Retirement?? Over my dead body!

riverrat said:
Yep, I know all about the clearances and vetting. I work the the metals you mentiones plus Hastoly A, B & C. It's basically harder than the cutting tools. Average 70 SFM to machine. I basically grew up in a machine shop on manuals. Spent 4 years as an army Ranger then got out due to my second purple heart left a bullet in my spine and one in my hip.
Went back to machining. Learned to program on a keyboard and punch tape on an OKUMA LC 30.
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So, what do you use to cut it with? Carbide? Diamond?
 

riverrat said:
Yep, I know all about the clearances and vetting. I work the the metals you mentiones plus Hastoly A, B & C. It's basically harder than the cutting tools. Average 70 SFM to machine. I basically grew up in a machine shop on manuals. Spent 4 years as an army Ranger then got out due to my second purple heart left a bullet in my spine and one in my hip.
Went back to machining. Learned to program on a keyboard and punch tape on an OKUMA LC 30.
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I learned on a Mazak and an Okuma. Back then, we used carbide inserts to cut the metals. When doing precision grinding, we used diamond wheels. I earned my B.S. at Kent State and my Masters from Penn State. Served my time in the Marines, 14 months in Vietnam earned one Purple Heart. I still carry shrapnel in my left shoulder, but it doesn’t affect me. I refused VA disability pay benefits.
 
Pepper said:
Of course riverrat is welcome, but IMO, fifty is middle age, no matter what AARP is doing.
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I guess you're right! I was going by AARP. So, does Senior Forum have an age limit? I just googled the below =

What exactly is middle age? Is it when you hit 40 or 50 or 60? According to one study, the average person believes youth ends at 35 and old age begins at 58. Therefore, the years in between — all 23 of them — constitute middle age.
 
AARP is American Association of RETIRED People, not Senior People. One can retire at any age. Al Bundy thought Peg retired when she married him.

I'm 70. I'm middle old age. In my mid-sixties, I was young old age. People look and feel so much younger today than in my Grandma's time, when everyone looked old. I was listening to a "Dragnet" on Sirius Radio and they called a man old who was 50. Of course, back then, men dropped dead early. In ancient times, after procreation one was old and usually dropped dead.

Would call fifties and up to middle late sixties middle age today. After 65, young old age.
 
eta--I only call myself middle old because I have compromising health issues. If I didn't, I'd still be calling myself young old age.
 
riverrat said:
I might slow down a little when I hit my mid 90's but retire? NEVER!!!
I work between 70 and 80 hours a week over a 7 day period and still have time to do things I like.
People tell me, "But you can go fishing all you want".
Or I can continue working at a skill I've loved since a teenager and not worry about a fixed income or the other
drawbacks to retirement.
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Well, if you love what you do and don't want to retire, then you should definitely do whatever makes you happiest. I always agree with the saying 'never say never' though, you may not feel the same way ten years from now and you may want to retire. I thought of retirement my whole adult working life, saved and worked overtime to make sure I could retire early, which I did at age 56, ten years ago. Never regretted it and don't miss working at all. Life is too short in my opinion to spend it in the workplace. I never had an extravagant lifestyle, so the financial part is A-Ok.
 
riverrat said:
yeah, carbide with a very slow speed and feed.
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A lot of heat, I’m sure, so coolant would also be required, if for no other reason than to save the tool. I have seen carbide cutters turn beet red when cutting some of those exotic metals. When I was in my training as a design engineer, I had to work with a machinist. We were cutting 305 SS on a milling machine using a two or three-inch end mill. We had to cut the bottom and the side of a “U-shaped” piece of this part. About a third of the way through the cut, the end mill snapped in half. They make a very loud sound, as you may know, which scared the crap out of me and brought out the sweat beads in a hurry.

I almost changed courses while I was with this journeyman. He was an older German machinist that really impressed me. My dad was against it, so I took his advice and stayed the course. Two years later, I went to flight school and became a pilot. However, I have thought back to those days several times. Building a nuclear reactor is very intensive, but also very fortifying.

Are your reactors for the power industry or military? The one reactor that I was part of and saw finished went into a sub. I saw the pictures of it being installed and once the sub went under power successfully, I felt kind of proud to have been a part of it.
 
I am new here and just joined today. I popped on this thread to contribute about the choice to retire or not, but I am now going to refrain from doing so because I am only 55 years old. I however am going to address the issue of being a Senior and what age is officially appropriate. Like I said I am 55 years old and do I feel like I am a Senior, certainly not. Does that not make a Senior no it doesn't. There are a lot more circumstances in ones life that can come into play in someone who is 50 years of age or even 80 that make them feel like they are a Senior or not. For example, the loss of a spouse or loved one that can come in your 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or whenever. A divorce, a trauma in one's life. I for one didn't join this forum because my age was magically over the age of 50. I joined this forum because I recently lost my older sister who was 57 years old and needed something to take my mind off it and I thought it to be better to join a forum with mature minded members than something else. The bottom line is this forum has an age requirement of 50 years of age which means if someone is 50 years or older they can contribute. Sorry for my rant, but I felt like I had to get that out.
 
Loreen said:
I am new here and just joined today. I popped on this thread to contribute about the choice to retire or not, but I am now going to refrain from doing so because I am only 55 years old. I however am going to address the issue of being a Senior and what age is officially appropriate. Like I said I am 55 years old and do I feel like I am a Senior, certainly not. Does that not make a Senior no it doesn't. There are a lot more circumstances in ones life that can come into play in someone who is 50 years of age or even 80 that make them feel like they are a Senior or not. For example, the loss of a spouse or loved one that can come in your 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or whenever. A divorce, a trauma in one's life. I for one didn't join this forum because my age was magically over the age of 50. I joined this forum because I recently lost my older sister who was 57 years old and needed something to take my mind off it and I thought it to be better to join a forum with mature minded members than something else. The bottom line is this forum has an age requirement of 50 years of age which means if someone is 50 years or older they can contribute. Sorry for my rant, but I felt like I had to get that out.
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No need to apologize. You make some good points.

BTW, welcome to the forum.
 
Floridatennisplayer said:
At 54 I sure didn’t think of myself as a senior.
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My apologies! I owe my daughter an apology, too, when she turned 50 I told her she was a senior. Seems like senior is edging up in age. Like Pepper said, on Dragnet they called a 50 year old man ''old''. I blame my confusion on AARP and I'm sticking to that blame. And the definitions for all age groups seems to be all over the place, so pardon my confusion and ignorance. And, I am STILL confused!

"Senior discounts can kick in as young as age 50, especially for AARP members. Otherwise, you'll find senior discounts at ages 55, 60, 62 and 65. So act your age – and start saving! "

So, I am 77 and have been calling myself ''elderly'' for a few years now, and now I read this below =

"Conventionally, “elderly” has been defined as a chronological age of 65 years old or older, while those from 65 through 74 years old are referred to as “early elderly” and those over 75 years old as “late elderly.” However, the evidence on which this definition is based is unknown"
 
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I think elderly is when your body begins giving out on you. Your sight goes wonky, then your hearing. Finally, your joints start getting stiff and begin hurting.

I know these things can happen at any age, but the mid-60s seem to be the starting point for most and it doesn't get better from there.

Think cataract surgery, hearing aids, and knee and hip replacements. Am I wrong?
 
Judycat said:
I think elderly is when your body begins giving out on you. Your sight goes wonky, then your hearing. Finally, your joints start getting stiff and begin hurting.

I know these things can happen at any age, but the mid-60s seem to be the starting point for most and it doesn't get better from there.

Think cataract surgery, hearing aids, and knee and hip replacements. Am I wrong?
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I don't necessarily think you are wrong, but like you said these things can happen at any age or even someone at the age of 80 can go without experiencing none of these things. Like I said I don't think there is a specific number, but for the sake of this forum there has to be and for things like AARP and others there has to be as well.
 
riverrat said:
I might slow down a little when I hit my mid 90's but retire? NEVER!!!
I work between 70 and 80 hours a week over a 7 day period and still have time to do things I like.
People tell me, "But you can go fishing all you want".
Or I can continue working at a skill I've loved since a teenager and not worry about a fixed income or the other
drawbacks to retirement.
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What matters is you enjoy what you do and you are not ready to retire. Different strokes for different folks.
 

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