Fair Warning.........

[kevman65]

Putting retirement papers in, I reserve my natural right to use phrases like "Git Off My Lawn"
"Yer Doin it Wrong" and "You'll Put Your Eye Out" and various others at any time and entirely out of context.



You've been warned.

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[Jaxmax]

Congrats, I’m about 2-2.5 years away, and I can retire !….Jack

 

[kevman65]

Congrats, I’m about 2-2.5 years away, and I can retire !….Jack

LOL, so am I.

But you have to listen to what your body tells you.

 

[Master_Cylinder]

I have 1,735 days to go until I retire. Yes, I tell my co workers every day!

 

[Alfonz]

In my third month of retirement. BEST job I ever had.

 

[Rusty PW]

Once you start thinking about retirement. The time just drags until the day you do. Your productivity starts to go down hill because you start to lose your drive. If you say different. I call BS. LOL

I retired at the age of 60 in 2016. Did everything I wanted to do. Then got bored. Then worked part time at Home Depot in 2017,. Then quit because of the covid bull shit at Home Depot. Retired again in 2020. Started working again driving truck for shit and giggles. Quit that last year, and now delivering parts out in the Marcellus gas field with a company F250. I'm my own boss. Long as the parts get there on time. Who cares what I do. I'm loving this job. It's what we use to call a "neck down job". Very little thinking needed. And I get paid really good for it. It pays for my hobbies.

 

[Hunter#1]

I retired in 2011 at 62. First two years I surf fished, fly fished and spent money like a drunken sailor. Then I applied and became a substitute teacher. After two years I was hired full time as a paraprofessional for special ed class to work with kids that have Downs and Autisim. I love the job, keeps my mind going, love the kids. Also the money is good. We have a summer place at the beach, so I still fish and do oil paintings in Plein air. But I think keeping the brain busy is better for your health.

 

[Bananaman]

Putting retirement papers in, I reserve my natural right to use phrases like "Git Off My Lawn"
"Yer Doin it Wrong" and "You'll Put Your Eye Out" and various others at any time and entirely out of context.



You've been warned.

Nice! I'm "retired" from my first career of 40 years and hopefully will have a 2nd (and final) retirement in another 4 or 5 years. I do enjoy the dad status of not giving a crap about how I look in public and my kid calling me to ask what to do when his toilet is running!

 

[kevman65]

Papers are in the mail for application for pension.
Insurance Administrators called and forms on the way to lower my monthly insurance premium.
Got definitive answers on Defined Contribution (Hybrid 401K), since I'm going early I have to hold off on filing for a check there.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Once you start thinking about retirement. The time just drags until the day you do. Your productivity starts to go down hill because you start to lose your drive. If you say different. I call BS. LOL

Time went faster for me. Remember, with severe ADHD, you are time blind and actually thrive in panic situations at work.
Everyone in the network area was gone, we were down to 1 person at help desk - from 3 we used to have.
I had to make sure all documentation for the network was up-to-date and accurate and that my boss could look at it and understand. Now there's a challenge! The management in government often hasn't actually DONE what you do!
In those final two weeks, central IT decided it was time to move all of our servers over to them.
So besides taking care of connectivity for 34 remote offices and something over 2 dozen servers, besides helping the last help desk guy and build images for the desktops and all documentation, I had to train the central IT guy on our stuff, and help their server guy move our VMs over to the Hoover building. I had to totally re-cables things in the server room because the other guy before me had made a mess. I was busy as hell and loving every minute of it. The days FLEW and I almost wish I had one or two more days there because I'm really picky about how I leave things.
I later talked to my former boss who said he was able to use my documents and keep the computers in the agency updated and ran everything using our Symantec management products (I took us off the Mickysoft update processes - what a joke) - he appreciated the documentation.
I retired at 60, had all of our VM servers moved over to central IT and working just fine, documentation was completed, I got paid for my unused vacation (I was maxed out on vacation) and my unused sick leave paid for my health insurance until I turned 65.

So, for some people, normal days DRAG badly and are a struggle to get through - but be given a heck of a challenge, and the days fly by and you actually enjoyed the days.

I recall what one of the company officers at Principal Financial Group said to me when Code Red hit their servers (because the web team ignored my warnings earlier that day) and I was working clear past midnight to get things under control - "you're really enjoying this, aren't you". I pretty much took control of what happened to all of their corporate IT systems and was giving orders to people far higher up than me on how to control things, or get things back under control. It was a 21 hour shift. Left about 4am, home to shower, take a nap, back at 7am.

 

[kacey]

Congratulations, that's really great!

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[ShadowsPapa]

Putting retirement papers in, I reserve my natural right to use phrases like "Git Off My Lawn"
"Yer Doin it Wrong" and "You'll Put Your Eye Out" and various others at any time and entirely out of context.



You've been warned.

Everyone beware - he's very serious. I found a clip one of his neighbors posted a while back:

 

[kevman65]

Everyone beware - he's very serious. I found a clip one of his neighbors posted a while back:

Lawn chair was out there first night.

Instead of a Garand I use a Standard 12 gauge double barrel pump action that holds 16 rounds of 00 buckshot......

 

[legacy_etu]

Putting retirement papers in, I reserve my natural right to use phrases like "Git Off My Lawn"
"Yer Doin it Wrong" and "You'll Put Your Eye Out" and various others at any time and entirely out of context.



You've been warned.

Het, congratulations!! A ways off myself, but not TOO far.

 

[legacy_etu]

Once you start thinking about retirement. The time just drags until the day you do. Your productivity starts to go down hill because you start to lose your drive. If you say different. I call BS. LOL

I retired at the age of 60 in 2016. Did everything I wanted to do. Then got bored. Then worked part time at Home Depot in 2017,. Then quit because of the covid bull shit at Home Depot. Retired again in 2020. Started working again driving truck for shit and giggles. Quit that last year, and now delivering parts out in the Marcellus gas field with a company F250. I'm my own boss. Long as the parts get there on time. Who cares what I do. I'm loving this job. It's what we use to call a "neck down job". Very little thinking needed. And I get paid really good for it. It pays for my hobbies.

There's a gas field in PA? Sounds like a perfect retirement job. No stress!!

I used to have a similar job in High school. I used to be the "Lot boy" at the local Jeep /Pontiac dealership. I cleaned all the cars on the lot which also meant I got to drive all the new Jeeps and Trans am's/Fieros! I also delivered parts once in a while in the shop truck. Fun job.

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