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Old 04-22-2011, 02:29 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Mortis View Post
I think for the majority of people at retirement age, the ability to continue working is something that most people want.

I worked with a guy that was already 69 when I met him, I remember the age because he joked about it all the time, he was a true dirty old man. He was told by the company that the retirement age was 65 and it was up to him to decide. He continued working until he was 82, he started having trouble reading what he was supposed to be proofing. He decided to leave and passed away 6 weeks later. This old guy had no one in his life except for the guys he worked with, his wife passed away very young in her early 50's they had one son who was killed in a car accident, so work was everything he had.

Doctors have said for years that people need something to live for when they get older and working is a way for them to feel self worth and occupy all the time they have left to live.
that's true, i completely believe that. i would still want to be working until i die; certainly not full-time work, maybe part-time and maybe some volunteer work, just something to keep the mind occupied. our elderly neighbor's wife passed away years ago, and he's still working everyday, just not all day. his driver comes to pick him up in the morning, and he comes home in the afternoon.

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