On 12/04/2011 12:56 AM, sf wrote:
It is especially unfortunate in his case, considering that he had
retired so young. Over the yers I worked with a number of guys who had
worked right up to age 65 and then died within a year or so of
retirement. They never had a chance to enjoy their retirement. Then
there were some who never even made it to retirement.
My wife's best friend dropped dead of a brain aneurysm at age 53, so
when my wife had a chance to retire at 55 she jumped at it and has never
looked back. I had an opportunity to take an early retirement at 53, I
thought that it was a little too early to go but there was a 6 month
window for me to go with an 80 factor. If I did not take it them I would
have had to stay to the 90 factor, which meant 5 more years, so I left a
little earlier than I wanted to. I have no regrets.