On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:16:39 -0400, "MoM" >
connected the dots and wrote:

~
~"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
.. .
~> "Dee Randall" > said:
~>
~>> Yep, my husband and I both retired when he was 44. I am now 70;
it seems
~>> like only yesterday.
~>
~> Dang! You don't look a day over 30!
~>
~> Carol
~
~That would have been nice, but this is my second marriage and I was
42 then.
~It's like starting from scratch. But, I've managed
~to arrange our finances so we will be financially secure. We won't
owe
~anyone anything!
~
~So, what have you done for 26 years?
~
~
~MoM
~
Worked in printing, 4 years at random jobs, 22 years at the current
place.

maxine in ri