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Listed below are comments made by quiteOpinionated between Thursday, 30th April 2009 and Thursday, 30th April 2009.

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Is it time to abolish compulsory retirement? 07:04am on 30 Apr 2009 My grandparents are at the age of 75, still working hard as they have been all their lives. They can sustain themselves off of making translations for the government. They believe that working makes you feel younger and they really do enjoy it. Why can't an older person share their abilities and teach younger people some tricks of the trade. Whatever that trade may be, they are beneficial still to our society and I think the above proposition made by Mark Easton is not far fetched.

As long as we are alive, we share part of our live's experiences with different people. That is what it means to nurture and be part of a community. Whether it is helping someone to understand how to grow crops, how to write books more effectively, to help charity organizations, to help the environment, to be part of a community that stimulates sports, to record life stories and produce theories. One way or another whether you are 60 or 10 you have something to give.

I want to have life in me still at 70, to still be able to stimulate those around me in a positive way and to contribute to society. I would never want to be a burden. Even if I was suffering from a disease, I would probably record the things that I am experiencing to help science in order to help others who may befall the same fate.

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