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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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7:40

804 Weather & News

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/10/30

As a retired person I might fill much of my time with weather and news. But, I can’t imagine anything less enjoyable. I’ve always wanted to enjoy life as much as possible.

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803 Family & Relocating

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/10/23

As we grow older all family ties seem to be ever more valuable. The desire for family ties grows stronger each day. There is something about blood. We want a chance to sit down with our own son and daughter, and share in their lives and the lives of the grandchildren.

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802 Home Exchange

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/10/16

We heard about this place on the Internet where one could participate in a home exchange network. You agree to trade the use of your residence for that of someone else’s. The trade is cash free. No charge to members.

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6:56

801 Health, Tai Chi, and the Lost Wallet

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/10/09

Several years have passed and regrets of losing my wallet are gone. But the memory of an elderly woman in black moving every so slowly along the water's edge remains as if etched in stone.

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7:48

800 The Past

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/10/02

I pleaded the case for history. I argued that only by studying the successes and failures of the past can we hope to rise above the past and avoid the pitfalls that have entrapped our ancestors. I used the old map analogy.

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8:06

799 The Con

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/09/25

Remember that movie in the 60s:The Flim Flam Man.What I recall is his basic philosophy that you can’t cheat an honest man. He always thought that the way you take advantage of someone is if they think they are getting a good deal. Like they think they are beating system also. That opens them up.

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7:25

798 Aging Advantages

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/09/18

There seem to be so many advantages of aging that I don’t know where to start. But one that jumped out to me as most important was the ability to be a better judge of character.

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6:27

797 Time Reminders

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/09/11

"It is pancreatic cancer" a doctor recently told a fellow watercolorist who is an email friend of my wife. "One year" followed the announcement of pancreatic cancer: one year. How would it feel to get that kind of prognosis? It can happen. It can happen tomorrow.

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7:20

796 Road Trip Reflections

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/09/04

According to the cult of happiness the last phase to be practiced is reflection. We look back and consider what we have done or what has happened and hopefully enjoy the memories. We just completed a road trip and we have reached the stage of reflection.

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8:41

795 On the Road

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/08/28

We decided to get an early start so that we might take advantage of the daylight hours. We do not like nor plan to be driving after dark. We want to see where we are going. We aimed for 8 am and were on the road by 8:15. The first problem occurred 5 minutes from home when I discovered I had forgotten my phone.

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794 Road Trip Ideas

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/08/21

I am not trying to talk you into one way of road tripping or another. I just want to stimulate thinking about various ways to go.

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793 Road Trip

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/08/14

When we drive out we always feel like we have seen Wallace, Idaho; Tonopah, Nevada; Arcadia, California; or wherever we might be. After all, that is why we are traveling.

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7:03

792 Looking Forward

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/08/07

We always need to have something out in front of us to pursue. I don't want to argue with that but I do want to pause for a few minutes and think about it. That is what this podcast is all about: pausing to consider what it is we are doing with our life.

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791 Retirement Without Guilt

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/07/31

What would we do if we retired? Everyone told us we were too young to retire. We had to work – it was a given. But after doing the math we found we did not need to work at a job. Feeling guilty about retiring never entered the picture.

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8:28

790 Second Opinion

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/07/24

Health decisions seem to mount as we move towards and into retirement. What to do? Where do we turn for advice? Most of the time, we can readily agree with our doctor. Other times, it just doesn’t feel right. We want a second opinion.

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789 What Do You Do

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/07/17

I know some people who say they don’t know what they would do if they were retired. My experience tells me that you will, or can be, very busy. Busy, but busy doing exactly what you want to.

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788 Retiring at the Same Time

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/07/10

I remember deciding to retire and told my wife that I would always drop her a card from exotic destinations all over the world. She didn’t see the humor. She knew that there might be a chance that I would do that very thing. The day I retired - she retired.

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8:46

787 Relocating Alternative

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/07/03

My wife and I found that there is another choice; other than moving or staying. You can stay and move at the same time. No, it doesn’t seem to logically follow, but it is true. Here is what we did.

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786 Relocating

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/06/26

One of the early decisions one can make when retiring is where to live. You are no longer bound by your job to live in one particular place. For the first time in your life you can really choose where to live.

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8:33

785 What Now (2)

Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees ·

2022/06/19

On the last podcast I set out Spinoza's thoughts concerning happiness as a possible rule to follow. Recall that Spinoza advised us to realize that happiness lies in the movement from a state of lesser perfection to yet that of a greater one.

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