SF Chronicle's Two Cents

The San Francisco Chronicle's "Two Cents" column asks area residents why they continue to work after age 65. Answers include:

• "The mind doesn't stop calculating." - an engineer


• Compensation, including perks


• Retirement, what's that?


• "I love everything I do." - an actor


• "The alternatives to working appear to me to be boring, immoral or stupid." - a music teacher


• "I volunteer... I just can't stand doing nothing, and feel that underemployment, of any sort, is bad for one."

Click here to see more than twenty unique responses.