Letters 22 September 2012

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22nd September, 2012
THE COST OF RETIREMENT Recent Listener articles about retirement (“Gold for the silver years”, September 15) overlook the factors of change – the developmental changes of old age and historical change. Forecasts assume old people will be living a “young” lifestyle or be chronically sick. Most of us gradually slow down and accept it. I have a lifetime’s memories of live entertainment and sport, but now I’m happy for the TV and internet ...

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