Good for you, Ken.  I plan to keep working as long as possible myself,  but
the decision may be taken out of my hands, if the company offers me early
retirement when I turn 55.  There are folks who turn down the early
retirement package only to find their jobs eliminated later and they are
left with no enhanced retirement benefits, so if such an option were to be
offered to me, I'd take it.

I am planning to travel up to Philadelphia in a couple of months to visit
cousins, and then perhaps I'll go to the UK in the fall, where I've got
family.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Comedy Central's


> actually yes, judy and i like to go places. i have not put pff all the
plans
> for retirement. good thing too, because i don't travel as well physically
as
> i once did. i am afraid that by retirement i might not be up to long
trips.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jd [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Comedy Central's
>
>
> good advice...did you take it?
> Joanne
> --- "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > yes,
> > and my uncle set and told me "ken, faye and i
> > planned to travel when i
> > retired. i am less than one year from retirment and
> > now all those plans are
> > gone. i am not saying don't make plans, but if you
> > have something to do, go
> > ahead and do some of them now."
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathleen Salkin
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:24 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Comedy Central's
> >
> >
> > Then you know how tough it is to watch someone you
> > love die of long-range
> > suffocation.  For that is what is was - a very very
> > long death by
> > suffocation.  She lived for five years after her
> > diagnosis.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > > had an aunt die of that. she nor my uncle ever did
> > tobacco of any kind.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kathleen Salkin
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:43 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Comedy Central's
> >
> >
> > Yes, I agree; my mother died of idiopathic pulmonary
> > fibrosis which is
> > similar to emphysema but kills more quickly.  I
> > wouldn't wish that on my
> > worst enemy.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
> > "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
> > wrote:
> > > In a message dated 2/20/02 12:54:48 PM,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > >My baby sister, however, smokes 2 or more packs a
> > day and is quite obese.
> > >She's got a smoker's cough and arthritis and cannot
> > walk even a half-mile
> > >without getting out of breath, and she's only 38!
> > >
> > Being around AA for years, I have seen respiratory
> > problems as the result of
> > smoking impair as many people as alcohol and drugs.
> > I have gain lots of
> > weight as a result of quitting smoking and a large
> > gut seems to impair
> > respiration even more. I am glad I stopped before my
> > emphysema progressed.
> > Emphysema is worst than lung cancer in my view.
> >
> > Bobby
>
>
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