"Eric Greensmith battled retirement boredom by becoming a lifeguard. He's 67."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Eric Greensmith battled retirement boredom by becoming a lifeguard. He’s 67. “The concept of a comeback seemed so preposterous that, at first, I didn’t even share my secret hopes with my wife,” he says.

wsj.com
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]

1. I've been retired nine years now and I'm never bored.

[jimfields33]

4. He was a doctor so used to working 18 hour plus days

It’s tough to fill up that time with nonsense busy time.

[OhZone]

2. I'm a beach lover and sun worshipper (with lots of sunscreen and other skin care) - but

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]

3. Wooo! He's pretty hot for 67. 😍

[3Hotdogs]

5. Step- s-i-l packed it in this year, after 50 years on the lifeguard bench.

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.....