73 and not quit done yet, 1/2 day per week and not sure why the boss wants me to continue to come, but will stay for a while if he wants and the pay for time spent is excellent. But I feel I do contribute to the cause.
However one to many beers, one to many kids, wife had a full time job at home between all her part time jobs, brother got all the inheritance, maybe, but big reason was little 401 and pay was not tops. Moved a bunch and for the most part, started all over at age 50. That was tuff as I thought I was done for then with little hope for the future at that age. So some of us got to work into our 70s and Yes I would of thought when I was young, like so many, I would of been done working for someone long before I reach 70.
No welfare checks.
Made bulk of retirement funds by our selves once I turned 66 along with paying all debt off by continuing to work and both SS check going into savings for the last eight years plus some of the salary. Was done paying for college and other needs of the five kids. It did add up over that time. So I was not done for at age 50. Life was good and in the end we had it better than many.
I think we are fine as long as I die before 75. db
By the way I told LSS what I think of them more than once and part of the problem was a $340,000 retirement program I thought I had with one of my employers. Well, silly me.