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    How much do you need to live every year?

    This morning I cooked bacon short-cuts, an egg for myself, sliced (tinned) pineapple fried onion and red capsicum (no tomato today) sliced beetroot, toast and jam. About $2 for the two meals. The nutritional value of the meals you described is inadequate to maintain healthy life. That's why I...
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    That's not living, that's dying slowly. :(
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    Read the passage again Weg: Gregory says the notion there will be masses of people forced to work another two years full-time after age 65 is not correct. "If you take men aged between 60 and 64, only about 45 per cent have a full-time job. That's the average, so the number at 64 would be much...
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    Kids are dumb too. Know any who can use a slide rule or logarithms? Or calculate the approximate price of a number of items with discount applied in their head?
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    Reread the passage: Gregory says the notion there will be masses of people forced to work another two years full-time after age 65 is not correct. "If you take men aged between 60 and 64, only about 45 per cent have a full-time job. That's the average, so the number at 64 would be much lower,"...
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    Not everybody who isn't working full time is scamming the system. Many at that age are working part time because it suits them and they are self funded.
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    How much do you need to live every year?

    I've avoided this thread 'till now but I'm bored. My thoughts are that you should have a bucket and an investment account. The reason for the bucket should be obvious: 'Tis those extravagances that you want to do in the first couple of years of retirement. I reckon your "bucket" could be...
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