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NBachers

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5. If I die at 82 and spend 40% of my working life retired, then I retired at 56.

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:01 PM

Mar 2016

Figuring that my adult life started at 18.

I'll be 67 next week, and I don't know when I'll be able to afford to retire.

I think John Shoven-up-his-arse is drunk and deluded. They both act as if retirement is a plush luxury that tempts non-deserving proles. If that's how reality works in their circle, I'd advise them to get out into the actual, real world a bit more.

They must be sitting in the Condi Rice chair at Stanford.

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Pesky Americans refuse to die on the job. [View all] noamnety Mar 2016 OP

Bah, humbug! Human101948 Mar 2016 #1

If job duties were no more strenuous than that of a Stanford economist . . . gratuitous Mar 2016 #2

That thought occurred to me as well. noamnety Mar 2016 #3

I used to work for a living and found it a highly overrated pastime. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #4

If I die at 82 and spend 40% of my working life retired, then I retired at 56. NBachers Mar 2016 #5

Hey! Quit giving our corporate masters pointers! Initech Mar 2016 #6

Well Hillary will make sure you never see retirement. After all Bernie just wants to give out free Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #7

Discrimination in the workplace begins at 50 milestogo Mar 2016 #8