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> CP wrote --
>>You don't retire at 65 there? I thought you retired, but were pulled back in,
> & are now planning to retire again soon?
> I worked till I was 66, since could get a few more dollars in retirement
> each month if I did.  :)

True enough, especially with our respective governments gutting the pension 
plans WE paid for, & inflation killing the value of what was actually going
to  ever come back to us. . . (sorry, not politics -- just current events om
the  category of Economics)

> And I re-retired on 29 April, at 72.
> I had planned on that for January but held out until someone was properly
> trained in parking, which is my baby.  The guy we finally got is a mini-me
> and I felt secure enough things would be in good hands and to step back.
> People would ask what I planned to do in retirement and I would always
> say "One thing I plan on NOT doing is wandering about aimlessly for hours on
> end in the cold and rain".  :)
> But I do enjoy retirement.  Six Saturday's and a Sunday every week!

I remember having that! Fun for awhile, but after 20+- years, I figured
enough  is enough, & got a job again, now working two jobs(as usual since
having a  child), but pretty much my own hours, so I get plenty of time off.

I found that having 7 day weekends each week was devaluing them as time off,
as every day blended into the next, but then I hadn't earned that retirement
yet -
- to fully appreciate the difference & to accept it as due rest for a life's 
work well done.

Now I expect to work until minimum age 80, If I'm lucky, & keep working
2-3jobs at a time, or switch to my own company set (& work one job, 15+
hours/day, 6  days/week)

> I was given one surprise party.
> I was turning 36 and this woman who had her cap set for me gave me one,
> but I learned in advance about it, but acted like I was surprised.

Nice guy - whatever happened to her? Wasn't a longer term sync?

>> I'm fine, but I'm demanding a big deal when I hit 100, & every 50 years
> after!
> That's idea I might celebrate as well. 

Why not? Who could argue with this as a a demand?  Being Canadian (part of
the  Queen's Commonwealth, I'll get a g formal letter from Her Majesty when I
turn  100. I can't help but think I'll get one every 50 years after, too,
until the  novelty of my age wears off. From the Queen, or whomever is on the
throne at  the time of each of these milestones -- We also get one(royal
letter/greeting)  on the 50th wedding anniversary.  Hoping my wife can pick up
on my one little  trick for longevity(not clickbait, as there's nothing to
click  nothing for  sale) (not dying--see? Free!) & stick around for the
duration.

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