From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

I see Rich beat me to it wrt to our military .

One of the guys I work with in the yard is ex-navy (I think) - I'll have to
ask him if he took the '20 years and out'.   And he's now
looking into fire fighting....taken the tests for his local FD and is just waiting.

And a lady I used to work with is married to a retired Hamilton FD man. 
While he is a little older than me, I think he was under 55 when he retired
(might even have been <50).  I think I have her email addy somewhere -
I'll fire her a note and see if he was service or service plus age.

So your buddy is ex-IT?  Me too.  I had 26 years in when I was
'downsized' and while I enjoyed all those years (for the most part,
anyway) I don't really miss it now.  I'm working outside with
longer hours, less money, and a really 'interesting'  group of
people.  But....I do still subscribe to a couple of the mailing lists that
I read in my 'previous life'.  They still make for an interesting read.

Doug

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:36:03 -0400, "Dave Ings"
 wrote:

>I could be wrong, but I've never heard or read of a Canadian municipal
>pension scheme that allows retirement with full benefits after 20 years. I
>thought they generally followed the classic formula - age plus service
>equals 85 or greater for a full pension. One of my buddies is a Toronto
>fireman and is visiting me in NYC in early November, so I'll ask him.
>
>BTW this buddy used to be in the IT biz in his 20s, had a decent career
>going but he quit ... found it too boring, needed more
"action" ... which he
>certainly has had. He has great stories to share at cocktail parties.
>--
>Regards,
>Dave Ings,
>Toronto, Canada
>
>"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
>news:452d939a.10190987{at}news.barkto.com...
>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:05:02 -0400, "Dave Ings"

>>
>> I don't think it's that much different up here, is it?  Maybe not
>> quite as generous a pension, but there's still the 'early' retirement
>> provisions.
>>
>> Doug
>
>

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