Neil Besougloff

[Chris Webster]

According to a post on groups.io, former Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff succumbed to a heart attack brought on by COVID-19 at his retirement home.

An obituary is posted on Model Railroader's website - In Memoriam: Neil Besougloff, 1959 - 2020

[ScaleCraft]

I knew from discussions with clambake he was ill with Chinese Originated Virus Increases Deaths, but that he had recovered enough to go home.

Bad.

[up148]

That's sad and a young man (compared to most retirees) so he didn't get a chance to enjoy it.

[E7]

Which is why I say: Retire as soon as you can afford to, unless you really love your job.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Which is why I say: Retire as soon as you can afford to, unless you really love your job.

2 schools of thought on that -- retire as soon as possible, but retire to something, not nothing or your retirement won't last very long.

Other option is where I used to work where researchers stay until they keel over since they have nothing to retire to - they simply have nothing else and when they retire they don't last very long.

I got out fairly early and young - a lot of folks (option 2 group) were totally perplexed and could not wrap their brains around the concept. And, I had stuff to retire to.....

[bob turner]

What Martin said.

A lot of airline pilots made it to 62 - they were doing what they loved, and all they had left was a saloon.

On the other hand, another fairly large group of retired airline pilots had lightplanes or trains - or both - and typically made it to 90. You cannot spend retirement just smiling at the sun.

[E7]

Note the key word AFFORD. Given enough moolah, I can take care of the boredom thing. You can't buy time, so don't wait too long, unless you LOVE your job. Never had one of them kind!

[E7]

A lot of airline pilots made it to 62 - they were doing what they loved, and all they had left was a saloon.

That's an addiction or lack of imagination.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You can't buy time, so don't wait too long, unless you LOVE your job. Never had one of them kind!

True, but it happens that I did very much enjoy and like my "job" - career is a far better work. I could have easily continued another decade but I could also see a significant pointlessness to doing so, so I bugged out. Despite that action, I still am active in the field at some small ways - just got another patent issued and it looks like it will get licensed. Small checks, but they do add up.

[E7]

Can't beat it when they are mailing you checks and you don't have to show up!

[ScaleCraft]

Can't beat it when they are mailing you checks and you don't have to show up!

says everybody working from home due to mandated lockdowns....

[E7]

Can't beat it when they are mailing you checks and you don't have to show up!

says everybody working from home due to mandated lockdowns....

A lot of people did that BEFORE the virus.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Can't beat it when they are mailing you checks and you don't have to show up!

says everybody working from home due to mandated lockdowns....

A lot of people did that BEFORE the virus.

Indeed; been doing that for nearly 3 years now,