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Old 01-16-2015, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Can you work part-time until you are eligible for SS and Medicare? Some people do that and then fully retire. Jay
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Old 01-16-2015, 01:53 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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Do whatever you can to get the full SS and the pension.
Nonsense! Quality of life and peace of mind trump mere money any day. Now if you'll excuse me I believe I hear some exploding heads. Could one be yours?
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Old 01-16-2015, 02:43 PM
 
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Nonsense! Quality of life and peace of mind trump mere money any day. Now if you'll excuse me I believe I hear some exploding heads. Could one be yours?
I hear you on that. But the talking heads people listen to as having all the answers have scared the bejeebers out of everyone over money. Hard to counteract that.
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Old 01-16-2015, 05:39 PM
 
Location: SoCal
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Nonsense! Quality of life and peace of mind trump mere money any day. Now if you'll excuse me I believe I hear some exploding heads. Could one be yours?
I agree whole heartily on that. I took early retirement at 62 with a small 401k >100k and RRR. But my wife who is four year younger, is still working. She really want to work until she reaches 65. There is no Goldilocks formula, each person has to weight the pro and con individually. But I do agree about being in a places your happy. I hate California not for the usual reason. I'm sick of sunshine I miss the seasonal change's and rain. I grew up with in the south, and my most wonderful memories are listening to the daily evening rain shower. But I can't leave until she retires in five years at the earliest.
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Old 01-16-2015, 05:56 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I agree whole heartily on that. I took early retirement at 62 with a small 401k >100k and RRR. But my wife who is four year younger, is still working. She really want to work until she reaches 65. There is no Goldilocks formula, each person has to weight the pro and con individually. But I do agree about being in a places your happy. I hate California not for the usual reason. I'm sick of sunshine I miss the seasonal change's and rain. I grew up with in the south, and my most wonderful memories are listening to the daily evening rain shower. But I can't leave until she retires in five years at the earliest.
It's those things my wife and I missed from the south that caused us to move from CA to the Ozarks in retirement.

Ya just can't beat summer thunderstorms!
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Old 01-16-2015, 06:03 PM
 
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It's those things my wife and I missed from the south that caused us to move from CA to the Ozarks in retirement.

Ya just can't beat summer thunderstorms!
I miss thunderbumpers.... and that's why I want to move back to PA....
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Old 01-16-2015, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles area
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Nonsense! Quality of life and peace of mind trump mere money any day. Now if you'll excuse me I believe I hear some exploding heads. Could one be yours?
As usual I agree with my friend Curmudgeon, but in this case only up to a certain point. If the lack of money becomes too severe, then one's "quality of life and peace of mind" are negatively affected. That is, if one is destitute or almost destitute, then there is normally not much quality of life or peace of mind.

Part of my peace of mind is being financially secure, not to the point of living a high-end life style (as I don't even desire that), but to the point of living a comfortable (if modest) life while never having to think about finances.

"Modest" and "high-end" are relative terms, so to avoid misunderstandings I will give just one example, from the automotive area. I last bought a new car seven and a half years ago and paid just under $27,000 for it. I will still have that car 10 years down the road, unless something unusual happens to it. So that's what I mean by modest.
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Old 01-16-2015, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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Glad you are happy. But you neglected to thank the rest of us who are paying for your housing. I am not overjoyed at the idea that I am paying for my own housing and also for the housing of others. It doesn't negatively affect my own happiness, but the idea rankles.
Why should I thank you for collecting on insurance I paid for myself?

May you never become disabled and have to use the insurance you paid for.

And if you want to get into the logistics of what I supposedly cost you - out of your own pocket - let's say the market rent for my apartment is about $550. I pay $335. This leaves a difference that is subsidized of $215 per month. Divide that by how many people? Some of the subsidy is federal, state and county. But, let's use federal. How many people live in the US now? Let me google it...

Okay, Wikipedia says there are about 300 million people living in the U.S. So exactly how much out of pocket are you, personally, for my subsidized apartment, that I paid insurance for my entire working life?

Just sayin'. Feel rankled all you like. But, you're not personally affected by any measurable degree by the fact that I am in a subsidized apartment.

Sheesh, the arrogance of this line of thinking rankles me.
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Old 01-16-2015, 08:21 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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As usual I agree with my friend Curmudgeon, but in this case only up to a certain point. If the lack of money becomes too severe, then one's "quality of life and peace of mind" are negatively affected. That is, if one is destitute or almost destitute, then there is normally not much quality of life or peace of mind.

Part of my peace of mind is being financially secure, not to the point of living a high-end life style (as I don't even desire that), but to the point of living a comfortable (if modest) life while never having to think about finances.

"Modest" and "high-end" are relative terms, so to avoid misunderstandings I will give just one example, from the automotive area. I last bought a new car seven and a half years ago and paid just under $27,000 for it. I will still have that car 10 years down the road, unless something unusual happens to it. So that's what I mean by modest.
And I agree with you, my friend. If you have enough to meet all your needs and some of your wants, peace of mind is easy. If you're just scraping by it can get scary.

We also bought our car seven and a half years ago and paid right at $20K which was an excellent price for a new Honda Accord. Barring the unforeseen it will end up being the last car we'll buy. It just turned 79,000 miles so it's not yet quite broken-in and regular maintenance should keep it going maybe longer than I will. We find modest to be quite comfortable.
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Old 01-16-2015, 08:23 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I miss thunderbumpers.... and that's why I want to move back to PA....
I hope you get your wish. Like you, we knew what we were getting and we've not been disappointed.
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