http://babyboomersus.net/ Baby Boomers U.S. Forum Forum: Retirement Plan? - Recent Posts en Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:31:18 +0000 http://babyboomersus.net/topic/rethinking-retirement#post-64 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:53:41 +0000 Joe Hauckes 64@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Hey mike,<br /> Welcome. I too have not really made any plans for retirement, other than continuing to work online in some manner.<br /> Not really a plan, but if I can still type, I can still work. &lt;img src=&quot;http://babyboomersus.net/my-plugins/pb--bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif&quot; title=&quot;:wink:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/old-and-broke-this-aint-no-joke#post-63 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:48:10 +0000 Joe Hauckes 63@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Hey JaneyB,<br /> Welcome. Mind if I join your Dumbass club? I am surely one of the non-planning-for-retirement type of dumbass. &lt;img src=&quot;http://babyboomersus.net/my-plugins/pb--bb-smilies/default/icon_redface.gif&quot; title=&quot;:oops:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/rethinking-retirement#post-61 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:10:18 +0000 mike8591 61@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Lately I've started to thinking about my retirement... mainly because I met with few friends, and they started to talk about their last cruise, how great it was and that their are planing another one... I still have few years before retirement, but no plan for it. So I start searching in the web some useful advices, check what I found: <a href="http://phasecorp.com/index.php/The-Baby-Boom-Experience.html" rel="nofollow">http://phasecorp.com/index.php/The-Baby-Boom-Experience.html</a></p> <p>It seems pretty practical for me, hope it would be also useful for you. </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/old-and-broke-this-aint-no-joke#post-57 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:29:38 +0000 JaneyB 57@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>Quiz: What if you reach retirement age with only a paycheck or two in the bank?</p> <p>Answer 1: Dumbass. Why didn’t you invest?</p> <p>Answer 2: Dumbass. Why didn’t you plan for retirement?</p> <p>Answer 3: Dumbass. You expect the world to hand you life on platter?</p> <p>Okay, I’m a dumbass. But the cruel reality is, I don’t have extended family to move in with. My kids are near starving and they live 2500 miles away. My only other relative is a sister, and she’s broke too. She had the audacity to spend her life as a wife and mother and then a schoolteacher. What a dumbass.</p> <p>Me, I must take the Dumbass World Cup. I went to college and wanted to do pre-med, but I was discouraged from this because it was so hard for girls to get into medical school in those days. So I studied art (are you kidding?) because in those days everyone thought some guy would marry and provide for you. Alas, no such savior turned up. At twenty nine I went to graduate school in social work, did well and got a job in social work. (What a dumbass! Didn’t anyone tell you what salaries social workers earned?)</p> <p>Well I spent most of my life doing the work of the angels (or being a sucker, as some would have it) and I just got to a salary level where I could put money aside for retirement a few years ago. I plan to work ‘til I’m seventy so I should have about 100K to provide for my old age. Let’s hope my old age is brief; 100K isn’t much nowadays.</p> <p>Well, I’m polishing up my tin cup. When the 100K runs out, I plan to beg at rich peoples’ houses. Especially those radical Christians. They make such a big deal of their Christian values, of course they’ll help me out. Right? </p> http://babyboomersus.net/topic/retirement-study-for-50#post-18 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:19 +0000 Karla 18@http://babyboomersus.net/ <p>This is an invitation to take a quick six-minute survey for a study related to medical tourism and retirement markets in North America. </p> <p>It is targeting U.S.-residing individuals of 50+, with at least a bachelor’s degree (or some university education), and potentially some experience working in professional, technology, or educational fields. </p> <p>Once the goal of 150 respondents is reached, a $300 contribution will be made to the International Community Foundation (www.icfdn.org). </p> <p>Thank you again – here’s the confidential and quick survey link (and it really only takes six minutes!): </p> <p><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=k9uiyH0hYBpl_2b14jbIfnZA_3d_3d" rel="nofollow">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=k9uiyH0hYBpl_2b14jbIfnZA_3d_3d</a><br /> Crossborder Group’s North American Retirement Survey </p> <p>Thanks again for considering this – I do appreciate it! </p>