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On a lark I spent a few minutes going back through the archives of this Retirement Forum, looking at thread titles from 2007 and 2008. Pretty much all the topics that are current were treated back then. Taking the long view, things are very repetitive. But I think that's inevitable as new members arrive and old members drift away. After all the average person is not going to spend the required time doing searches before starting threads.
On a lark I spent a few minutes going back through the archives of this Retirement Forum, looking at thread titles from 2007 and 2008. Pretty much all the topics that are current were treated back then. Taking the long view, things are very repetitive. But I think that's inevitable as new members arrive and old members drift away. After all the average person is not going to spend the required time doing searches before starting threads.
Interesting you brought this up . . . I was thinking the same thing the other day!
I do think that many times a fresh article/video as a starting point on a new thread (even if the subject is one that has been covered) can be a good thing, though. Old threads can be hard to go through even if the info is good so I understand why folks would enjoy a new thread.
But yes - the concerns are still very much the same - but sometimes with a new twist.
Very sad news: Tom Magliozzi of Car Talk has passed away. One person who posted a comment following the article said that we have lost a national treasure and I do agree. I'd been listening to them almost from the beginning, way back in 1987 and good friends knew not to call me during that precious hour each weekend.
Wow, what an icon he was. Truly to be missed. I'm also mourning the passing of a great American poet, Galway Kinnell, on Oct 28 in his Vermont home. I had the good fortune to be in a seminar with him for 10 days, during which he recited Yeats by heart. Sometimes I wonder if all these great people will be in one place in heaven, so they can carry on in one wonderful group.
On a lark I spent a few minutes going back through the archives of this Retirement Forum, looking at thread titles from 2007 and 2008. Pretty much all the topics that are current were treated back then. Taking the long view, things are very repetitive. But I think that's inevitable as new members arrive and old members drift away. After all the average person is not going to spend the required time doing searches before starting threads.
I for one would like to see more "Retiring in [what state or country]" threads...Retiring in Italy tops my interests at the moment. CD is after all a great information forum on location and relocation, and having these as specifically retirement threads focuses the info for seniors or anyone retiring at any age. But of course, I've always lobbied for Retirement being one thread, and Senior Matters being another, but that will never happen.
I for one would like to see more "Retiring in [what state or country]" threads...Retiring in Italy tops my interests at the moment. CD is after all a great information forum on location and relocation, and having these as specifically retirement threads focuses the info for seniors or anyone retiring at any age. But of course, I've always lobbied for Retirement being one thread, and Senior Matters being another, but that will never happen.
You mean two forums? Like Retirement Planning and Retirement Living? That's what I've always wanted so that those of us who are retired can share our experiences, chat, help each other out, ask questions and not be all mixed in with those who are in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who are still in the planning stage. We already did that!
You mean two forums? Like Retirement Planning and Retirement Living? That's what I've always wanted so that those of us who are retired can share our experiences, chat, help each other out, ask questions and not be all mixed in with those who are in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who are still in the planning stage. We already did that!
A Retirement Forum with all threads relating directly to that—financial, retirement plants, locations, etc—for anyone of any age.
And a Senior Living Forum, for 55+, with anything anyone wants to talk about in that forum. Downsizing, living options, hobbies and recreation, etc.
But invariably, Retirement would creep into Senior Living and vice versa, and there would be duplication as there often is between the Current Events and Politics forums.
We get a lot of repetitive threads, as ER says, because the threads are not limited and, as seniors (lol) we forget what threads have already been started and we go ahead and create new ones that are essentially the same, like on the subject of downsizing.
There are many elderly men and women who are employed, own businesses, or are active in investments and who have no interest in discussing retirement. For example, I'm only here to discuss geriatric topics whether they be issues of aging or just enjoying interactions with other old people. It's often just matter of discussing topics that younger people don't understand, e.g., movies from fifty or more years ago that we saw in theaters. In the ''retirement'' forum there are too many threads of the sort that talk about retiring but avoiding people over seventy or eighty. Those are the people with whom I'm the most comfortable.
Let's have either two fora or one on the elderly with a retirement subforum. I don't really care what we call the elderly forum although it should be indicative of age.
There are many elderly men and women who are employed, own businesses, or are active in investments and who have no interest in discussing retirement. For example, I'm only here to discuss geriatric topics whether they be issues of aging or just enjoying interactions with other old people. It's often just matter of discussing topics that younger people don't understand, e.g., movies from fifty or more years ago that we saw in theaters ...
Well, I'm not retired yet and won't be retired for another 4 or 5 years.
Talking about things younger people would not understand is just up my alley though. I just saw a recent photograph of Olivia De Havilland and she looks terrific even though she's well in her 90's. Younger people would not know who she is.
I belong to a group that meets weekly for men 55+. Several have already lost wives, partners or significant others; others are having to deal with a medical issue they never had before. I am happy to report we do not sit and complain about our health or are in depths of depression with grief. Rather our discussions are more about things like what are the latest "rules" of dating when you're 60, or how can I learn how to use my smart phone, but sometimes we complain about not getting good service when shopping in a department store. Stuff like that.
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