1.   Any system that treats retired millionaires and impoverished widows equally demands more than just a stonewalling for the status quo.

2.   Retired millionaires get the same access as those of modest means.

3.   The retired millionaire banker from New Jersey had to be coaxed into leaving behind approval for his obituary to be published.

4.   These folks are not ex-surgeons seeking more meaningful lives, or retired millionaires looking for a hobby with writeoffs.

5.   Yet another retired Microsoft millionaire, Podlodowski is an out lesbian, a fund raiser par excellence and apparently, in her council seat, an emerging civic leader.

6.   Still, Lemieux is as surprised as anyone at making a relatively easy transition from retired millionaire player and golf addict to owner.