McFeely
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Yes. He’s been to the station a couple times already. Likely because of the high turnover but I dunno.
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Yes. He’s been to the station a couple times already. Likely because of the high turnover but I dunno.
floridays
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Why keep working, just be truthful and I will shut up.
Oldfart
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Paying 2k a month for medical insurance is not a few bucks. The lump sum payment they give us to pay our medical helps but if I can make and save $2750 a month by working 10 hrs a week, that is a no brainer.
floridays
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You used the term savy initially, beyond that I agree with your statement.
Oldfart
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It's all about the health insurance. Ask anyone who is 61 or so and most will tell you the same thing.
We have a handler that is married to an attorney at a fairly large law firm. I am sure she makes 6 figures and then some as an attorney. Her husband is a handler and works as few hours as possible just so they can have decent affordable insurance. I am sure they can afford 2k or more a month for healthcare but they are smart enough to use Fedex insurance.
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floridays
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Talk Green Bay to him, tell him I said hello to his ex- wife, if he's not on a second or third. I know the guy.
MAKAVELI
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You're not saving anything by not retiring. And I guarantee you'll be working more than 10 hours a week.
floridays
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Sadly it is probably close to the truth.
floridays
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You're rich, remember...you told us.
floridays
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I'll shut up. I do understand, you have till 66 1/2. Best to ya brother.
floridays
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Understood.
Oldfart
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Basic math isn't your strong point. Have a 5th grader explain the difference between paying $250 a month as an employee or $2000 a month as a retiree, the difference is how much you saved. Maybe you can take your shoes off and count on your toes.
floridays
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He could be foregoing a huge medical bill that he may pay though. Peace of mind, that's why he stays, and the hot new handler
floridays
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You're doin the right thing, best to ya.
MAKAVELI
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Spending 40+ years at one company and claiming he has financial knowledge over most.He could be foregoing a huge medical bill that he may pay though. Peace of mind, that's why he stays, and the hot new handler
Oldfart
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Must be smarter than you. Making and saving $2750 a month by working 40 hrs a month while you keep scratching your head while confused is pretty sad.Spending 40+ years at one company and claiming he has financial knowledge over most.
floridays
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That knowledge is probably a factor influencing his decision. We know nothing of his medical condition or his wife's, why possibly erode a lifetime of investing if there is a good chance to erode it with one medical occurrence. As much as the guy has irritated me, I see his point. He's making the right choice. Initially he could have said he was going part-time, not that he was retiring, a word that has a great ring to my ear.Spending 40+ years at one company and claiming he has financial knowledge over most.
Planning on walking away when you get Medicare?
MAKAVELI
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floridays
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He can walk away, he weighed the chances of a medical occurrence destroying what he has accumulated. He made the right choice.The only factor is after 40+ years he can't retire. Ttku.
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