What’s your net worth?

Gen X.

When do you start shaming me?

 

Never

 

I’m not sure how to answer this because I’m in a pension plan, but I’m still not vested.

I (we) own a house, which is more than I ever thought I’d be able to say. That happened post-journalism, though.

 

Must be Webby. Or Jeff.

 

If I were in the 2-4 million range, I could retire and live my current lifestyle on interest.
I'm not, so I guess I have to get up and go to work in the morning.

 

Then again, 2-4 million might mean you bought property many years ago that --- because of location --- appreciated many times what you paid for it.

 

What's the price of horse meat on the open market?

 

No, you're not. Particularly with people generally living much longer than they used to, and given the truly criminal costs of the rackets known as health care, elder care, and assisted living, I'd think everyone is, or should be, much more concerned about retirement savings than perhaps used to be the case.

I own my small condo, and it would sell right now for more than three times what I paid for it, so that's a positive. Or, I can just stay in it, and have an affordable place to live for the duration, also a positive. But, even if I were to sell the condo, I'd still need somewhere to live, which would probably take up all or most of that money, even if I moved somewhere somewhat cheaper. So, it's not as much of a positive as it sounds like, particularly given that I've never made more than $40,000 a year.

I'm good with my money and budgeting, and I tend to live well within my means if/when I'm not on travel trips (during which times I pretty much do what I want, within the outer limits of reason), though. And Walmart's 401k is actually good (100 percent company match, up to 6 percent), and I have been making pretty substantial catch-up contributions out of each paycheck, as well, so that all has helped me, too.

If I work until I'm at least 65, being full-time at least up until age 62, I think/hope I'll be OK. Depending on the job, I could see myself wanting to work, at least part-time, up to about age 67. Maybe 70, again, depending on the job.

 

Retirement countdown is finally being measured in months, not years.

11 months, 15 days.

This job is going to have to take a hell of a U-Turn for the better to get me to stay beyond then.

The bad news: We'll still have to stay in Florida, because I'll need to get on wife's health plan until I turn 65.

 

Not much. It’s sun bleached and tattered, so any minnow would probably swim right through it. But I haven’t been fishing in so long that it doesn’t matter.

 

I'm sitting on about 84 million . . . rubles.

 

I’m not sorrry