19th April 2011, 05:26 PM
if I put my back out at work it will be an industrial injury so I will be looking for compensation When ( if) I retire I will carry on as a volunteer into my 70s . I know several people who retired in their 50s and have worked as archaeology volunteers doing heavy physical work into their eighties. Do not presume that once you get to 50 you loose all your physical fitness and mental capacities.:face-stir: