Higher pay, paid holidays, PTO and the ability to participate in the company 401K. Worked 2 - 3 days per week until last Dec 31st when I retired again (for the most part). I'm now what they call 'Exteme Part Time'. I've worked 5 days all year....

My wife retired last June. That is when we first started drawing on our 401K/IRA money.

Since the end of the year, we've vacationed in Myrtle Beach, SC in January for our 52nd wedding anniversary, MCAS Yuma, Arizona in the middle of March to visit our grandson (back in the states to attend a Weapons Technology Training in Yuma - he's a Marine Osprey Crew Chief stationed in Okinawa). Branson, MO in early April for a week of shows and golf, back to Yuma to see our grandson graduate (top of his class) in late April, even knowing that we'd only get to see him for 3 - 4 hours, so we booked a side trip to Palm Springs, CA and just got back from a week in Nashville, TN for CMA Fest.

In July we'll be spending July, 8 - 12th at the Iola Old Car Show (the show is the 10 - 12th, but we rented a lake cabin).

September we'll be back in TN for 3 nights early in the month than a week in the Black Hills of SD the last week.

As it stands right now, I know of 4 more days that I will work the rest of this year, and 5 days I'll work in 2026. In February (I turn 72) I'll need to decide if I want to totally retire from my arduous work schedule.

My part time work (on my terms) in retirement has helped allow us the ability to travel.
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All though I have some chronic health issues (diabetes and chronic kidney disease - complicated by the loss of 1 kidney to cancer), I'm still pretty healthy. I was told by my Nephrologists over 4 years ago that I'd be on dialysis within 2 years. It appears my work efforts to keep myself healthy are paying dividends. I average 4 -5 miles per day walking, golf, downhill ski. I keep my weight around 150 and blood sugars inline through my activity levels and diet which makes my current health team happy.

I'm hoping for at least 10 more good travel years and after that I might have to slow down a little.

I am 63 and opted to go down to 20 hrs/week. I work from home, and at 20 hrs my wife and I are still fully covered by company insurance. ACA or open market insurance cost is at least one major reason to continue working. While it is not game changing money, the effective swing to fully retired and buying insurance is over $50,000 a year. We have saved and ought to be just fine with some fun money to spend on travel, etc. Right now we are working to convert some 401K money to Roth to avoid future taxes on Required Minimum Distributions and to provide better control of our savings. Probably one of the two of us will take SS early and the other will wait until at least 67, but perhaps 70. I think the biggest trigger for full retirement will be the condition of my parents who are in their late 80's. They have entered the no-go part of retirement, meaning they dont leave the house much expect for church and doctor appointments. Depending on the amount of in home care we can provide/arrange/oversee will be a big driver.

If we all knew our expiration date making plans would be much easier, but I think more horrifying. Nobody gets out alive.

My situation is similar to poncho-mike, career-wise also. I enjoyed my job so I kept working after retirement age, and then my company offered a buyout, so I took the buyout and then contracted with them for a few more years. My wife retired way earlier than I did.

Didn't file for SS until I reached the max benefit, and recently my contract was terminated, so I am officially retired.
Thankfully, I'm pretty healthy.

Sure, retire early if you can, especially if you hate working. The roadblocks are: you need to be able to exist on your income and, very important, have medical insurance. If private insurance is too expensive, you may need to wait for Medicare eligibility at 65.

BTW, as we get older, sh!t happens, so don't avoid checking your health. In our area, there is an organization named LifeLine than does Ultrasound screening of your bod for a cost of about $150. Very reasonable to detect carotid artery issues, extremity issues, etc. Saved the life of a friend of mine when they detected an Abdominal Aortic Aneurism that was ready to pop. They called an ambulance right there.

Good luck to all!

George

can't get it back
 

Retired at 60 (almost 64 now)

If your replying to this thread you know that time is flying by now.

you can't get your time spent working back, and time spent working into retirement age feels like it quadruples the time lost.

43 years at mfg job I have watched every version of retiree since I was 18 and studied them closely. The common theme is how quickly age gets here and to get out as soon as you can.

I'm 57 and have been "semi retired" (LOL) for several years. As a business owner I really don't work... but average about 4-6 hrs a day 5 days a week tending to my business. I'd like to pull the plug and move out of California to a state that is not a liberal cesspool. My business partner wants to wait another 5 years. Even though I don't put in a lot of hours. The business needs constant tending to and I have a hard time getting away for vacations.. etc.. The car business has a lot of stress and headaches.

BTW - I own a used car lot. I deal with all the purchasing and reconditioning. My business partner deals with sales.. paperwork.. etc. He is down to working 4 days a week. We have 2 sales people.. 1 full time and one part time. We also have 2 full time mechanics... 2 detailers... and my 81yo dad helping me drive cars and run around.

Got out when I was 51. Best thing I’ve ever done.

Same for me. About 6 months before my 52nd bday. Earliest retirement date was based on years of service plus age. I worked 12 hr shifts, basically 3 on 3 off. By the time I was in my mid 40's the shift work and the 12 hrs were taking a toll. Most of the guys I worked with were the same. As RocktimusPryme stated, I found that throughout my career the earlier one retired the longer they lived. Even the 8 hr day workers. Too many times I've seen guys work until mandatory retirement instead of retiring when they could only to die a couple of years later.
I've also read/heard that when you retire time will seem to slow down. Not for me. The years are just ripping by.

Never planned on retiring but after40yrs. at same placed was forced to move. paid into ss for 43 yrs. 70 mi. round trip for 25 yrs. Got within 1/2mi. from work one morning and said I am done. Since have had some serious health problems. Lucky to be alive. So that would have cost me allot of lost work time. At 75 yrs. I consider myself a workaholic but no paycheck and no naps.

This ! I lost my dad at 64 to cancer . I was there when he passed and I don’t recall him ever mentioning that he wished that he had worked a few more years ! I’m 47 now and lord willing can retire at 60 and I’ll have 37 years of service with my company . My wife also receives a separate pension based on mine . Shel’ll get a half sum of what I ever bring home on it . I pay a much higher rate into it in lieu of SS and I want to enjoy every penny that I can of it . I work on call , nearly ALL holidays and weekends and spend more time in hotels than our house . No way am I staying ! I can’t understand the guys that do , it’s like they are institutionalized . I can’t wait wait for the novelty of know I’ll be home on any Saturday of the year and can plan whatever we want . I’m really trying to get things in order now . So many people are just bad with their money . That’s why resorted a low option GTO - frugality lol

If you take SS at 62, you can still make about 23k a year without penalty. I may do it. So id still work about 3 days a month. Thats 3 more than i want to. Lol

I fully retired at age 56, 10 years ago, ... Some people are apprehensive to big changes, .. I sort of like or have been accustom to big changes,

I have a friend that's trying to employ me as a manager for a small transportation route at a VA hospital when things are staffed and flowing good he just wants me to go there and check up on thing's get an eye on op's do a final interview for new hires, would have to drive the route to fill in a blank if that happens, He says 1 day a week no specific hours for 500.00 a week and i have a hard time getting excited over it, ..

I like to go to bed or wake up knowing my next day i am going to do only exactly what i wish

I worked for a well known aerospace company with a corporate pension and 401k worked as much overtime i could stand many weekends and holidays went on as many per diem trips as i could some up to 8 months at a time ... some out of country with the intent of sacrificing more early life for latter life income it boggles my mind when i think the last 20 or so years of my life i will be getting paid from the 35 years of life i worked

Locomotivebreath,
Yes!!! Too many folks NEVER make plans!!! ANYone that works somewhere, that has some sort of retirement plan NEEDS to be a part of it, regardless of how much you contribute. Contributing as much as possible is the best plan.

The sad cases are guys that I know that had to take in grandchildren or they got suckered into the college scam paying for kids that either dropped out or received useless degrees that they can’t do anything with .

Due to cancer and some pretty disastrous life situations, I plan on being at my desk until I die. You guys who are 15-20 years older than me don't know how good you have it compared to the ones coming behind you...

Did any of your Pontiac cars survive all the"life" you've been through???

After reading what some of your guys deal with and have dealt with in the workforce... I feel very fortunate......

As long as I stay in Ca. I'll never be able to retire even with a pension and SS. You guys that can retire should! At 68 years old I still work full time and am lucky to be fit and able to do so. I hate my job but I still do it well and it's close to home. I would love to pack up and move to TN. The cost of everything here in Ca. is just outrageous and only getting worse. I took SS at 62 because I didn't want to be one of those people who checked out before I collected.

Retirement starts at 62, I waited to my 65 birthday so I could get Medicare.

My IT job had rotating shifts and I got sick of the later shifts and the weekend shifts.

You should move to TN or the like. I've never understood why anyone would live in CA or NY. They are both too expensive. You'd probably live like a fat cat in most places in the SE US. Espescially if you bring your CA pension with you. I'm guessing family ties keep most people put.

The absolute best hot rod parts Facebook marketplace on the planet. SoCal marketplace/craigslist is bonkers compared to everywhere else. The weather. Mexican food. People also generally assume that all of California is San Francisco prices. Its not. I lived in the high desert. Gas was stupid, but honestly, everything else wasnt all that much different than Indiana where I moved to. So where you are leaving from specifically in California will have make a big difference in how much financial impact there is.

For me leaving wasnt so much about money, but more about thinking that entire southwest corner of the country doesn't have enough water to support its population long term. Didnt want to be holding property when the water runs out. I was also sick of the desert, but now I find I miss the blue sky and dry sheet metal. I loathe the rust belt. Ive lived a lot of places. Everywhere has its pros and cons. Except Kuwait. Kuwait just sucks.

I'm 47, when I grew up and during my early years of my career retirement age was 65, it then moved up to 67 and for a couple of years now has been tied to life expectancy. It is now predicted to be 72 by the time I get to 67..

I don't think I will ever retire under a government scheme here..

I've got 2 still and have sold off everything else and my spare parts stash minus some super useful rare engine stuff. They're waiting for machine shop time and engine\tranny swap space with a buddy who has a day job. I don't push him because he's got dozens of cars and a paying boss. I get my car fix working on more modern stuff for me and the wifey and if it gets wrecked or I sell it I have zero attachment to it vs. my Lemans. The one thing I didn't sell or get rid of? My 1200lb tool boxes - I can still do work for friends for trade.

And contrary to popular opinion, as much as California has aspects that suck I am financially better off here than I was in TN. And no rusty sheet metal or rotten cars with nice mountain weather has been worth it for my physical and mental health! My sister lost her house in Texas last year because of taxes going up and up and up and insurance rates going up there (her insurance and tax are 4X what I pay here in California). I miss the Texas of my childhood and TN of 25 years ago.

Basically if you're going to retire, better have a (mostly) paid off place to live or a hell of a pension\savings. Also having a community of people you can call on or rely on and staying active. My parents are in their 70s and have been enjoying retired life for almost a decade and I am so glad that they got to do that. My dad still cuts the lawn at church and the elderly folks who need assistance 4-5 days a week and he gets 24-28 thousand steps a day. As he puts it, he's in the best shape of his life since his cross country days when he was in his early 20s.

My house will be paid off in 20 years at least, if things hold out that long I'll think about retirement...

Retirement is complicated. Some people keep working because they need the money, that's obvious. Others do it to stay physically and mentally active or for the social contact. All of that has merit depending on your circumstance.

For me, I'm retiring the moment I can do so with a reasonable financial buffer. One thing I know is that the older you get, the faster you get old and I don't want to spend my older years working. OTOH, I cut back to part time about 5 years ago so I only work 2 days a week. It's easy to get used to 5 day weekends.

We actually have enough money to retire right now, but my wife is only 55 so she can't access her 401k money yet which makes up about 30% of our savings. I turn 60 in about 3 weeks. So the plan is to retire once my wife turns 59 1/2 when we can access all of our money. Plus, by then we should have even more savings so that we'll probably have more income in retirement then while we're working.

I am nowhere near retiring, but I see many people from my church in their late 70s and 80s still working. Not because they have to though.

CA has its pluses and minuses. Depends on where you live. CA as a whole??? The negatives are starting to outweigh the positives. The only thing keeping me here is my business. We'll probably move to Idaho when the time comes.

Tons and tons of people are moving from CA to TN. I know of 6 people personally that have. In due time... TN will be ruined....

Yeah , same as Florida , people move in to take advantage of the prosperity but don’t embrace the way of thinking that created it .

Me? Am in good health and watch my diet, do not drink or smoke. I exercise, monitor my BP, etc Am wanting to live a long healthy life, Lord willing of course. I live a very modest/basic/simple life. I also study health, diet, longevity etc almost daily.
Besides my Pontiac passions, I love snowboarding here in Az and the southwest. An Az ski area was open 6 months with last season from Nov- June 1! It's great exercise and a real thrill. Eastern Az is nothing like the hot deserts of Phx and Tucson. We enjoy 4 seasons here, not 2.
I also love traveling, road trip and have toured every state in the main US ( except Montana so far) with my Pontiacs. Many places have visited more than once. 2 Pontiac powered road trips over 10,000 miles with my longest time on the road at 7 weeks in my 72 GTO 455HO. Love the adventure, going places, meeting people, etc.
Another passion is serving in childrens and youth ministries at a few churches. As I do not have kids of my own, I feel it important to give back to the younger generations. I really enjoy it.
I quit working when I was 45 with 26 years of seniority. I let them keep the retirement to build.
For close to 20 years, I lived off of my 'fat' ( aquired Pontiac parts, real estate sales, etc ), ran drag races, car shows, etc. Now, am retired and working on my Pontiac Heaven museum project here in Az. Am doing it basically alone and could use help. Hoping there are some Pontiac or car people out there who may want to help build and grow the museum project here.
Am on 12+ acres on historic hwy 191 about an hour south of I-40 here in Eastern Az. It's nothing like Phx here- no extreme heat, dust, crowds, etc. It's rural high country with forests not far away.
A nice lake is less than 5 miles away and has no HP restrictions allowing me to run my Pontiac powered boats any day I care to.
I've run an annual car show in the nearby town's city park for 16 years now- open to all brands.
Started the first Pontiac parts yard/collection in 1993, started the 2nd in 2005. By 2023, I finished combining everything to one location and now am down to around 275-300 Pontiacs after peaking out at around 550 in 2005.
Now with everything moved and in one locaton, am working on my property and Pontiac collection. Land is paid for, permits approved, I've bought a 9000' steel buldng for the museum and has been delivered.
In the near future, planning to erect the buildng and start to finish many of the Pontacs have started restoring. Plus dozens of others waiting ther turn. Every year GTO collection, many Firebirds/Trans Ams and Full size. Everything is 1955-1981. This includes some very specal and historcal Pontiac powered race cars and the worlds only known complete original Mickey Thompson HEMI Pontiac engine.
Will also be getting back into drag racing wth a front motored AA/Fuel dragster, a blown altered wheelbase '65 Tempest Funny car and a few hot street/strip Ponchos using both roots and Pro Chargers.
I've always done most of my own work including- engine building, designing, fabriacting, machining, welding, body work, paint, susp, pretty much everything except upholstery.
There is so much to do here, I know I will not finish all in my lifetime and understand that. I want to leave plenty for future generations to learn and enjoy. Also, I enjoy teaching people these skills too. There is such a need here for help.
Finally, my end dream, besides planting the Pontac Heaven museum, is to get into land speed racing at both ElMirage and Bonneville.
I've loved Pontiacs since I was about 7 and never tire of them
If anyone would like to visit, tours are avail by appt, plan ahead.
Am also looking for vol help on the museum project, crewing on race cars, restorations, equip help, erecting building, etc. I can use help in any capacity- few hours, half day, full day, weekend, a week, a month, etc. There is also the possibility of someone living on the acreage with a trailer, RV, etc.

Another dream is to have a car related ministry. I have named it "Arrowhead Ministries" . With so many Pontiacs here, and connections to the aftermarket, a ministry could build/restore a Pontiac and auction/sell it off to charity. This would be separate from the Pontiac Heaven museum and is only a thought at this time.

Always looking for people who may want to get involved in different capacities. Even as board members, etc

Contact me- [email protected] message me on the Pontiac Heaven facebook page or see me at my space in the midway at Norwalk in July.
Best to all-

Twice for me, now (I didn't get to pick either time). I'll be 64 in August.

First in 2019, after 40 years with GM. That one was a surprise.

I wasn't ready (financially or emotionally) so I was off for a couple months and then back to work at Nissan.

I was with Nissan 6 years until they didn't renew my contract (not a surprise, considering the news). May 1st was my first day home.

This time I'm ready so we are giving it a go.

The only difference I can see at this point (almost two months in) is that I do everything I used to do but it all takes longer.

Go out to lunch? Used to take between 30 and 90 minutes. Now? All day.

Put gear lube in a Ford nine inch? All day.

Mow the lawn? Used to be a couple hours. Now? All day.

Grease the chassis on the Chevelle? All day.

I guess work really does expand to fill the time available for its completion.

K

Pulled the trigger at the end of last year. I should be ok, I get a 1k raise in the SSI check in 3 months when the house is paid off.

The only thing messin me up is remembering trash day. hehe

John

I'm a 37 year old millennial. What is this retirement thing you're all talking about? LOL