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Related: About this forum"Eric Greensmith battled retirement boredom by becoming a lifeguard. He's 67."
He Was a Lifeguard 50 Years Ago—and Again This Summer
How a retired doctor got himself fit enough to handle a season on the Jersey Shore at age 67.
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blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)jimfields33
(19,382 posts)It’s tough to fill up that time with nonsense busy time.
OhZone
(3,216 posts)being a lifeguard does not seem that exciting.
It seems pretty boring imho.
If it makes him happy, go for it, but -
I plan to do a million other things when I retire.
Oh well.
live love laugh
(14,922 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,896 posts)I don't know if he'll go back next year. They have a new house and a boat on an inlet off of Barnegat Bay. He goes fishing and bird photographing almost every day.
Side story... He was 19 or so, on the bench. My step-daughter was a pre-teen and she and her girl friends hung around his bench. He was "hot" and not from the Sun. He was polite to them but they were not of a comparable age.
Fast forward - (For you millennial, that's a term from when we old folks had Vhs or Beta video tape recorders) - about 10 years. She graduates college and returns to the beach with a couple of her friends. He is still on the lifeguard bench. This time, her attention is returned.
22 years and two kids later.....