In preparing for retirement, I've come across that a high percentage of people really start scaling back and choosing to stay home and not travel as much at focusing on longevity once they hit age 70. Do you people that are of that age agree with that or no?

The people, I know who live the longest, stay very active until they die and mostly die from complications from falls in their nineties and early hundreds.

Keith

Mom and Dan travelled quite a bit until about 75, when Mom's cancer came back and Dad had a stroke. They still want to, but not sure if they should.
They are still busy, just not driving as far.

I think whether a person scales back depends on alot of things some already mentioned heart problems, stroke,legs getting bad COPD back problems, cancer and much more those that can doing more as they age a doing something right or maybe its in their genes, you dont have to be old to have to scale back.

I don't mean sitting on the couch.

The people I know who lived the longest retired late, 92 in the case of my paternal grandfather, 78 for my maternal grandfather and traveled more after retiring, than they did before by far. They didn't stay home.

Keith

Staying active is a lot different then traveling. We do not do long distance of flight travel now at 77 and 76. My wife has had 2 knee surgeries and has limited mobility. Glad we did that when we could. We are moving to a zero entry condo in 2 days. All my outdoor activity stuff is scattered over a lot of places and will be until I can have time to organize and construct. I don't plan to not do my trapping, hunting, fishing, sapping, canoeing, hiking but it wiill be more inconvenient to do so. I have scaled back, mostly due to not being able to go as hard and long as I used to. This year will be a real hodge podge until things get settled.
I met most of the people in the condo association 3 days ago. I am not ready yet for the snow bird winters and the set on the patio summers.

Bryce

Buy my book. The Three Thirds of Living.. 1/3 genetics, 1/3 what you eat, 1/3 what you do when not sleeping.

Just keep going, don't use age as an excuse. If you feel you have to cut back, do it, don't do it just because you reach a certain age.

Sounds good Bryce !

I'm trying to.step it up now cause I KNOW what's ahead...

It's not about doing it or not. It's about statistics show it. So I was curious how the T-man group compares to the statistics.

Like the old saying goes . ....I'd rather wear out than rust out. I believe the Beav coined that phrase.

We all slow down whether we want to or not, but I’m not ready to quit. A couple slow days a week would be nice. Hunting season is almost here, I’ll rest a little in the deer blind.

Hey rat that's what I said.
At 86 I'm still trapping and I killed a big doe last Wed. Had to have help getting it in the truck.
Will start my ADC rat trapping on the 20th then I'm long lining a skunk and coon line. I'm sure I'm going to catch more coon then skunks but I have a market for the coon.
The marsh I've trapped for 40 years has dried up but I have a backup area with lots of rats and stable water conditions. And they are paying me $10.00 a rat and $500.00 set up fee. Life is good.
My new knee is doing great, and my pacemaker is keeping me above ground. I might even make it to 90. LOL
I think I'll leave the beaver trapping to the younger trappers.

The Beav continues to lead by example.

Beav, when you hit 100 you should highly consider scaling back a bit. The goes for you too Muskrat!

My wife says I'm working harder at 68 than when I first swept her off her feet at 43. Poverty will do that.

Retirement is like working with no weekends to look forward to but I’d rather be busy than sitting around. You get a lot more done with work not getting in the way but the overtime sucks.

They ask at your Doc visits when you’re older what day it is to see if the old cheese is slipping off the cracker. I said lady I don’t know what month it is most days I’m retired everyday is the same.

from what I seen, with older people they have to stay active, I watched guys that I worked with work until they were 67-70s and I wonder why as I got older I understood they had quit everything , they didn't bowl or golf or hunt or fish, anymore all they had was work, when they did retire, most didn't last two years,