What are us baby boomers in for ? your opinions please !

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  • caliber
    caliber

    Please see video's work until 70 or 80 ? Be "put to sleep" early ?

    http://www.chatelaine.com/en/blog/post/39095--retirement-at-80-more-baby-boomers-have-to-stay-in-the-workforce-longer

    The woman at the centre of a landmark court ruling in B.C. that struck down Canada's doctor-assisted suicide ban says she's grateful for the ruling, but she's made no decisions on how her own life will end.

    Gloria Taylor, who has Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), was among the plaintiffs in a case that resulted in last week's ruling, which gave Parliament a year to fix the law but also gave Taylor an immediate exemption.

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  • snowbird
    snowbird

    I concur with this one's opinion.

    Ecclesiastes 12

    1 -2 Honor and enjoy your Creator while you're still young,
    Before the years take their toll and your vigor wanes,
    Before your vision dims and the world blurs
    And the winter years keep you close to the fire.

    3 -5 In old age, your body no longer serves you so well.
    Muscles slacken, grip weakens, joints stiffen.
    The shades are pulled down on the world.
    You can't come and go at will. Things grind to a halt.
    The hum of the household fades away.
    You are wakened now by bird-song.
    Hikes to the mountains are a thing of the past.
    Even a stroll down the road has its terrors.
    Your hair turns apple-blossom white,
    Adorning a fragile and impotent matchstick body.
    Yes, you're well on your way to eternal rest,
    While your friends make plans for your funeral.

    6 -7 Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over.
    Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends.
    The body is put back in the same ground it came from.
    The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.

    8 It's all smoke, nothing but smoke.
    The Quester says that everything's smoke.
    The Message Bible

  • panhandlegirl
    panhandlegirl

    From what I have seen, it won't be good. Many doctors refuse to take Medicare patients because of reduced compensation. Also Medicare will probably be reduced because the money will be given to other programs. I receive SS now and do not apologize for it because I have paid into it for years. I still work fulltime and expect to work as long as my body can take it. Three of my siblings who are past 65 are still working. Two of them, ages 72 & 78 are also on SS and like me, have paid into it for years. We will not be able to retire and stop working at 65 like our parents did, unless you have saved a lot of money or have an excellent pension.

    snowbird, Ecclesiastes 12 got it right. Growing old is not for sissies.

  • Farkel
    Farkel

    :What are us baby boomers in for ? your opinions please !

    Death and sooner than later.

    Farkel, Earliest Boomer CLASS

  • nancy drew
    nancy drew

    soylent green

  • Glander
    Glander

    Thanks, again. Syl for the Eccle. quote. If I read it one more time I think I'll get a nice long piece of rope...

  • Glander
    Glander

    I modified the thread title.

    To cause road rage? To fiddle with their purse at the grocery checkout? To give everyone advice on healthy bowel movements? To turn the answer to a simple question into a tedious story about their grandkids? To give too much information about body functions, including their sex life?

  • panhandlegirl
    panhandlegirl

    soylent green

    ND, Hadn't thought of that, but won't they get mad cow disease from that?

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    LOL @ Glander.

    To turn the answer to a simple question into a tedious story about their grandkids?

    Oops!

  • Balaamsass
    Balaamsass

    Watchtower got my best years....guess I will work till I am very old..enjoy life and outlast them.

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