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08-26-2018, 08:23 PM
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#41
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 855
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LXIII ( add one more at the end of the year )
yes i am old enough to have learned Roman Numerals at school ( and Latin basics )
try existing a week in Italy with sign language , and some basic Latin .. NOW THAT IS ADVENTURE
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08-26-2018, 08:43 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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71 but mentally I feel 49 and physically I feel 59 on a good day !
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08-26-2018, 08:54 PM
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#43
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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I have always felt like I am in the 60s, even when I was in the 40s.
My body is catching up with my mind.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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08-27-2018, 07:57 AM
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#44
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: An Un-Organized Township of Maine
Posts: 801
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My wife and I were both born in 1959, and we are both 59. We are both on pensions, and not sure if we want SS before 72. We do not plan on 'needing' SS at any point.
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Retired at 42 and I have been enjoying retirement for 18 years [so far].
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08-27-2018, 07:59 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: An Un-Organized Township of Maine
Posts: 801
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oz investor
LXIII ( add one more at the end of the year )
yes i am old enough to have learned Roman Numerals at school ( and Latin basics )
try existing a week in Italy with sign language , and some basic Latin .. NOW THAT IS ADVENTURE
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I was stationed in Naples Italy for 3 years working as an MP. You can do a lot in Italy with sign, though the military ran us through a class on all of the gestures.
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Retired at 42 and I have been enjoying retirement for 18 years [so far].
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08-27-2018, 08:09 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Cholula
Posts: 1,595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walt34
I remember nine planets and 48 stars on the flag, black & white TVs and black rotary dial telephones. Long distance phone calls were horribly expensive so the only time they were made was when somebody was born or died, and maybe Christmas.
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Lucky you having a telephone and TV!
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08-27-2018, 08:14 AM
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#47
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 11,701
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pjm-7
Since I was always way younger than my clients, if the subject of age came up my response was "I was born when there was still 48 stars on the flag". That worked for them.
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There were only 48 stars? Really?
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08-27-2018, 08:15 AM
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#48
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 927
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DW & I both have birthdays in September. She'll be 50, and I'll be 46. I considered myself a Young(ish) Dreamer when I found this site. Not so much anymore.
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08-27-2018, 08:20 AM
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#49
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Washington State
Posts: 2,350
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My wife turned 50 last week, I'll turn 55 in November.
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08-27-2018, 08:23 AM
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#50
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Both 61. I've been retired 5 years and DW 22.
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08-27-2018, 08:51 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 3,508
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Offgrid Organic Farmer
.not sure if we want SS before 72
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Even if you don't want it, it would make sense to start taking it at 70. Waiting any longer is just throwing money away.
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08-27-2018, 09:05 AM
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#52
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,594
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joeea
Even if you don't want it, it would make sense to start taking it at 70. Waiting any longer is just throwing money away.
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True - no increase to SS under current law for delaying draw beyond age 70.
But this does beg a question. If you indeed delay your application beyond age 70, will you receive all the back payments that would have been due since age 70 such as in a lump sum?
BTW currently age 53 -- One of the very first GenXers. Ceased employment at age 47.
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08-27-2018, 09:09 AM
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#53
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gauss
But this does beg a question. If you indeed delay your application beyond age 70, will you receive all the back payments that would have been due since age 70 such as in a lump sum?
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The lump sum amount SS pays is limited to six months of retroactive benefits. So I suppose that means the actual deadline for taking SS is age 70.5.
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Numbers is hard
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08-27-2018, 09:16 AM
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#54
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Weatherford Texas
Posts: 456
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I am a 1960 model - 58 yrs. DW is 57.
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Retired June 1, 2018
RE AA 65/35
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08-27-2018, 09:30 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: The Shire
Posts: 1,504
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Just like Santa
I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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Paying it forward is the best investment.
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08-27-2018, 09:36 AM
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#56
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,528
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I am 65 and my DH is 66.
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08-27-2018, 01:20 PM
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#57
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,024
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I'm 57 and DW is 58. I retired 5 years ago and she retired 2 years ago. Life is good.
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Retired at 52 in July 2013. On to better things...
AA: 85/15 WR: 2.7% SI: 2 pensions, SS later
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08-27-2018, 01:43 PM
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#58
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gone traveling
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 3,508
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
The lump sum amount SS pays is limited to six months of retroactive benefits. So I suppose that means the actual deadline for taking SS is age 70.5.
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I guess. As long as you enjoy giving interest-free 6 month loans to the Social Security Administration.
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08-27-2018, 08:32 PM
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#59
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 28
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64 and DW is 68
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08-27-2018, 08:37 PM
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#60
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 28
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64 and DW is 68. Both Retired 6 years. Life is good.
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