My wife and I were on our way home from a motorhome trip touring the north western United States and Canada and were drive through a small town in Wyoming. I don't recall the name of the town. It was in this small town that I watched my red Saturn smash into the rear of my motorhome. What happened?

Listen to this podcast for the story!

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Hearing deficiency is something very prevalent amongst us seniors. For many of us it is hereditary, for others it's a result of the environment in which we spent many of our younger years, and for others it just happened. My hearing loss, probably inherited, occurred when I was in my mid-seventies.

In this podcast I discuss my hearing loss and the things I have done to improve my hearing.

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In this podcast I discuss the many businesses my wife and I have owned and operated since retiring and whether these businesses make sense for retirees today. The businesses include owning and operating a motel, a payroll service and a business counseling and tax business. My business activities also include programming, website design, blogging and selling online with my own store, on Amazon and on eBay.

Hopefully, you will obtain some benefit from my experiences. You never know, maybe you will even find something that you are interested in doing.

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Blogs Posts:

Motel: A Good Business Today?Payroll Service: A Good Business Today? Business Consulting: A Good Business Today? Retiree Businesses: The Series

Videos:

Motel: A Good Business Today?Payroll Service: A Good Business Today? Business Consulting: A Good Business Today? Retiree Businesses: The Playlist

Other Links:

Amazon: Buying a Motel by Bill Weaver HR Block: Become a Tax Preparer Jackson Hewitt: Franchise Sales

Shortly after the completion of our motel expansion we had a shocking experience at the motel. Find out why we had a quarter million gallons in the basement.

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My wife and I owned a small motel over thirty years ago. The question is, Does it make sense to own a small motel business today? I address these question in this podcast. Check it out!

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On the way to take my son for his first drivers licence I had an incident that could have been very serious or terminal. Fortunately I came out unscathed.

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I have now been retired for twenty years, ten working years while I waited to collect social security and ten since collecting social security. At this point I know what I want to do and am enjoying it immensely.

Listen to what I have been doing!

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Within months of smashing my head on the bottom of a swimming area, I did it again. This time jumping into a friends car. Although not as potentially serious, it did require stitches again. Check it out.

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I retired from my career job with IBM over 30 years ago, recently turned 82 and I am still working as a self-employed owner of two businesses. I start this podcast by explaining a little about myself, followed by my experiences over the thirty years. Looking back, I view those 30 years as three different phases of my retirement; the first ten years needing some additional income because I was not eligible to collect social security, truly retired on social security and wondering what now and the last ten years which I consider the best retirement years yet.

After 29 years with IBM as an electronic engineer and in upper management, I retired at the ripe old age of 51.  I knew then that my working days were not done.  Although receiving a pension, it was clear that I would need to earn an income for another ten years or so until becoming eligible to collect social security.  I describe what I did during those ten years.

The first ten years of retirement behind me, I was finally collecting social security. We sold our home up north and moved south to South Carolina.  After settling into our new location, the question became "Now what?"

After ten years in South Carolina, my wife and I decided to move again, this time to the great golfing community of Rock Barn Country Club & Spa in Conover North Carolina.

In this podcast I discuss how I handled my three phases of retirement over those thirty years.

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In one of my earlier videos, I addressed the need for retirees to stay active. Even if you have found ways to keep yourself busy, I hope you are spending a part of each of your day relaxing and enjoying yourself.  

Learn how my wife and I enjoy our relaxation time!

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