This thread has interested me. The question whether to retire or not is a deeply personal one that everyone must decide individually when and if it arises. For me it has not. My wife Kate and I---she is a novelist--have of course slowed down. We take longer and more frequent holidays than we once did, but we plan to go right on working while we can.
Why? Well, the rationale for our decision was set out long ago in the King James version of the verse from Ecclesiastes, which is at once biblical and profoundly secular, as well as it can be in English: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
