Biggest blunder most retirees make (made) was poor planning or no planning, by the time you reach 60 you are about 30 years too late to start learning and planning, the education about good money management and investing is free at the public library if you just make use of it. There is a lot more to life than work, yo...more

Age discrimination in the workforce is alive and well, it was just re-named "overqualified". If you hope to find employment over 60 don't expect to earn any where near what you did peviously and you'll probably need to take the night and weekend shifts that nobody else wants, go to the interview dressed neat and profes...more

At 28 if no one taught this gal good money management she has about 22 years of catching up to do. She can learn a great deal about good financial sense by finding somebody's wise old Grandmother to be her teacher (although you cannot teach common sense) or there is plenty of free education at the public library. Reduc...more

"Stealing samples", no it probably should be called "gluttony" and niether that nor stupidity is a crime. If you set out platters of "free" stuff then expect there are always those who abuse it. At work they used to have platters of cookies etc to go with coffee for customers while they shopped, several people would co...more

Sounds about right, we applied for a home equity line of credit and they sent a "drive by" appraiser, and I was shocked with the $$ he came up with, only to find out he didn't even have the right house......

For the not-so-handy do-it-yourselfers...... 3-in-1 oil if it does not move but it should.....Duct tape if it moves and it shouldn't..........Hammer and bigger hammer, bandaids and first aid kit.  "Stud Grabbers" great for hanging tools & stuff in basement or garage, no tools required, hold about 20 lbs each, easy for...more

The value of our house dropped almost $100K since the "peak",we will take a big loss on it but senior citizens like us don't have the luxury of many years to wait for the market to sort itself out. So the less we get selling the less we buy on the other end. With the prices down and the interest rates so good, anybody ...more

I agree with lumberjack, we are retired and budget $8 per day for groceries which includes cleaning products, papergoods and dog biscuits. Only time we eat out is if we get a gift card from someone or maybe McD's twice a year. We eat well, a million ways to macaroni, eggs a good cheap protein, 99 cent can of tuna for c...more

"Older workers want the emotional rewards and contribute to a common good" ...that's a lot of baloney to put it nicely. Most of us old folks in the workforce are not there because we need social outlets or need to be needed, we are there because we need to pay for groceries, home heating oil, medications and the necess...more