Count me in. I turn 62 in 2016. Assuming we still have a country then, I’m going for the early retirement. I can still augment my income via contracting a few months out of the year (so I don’t make too much money). Those typically pay between $40 and $75 an hour.
Then I can make quite a bit buying and selling used stuff. It’s something I discovered is a huge cottage industry here in rural KY. We already have a booth at a local Antique mall. We could end up with a couple dozen.
I pulled the trigger on SS at 62 and never looked back. True, this costs me about $10/month for every month till I reach 65 but I concluded that there will likely be a means test or something like it by then.
I turn 62 in 2011, so that's like what ? ... two, three years away ?