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Generation X retires

Generation X retires

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Jul 30, 2022
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“We spend our youth attaining wealth, and our wealth attaining youth.”

Douglas Coupland, Generation X

My best friend is retiring, aged 55. He is the child with whom I dueted the Little Drummer boy in 1978. He’s the man with whom I watched every England match of Italia ‘90 in the Golden Lion pub, Kidderminster. He’s buying a second-hand mobile home and dri…

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