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Originally Posted by Dee8go
Well, I hope he gets to enjoy his retirement and that boat. You can't always be putting things like that off until "tomorrow."
My dad died less that six months before he was to have retired. I vowed that I would not follow his example.
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There's definitely that fine line. OTOH with my great-grandfather, work was what kept him going into his 90's and my grandfather into his late 80's. Once the weren't able to get into work they went downhill fast. But that was all that they knew and had.
My father has other interests outside of work, especially boating and camping, so he's actually looking forward to retirement. It would have been last year but he figured with the economy being what it was he'd work another year full time, then work half a year next winter and fade into the sunset after that. He's had a number of friends and acquaintences in his age group (early 60's) succumb to a number of health issues in the recent years and realized he wanted to enjoy himself a bit.