I'll be 70 this year, but I still have a few good years left to work. Then... who knows?
My father-in-law died last June at 92 and as he laid in the hospital, he started 2 new ventures and hired 5 people (which my wife had to lay off three weeks later).
Roofer. 47 years ago when I got started, I had an old Ford pickup and one hammer. I still have the old Ford but my equipment inventory has increased to two hammers. Only did one job so I quit and became a professional government financial consultant. In plain english, seeing just how well a guy can do on nothing but welfare. Life's good and I'm just about to retire.
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
I work in payables for a major U.S. food distributor. We distribute food, food prep supplies(from napkins,forks to entire world class kitchens), and limited medical items. I handle mutliple millions of dollars in payments every single day. For instance I create roughly 150 payments to vendors per day, that average $80K each with some going to $250k. Chances are if you eat at a major restaurant it was supplied by our company, and I managed the payments to the vendor for the products. We also supply military bases, hospitals, schools, universities, nursing facilities, just about anywhere that serves food that isn't you own home. Its a boring job, and I sit in a cube next to a crazy cat lady. I spend all day crunching numbers and finding gains/loses, and trying to balance them. It keeps the bills paid, and I can get some really amazing products at cost.
Started out ranching--irrigating, fencing, branding, spent a few years in Naval Intelligence,educated in wildlife biology, fought forest fires, guided for big game, land surveyor, fur trapper, commercial fisherman, (Florida and Alaska),logger (feller and pulp wood), welder, construction (residential housing)now own my own business selling and servicing industrial pressure washing equipment (Hotsy) for the last 34 years. I'm already tired but will retire in about 4 years and return to my real interest--spending as many hours as possible each day sending little pieces of lead out to collide with tin cans, rocks and other target-like substances and drowning worms and grasshoppers, and loosing lures and flies in the various streams, lakes and rivers in and around Wyoming.
Maintenance engineer in a large commercial building. Sometimes the title is building engineer. But us guys doing it know we are nothing more than maintenance men dealing with a bunch of pampered office whiners who complain constantly that the office is too cold or hot or the toilet paper in the restrooms is too rough and on and on. Looking forward to retirement in a handful of years.
Retired Southwestern Bell repairman,1 week shy of 33 years.Now I do what I want,when I want to.I've been retired going on 10 years next month.Only thing I have to do is decide what pair of shorts I want to put on that day.I go down to the deer lease for 1 week every month.Life's GRAND.
What garages and areas did you work? I started out in Dallas working in Federal,Whitehall,Andrews,Grand Prairie,Duncnaville,Cedar Hill,DeSoto,Hamilton and a few more I can't remember. I was also a splicer at Mercury in Duncanville...
---------------------------------------- I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.
actually you are referring to varmintguy with that remark! 
either that or you are a rotary azzhole and this is dedicated to you bea175 
