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[16HD117]

Well, I'm officially old!  Applied for Medicare today!
 

[Rooster]

WOOOOHOOOOO I think

[2010Convertable]

Welcome aboard...Been drawing Social Security since 2005 at 64. Still feel like a kid and at piece the same time on my Harley. 

[ChopperPilot]

Welcome aboard...Been drawing Social Security since 2005 at 64. Still feel like a kid and at piece the same time on my Harley. 

Now that is the right way to look at things!!!

[donald p]

Right behind you at 63.4

[MIKEYTEE]

Congratulations Tommy!
Your officially one third of the way through your life.
Or is that when you get your AARP card?
Oh well it's something.
Welcome to the club.
Mike
 

[Chains]

Congratulations signed up almost a year and a half ago.  Got my first social check in December 2013.  Looking to stop working in June unless they throw a sack of money at me.

[willyB]

Well, I'm officially old!  Applied for Medicare today!
 

Yet, you're still grippin' it and rippin' it!

[2k]

Don't forget to send in the $110 each month!!!!

[dooinit2u]

You not old, kinda like a good seasoned black iron pot... Oh I said pot...ooopppps.

You still got it Tommy, Good Luck with that . See Y'all soon bro...

[gadgetz]

I say good for you;    enjoy the benefits while they're still available. 








I'll probably just kill-over behind the desk as retirement is like profanity around here. 

[FLY-DOG]

Well good for you; although I'll be 67 this July I'm holding off to draw SS until 70 when I have to draw it.......I'm still working and love my job and don't need the SS money at this time.  You can draw full SS at 66 but waiting the extra 4 years gets you a 32% higher SS check at 70 (8% higher per year past 66).  That extra $800 to $900 per month will be properly spent on toys.   

[WestCoastRuss]

A man is as old as the woman he feels......


.....and congratulations on the extra loot each month!!!

[Older Guy]

Welcome to the club,75 still working partime and riding. downsized from CVO Streetglide to CVO Deluxe. Hope you enjoy more free time.
               Older Guy

[moscooter]

Well good for you; although I'll be 67 this July I'm holding off to draw SS until 70 when I have to draw it.......I'm still working and love my job and don't need the SS money at this time.  You can draw full SS at 66 but waiting the extra 4 years gets you a 32% higher SS check at 70 (8% higher per year past 66).  That extra $800 to $900 per month will be properly spent on toys.   

I quite understand your logic,  but hope you also (did the math).  Pick a target timeframe out in the future and calc the monthly rate of your SS (if you started drawing it now) and since you say you don't need it,  bag it away maybe getting interest on it too.  How much would be accumulated         VERSUS   waiting until you're 70 and then drawing out the higher amount.
None of us really know how long we will last,  but you could calc the far out date where your (higher) SS monthly totals would finally EXCEED your SS monthly totals if you started taking them now and it will be a loooooooooooong time out there before the higher sum can catch up.