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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: Son of Pappy on December 19, 2013, 10:51:56 AM
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Retired US Army, May, 2002. Currently train motorcycle riders when my retired schedule permits :) Gotta earn $$ for motorcycle trips and farkles 8)
Conrad, you don't qualify (yet) ;)
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I don't qualify yet? ???
Ok, I'll come back tomorrow. :)
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And the next day...and the next...and the next. I'm telling you, SOP, he's gonna wear you down.
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But, but, after tomorrow I WILL be a retired guy! ;D
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But, but, after tomorrow I WILL be a retired guy! ;D
Officially? Or will you "JUST" be on vacation? ;D
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I've been on involuntary vacation since Nov 20. I hope this isn't retirement but it could turn out that way.
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Officially? Or will you "JUST" be on vacation? ;D
You got me there. My last official day of work is 12/31 with my first official day of retirement being 1/1/14. Happy New Year to me!
We close down for the holiday break (with pay) 12/20 to 1/1 back to work on 1/2 (not me though!).
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So, at the stroke of midnight I will host one for you, gonna be a Crown and Coke, I hope that's OK with you? :chugbeer:
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Retired US Army, May, 2002. Currently train motorcycle riders when my retired schedule permits :) Gotta earn $$ for motorcycle trips and farkles 8)
Conrad, you don't qualify (yet) ;)
Thank you for your service
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Thank you for your service
Thanks!! And thank you for yours as well :)
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Not sure I'd qualify. Retired USAF, but not old or well off enough to retire completely. Though with all this crap going on in washington, it might be a lot ooner than I'd like.
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Not retired, just tired.
Practising for it by living on a fixed income!
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So, at the stroke of midnight I will host one for you, gonna be a Crown and Coke, I hope that's OK with you? :chugbeer:
That's more than just ok with me! :chugbeer:
The boss told me yesterday that he was planning on sending us all home at lunch time today but if the weather turns out as crappy as the weatherman said it might, don't even bother coming in at all. The roads are covered in ice this morning and that sounds pretty crappy to me.
;D
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So, at the stroke of midnight I will host one for you, gonna be a Crown and Coke, I hope that's OK with you? :chugbeer:
don;t forget a daily glass of wine does the body good too ;D
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Not sure I'd qualify. Retired USAF, but not old or well off enough to retire completely. Though with all this crap going on in washington, it might be a lot ooner than I'd like.
Heck yes it qualifies!! Thanks for your service :)
That's more than just ok with me! :chugbeer:
The boss told me yesterday that he was planning on sending us all home at lunch time today but if the weather turns out as crappy as the weatherman said it might, don't even bother coming in at all. The roads are covered in ice this morning and that sounds pretty crappy to me.
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Sounds crappy to me as well :) I think you should call in sick, and this time don't use your fake sick voice ;D ;D Congrats Conrad, may your days that come be filled with wind in your face and many family filled memories :)
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Sounds crappy to me as well :) I think you should call in sick, and this time don't use your fake sick voice ;D ;D Congrats Conrad, may your days that come be filled with wind in your face and many family filled memories :)
Call in? ???
Heck, I just send an e-mail man! I told him what the roads are like and that's that.
Thanks Chet, I really do appreciate that. :)
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Congrat's Conrad. Enjoy the freedom. :thumbs:
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Congrat's Conrad. Enjoy the freedom. :thumbs:
+1! :chugbeer:
I'm jealous... :(
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I retired from the US Navy (Reserves) (on a Sunday) December 7, 1997.
I think/I may be/it's possible,,, I will be retiring from Shell Oil next March.
Ride safe, Ted
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An appropriate day for an old squid to retire.... good luck with the final retirement, hope that works out for you.
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I just went the other way. I just got hired at my new job (at the age of 64) as an R&D Mechanical Engineer at the company that used to be Hewlett Packard (which I worked for back in the day). The division I report to (Chemical Analysis Group) was one I tried to get into back in the early 90s but it didn't work out at the time.
For me, this is my dream job, couldn't be happier. Retirement is the last thing on my mind, I am having WAY too much fun. I love it.
Dan
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An appropriate day for an old squid to retire.... good luck with the final retirement, hope that works out for you.
YOU, must be a Marine!
Ride safe, Ted
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I just went the other way. I just got hired at my new job (at the age of 64) as an R&D Mechanical Engineer at the company that used to be Hewlett Packard (which I worked for back in the day). The division I report to (Chemical Analysis Group) was one I tried to get into back in the early 90s but it didn't work out at the time.
For me, this is my dream job, couldn't be happier. Retirement is the last thing on my mind, I am having WAY too much fun. I love it.
Dan
Just checked them out. Seems like a pretty neat company. :thumbs:
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Congrat's Conrad. Enjoy the freedom. :thumbs:
+1! :chugbeer:
I'm jealous... :(
Thanks guys! :)
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YOU, must be a Marine!
Ride safe, Ted
'Fraid not, I'm a Zoomie or a Prop Head depending on which you prefer.
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I can't respond to this post since SOP made it sexist........ 8) :o ;D
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I can't respond to this post since SOP made it sexist........ 8) :o ;D
Well, slap my pee pee!!
FIFY ;D
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I've got to work one day in 2014 to receive my employer's 2013 contribution to my retirement, so 1/3/14 will be my last workday. I've been almost OCD with my savings since as long back as I can remember, so I'll be OK financially however I do have some concern with how I will occupy my time. One thing I know for sure, is that I don't want to continue doing what others want me to do.
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You will be your own boss. Hope he's easy to work for.
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I've got to work one day in 2014 to receive my employer's 2013 contribution to my retirement, so 1/3/14 will be my last workday. I've been almost OCD with my savings since as long back as I can remember, so I'll be OK financially however I do have some concern with how I will occupy my time. One thing I know for sure, is that I don't want to continue doing what others want me to do.
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I am now officially retired! :cool:
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I am now officially retired! :cool:
Congrats. Vacation's over?
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Congrats. Vacation's over?
Thanks G!
Yep, now it's time to get down to the serious business of doing nothing and getting paid to do it. Hmm, I guess that's not much different than before I retired only now I don't have to leave the house to do it. ;)
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Retired three years ago - in reality it was a sabbatical, spent a year touring on the Connie, and then decided that I did not like my mind and body morphing into old age. Took on an encore career last year that added the adventure of moving to Washington, DC and renting an apartment, something I had not done for 40 years. I will retire again at full retirement in a few years - in the mean time, I will add to my next egg.
Retirement is a good. It just was not for me.
Life Is Good!
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I am now officially retired! :cool:
Congrats!!!!!!!! Now, get busy, successful retirement aint for sissys :) I think you need to plan a ride out west ;)
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Congrats!!!!!!!! Now, get busy, successful retirement aint for sissys :) I think you need to plan a ride out west ;)
:) :thumbs:
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Yep, now it's time to get down to the serious business of doing nothing and getting paid to do it. Hmm, I guess that's not much different than before I retired only now I don't have to leave the house to do it. ;)
;D :chugbeer:
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I am now officially semi-retired.
The village that I live in (yes, they call it a village) installed water meters last year and now that the meter system is ready to go (folks paid a flat rate before this) they needed someone to walk around town and read them. I am that someone! :)
Not a bad gig actually. I work 2 to 4 days a month walking around town with my scanner reading the meter info and then transferring the info to the village's computer. I even have my own key to the village hall!
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Congratulations on making the big time, Conrad! :chugbeer:
Please attach a link to the press release!
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Does this mean you're working on your second pension? ;)
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Yep
am 61 now retired 4 years ago and never looked back. 39 years same building, same parking lot, same........
very glad I had it and VERY glad to be gone.
have bought 5 new bikes since I retired but it is time to slow down, they are just getting to high priced these days. if you can retire I highly recommend it. it's a great thing when it's always the weekend
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I am only 56 so I don't see myself retiring for a minimum of 10 more years. By then I will be thru with my mortgage. After that I figure I will still need a new car as my truck will be about 17 years old so I also need to try and work long enough for that. Afterwards I can call it a day.
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Thanks guys! :)
Does this mean you're working on your second pension? ;)
Well, I am vested in Social Security and once I reach the golden age I will be able to collect a small monthly amount. In the job that I retired from last year I didn't pay into SS and I'm collecting a nice pension from that (I was VERY lucky to be able to retire at 55). So I guess I am working on a second pension after all.
Fortunately any money that I make 'on the side' doesn't reduce the amount of my pension. ;D
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I am now officially semi-retired.
The village that I live in (yes, they call it a village) installed water meters last year and now that the meter system is ready to go (folks paid a flat rate before this) they needed someone to walk around town and read them. I am that someone! :)
Not a bad gig actually. I work 2 to 4 days a month walking around town with my scanner reading the meter info and then transferring the info to the village's computer. I even have my own key to the village hall!
Wireless meters?
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Wireless meters?
Last year the 'wireless' meters where installed. Plumbers installed a metering device in the house and that was attached, by a wire, to a transmitter outside the house. The scan tool needs to be in very close proximity to the transmitter to pick up the reading.
The whole system is new and I'll be working out the bugs as I go along.
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Why was it in the house instead of the meter/valve in the ground well?
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Why was it in the house instead of the meter/valve in the ground well?
My neighborhood (as well as my last neighborhood) has the meter in the house right where the water comes out of the concrete floor in the basement and is connected to a wireless transmitter sill in the house. The meter guy just drives up the driveway, never gets out of the car and goes to the next house. Seems to be about a 75' proximity.
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My neighborhood (as well as my last neighborhood) has the meter in the house right where the water comes out of the concrete floor in the basement and is connected to a wireless transmitter sill in the house. The meter guy just drives up the driveway, never gets out of the car and goes to the next house. Seems to be about a 75' proximity.
You said the B-word, you must be referring to Colorado and not Austin, right?
I sure don't remember seeing many basements in Austin, except in some commercial buildings.
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You said the B-word, you must be referring to Colorado and not Austin, right?
I sure don't remember seeing many basements in Austin, except in some commercial buildings.
Definitely CO. I don't own a house in TX yet, just renting an apartment.
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My neighborhood (as well as my last neighborhood) has the meter in the house right where the water comes out of the concrete floor in the basement and is connected to a wireless transmitter sill in the house. The meter guy just drives up the driveway, never gets out of the car and goes to the next house. Seems to be about a 75' proximity.
This is the way it is for most folks around here. I was wondering about the range and was told that the scanner has to be close to the transmitter, almost touching. Maybe they opted for the DAK water meter system to save some money? ;)
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Conrad, the next time you are at the village hall, please check the records. I was watching the news from the D.C. area and quite a few villages seem to be missing their idiots. Are you sure your's is there?
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Conrad, the next time you are at the village hall, please check the records. I was watching the news from the D.C. area and quite a few villages seem to be missing their idiots. Are you sure your's is there?
Well, we did send one or two of them off to be big time politicians. Unfortunately there are still plenty to go around.
Case in point. [smg id=257]
That's my neighbor's fence and that's the result of him burning brush too close to it. He did this not once, not twice, but THREE times! :o
And this guy ran for mayor a few years ago. He didn't win...
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What's wrong with the fence?
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What's wrong with the fence?
Clearly it doesn't extend far enough to to left.
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What's wrong with the fence?
I suggested burning the brush on the other side next time, maybe get the fence to melt in the other direction. ;)
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