Life begins the day you retire. I retired, prematurely, at 59. I will be 85 in a few months when I expect to become a grandpa for the first time in my life. I joined a successul expedition to Mount Kailas, the world’s third highest peak in the Himalayas: a birthday gift I gave myself on reaching 75! Who needs a watch that limits both your time and days!
Monks (and nuns) tend not to retire–they just get lighter workloads … which means we still contribute to the community. We are the true (Spiritual) Communists: “From each according to ability; to each according to need.” And it works (more or less) because we have bigger things to focus on than who has the most toys.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I miss when they gave pensions.
Edcole1961 over 13 years ago
That makes 24,000,000 of us.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Retirement? lol
Justice22 over 13 years ago
This is the reason I quit wearing a watch or setting an alarm clock.
mrcharmander934 over 13 years ago
(Well, now, Ernest doesn’t have super tiny eyes here….)
redeanm over 13 years ago
IBEW local 18.
vernonram over 13 years ago
Life begins the day you retire. I retired, prematurely, at 59. I will be 85 in a few months when I expect to become a grandpa for the first time in my life. I joined a successul expedition to Mount Kailas, the world’s third highest peak in the Himalayas: a birthday gift I gave myself on reaching 75! Who needs a watch that limits both your time and days!
bmonk over 13 years ago
Monks (and nuns) tend not to retire–they just get lighter workloads … which means we still contribute to the community. We are the true (Spiritual) Communists: “From each according to ability; to each according to need.” And it works (more or less) because we have bigger things to focus on than who has the most toys.