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Originally Posted by thistrucksforyou
When did you know it was time to give it up !
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When I saw the study done by Lockhead Martin and Boeing that measured the # of pension checks sent to their employees after retirement.
It was basically an actuarial chart of how many checks retirees received until their deaths vs. the age they retired.
It was a perfect, downward 45 degree angle showing that for every year employees worked past the age of 55, they traded 2 years of lifespan. Initially, I thought it might be a function of how stressful the work there might have been. But my wife looked at it and compared it to her father's age of retirement and death and it was pretty much dead on....no pun intended.
If you'd like a copy of the chart, just PM me with your email. I had it hanging on our fridge the last year or so before I decided to take an early retirement.