retirement

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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 14 May

I'm interested in knowing who is still working and who has retired or maybe you never worked. If you're still working, in what field are you working? What has been your career path? If you retired, when did you retire? Was it...

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Find Your Number

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 13 Oct

What is retirement? It's really just a number that is preceded by a question. "How much do I need to comfortably live?" Is it a highly advanced mathematical equation you need to use? No. Not at all. The easiest way to [i]find...

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Maybe I Could Sell Ice Cream?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 1 Sep

Sometimes you just roll ideas around in your head, and when you do, you're never being serious necessarily. It's just the way the mind works sometimes when you ask yourself, what do I want to do and how might I get there? My wife...

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Places To Live

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 1 Sep

I am considering moving into a smaller house, as this is a 5 bedroom very big to me. Its costly to cool down and will certainly be high to heat in the winter. I haven't decided what place to live yet or even which state. The...

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Advantages of living in a semi rural town

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 23 Aug

We shifted here a few years ago after my husband's retirement We spent our prime years in a city and have experienced hardships living there. This place is not over crowded and that makes it easy to get attention no matter...

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semi rural

no hassles

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Can't get a free bus pass til I retire !!!

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 6 May 25

I have used public transport .....buses....since i was at school, all through college and two jobs. It is cheaper than using a car and i have lived and worked near popular and well etablished routes. I was looking forward to...

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Dream Retirement Lifestyle.

larish @larish (2263) • Philippines 27 Apr 25

I am retiring soon. Most of my colleague are thinking of starting a small business by the time they retired, some would just be at home and just live with the pension money they will receive, but I have mentors who are now retired...

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retirement

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A Well-Deserved Tribute and a Timely Blessing

rsa101 @rsa101 (40976) • Philippines 25 Mar 25

Today marks a significant milestone for my wife—her official last day as a teacher. Her school has organized a special ceremony to honor retirees and recognize their hard work and dedication throughout the school year. She’s been...

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blessing

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K9 officer retires from the Appleton Police Force

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122171) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Jan 25

Zuul who is a police dog officer with the Appleton Police Department in Wisconsin is retiring from police force after many years so that Zuul can enjoy the rest of his life with his handler and partner Sergeant Zieman. Zuul...

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Curtain Call

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (10111) • Calcutta, India 18 Dec 24

Ravichandran Ashwin, star Indian Cricketer in all formats of international cricket, draws the curtain on his flamboyant career spanning more than 14 years. An adept bowler, who surpassed Kapil Dev's record recently, announced his...

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retirement

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Gee, THANKS, Guv’ment!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 17 Dec 24

Dad-gum guv’ment, as Roger Miller put it in the song in Big River. Here I am, bragging about losing 60 pounds, putting some great numbers on the health monitor on my watch, and all that…. Then they send me...

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Nick Foles is Officially Retiring

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7406) • Sparta, Tennessee 8 Aug 24

Yes, I am TECHNICALLY unemployed. So yes, that means I am all about football again. Are you ready for this? Nick Foles, Former Philadelphia Eagle Quarterback, is officially retiring on September 16th during the Philly home...

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Sharing a Retirement Resource; and What are Your Thoughts About the Future of Retirement?

Deep-Or-Whimsical @DeepOrWhimsical (40) • United States 11 Jun 24

Granted, I'm certainly not a financial advisor.. However, I would like to share with you this article ~ Social Security and Early Retirement at Age 55: Rules to Know - NerdWallet If you check out the article, you will find a cool...

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retire

social security

online calculating tool

future of retirement

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I have had 4 spam calls...

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 30 Apr 24

Yes, not yet 5 p.m. and I only got up at 9 a.m. but I've had 5 spam calls. One had previously been silenced/blocked, but the other 4 had not. One, the most recent one, was someone looking for the owner of some property that is...

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TSA dog retires from his work in Washington D C

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122171) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Apr 24

Messi who is a Labrador Retriever who was working with his handler Peter Suh for many years even though the exact time Messi worked at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport explosives detection canine had his retirement ceremony on...

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Don't Know How I Did it

celticeagle @celticeagle (189874) • Boise, Idaho 18 Apr 24

I was just thinking.....I used to hold down a full-time job. I was in customer service. I had so much to remember. Where to park, how to sign in, what to say for different calls, where to send people, what form was used in what...

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The Japanese Prime Minister warns...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 22 Oct 23

...the Japanese people to reproduce. If not, the country will stop functioning. Japan currently has a low birth rate, and the elderly population is very large. The fact that 13% of Japan's workforce is over 65 is startling in and...

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Working or Retired or Something in Between?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 29 Sep 23

I lost my job as an Accounting Office Manager on Christmas Eve 2009. The company I had worked for for 15 years went bankrupt so that they could be bought out by another company. There I was, 61 years old, with no job prospects....

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Weather says its cooler, but it isn't.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84793) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 Sep 23

Florida weather strikes again. It is a little lower at 83 today, but doesn't quite feel like it. I broke into a sweat while out, and even my husband is hanging out inside much to Chilly's delight. Chilly loves it when George lies...

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Should You Join AARP?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 17 Sep 23

Established in 1958, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has been looking out for seniors' interests and providing useful information and discounts for its members. Anyone over 50 years old can join. For $16 a...

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