In Canada it has even become optional to retire. You are no longer forced to give all up at 65.
Mind you it has become tougher on the younger (in any profession) since they can't advance while we old farts clog the pipeline. - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -----Original Message----- From: Scott Ford <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 16:20:17 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My Last Days as a Sysprog John, Same here John. I have two daughters in college, so I have to work since I haven't won the lottery. Plus work is has purpose for one as one ages . I know I am younger than you Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Feb 3, 2013, at 8:49 AM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
