Congrats!! Been retired about 17 months and haven't run out of shit to do yet---don't get too comfortable.
Been retired for almost 30 years now,,,,There is good in working and there is better in not...Have yourself a blast.. lets all pray that our retirement funds dont get messed up,if you get my drift..
Congrats, and stay busy, I saw a chart from Boeing a couple of years ago that showed the average length of life after retirement. It was about 3 years but attributed to many of their employees who retired had no outside intrests, so they just sat around and watched their soaps all day. But from what it sounds like on this thread none of the retirees here are sitting around doing nothing. Me, I have 4 to 8 years before I can pull the yellow handle.
i WAS going out in 2 years.co changed policy. now i got at least 8 probly more congrats on yours tho.enjoy life.!
I felt exactly the same way. Then all of a sudden the company I worked for changed all of their policies and procedures; especially the ones where they actually trained and nurtured new employees and tried to give the customers the type of service they deserved. Within a very short time it wasn't fun anymore. In fact, it was very stressful. So, after 43 years in the same industry, I pulled the plug almost 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Since that day, I have been busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kickin' contest. The time goes by faster than it ever did before ( this part is not good), but it is very, very enjoyable in every other way.I still work part-time, and will until that job isn't fun anymore. Good luck and many happy years of retirement to you sir.
Congrats, now you get to live throught the readjustment period. Mine lasted just over 15 minutes before I was accustomed to being retired. The biggest waste of 14 minutes in my entire life. Frank
congrats! i figure in about 10 years i'll be ready to pack it in, i kinda like coming to work everyday and with my son working for me, if he is able to continue on with the business, i'll have someplace to hang out for a few hours iffin' the ole lady starts driving me bonkers!
day number three OH BOY OH BOY, still excited, already been to parts store got stuff, funny got up early this morning decided to pay some bills, sorting out which one to pay now and which ones after next paycheck.................Shit there aint no more paychecks!
Congratulations ! I did that about 5 years ago,...best job I've ever had but I'm still arguing with the Boss, She won't pay Overtime !
37 years? That's nothing. I closed our machine shop, and retired in Janurary after 50 years! Not that I wanted to. Obamanomics forced us out of business. I was bitter about it for a while, but once I got used to 7 Saturdays, I love it!! Congratulations! You earned it.
17 years left to go in the fire service for me, I'll be the old f**k around the firehouse for sure at 57!! CONGRATS!!!
I've worked hard all my life. I finally moved to a rural area of Nevada in '95 and quickly discovered that finding work is not so easy. I've been out of work since '04... Now, unemployment here is over 14% so my unemployment has just evolved into retirement.. I'm glad I saved enough to make it workable
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