Sometimes hiking alone is the only option with everyone's busy schedule. If you wait for a partner to hike you may never get out there.TrafficJam wrote:
Most people give me crap about hiking alone. One friend is supportive. She told me, "I understand, I want to live my life now, not wait until retirement." A month later she was diagnosed with breast cancer.Astro wrote:
Yes. Contrary to the analogy of retirement being like having a squirrel save up his nuts until the time he doesn't have any teeth.LIhikers wrote:
Does that mean they'd get to collect social security from age 20 to 40?Astro wrote:
Yeah, but if we waited until 40 to make people go to work (after enjoying their "retirement for around 20 years"), it is scary what the suicide rate might be.rafe wrote:
Eh, we spend our lives working hoping for some relief and some fun when that phase is over -- but will we have the health to enjoy our freedom? Youth is wasted on the young.
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Dr. Seuss
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