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In reply to the discussion: At 100, woman still working 11 hours a day, 6 days a week [View all]Warpy
(114,616 posts)54. I'm with you, all the way
While some old folks find they lack structure and human contact after they retire and die quickly without them, they're often the people whose whole lives revolved around their jobs. The rest of us have found other things to do with our time and are grateful when we get to pursue them.
Besides, enough people who are retiring now are looking at having to work at least part time until they drop dead on the job thanks to Republicans taking any hope of a decent retirement away through years of robbing them of the fruits of their labor to enrich the 0.1%. This, of course, will contribute to an unemployment rate that defies all attempts to reduce.
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There are more people that work who don't make it 100 than 100 year old people who work
notadmblnd
Oct 2015
#31
Genetics, taking reasonable care of yourself, and luck. If she retired at 65 and hit the gym
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#52
Its why she looks good and feels good. Listing away at home is a direct path to death.
Pisces
Oct 2015
#3
Yep, use it or lose it....people want to work 5 hours a day, 4 days a week, retire at 50
snooper2
Oct 2015
#4
good for her, but I find myself more active when im off in the summer. more
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#17
Let us know how you are doing when you hit 100, if you can still use a computer
snooper2
Oct 2015
#43
thats fine if its your preference. but it should also only be applauded if someone
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#19
My great grandmother was a housewife all her life, lived to 102. Died of pneumonia, not old age.
haele
Oct 2015
#46
My feet kill me at the end of the day (I teach adults and have some particularly long
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#62
Nah, not going to wear anti embolism stockings. I had to wear those for a recent surgery
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#67
there are many more options between doing nothing all day and doing laundry all day
Skittles
Oct 2015
#81
Seriously, I can't even stand doing laundry once a week, let alone all day every day.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#90
No I have an actual career and I still hate work. Wish I could quit or retire but I'm only 35 so I
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#51
I don't find any work interesting. I teach adults and while I'm mostly ok in front of them it's the
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#76
Doubtful. I even like driving, just don't like doing it for someone else :(
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#86
"Get out and do some work" made me officially despise this old broad. My 91-yr-old mother CANNOT
WinkyDink
Oct 2015
#44
Saying that not everyone can or should work till they die is "political correctness"?
nomorenomore08
Oct 2015
#71
I know the centenarian meant well, but I can understand why some find her condescending.
nomorenomore08
Oct 2015
#75
If you need a job to keep busy when you are older, you just lack imagination.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#61
Hell I could think of several lifetimes worth of more interesting things to do - I desperately
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#63
Ok, let me phrase that differently. If you enjoy doing laundry 66 hours a week, and you don't
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#99
Where in the story does it say that she isn't traveling or doing "many other things"?
Nye Bevan
Oct 2015
#88
If she's working six days a week she can't ever get very far on her one day off.
SheilaT
Oct 2015
#92
66 hours a week at work isn't my idea of living.. but whatever works for her.
mountain grammy
Oct 2015
#72