What's so great about turning 60? (the best, letter, senior, discount)

[RuralCoastalGuy]

By popular demand I decided that we in the 60s age group need to have a place where we can share our life's experiences with those who have not lived long enough to share experiences first hand with us .

You can post humorously, in a solemn manner or in a manner that shows pride in this twilight zone of retirement...your choice...after all we don't have any rules (outside of the TOS) that we must follow .

Let others younger than us know that life does not end at 60...it STARTS THERE !!!!! ....

When I turned 60 I realized that I didn't need anyone's permission to do anything...that I had to answer only to my Wife and Cat...that folks started coming to me for advice on life...and that retirement was a good thing. I am a semi retired Civil Engineer and expect that I will become fully retired...a/k/a fully free...at the end of this year.

Please join me in this post to show the young uns that LIFE BEGINS AT 60!!

[elston]

Although I am rapidly aging out of this catagory........still a couple of years left.....let me greet you all. My life opened like a rainbow for me in my sixties. Best of the best! I will be watching how this thead goes and contributing as I can.

Good Idea Uncle Batz.

[AksarbeN]

You know life is good when the sales clerks ask “ would you like the senior discount?”






Not that you look old or anything!

[Northwoods Voyager]

Hmmmmmm, I think I'll just watch and read this thread for some time. And 'see' how you youngsters are getting along.

[Magnum Mike]

Originally Posted by AksarbeN

You know life is good when the sales clerks ask “ would you like the senior discount?”

Not that you look old or anything!

When I turned 50 in October a little over a year ago, it wasn't long after that I started getting all kinds of garbage in the mail about senior this and senior that. One organization in particular was the AARP, which I got upset at because others quit sending junk mail after one or two times, but I kept getting garbage from them. I called them in March or April of last year and yelled at them and told them if I wanted to join your organization, don't you think I would have responded to one of those letters by now? I haven't gotten anything from them since then.

They're so anxious for you to reach the age that's ten years older than you actually are just so they can send you their garbage.

Another one was Physician's Mutual Insurance, which again I called and yelled at them and told them to take me off their mailing list.

[Miss Blue]

By the time I reached 65, I had raised 4 children, several friends of my children and 5 of my nine grandchildren..I still have one living with us, because he wants to work after school and mostly because I have a MonteCarlo ss that I allow him to drive when I am with him And have promised to let take him take his driver test in it..When I had all four little kids underfoot all the time, I couldn't wait for them to turn 18 so I could go to college , get a job and become a vip in the world..That never happened, though, because my first grandbaby arrived when I was almost 41..So the cycle started over again..Sometimes I felt people looked down on my humble path in life..Especially when asked "What do you do, for a living?"
The wisdom of my age has made it very clear to me that I had the most valuable, time honored, most precious and most important job there is, was or will be..I raised some of the next generation that are drug, and alcohol free..They have a strong family structure and value system built in by being at the supper table every night together..Mom or Mamaw was always home when the bus dropped them off and was willing to help with homework..They know that family is much more important than huge homes, expensive cars and exotic toys and vacations I did have my own business for about 10n years that I operated from my basement..another thread..

Gosh I have so much to say about the sixties..I think the sixties are the height of my wisdom, faith, tolerance and most of all that I finallY realize that "I DONE GOOD'

[vpcats]

AARP finally got me! They were offering a little travel bag and you can't beat it for $12.50 membership.

I received the bag and it's really good. All kinds of zippers and pockets and stuff and I think you can just hang it from your waistline (if you have one :-)) or your shoulder.

I'm a gadget person so I was thrilled to pay just to get the little bag. What's worse now is that I keep getting the "invitation" to join almost daily, by email and in snail mail.

HUH???? Do I need to get another bag?????????

By the way...the bag is black with BIG, white AARP letters on it. :-)) I'm trying to figure out what to stick on that to cover it up. My son says acetone will erase the letters. I think it will erase most of the bag too.

[Miss Blue]

aksarbeN, my hubby makes me soooo mad about aarp. He falls for everything..We have full paid premiums for our same bluecross that he had through his work when he retired, and he keeps wanting to change to the plan aarp has that we have to pay for He is a true hearted "aarpy"

[Mayor_McCheese]

Do you people who are in your 60's view life differently, than say, when you were in your 30's? I can't imagine becoming much wiser than I am now.

[Magnum Mike]

Originally Posted by vpcats

AARP finally got me! They were offering a little travel bag and you can't beat it for $12.50 membership.

I received the bag and it's really good. All kinds of zippers and pockets and stuff and I think you can just hang it from your waistline (if you have one :-)) or your shoulder.
......

AARP - Isn't that an acronym that stands for something like American Association of Retired Persons - Keyword RETIRED - First of all, I'm not retired and sitting in a rocking chair and taking it easy, I'm still as active as I was 30 years ago!

If AARP knows when you reach a certain age, then why don't they only send those obnoxious letters to those who are about to retire! The last thing I want to see is the AARP retiring me long before my time!