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Comment on Boomer Dilemma – Are We Traveling Together … or is it Potty Time Yet? by Lorie Eber

Lorie Eber — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:41 +0000

Just cut down on the coffee. It works for me!

Comment on The Baby Boomer Retirement Crunch is Starting by Florence Lince

Florence Lince — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:38:07 +0000

We viewed retirement as a time to re-evaluate our priorities. Our priority was to travel. How to do that on my husbands SS check ($1500 a month) was the trick since I can’t hold a traditional job while traveling and Mike had never been outside of the US.

So we sold everything, we now live in a new country every 6 months, we have no cell phone bill, no medical insurance premiums, no cable TV bill, no internet bills, nothing that sucks money away from living and exploring. We find places to rent for 6 months that include all utilities including internet access and we only have to pay for food out of pocket.

So what we strive to tell seniors who are afraid to retire is not to be afraid. Evaluate your wants and needs and then take steps to make those changes to get you the retirement that you want. We did, and we plan to be out and exploring and traveling (and submitting articles to BoomerCafe) for at least the next 10 years.

Yes, a job for me would be nice but it would have to be an exceptional company. One that would allow me to keep living life on the road, working, developing and blogging about travel. If I find such a company I’ll let you know.

If you want a retirement coach contact us, we’re here to help. We want others to enjoy their retirement as much as we are.

Comment on The Baby Boomer Retirement Crunch is Starting by Laura Lee Carter aka the Midlife Crisis Queen

Laura Lee Carter aka the Midlife Crisis Queen — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:37 +0000

Having enough money is important in retirement, but finding new meaning is just as important. The research shows boomers have the time to find new meaning and purpose beyond their previous lives or careers.
Learn more by reading: Find YOUR Reason to Be Here: The Search for MEANING in midlife.

Comment on Discouraging Maturity Despite Boomer Power and Influence by Carrier Slocomb

Carrier Slocomb — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:51:37 +0000

Thanks David, you’re a good man doing a good turn yourself. And just so you know, we continue pricing out robots should our kids ever decide to fly the coop. Hey, it could happen.

Comment on Discouraging Maturity Despite Boomer Power and Influence by David Gillaspie

David Gillaspie — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:31:06 +0000

Carrier Slocomb does every dad a good turn with his father for life stance. Here’s why:

How many times have you met guys your own dad’s age who are great guys, the sort of guy who are fun to be around. Then you learn he’d been a rotten dad to his kids and now he’s making up for his mistakes.

I’m with Carrier, be the same dad as always and let the kids figure it out.

Comment on Retirement: A Memoir and Guide by Claude Nougat

Claude Nougat — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:00 +0000

Very moving, effective, the end punches you in the stomach. Yes, it captures very well the real challenge that retirement can be for most people: not everyone has the talent to write, or paint, or sing or pursue whatever inclination he/she might have, be it charity work or looking after the sick or the elderly, so that the days get filled up with meaning and life is worth living!

Comment on BoomerCafé’s Greg Dobbs Tours Boomer Paradises in the West by Cobi Camberlein

Cobi Camberlein — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:32:38 +0000

NO to golf

YES to the buffet at the 8th hole

Comment on Baby boomer urges other boomers to give up senior discounts by mike king

mike king — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:43 +0000

I don’t mind giving up my senior discounts. I would mind it a lot less if the companies paying no taxes
by going offshore would pay their fair share. It’s time to look at the free ride the churches in America have enjoyed by not paying taxes. Of course I’m not complaining about the ones doing good charitable work. I do resent that there are some who will only help members and not the public who foots the bill for all this. There is one denomination that builds its church next to parks and uses the public weal to foot the bill for the church recreation. It’s confusing now. Anyone with a collar and a Bible can ride the backs of those who must support them through honest work. We pay through the nose for politicized congregations who weld huge influence on local and national elections. One political party managed to pack the supreme court so that election funds no longer need be accounted for. Just like the banana republics, elections are now bought and paid for. And who is running the country? Why the corporations, whose pitiful contribution to shareholders, who supposedly “own” the company they buy shares in lose every penny when a computer “decides” it’s time to sell institutional holdings. The banks laugh in our face as we pay them outrageous fees and interest because some Harvard hotshot took a finance class in “B” school, skipped the ethics lecture, and considers only the bottom line. But we seniors, as some call us, can pay the extra buck for the show, the four bucks on the hotel room, or the two bucks at the salvation army, where many of the old shop for their winter coat or a thousand other things that might save a few pennies’ on the meager Social Security check. Many lost their pensions promised by corporations when the hotshot “B” school cat pointed out how the company could go bankrupt, reorganize sans pension fund, and eureka! No more funded liability for a spanking new start. The banks used taxpayer money to get back to the business of taking more and more of it. But they wouldn’t lend the money to Joe and Sally for a new house, or even a car. Now that the speculators(including the lenders) have bought up most of the cheap properties, all the pent up demand is driving prices for homes into a new bubble. Of course the feds have stepped in and loosened the money supply so that rates are low but housing is out of the range for many.
The next scary scenario of course is every fixed income recipients nightmare. All that printing press money for the war, bailing out everyone who whined or threatened enough, is going to cost those who can no longer work. Those elders lucky enough to be able to get a job will get by. I’m sorry for bringing this to readers attention, Lorie. You seem like a truly caring person. Thank you.

Comment on BoomerCafé’s Greg Dobbs Tours Boomer Paradises in the West by Mike

Mike — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:55:28 +0000

This morning I did a 3 hour bike with a friend thru the hilly trails near my house. Gorgeous scenery and saw a bit of wildlife out there: deer, bobcat, coyotes. Came back dirty, gritty, sweaty … feeling like I actually gave my body a good workout. Cooled down with a few laps in the pool, then off to the office. A great way to start the day! I’ll take biking in the hills over the casual pursuit of a dimpled ball thru a groomed park-like setting and not breaking a sweat any day! JMHO

Comment on Boomers Still Follow Mainstream News and See a World in a Mess by Su Lynch

Su Lynch — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:15:05 +0000

This is an excellent article on the mess in Syria generally. There are no easy solutions, not even easy possible solutions. But what struck me most about your piece was the word ‘respect’. Yes, Russia wants respect, some would argue like the Mafia Don wants respect, and America wants respect, like a rich CEO wants respect. The thing is that, in my opinion, respect has to be earned by the deeds you do to make the world a better place, not by the arsenal you possess or the economic power you can wield. Naive or what?