Re: Pearls Before Swine: Birthdays

Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 10:35:39 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
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On 2025-06-06 22:07:31 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

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Pearls Before Swine: Birthdays
     https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/06/06
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Yup, everything after 21 sucks.

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More like the lower teenage years, when you stop getting toys and
confectionery, and start getting boring socks and underwear instead.
;-)
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Oh wait, 65 is Medicare.
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67 is Social Security Full Retirement age for the tail end of the baby boomers.

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In New Zealand you currently get the government pension, 'oldies'
discount card, etc. at age 65, but there is talk of raising the age
(like most countries it is costing too much with more and more older
people and living longer).

 This is how Modern Medicine, with its Extended Life Span, circles back
and bites society in the a**.

I would have liked to spend the last decade teaching, at least part time, but I didn't need the job, and many younger people did.
William Hyde