10-24-2008, 12:24 AM
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The great thing about retirement
is the complete lack of schedules and demands! 
...although I have one regularly scheduled obligation, and that is to tip a few beers with my working friends on Fridays after they get off work. Heh heh, they're all "TGIF" and I'm all "YEAH, TGIF!" and they're all 
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10-24-2008, 03:44 AM
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Frank Lee -
Congratulations! Here at work, I'm always happy to hear that someone made it to the finish line (retired on their terms), so I am happy for you.
Think of all the whacky things you can make in your spare time!!!!
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10-24-2008, 04:17 AM
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Thanks!
Well it wasn't eggzacktly on my terms... but close enough.
And yes, a lot of my spare time is devoted to dreaming up wacky things to build. Now I just need to find that motivation I used to have, and lost somewhere...
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10-24-2008, 06:22 AM
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10-24-2008, 09:02 PM
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10-24-2008, 09:18 PM
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Frank Lee -
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Thanks!
Well it wasn't eggzacktly on my terms... but close enough.
And yes, a lot of my spare time is devoted to dreaming up wacky things to build. Now I just need to find that motivation I used to have, and lost somewhere...
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Look under the couch. Typically, that's where I find most of my lost motivation. For some reason, motivation and dust-bunnies always end up congregating in the same place.
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10-24-2008, 11:40 PM
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I retired a year ago July 1st as a disgruntled mail man.....they even made me turn in my guns!
Now I can go where and when I want to drag race.....as long as I can get a baby sitter!
Yep, you read that correctly. The ex kicked me out of the house and then she married the exchange student we brought over from Europe!
So I get engaged to this 28 year old....I was 50. We got married Oct 20th, 2002 and we had a baby boy June 1st, 2006.....now she works full time while I am the stay at home Dad!
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10-24-2008, 11:52 PM
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Frank - congrats!!!
Is retirement sort of like being self-semi-unemployed? 
I do find myself occasionally going mountain biking in the middle of the afternoon with a couple of retired guys I know... Better than going when it's starting to get dark & cold at the end of the day when the rest of the guys get off work! |
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10-26-2008, 03:12 AM
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Thanks- but I have been "on the loose" for several years already. As far as being "self-semi-unemployed"... I suppose?  Whatever it is, I like it.
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