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I've decided not to retire completely ... less hours eventually ... but I want to collect as many different retirement checks as I can.

 

Then you take a state job like I did and get raped legally.

 

So you're getting some action?

 

I like that.
The big nap.
Maybe I'll get the rest I've needed and I won't hear the locusts in my ears

 

My mother retired 2 months before her 90th birthday. Got to keep the wheels turning she says...She's 92 now. Still busy.

 

Yea.
Like Arizona.
Dry.

 

I had a state job it was the best job I ever had. Pay wasn't the best but the work atmosphere was great and a wonderful boss

 

For me I'll just attempt to adjust accordingly. If I can't run then I'll walk. If I can't walk then I'll sit on my ass and fish. I miss fishing.

 

wow! That is so cool for her enjoying life

 

Well not the same here.
Benefits good.
Gotta watch your back.
Perdiem is now reimbursed instead of paid up front.
But better than being cremated .

 

My MIL is 76 (I think, maybe 75) and still working. She tells me the secret is just keep working/doing. Slower maybe, less hours and more vacations to visit kids/grandkids/great grandkids ... but just don't stop/retire completely. I'm going with it ... I've watched two old guys I was super fond of, and close to, die within 6 months of retiring. I think that's my main reason for deciding to just keep going/earning/working/playing. Watching those two go really rattled me.

 

Always make time for fishing ... always.

 

One nice thing is that there are states that don't tax (or tax at a reduced rate) Federal, State or railroad pensions.

 

good eeeeeveninnnnng all! gonna work part of my day off tomorrow for OT. normally,i wouldnt but the other guys are so ill help out. the trainwreck,i mean park opens on thursday!!

 

My cousin and I used rent a house in Cape Hatteras/Avon for a week, load up the families and as many toys as we could fit in our 1st gen Tacomas and have at it. We'd drive out onto the beach, drop the tailgate, break out the surf rods and beer - then pull in what ever happened to be biting. Damn I miss that.

 

Are you sure it's not just for the accidental on the job death insurance payout?

 

We go down there almost every year. We'll be there the last week of June

 

I would hope the beach is still there ... you need a vacation my friend ... do it.

Hey, ok by me ... they can throw one hell of a party and throw my ashes wherever the hell they want.

 

Road Trip!!!! end of June

 

See there Rick? Chris will meet you there.