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Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Retirement Talk is a weekly podcast intended for seniors, boomers and retirees. We will examine all aspects of retirement: actions, ideas, memories, and plans. We will consider travel, life goals, family, community, exercise, relocating, housing, continuing education, friends, health, and end of life issues.

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844 The Coffee Shop

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/08/27

Retirement should include some time for indulgence. Bertrand Russell the great British mathematician and philosopher once said; " The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time".

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7:04

843 Fall Road Trip

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/08/20

A road trip calls. Every fall season we get the urge to head out on the open road. I never want to go and talk badly about it but my wife knows enough to push ahead. As soon as I leave the house on the trip I won't want to come home.

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7:13

842 Taking One's Own Life (Part 2)

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/08/13

842 Taking One's Own Life (Part 2)This is a follow up on episode 836 entitled "Taking One’s Own Life". I recently received the following letter from a listener concerning this topic which I feel had a great deal of merit and deserved to be shared with my listeners.

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9:07

841 Retirement by Projects

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/08/06

Our retirement has been marked by one project after the other. They have come to form a method for our approach to retirement. They give us direction and purpose. They also give us a way of moving that creates a sense of happiness.

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7:22

840 Retirement & Neighbors

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/30

Maybe our good luck with neighbors comes from the six foot high cedar fence that encircles the property. It was there when we bought the place. Maybe ‘good fences do make good neighbors’.

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7:25

839 "Here To Help"

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/23

The most terrifying words we could hear would be, “There is no government. You’re on your own.” Just close your eyes and try to imagine that for a minute. It won't be a pretty picture.

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7:30

838 Exercise for the Brain

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/13

I find that if I really want to do something good for my brain I will lace up my running shoes. No kidding. Exercise. Exercise like big body movements are what really perk up the old brain.

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7:23

837 Retirement and a Work of Love

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/09

I recently made contact with an old friend of mine. He retired and then did exactly what he wanted to do. Then lo and behold. Society did value it. And he does get paid. This is his story. I never had such luck.

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7:43

836 Taking One's Own Life

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/06

A friend asked if we knew; What group of people in the US commit the most suicides? The correct answer: white males over eighty. "Why do people think that is a negative thing"? Responded another friend a white male, over eighty. "It only makes sense that many people when they get that old, and perhaps have severe health problems take their own life".

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6:33

835 Letter from Listener

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/02

A few years ago I received an email from Sherri Robinson who lives in Spokane Valley, Washington. She evidently felt interested enough in this topic of retirement to share some of her thoughts. It is definitely worth sharing.

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7:29

834 Frustration

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/07/02

Frustration comes in various ways and at odd times. The question is always what to do when it does work its way into our lives. Of course, the responses vary sort of like the reason for the frustration.

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833 Slow Down & Pick Up The Pace

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/05/28

Creating and maintaining a retirement of your own choosing isn’t easy. The world is so very busy, outside stimuli is so great. It’s easy to get overwhelmed in many ways. Eternal vigilance is required to maintain one’s sense of self.

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6:37

832 Staying Fit - For What?

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/05/21

Staying fit is an all encompassing goal. It isn't enough to be fit for one thing only; we want to be fit for life. That is much different than being able to stack baled hay all day, run a marathon, or do the hundred yard dash.

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7:42

831 Retirement & Food

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/05/14

For whatever reasons eating out has come to play a major role in our lives. Retirement and eating out certainly seem to go together. Thus retirement and gaining weight seem to go together. That’s a problem.

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7:41

830 Being Prepared for Death

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/05/07

Most of us have time to consider dying, especially retired people. We have managed to reach the retirement phase of life. We know that death awaits. Why is it then that we hesitate or refuse to plan for this definite destiny?

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5:11

829 Life Maintenance Program

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/04/30

This podcast comes to me from a listener in Australia. The listener has definitely given some serious thought to retirement. Enjoy.

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8:12

828 Does Retirement Call for a Dermatologist?

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/04/23

Last week my wife and I went to a dermatologist for a skin scan. A friend of ours who has had skin cancers removed for over thirty years insisted that we do this. He claimed that it went with retirement.

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9:01

827 Technology - Keeping Up

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/04/16

Since you are listening to this program - a podcast - I assume you make an attempt to keep up with technological changes. The thing is – just when you think you have caught up, here comes another “thing”.

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7:26

826 Friends

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/04/09

"He who has many friends, has no friends". I think Aristotle said that. Life experience has supported the truth of it. It seems like developing friendship requires a certain amount of time; but not always.

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7:42

825 Upkeep

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2023/04/02

We have told our kids that as we grow older we want them to always speak freely and bring us up to speed when they visit. Throw out what needs to be thrown out, and go shopping for things that could use replacing.

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