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mollie Tue 02-Jul-13 08:40:01

It seems 'they've' got it all wrong again and more of us aren't living longer as predicted. The last census showed there were 30k fewer people 90+ than expected. No, they haven't all scarpered abroad. They died. The estimates and predictions were wrong. Are wrong. That trend peaked and we won't be a society of very elderly after all.

Sorry to ruin your morning, But i wonder if the government will now relax its plans to reduce pensions to a pittance and stop forecasting doom and gloom?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23126814

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HUNTERF Tue 02-Jul-13 08:52:00

Nobody can predict accurately how long people will live.
When I went on my retirement course they said plan your life financially to 84.
It appears I have now got to plan it to 86 as I am now 64.
My father however passed away 3 months before he was 90 and my mother passed away when she was 82.

Frank

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mollie Tue 02-Jul-13 09:02:22

It's all a bit of a lottery Frank. The men in my family never make retirement if the family tree is an indication. I'm hoping my remaining son breaks the pattern.

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HUNTERF Tue 02-Jul-13 09:16:46

Well I hope to be a nuisance to my first employers and be drawing my pension for longer than I was at work.

Frank

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FlicketyB Tue 02-Jul-13 09:50:27

Frank, Know how you feel. I opted for early retirement because the (time limited) offer was so good. I went, not because I wanted to but because it was in my best interests. I have already drawn my pension for more years than I worked for the company and plan to survive for many, many years more.

I remember when DF retired and belonged to his employers pensioners association. He used to give an elderly lady a lift to events. She was nearly 100 and lived several years more. She had been retired at 40 on health grounds.

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