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Skriven 2010-01-29 07:10:56 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
   Kommentar till text 3897 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Age
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Replying to a message of Michiel van der Vlist to Dale Shipp:

 DS>> I will admit that some get away with it by making other
 DS>> excuses -- but to blatently base such a decision on age
 DS>> alone is illegal.

 MvdV> Here it is normal that everyone stops working at 65. With
 MvdV> a very few exceptions. It is perceived as an acquired
 MvdV> right. Not as discrimination.

Interesting.  In this country many if not most folks can't *afford* to retire
at age 65.

The *average* age of farmers in Nebraska is 65, and in Iowa it's over 60.
It is not uncommon to see farmers still working full time well into their
eighties.  In 2006 I worked part time during harvest at a grain elevator, one
of the fellows driving semi-loads of corn in was 85.  There was an item on
the radio the other day about a fellow who is still working eight hour days
(although I don't think he's a farmer), and he's 101.

I would very much like to be working at least part-time, but nobody is hiring
people my age.  The bright side of unemployment/retirement is that doing one's
income taxes is a snap.  In 2009 I had zero income from wages or salary.

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 * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)