TO; Nighthawks— it happens anyhow! You don’t have to be retired to die, you can do that at your desk or on the job! I would rather go in my garden, on a creek-side, or sitting under a tree squirrel hunting though!
My great uncle’s whole life was dedicated to the health of NH’s forests. At 84 he was hit by a falling branch doing what he loved. Retirement is not the end of your usefulness.
Over the last 3 years, among the many “jobs” my retired plugger husband has done: helped my elderly mother buy/paint/furnish her current condo (plus any needed repairs on it since then, such as fixing her broken blinds and refrigerator/freezer ice maker); repaired/painted/sold her old house of 40+ years and glassed in her screened-in back porch (plus, found/ordered/installed her porch shades). Also to come in the not-too-distant future: the ordering and installation of a brand new kitchen island and new (kitchen) wall cabinets. Whew!!!!! All of this in addition to the many things he does for our own home, as well! He’s the busiest retired person I’ve ever seen or heard of in my life!
P.S.: These aren’t the only projects he’s done (for my parents) over the last 21 years … just the major things he’s done since his retirement!
My Dad retired at 55, but he kept working hard until the day before he entered the hospital with pneumonia, never to exit alive at age 82. Rental properties, a little (40 acres) farming, mission trips, helping build the house we live in, helping others - he never took a day off except Sundays and some holidays.
BigGrouch about 14 years ago
I wonder who was the first cartoonist to decide “Z” meant “asleep”
Yukoneric about 14 years ago
3 yrs, 3 weeks and I AM THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
tomtweit about 14 years ago
Best job I ever had!
Nighthawks Premium Member about 14 years ago
..and then you die
Maddispa about 14 years ago
TO; Nighthawks— it happens anyhow! You don’t have to be retired to die, you can do that at your desk or on the job! I would rather go in my garden, on a creek-side, or sitting under a tree squirrel hunting though!
lewisbower about 14 years ago
My great uncle’s whole life was dedicated to the health of NH’s forests. At 84 he was hit by a falling branch doing what he loved. Retirement is not the end of your usefulness.
Sillstaw about 14 years ago
After retiring, Pluggers decide to stop doing any work at all.
Gretchen's Mom about 14 years ago
Over the last 3 years, among the many “jobs” my retired plugger husband has done: helped my elderly mother buy/paint/furnish her current condo (plus any needed repairs on it since then, such as fixing her broken blinds and refrigerator/freezer ice maker); repaired/painted/sold her old house of 40+ years and glassed in her screened-in back porch (plus, found/ordered/installed her porch shades). Also to come in the not-too-distant future: the ordering and installation of a brand new kitchen island and new (kitchen) wall cabinets. Whew!!!!! All of this in addition to the many things he does for our own home, as well! He’s the busiest retired person I’ve ever seen or heard of in my life!
P.S.: These aren’t the only projects he’s done (for my parents) over the last 21 years … just the major things he’s done since his retirement!
Smiley Rmom about 14 years ago
My Dad retired at 55, but he kept working hard until the day before he entered the hospital with pneumonia, never to exit alive at age 82. Rental properties, a little (40 acres) farming, mission trips, helping build the house we live in, helping others - he never took a day off except Sundays and some holidays.