Most of me still working, but downshifts definitely occurring, including what you meant. It's more like downshifting than retiring, really. The whole concept of retirement, for me, is a fantasy. It really has no bearning, as originally thought of, in my life. More to our point in this blog, I'm not one of you anymore, dont ya know? I'm already immortal so the projected life and thought fields recieved by the brain are already backed up. Of course, people like you are not listening. Cryonicists never listened to me. And now look what happened to the world. I think Pizer was casing my nayberhood for another piece of real estate, mine. And his car broke down and I caught him red-handed. That's our Ventureville leader for you. He cannot stop trying to make deals and making more money because he doesn't know anything different. It might keep him fitter than he might otherwise be however, I grant him that. Ironically I think of my place as Venturville II-- my personal Ventureville.