Pickles by Brian Crane for September 08, 2014

Well, that’s the truth for a lot of us!

His 401K must be about shot.

with the way prices keep going up it will be difficult to live to be 30

That’s okay. I’m never going to be able to afford to retire.

I always said I’d have to die two or three years after I retire because I started saving too late.

Well Earl you’re still lucky because your Daughter won’t be able to afford to live to 50 and I think everything will go to hell by the time your grandson reaches 30.

Easy solution, eat more bacon.

Neither can I.

Oh, we could afford to live that long. I simply have no interest in doing so. I’m 72, and would dearly love to go Home before I’m 75. My kids and grandkids are grown, the greats are up and around, and I’m tired, dagnabit.

The secret to retirement…Have everything you have paid for…With zero balance on all credit cards.

The thing is you can’t afford to live, and you can’t afford die..\\//_

Guilty! At 70, I’m already pushing the limit..

Wow those are some downer comments…wanting to die by 75???? hope your families don’t know this. how about taking from your life experiences and helping other people that didn’t have the opportunities you have!!

Yep, life is expensive!

That applies to most people, Earl.

You’re not alone!

xxx

Mark Twain said,“there’s lies, there’s damnable lies. And there’s statistic’s.” It’s the statistician’s fault then. Even if they do have an M.D. after their name. The one’s charging you and your loved ones. Through the nose.

The awful truth about retirement in this country….sigh

I can’t remember to whom to attribute with this quote, but it’s applicable:“A man is not rich in proportion to the things he has, but in the things he can do without.”