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Posted: June 21 2008 06:46 AM
 
Russ Connolly (aka screw) [ View ] [ hereweis@nb.sympatico.ca ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Gray Rapids N.B., Canada
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I just read where a fella is selling off his cars because he says "Retirement forces sale of my collection". I kinda feel for the guy, maybe life dealt him a crappy hand or something but Jeez, if I gotta sell off my cars to retire then just put me in a box and be done with it!! Looks like I'll be working FOREVER!!
 
 
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Posted by cr55  -  06/21/2008 08:36 AM
AMEN!!! Something about prying from my cold dead hands?....CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  06/21/2008 10:53 AM
The man your taking about could have been forced to retire, (disability, down sizing, company closing, family problems). Who are we to judge?
Tommy choo choo [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MT. SINAI, New York Charter Member since June 2007
 
Posted by Starfire  -  06/21/2008 11:42 AM
TYCHOOCHOO is right. Beyond that, if anyone thinks their Social Security and company retirement will get them through their retirement with no hassle, they're probably dead wrong and have not considered the fact property taxes and their share of health care insurance and costs can eat up what they will have or currently have in the from of a fixed income. Taxes and health cost go up, income doesn't! And I didn't even mention utilities and food cost.
Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas
 
Posted by cr55  -  06/21/2008 11:57 AM
i don't think Screw was judging the man. He was just saying how he didn't want to sell his car due to retirement......CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  06/21/2008 12:03 PM
I understand cr, just thought what I said should be thought about.
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Posted by cr55  -  06/21/2008 12:10 PM
it is everyday. I'm blessed with the things I have in life. A near fatal construction accident put that thought in me twenty years ago. . .......CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  06/21/2008 12:18 PM
Your right CR, I realized I was blessed when I returned from the military 38 years ago. The late 60s were nothing to laugh at. Thank god I was able to retire with a good pension and enjoy myself now, but I will never forget the past.
Tommy choo choo [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MT. SINAI, New York Charter Member since June 2007
 
Posted by Starfire  -  06/21/2008 12:24 PM
I was also just attempting to expand on the reasons one might find themselves having to dispose of cherished assets. Life is full of surprises but they can be far more dramatic or even catastrophic after one retires. The one I didn't mention is hearing a knock on the door and you find one of your thirty something kids, their spouse, and your grandkids are standing there because they have no other place to go. Jobs lost, unemployment ran out, credit cards maxed, and house foreclosed upon. It happens all the time these days.
Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas
 
Posted by cr55  -  06/21/2008 12:28 PM
sounds like you had it happen Jim. Hope not, but that's what we all signed up for when we became parents....CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by Starfire  -  06/21/2008 12:36 PM
No, thank goodness it hasn't happened to me and fortunately is very unlikely to happen given the nature of employment both my kids and their spouses have.
Starfire [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Weimar, Texas
 
Posted by roofcam34  -  06/22/2008 01:08 AM
My friend used the "retirement" term, when he had to/decided to sell his stuff, because he didn't want to tell people he was terminally ill. Hope that guy doesn't have the same issue.
Leo (roofcam34) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Sioux City, Iowa
 
Posted by screw  -  06/22/2008 03:54 AM
cr55 is right, I'm not trying to judge anyone, and I'm sorry for him or her if their situation is negative but it just seemed wierd , I thought that when you retire, that's the time top play with all the stuff you've worked 35-40 years to aquire. I guess things seem different for me because Retirement for me won't be any different than any other day. Besides , my car is my medication , can't live without my medication. ( Doctors Orders)
screw [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Gray Rapids N.B., Canada
 
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