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Huge wrote:
On 2015-03-01, ARW wrote:
"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2015-03-01, ARW wrote:
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On Sunday, 1 March 2015 09:14:37 UTC, ARW wrote:
'Deferred gratification' is all very well, but at that age you
want
sex, booze, drugs (nowadays), and so on.
What do you mean by "but at that age"? Are you suggesting that at
some
point
in my life I will not want them?

Not a case of not wanting, but requiring more effort that a nice mug
of
cocoa in front of t'telly.


I have no intentions of sitting down in front of a TV with a cup of
cocoa
if
there is sex, alcohol and drugs on offer elsewhere.

Your time will come, believe me.


I have no doubt about that. And after working in the hospice last week
I
know how lucky I am.

Amen to that.

It's interesting to see how the attitude to retirement etc changes as you
get closer to that time. I'm of an age where most of my pals have.

They generally start off by saying they don't want to retire ever. Work
until they drop, etc.

But things seem to change as they get older - and most have retired early,
if they get the chance.

I've seen some who were forced to retire who hate it.

Mostly those who don’t have anything to
do except what they used to be paid to do.