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View Poll Results: At what age did you retire? (retire = NO paycheck)
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below age 45
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5.45% |
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45 to 50
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11.95% |
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51 to 55
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25.37% |
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56 to 60
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30.82% |
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61 to 65
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12.79% |
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above 65
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1.05% |
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not yet retired (includes semi-retired, etc.)
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60 |
12.58% |
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At what age did you retire? (retire=NO paycheck)
02-18-2019, 09:07 AM
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#1
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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At what age did you retire? (retire=NO paycheck)
I'm guessing a fair number retired after age 55 which seems to be a popular definition of Early Retirement.
There should be a category for everyone. 
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02-18-2019, 09:09 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
Posts: 1,406
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See my signature
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02-18-2019, 09:13 AM
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#3
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Miraflores,Peru
Posts: 1,992
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I voted below age 45, but could have come in under 35 if there was a category for that!
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02-18-2019, 09:16 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,809
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by NYEXPAT
I voted below age 45, but could have come in under 35 if there was a category for that!
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Sorry, did not expect that kids would retire. 
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02-18-2019, 09:24 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Peru
Posts: 6,335
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Age 53
Year 1989
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02-18-2019, 09:42 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 617
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Age: 51
Year: 2017
DW still w*rks.
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02-18-2019, 09:48 AM
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#7
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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Part-time consulting work at age 47.
Full retirement at age 55.
Wife retired at age 50.
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02-18-2019, 09:59 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 770
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Not yet retired. Age - 60.
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02-18-2019, 10:09 AM
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#9
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 7,040
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58 but within 7 months was working part time and 6 years later still love teaching.
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02-18-2019, 10:09 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 354
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57 (2017)
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It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. - Hugh Laurie
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02-18-2019, 10:18 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 984
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Age: 51
Year: 2008
Almost 11 years but sure doesn't seem that long ago.
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02-18-2019, 10:24 AM
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#12
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Due to the strict definition of "retirement" as used here (bunch of hogwash), I'm not yet retired at age 69. I get an occasional paycheck as a substitute crossing guard because I'm available.
Retired from my career engineering job in 2000 at the age of 50 and starting collecting my pension checks. Also worked seasonally as a tax preparer for the past 18 years to keep busy in the dog days of winter, but not this year, do it on a volunteer basis.
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02-18-2019, 10:24 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 645
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The plan was age 55, I missed it by 2 1/2 months. 3 years and 7 months and counting into the best years of my life!
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02-18-2019, 10:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RE2Boys
Due to the strict definition of "retirement" as used here (bunch of hogwash), I'm not yet retired at age 69. I get an occasional paycheck as a substitute crossing guard because I'm available.
Retired from my career engineering job in 2000 at the age of 50 and starting collecting my pension checks. Also worked seasonally as a tax preparer for the past 18 years to keep busy in the dog days of winter, but not this year, do it on a volunteer basis.
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The truth is I have never washed a hog. And certainly not for pay.
If you earn a very small amount then maybe that would really be retired for the purposes of this poll. So if a crossing guard makes say, $300 per school month, that would probably be in the grey area of not-really-working.
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02-18-2019, 10:42 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 401
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I kick the can at 52 wish that I'll have done it sooner but no complaints.
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02-18-2019, 11:03 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
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I earned my last paycheck at age 36.
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02-18-2019, 11:04 AM
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#17
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,695
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I retired at 45, in late 2008. That was just over 10 years ago. While I knew I would retire in my early 50s at the latest, things fell together much more quickly so by age 44 (in 2007) I new I'd be done by the end of 2008.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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02-18-2019, 11:13 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,340
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Plan was for 55 and I could have then, but we were in the middle of rebuilding our summer home to be our retirement home. By the time all the pieces fell into place, which included moving into our retirement home and selling our main home, my last day of work was less than a month after my 56th birthday.
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Retired Jan 2012 at age 56
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02-18-2019, 11:16 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2,325
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56 (2016)
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02-18-2019, 11:20 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portland
Posts: 2,038
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Retired on my 56th birthday in 2013. I am loving every minute of it.
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