I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner
wrote back on Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:02:56 GMT
in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On 17 Dec 2004 06:01:16 -0800, wrote:

If you keep your eyes open over a significant amount of time, you will
find what you want at the price you want to pay. If you want it sooner,
then it will cost you more money...that is if you can find it.

A truer statement would be hard to find. You are definitely right
about this.

At a LARGE American corporation, records show that retirees die on the
average of THREE years after their retirement.

An article about "Super geriatric CEOS" (Men in their 80s, still
working or running the company) in Forbes a decade or so back, had one CEO
say he didn't retire because he didn't want to become an alcoholic. From
Memory: "People retire and move to Florida. The first year they play golf
all day, and have cocktails at five. The Second year, they play golf only
in the morning, and start drinking after lunch. By the third year, they
don't even get the clubs out, and just start drinking first thing."

A large part of this is people retire and don't know what to do. They
putter around watching tv, etc and have sense of purpose. Even more
significantly contributive is the death of a spouse. I don't have an
exact number but I think it's pretty close to within a year. Those of
us that retire with a purpose will probably be in that group that live
20 years into retirement.

My dad retired about 10 yrs ago. Mom crossed over 4 yrs ago.
Besides cowboy action shooting, bench rest shooting, he has just
taken up golf. He is continuing the Snow Bird routine he and mom did,
and last time I talked to him, he was in Florida getting the
Freightliner ready to pull the RV to Texas.
I think he will out live me....tough old ******* G

My Dad might. He's retire twice already. His wife told him that if he
does again, she'll moider him. (They are against divorce) Seems that
after he "retires", he gets involved in something which makes him busier
than ever before. He's too busy to retire, and if he were to die, who'd
take care of his wife and daughter?

--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."