[svcw]

Well, for me 61, that’s when I got laid off.....never to be hired again, apparently experience is not a job enhancer.

[muawiyah]

That can happen. There are other things that tend to make getting to work and staying on the job much more difficult ~ coeliac disease occurs more frequently in those above age 60 than among newborns, although it's a genetic condition ~ this will keep you from commuting unless you get total control on your diet.

Diabetes can stop you cold, as can detached retinas, mini-strokes, arrhythmias, joint degeneration, and so forth.

Try going back to your job that involved intense reading after eye surgery ~ does not work well.

Age 60 seems to be a sort of dividing line for your higher end work in an industrialized society.

[ought-six]

I’m 61, as well. Thank God, though, I still have my job. However, I’ll be damned if I have to keep working to 70 or 80 just so punk ass miscreants and ne’er-do-wells who have been collecting SSDI since their 20s can continue to sponge off folks who have worked their entire adult lives. I will not continue working just to fund those shits. If you’re 65 or older, then you’re entitled to collect. If you’re a punk-ass then get off your fat duffs and get a job or create one!

[SandRat]

Ditto at 62.