<p>“But jazzercise and yoga sound more fun. Would be nice to live deep into those retirement years.”</p>
<p>Oh, I have no idea of whether it will increase longevity. I’d feel fine about dropping dead suddenly in South India or upland Burundi (better than the squash court, where I already did that once), and they can do with the body what they like. But I have found ways to find fun in some odd places. ;)</p>
<p>^^^^Several of my friends worked at Baskin Robbins in high school. I thought that was a cool job, much better than mine at JC Penneys. :)</p>
<p>The job has be entertaining. Scooping ice cream might be entertaining for some, I am not the one though. Not appealing to me.</p>
<p>Its in part the social aspect of a job like scooping ice cream at an old fashioned ice cream parlor that has its lure. If one doesn’t see the charm in, or enjoy shmoozing with the tourists in this kind of job (hopefully a moderately stress free environment), then it isn’t the job for them. As my DH says, some people are better suited to interface with hardware than liveware.</p>
<p>My friend scooped ice cream one summer on Cape Cod. She has not had ice cream since. It’s been 30 years…</p>
<p>Well then this is the PERFECT job! It would be great to not eat any more ice cream :)</p>
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<p>One summer I worked in a hospital kitchen. I got there at 5 am and made the coffee, 5 lb bags at a time, having to dump out the grounds, etc. It took years before I could stand the smell of coffee.</p>
<p>"My friend scooped ice cream one summer on Cape Cod. She has not had ice cream since. It’s been 30 years… "
-That would be the most sad result of any job. Ice cream is absolutely my favorite food, I do not even think of it as desert, I can easily eat it for dinner and not miss anything else a bit. Yumm, no way I would give it up for some job…</p>
<p>…and no way I would give up coffee either, the best smell on earth.</p>
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<p>MiamiDAP- You sound like a really fun person. We should hang out sometime!</p>
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<p>Well, all this is subjective, of course. To me, it’s good, but nothing beats slowing waking up to the aroma of bacon frying on a Sunday morning…It happens to me about once a year on Mother’s Day or my birthday. :)</p>
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<p>Darn!</p>
<p>And I meant “slowly waking up.” I hate typos.</p>
<p>For anyone who’s bailed out prior to 65, what did your research show regarding choices for health insurance? Did COBRA work out the best or did alternatives like AARP or something else turn out better?</p>
<p>Pork-ageddon is on us:</p>
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<p>My dad is one of those state retirees whose generous pension and benefits are bankrupting the state…so he had very nice health insurance that continued after he retired.</p>
<p>Wife’s insurance. State retirees can buy insurance, but it’s not cheap.</p>
<p>I am toying with working more and more part-time, to co-incide when H retires in the near future after >40 years at his job. It corresponds with my dislike of same-old, same-old, grubbing for grants, and having to make grandiose plans to get any funding, most of the plans are so pie-in-the-sky, I find it nauseating. I still want to do outreach and help patients and healthcare providers, but the current economic climate makes funding very problematic.</p>
<p>My dad still “works” at 87, though he has at least one or more pensions, SS & mom also has some regular funds coming in with her SS. They get free medical insurance and medicare for life as well. Dad doesn’t know what he would do if he didn’t go in to work regularly–would probably die of boredom and drive mom crazy. She retired as soon as the last kiddo got out of grad school, as her job as a special ed teacher for profoundly needy kids was too physically taxing.</p>
<p>H would stay at his job longer if things made sense financially, since he LOVES his job. He & we are fine with him retiring and hopefully we will travel more (while we’re both relatively healthy) when he no longer has things piling up at his desk at work.</p>
<p>Thanks to H’s federal job, we will both have subsidized medical insurance for the rest of our lives. We’re both pretty uninsurance otherwise.</p>
<p>I think it is appropriate that I started this thread because today was my last day at work. Well… I am not 70 or 80… :)</p>
<p>First thing I did is join 24 hour fitness which is a ten to fifteen minute walk from my house. There is a good deal through Costco. 2 year membership for 349 bucks.</p>
<p>Congrats–wish our Costco had a similar offer. The nearest places to exercise in a gym setting around my home require a DRIVE, not a walk, or you’re walking along the highway. Hope you enjoy your retirement. I am not anywhere near 70 or 80 and plan to retire WAY before I get to those ages.</p>