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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 09:15 PM
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41. Very bleak. The opposit of what it seemed 6 years ago. It was a
different world then.
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  -If you are over 50 , how does the future appear ? blues90  Nov-02-06 08:08 PM   #0 
  - Ask me Wednesday!  pocoloco   Nov-02-06 08:10 PM   #1 
  - Same for me.  CanonRay   Nov-03-06 08:32 AM   #63 
  - Ditto!  Tansy_Gold   Nov-03-06 08:51 AM   # 
  - Bleak.  acmejack   Nov-02-06 08:10 PM   #2 
  - Very bleak. The opposit of what it seemed 6 years ago. It was a  SharonAnn   Nov-02-06 09:15 PM   #41 
  - I'm over 60.  Chipper Chat   Nov-02-06 08:11 PM   #3 
  - Scary.  MuseRider   Nov-02-06 08:12 PM   #4 
  - Brighter. But only after you abolish the Republican Party.  NEOBuckeye   Nov-02-06 08:12 PM   #5 
  - I'm 53--there is no future if the Repukes steal it again--otherwise a 20 year  michigander3   Nov-02-06 08:14 PM   #6 
  - 49 - Agree with michigander3. n/t  HooptieWagon   Nov-02-06 08:18 PM   #9 
  - you'd think anyone over 50 would know better...  flowomo   Nov-02-06 08:16 PM   #7 
  - I agree  Carla in Ca   Nov-02-06 08:23 PM   #13 
  - I remember when being gassed during anti-Vietnam demonstrations...  flowomo   Nov-02-06 08:30 PM   #25 
  - I've seen so much of this before? --> like when? no time compares to this  Imagevision   Nov-02-06 08:24 PM   #15 
  - oh for heaven's sake...  flowomo   Nov-02-06 08:27 PM   #22 
  - Tell that to the fine people of Darfur.  acmejack   Nov-02-06 08:25 PM   #20 
     - and there has been a time when such disasters did not exist?  flowomo   Nov-02-06 08:28 PM   #24 
        - Come now, I'm wallowing in despair, but you're easily offended  acmejack   Nov-03-06 07:00 AM   #54 
  - I am old and for me it is fine but I feel bad for my children etc.  izzie   Nov-02-06 08:16 PM   #8 
  - Short term prospects looking up!  Warren Stupidity   Nov-02-06 08:18 PM   #10 
  - Our children are never really ours ... for better or worse they are  Burried News   Nov-02-06 08:19 PM   #11 
  - Very bleak. I'm 60 and homeless, and it's not something that  bobbolink   Nov-02-06 08:20 PM   #12 
  - Dear heart, there are still people who care.  Lindsay   Nov-02-06 08:37 PM   #27 
     - Yanno, no offense to you, but I'm So Sick Of Hearing that!!  bobbolink   Nov-02-06 08:43 PM   #31 
     - Too many Dems are too concerned with social issues...  Odin2005   Nov-03-06 01:08 AM   #53 
        - Thank you Odin! I feel like I've been taken out with the trash.  bobbolink   Nov-04-06 01:41 PM   #69 
     - Would have been nice, Lindsay, if you could have heard and responded  bobbolink   Nov-04-06 01:43 PM   #70 
  - Very uncomfortable -  saged52   Nov-02-06 08:23 PM   #14 
  - I feel like I must embrace  Karenina   Nov-02-06 08:24 PM   #16 
  - I feel very uneasy, and not only for us but for the whole world  alyce douglas   Nov-02-06 08:25 PM   #17 
  - bleak and frightening....  mike_c   Nov-02-06 08:25 PM   #18 
  - Shorter than it did before.  WinkyDink   Nov-02-06 08:25 PM   #19 
  - I'm not over 50, but the future looks like Canada.  Pryderi   Nov-02-06 08:26 PM   #21 
  - If you think Canada, don't wait until you're over 50--they won't let you in.  mnhtnbb   Nov-02-06 09:33 PM   #45 
  - Gas prices here in Florida went up $.06 overnight, here we go again...  Imagevision   Nov-02-06 08:28 PM   #23 
  - At 54, it looks very scary for those of us ...  tyedyeto   Nov-02-06 08:35 PM   #26 
  - 59 now, when I turned 55 , I was belly-aching about my age;  jedr   Nov-02-06 08:37 PM   #28 
  - Everyone is feeling the pinch.  Just-plain-Kathy   Nov-02-06 08:38 PM   #29 
  - Life is about choices and consequences,  elocs   Nov-02-06 08:38 PM   #30 
  - At 54, it's pretty dim....  Rosco T.   Nov-02-06 08:45 PM   #32 
  - I just have to get through the Winter  HockeyMom   Nov-02-06 08:49 PM   #33 
  - I'm 51  boomboom   Nov-02-06 08:50 PM   #34 
  - W didn't beat Gore or Kerry. Both elections were stolen. Damn  mnhtnbb   Nov-02-06 09:38 PM   #46 
     - good point  boomboom   Nov-02-06 09:46 PM   #48 
  - I'm too old to leave, but I do see some short term hope...  Buck Laser   Nov-02-06 08:54 PM   #35 
  - I'm 56 my future  Raine   Nov-02-06 08:56 PM   #36 
  - that pretty much says it for me  yorkiemommie1   Nov-02-06 09:09 PM   #39 
  - I think retirement is pretty much gone.  Old and In the Way   Nov-02-06 08:57 PM   #37 
  - Dismal, sad & lost...  southerncrone   Nov-02-06 09:00 PM   #38 
  - yes  boomboom   Nov-02-06 09:14 PM   #40 
  - I'm 55 and the future looks like retirement in Panama.  mnhtnbb   Nov-02-06 09:28 PM   #42 
  - Very good for me and my family, but  Yupster   Nov-02-06 09:32 PM   #43 
  - I just told a sophomore calling for my college Fund that I was glad  Gloria   Nov-02-06 09:33 PM   #44 
  - I just turned 50. I guess I have to wait a year for this thread?  mmonk   Nov-02-06 09:40 PM   #47 
  - just turning 50 is now over 50 n/t  boomboom   Nov-02-06 09:51 PM   #49 
     - Thanks.  mmonk   Nov-03-06 07:57 AM   #60 
  - I did'nt mention I am 57  blues90   Nov-02-06 10:16 PM   #50 
  - I effectively started over again from zero a year ago  leftofthedial   Nov-02-06 10:21 PM   #51 
  - How does the future look? - Great!!!  OutNow   Nov-02-06 10:26 PM   #52 
  - I can only take one day at a time.  Vinca   Nov-03-06 07:07 AM   #55 
  - Challenging.  zanne   Nov-03-06 07:12 AM   #56 
  - Well, I'm 49, and I'm very worried about the future  MiniMe   Nov-03-06 07:20 AM   #57 
  - I'm 65. My grandson is 4.  trof   Nov-03-06 07:27 AM   #58 
  - Provided I keep my health  Le Taz Hot   Nov-03-06 07:28 AM   #59 
  - I'm over 60 and I'm not concerned for my future,  RebelOne   Nov-03-06 08:13 AM   #61 
  - I'm 55, and I'd say it looks scary.  raccoon   Nov-03-06 08:26 AM   #62 
  - At 66, short  Katzenjammer   Nov-03-06 08:39 AM   #64 
  - See my post from a year ago!  cmt928   Nov-03-06 08:42 AM   #65 
  - OK, here goes. When I was younger, I was very active  mmonk   Nov-03-06 08:46 AM   #66 
  - Retirement and community, good; healthcare and society, bad  carolinayellowdog   Nov-03-06 08:48 AM   #67 
  - i'll get back to you on this wednesday......keeping hope alive  ElsewheresDaughter   Nov-03-06 08:51 AM   #68 
  - Fucked  yella_dawg   Nov-04-06 01:45 PM   #71 
 

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