|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:44 PM Original message |
Poll question: When do you plan to retire? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. The day I die if I can manage it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I am retired. I like it. I recommend it. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly 2 years away. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. I plan to cut back severely on working when I'm 62 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was lucky... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not retiring. Will work forever doing work that I love. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some time after I find a JOB |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That's what I was thinking |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. me too! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. 60 to 65. Possibly sooner. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not retiring. Will (need to) work forever at a job I hate. But that is the fate awaiting most of |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Unless you're bagging groceries now chances are |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. "Retirement is for the wealthy, who never really worked hard in the first place." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. "can't work hard enough to retire" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. thank you for your comment. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I hate thinking about that sad reality. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm working on retirement at 62.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. When I'm dead (nt) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually my job quit me, I was laid off on my 61st |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. That is both the saddest and the funniest thing I'm gonna read |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. The happiest day of my life was my 55th birthday. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cadmium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not soon enough. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I retired at 57, smartest thing I ever did. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Other. I retired at 59. I had planned to work till age 62 to 66, but things changed |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. The way things look I'll be able to retire about 3 or 4 months after |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yeah, me too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. 52 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. I dropped out of the 9-5 in 2001. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. The day I turn 62, about 3 years from now. Like some other posters, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. I voted before 60 could also have voted already retired. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. When I'm dead! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Officially, in a little under 900 days (but who's counting?). |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. December 30, 2010, age 55 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. When they pry my job from my cold, dead fingers. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. In my late 50s |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. In a bit over two years |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm PLANNING on 50... but in reality maybe 70? nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sometimes it comes unplanned. I was laid off at age 66. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. About 34 years from now. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. I will be able to retire when I'm dead. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. In around 30 years, when I'm 60 or so n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. From the job I'm doing now, perhaps in ten or twelve years |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Tue Jan 14th 2025, 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC