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	<title>Lamar Thames &#187; retirement</title>
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		<title>Lamar Thames&#8217; Talk of the Town column</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/09/lamar-thames-talk-of-the-town-column-14</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t a lot written lately, but I just have been too busy. I hope you will forgive me.
I know; I know. How can a supposedly &#8220;retired&#8221; person be too busy to write a column at least once a week? Let me count the ways.
1. At least two days a week, my wife and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamar Thames&#8217; Talk of the Town Column</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/lamar-thames-talk-of-the-town-column-10</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
A friend of mine once said that growing old is not for sissies. She was absolutely right, as I am rapidly finding out; too rapidly it seems.
There is another part of aging that I am not all that fond of either — retirement. It is not exactly what I had in mind when I signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamar Thames&#8217; Talk of the Town column</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/12/lamar-thames-talk-of-the-town-column-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      It has only been a month, but I am already getting tired of this thing called &#8220;retirement.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know if I want to do it for the rest of my life.
     Of course, it is not exactly my idea of how retirement was supposed to work. I envisioned picking a day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonus Talk of the Town column</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/11/bonus-talk-of-the-town-column</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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      I am now in the third week of my status as a “retired” newspaper editor. I put retired in quote marks because I don’t want anyone (especially, the unemployment office) to get the idea that I am not interested in future job opportunities, because I am. 
   I just know that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion tips for the over-50 set</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/11/fashion-tips-for-the-over-50-set</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sent to me by a dear friend. Thanks, Annette:
Many of us over 50, WAY over 50, or on the way to 50 are
quite confused about how we should present ourselves. We&#8217;re
unsure about the kind of image we are projecting and whether or not we are correct as we try to conform to current fashions.
Despite what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I need a little advice from my friends</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/11/138</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixed income]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hi, folks. Since I am new at being &#8220;retired,&#8221; I thought I would ask you for some advice. I am already learning how to cut expenses while living on a fixed income, but if any of you have any tips for me, I&#8217;d appreciate it. Actually, I have always lived on a fixed income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old people have too much time on their hands!</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/11/old-people-have-too-much-time-on-their-hands</link>
		<comments>http://www.lamarthames.com/2008/11/old-people-have-too-much-time-on-their-hands#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t write this but it is just too funny to pass up. Yesterday I was buying a large bag of dog food for Rusty the wonder dog at a local discount store and was about to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
(Better watch what you ask retired people. They [...]]]></description>
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