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So, are you retired, still working, somewhat retired, or just plan tired?

Meself, I keep trying to get retired, but they keep trying to get more work out of me. (Undecided on laugh, or cry icon)

I can't wear pants anymore, I get gaulded.

Still working, want to retire, but can't afford it yet.

Retired, tired, useless.

Come along North with me next time John, you can cook, and do dishes.

I've been tired for a long time. When I stopped working, well, I got retired.

I think I’m gonna retire and start inane threads for a living.

I can't wear shorts in summer; I'm too long.

Same here.

I am getting much closer to retirement, have a few personal goals to complete one of which is completing 20 years at present job which is now only 127 days away....

Retired since the late 80's.

It sucks when you want to do something and you realize that you can no longer do it.

Many things get thought out for a while trying to find a way to get them done.

Worked at my full time job to long to quit but not long enough to retire. I’m 37 and be eligible to retire when I’m 53. Work a part time job and farm the rest of the time.

For you good folks still hard at it.

I hope to never retire.
I like making muzzle-loaders, but for now I am too backed up to take on anything new.

I have about 3.5 years of back log, but that way better then it was when I stopped taking new orders --------- 3 years ago.

When I get down to about 4 guns on my list (instead of the 41 I have now,) I'll probably start to take more time off, go hiking more, walk my dogs more, and do some fishing in the summers. I may even make a new policy of taking all the time from December 23rd to Jan 3rd off every year.
As of now I take all the time I need to fill hunting tags every year, and I take Christmas off, but other then those times I work 6 to 6-1/2 days a week ---- and a short day for me is 12 hours.

So my idea of "retirement" is doing what I am doing now, but with far less pressure in trying to get so many customers satisfied all the time.

When I am in my 70s I hope to never have more then 3 people waiting on me at any time.

Been waiting for Direct Deposit for nine years now.

Hard to describe how it feels to wake up every day knowing that I can do what ever I feel like, more or less. Most days, the China Doll brings me the first cup of coffee while I lay there and decide.

Usually, I decide to have some more coffee.

Still working (begrudgingly) with little to no hope of retirement...........ever.

When I started, 32 years ago, I was going to be retired at 48 years old. 6 or 7 kicks of the retirement can by the phouckin, azzhole union and our pension fund is currently 37% funded and 6-8 years from being broke. So, I wonder every day how long I'm going to keep putting money into a dead fund and just quit. Takes a job to pay the bills, though...........

Many thanks to you young folks still paying income tax to keep us old guys feeding at the government trough going.

Age 56
Retired once at 44 for about 6 weeks
Then retired for good at 52.

Waiting on that silly monopoly money social security stuff at age 62.
Bank half of it each month, spend the other half on whatever...

Wife could retire if she wanted too but she likes being around kids at her work( empty nest syndrome)
I still make 2.5 times what she makes a month sitting on my ass.
She has grown used to it and knows her bytching/ jealousy about it yrs ago falls on my IDGAF ears..
I think its fugging awesome having disposable income again since them 3 money pit daughters left the nest actually.
I worked those 8 yrs after my 1st retirement at 44 at some high paying high risk jobs to set my happy azz up paying off alot of schit
to get out of a working mans spending life style.

Done my fugging part and earned what I get....

Retired once when I was 37......that lasted 11 years...till I ran out of money. But I got to do alot of stuff while I was still young enough to be able to do it. Retired again at 62...for three years, then went back to work part time cause the college offered me the perfect retirement job...working two days a week, and they aren't long days....