[sumo] Wiggins retirement reported on Sumo Forum

[Doreen Simmons]

Thanks for the information.

In haste,

DS

At 9:21 -0400 06.10.1, Barbara Ann wrote:
>I thought you said you looked up the "Japan Forum".  The Sumo Forum said
>"retirement home", which is not inaccurate. In the States, a "retirement
>home" is not considered an old folks' home. It is an abode that one has for
>when one is retired from one's regular work. For instance, some public
>service workers such as police and firemen may retire as early as in their
>40s. Many companies offer full retirement at age 55, as did my place of
>business. These retirees don't go to an "old folks" home, but they might
>have saved and purchased homes in, say, Florida, Las Vegas, France, Spain or
>any other locations of their choosing. They might also go on working
>full-time or irregularly, but they still considered themselves retired, for
>all intents and purposes. Both the person who posted the news on the Sumo
>Forum and Dave are Americans, so you may just have mistaken the meaning of
>"retirement". It certainly is NOT a building where everyone is old" -
>whatever the meaning of that is anymore -  and/or in wheelchairs and/or
>infirm and/or senile.
>
>BRTK, as opposed to BAKL
Doreen Simmons
<jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp>