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RebelOne

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9. I was 70 when I was forced into retirement in 2010.

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:28 PM

Mar 2012

Actually, it was not because of my age. I was laid off along with others who were a lot younger than me. The company was downsizing. I had been wishing I could retire but wanted to get more money into my 401K. I was already collecting social security anyway.

So far, I have enough money in the bank that I will not have to be eating cat food for a few years.

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