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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:03:54 AM EDT
Well boys, I have 9 working left till retirement.
The refinery where I work offered an early retirement incentive to get rid of some of us old guys. I'm taking it. Among other things, I will get 18 months pay. I will retire on 8-31-04. I now have what we called in the Army the "Single Digit Fidgits".  I plan to: Go shooting Play golf Do some woodworking Go shooting Play with the grandkids Travel some Work at my church Go shooting And whatever else I want to do.  It's going to be great. I can hardly wait! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:05:25 AM EDT
[#1]
Big time congrats dude.
Time to make up for your misspent adulthood. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:05:45 AM EDT
[#2]
Short!
Congrats & have fun. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:06:06 AM EDT
[#3]
Don't forget the Hun Farm Shoots that we have!
And congratulations on your retirement! I hope to retire some day. I just have to get rich before I do. Eric The(Impoverished)Hun 
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:06:28 AM EDT
[#4]
Now don't let your productivity slack off and go daydreaming about all that free time!!!
(congrats!) |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:08:07 AM EDT
[#5]
SWEET!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:09:15 AM EDT
[#6]
I think my last excuse to miss a visit to the Hun Farm is about to evaporate. I hope to make one soon.  |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:10:19 AM EDT
[#7]
There are limits to possibility, if you know what I mean.  |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:11:10 AM EDT
[#8]
You should spend some time with that grandson and his heirloom, he would like that
Edited to add: Congrats on the retirement!!!! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:11:11 AM EDT
[#9]
Good for you! Stay active and enjoy it. I have 17 years left. 20 if I work till my youngest is out of college. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:11:22 AM EDT
[#10]
Great news! I think you'll find yourself very busy now that you have nothing to do. Doesn't make sense but every guy I know that is retired is one busy retired guy.
Now there will be some time to set up some more test doors/walls and shoot them
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:13:50 AM EDT
[#11]
I expect some assignments from Pale Pony anyday now. 
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:14:48 AM EDT
[#12]
CONGRATS!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:16:11 AM EDT
[#13]
Congrats you lucky dog you!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:17:35 AM EDT
[#14]
Enjoy it. You earned it. Just make sure you stay busy doing stuff you love. Your list looks pretty good! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:17:44 AM EDT
[#15]
Good for you. Enjoy your free time, you earned it!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:18:45 AM EDT
[#16]
Damn, I have wanted to retire since I was 8 years old and first found out about the concept of retirement. My Grandfather retired, and I asked him what it meant. I will never forget the words he said to me. "They pay me not to work." I never did find a way to retire before I started working though...
Congrats! You are living the dream! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:24:07 AM EDT
[#17]
I'm still waiting on election results for my military retirement. CONGRATS
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:24:30 AM EDT
[#18]
Good for you Old_Painless.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:26:22 AM EDT
[#19]
Congratulations. Make sure to keep yourself busy so you don't miss work.
 Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:27:29 AM EDT
[#20]
Learn to deal with depression. SGtar15 |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:29:11 AM EDT
[#21]
Envious!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:29:45 AM EDT
[#22]
I have people asking every day, "What are you going to do???" Like I'm going to fall on the floor and start crying because I can't come out to this stinkin' refinery. I have a lots of things planned. I can hardly wait! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:30:56 AM EDT
[#23]
Congrats friend!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:33:00 AM EDT
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Congratulations! You did forget a few things, though... Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Clean guns Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Go shooting Edit: Go shooting Enjoy your (temporal) rest. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:35:21 AM EDT
[#25]
Sounds good!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:35:52 AM EDT
[#26]
Congrats! Enjoy yourself. As sarge hinted, don't be surprised if you experience some depression / anxiety in the next few months. It sounds funny but retiring is actually a very stressful event even if it is good stress.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:43:41 AM EDT
[#27]
Congrats! 
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:44:46 AM EDT
[#28]
Thanks. I've heard about post-retirement depression, but doubt I'll have any. My friends that have preceeded me tell me it is like one long vacation, getting better and better. One of my retiree friends and I like to visit military and firearms museums and plan to take a trip to visit a couple of big military museums that we haven't seen yet. I can hardly wait. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:51:17 AM EDT
[#29]
Sung in a sing-song voice...
"Your gonna drive your wife nu-huts-s" Have fun OP! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 6:59:11 AM EDT
[#30]
Already did it. That's probably why I am now single and can afford to retire. As I told my buddy's wife, "Twice the husband, half the pay." |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:01:44 AM EDT
[#31]
Awesome...
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:06:52 AM EDT
[#32]
Congrats OP!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:08:13 AM EDT
[#33]
Woo-hoo
 Congratulations! |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:08:30 AM EDT
[#34]
Congrats OP!
Scott |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:08:36 AM EDT
[#35]
Congrats
Don't do what my dad did. He retired from the FAA. And started Monday working, AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE for the University of Oklahoma, doing the EXACT SAME THING. TXL |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:12:38 AM EDT
[#36]
Always wishing the best to you and yours, OP! You are a DAMN good man - just don't talk trash about my dog
Eric E |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:17:17 AM EDT
[#37]
That's that cute little minature poodle, right?
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:26:22 AM EDT
[#38]
Congratulations, and may God continue to bless you, my friend.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:28:11 AM EDT
[#39]
Congratulations! only about 30 years to go for me
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:29:25 AM EDT
[#40]
 i hear ya
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Posted: 8/17/2004 7:46:05 AM EDT
[#41]
Sounds great OP!
God bless you in your retirement. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 8:02:19 AM EDT
[#42]
Congrats Painless.....are you ready for the EASY LIFE?
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Posted: 8/17/2004 8:51:38 AM EDT
[#43]
You better believe it! I have loads of ammo to burn up. I better get started.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:19:13 AM EDT
[#44]
Congratulations!!
It’s like winning the lottery – you get an annuity check every month and all you have to do to earn it is stay alive!! Incidentally, I retired over four years ago and find I still don’t have time to do everything I want to do. Despite that, at times I do feel a little restless, like maybe I should get another job or something (esp. after 9/11). Retirement is not without it’s own quandaries. |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:24:08 AM EDT
[#45]
Well, that's fine with me. I've had the "quandry" of getting up and going to work for 38 years. I'm ready for a new one.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:35:04 AM EDT
[#46]
Congrats, O_P. You forgot gardening.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:39:17 AM EDT
[#47]
Hey, you're right! Of course, my gardening looks more like "natural weed growth", but I do get a few tomatoes out of it.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:40:13 AM EDT
[#48]
congratulations!
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Posted: 8/17/2004 9:52:33 AM EDT
[#49]
Congrats
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Posted: 8/17/2004 10:06:33 AM EDT
[#50]
HI painless, which plant do you work at ?? those places are why i dont still live there.
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