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Get a hobby you are interested in and enjoy retirement. And get busy. Everyone I've ever known that didn't have an active hobby was dead with 5 years. Or less..... Kaiser Norton
The Kaiser- "If it ain't broke, I can fix that!"
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Retirement is great, Enjoy it.
My grandpa said,,,, get up, dressed and do something worthwhile every day.
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Congrats on your next steps in life’s short journey, Enjoy
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I retired last year at 61. Four years earlier than planned due to Etta’s dementia. She’s doing well but it’s a good thing I am around for her. The short term memory stuff is very hard for her.
I have had a sawmill as a small side business and run that fairly often and spend quite a bit of time in the winter gathering logs for it. It keeps me busy. I’m so busy this summer with roofing the house and other projects I don’t know how I got anything done when I was working. Wish I could get a few days just to go to the range.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Anyone who retires and is bored has to be nucking futs!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Happy Retirement. Do what makes your wife happy. Keep score though and always get more from her than you give .
FUGK CCP
It’s time to WAKE UP GOD BLESS THE USA WWG1WGA THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
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Congrats! Wish I was in your shoes.
I know for sure that I will never be bored! I’m tired of wasting time working. Why work? Seriously ?
FUGK CCP
It’s time to WAKE UP GOD BLESS THE USA WWG1WGA THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
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I retired at 58, which was my minimum retirement age plus three years. I left three days before my "official" last day at work and shot a hammer of a nice 6x6 bull elk right about what would have been quitting time. I haven't looked back at all ! Every day is like Saturday now! Enjoy your retirement and just find something to keep you busy.....Engage yourself in a new hobby or intensify your old hobby. My knifemaking went from and expensive hobby to another vocation and I love it.
Congrats!
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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I am 70. I eat venison every day. I build rifles. I help take care of grandkids. I do vegetable gardening at our house, my son's house, and a friend's house. I type on my computer. My plan to get rid of guns when I turn 80 is to drive to the pawn shop and sell them on consignment for 10% commission and 8% tax.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Good for you! Enjoy those years. If you don't plan on using the weapons I'd suggest selling them. Keep what you think you might want or need. They are a burden that someone will sell at some time. I'm going through that myself.
All the best!!
Retired cat herder.
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Congrats to you ! I was laided off last March due to Covid 19 , after 6 years of supervision, and making some great money, at the age of 60. I'm 61 now, still out of work, semi- retired, and loving the time off. Just make yourself a hit list of things that need to be done, that you have been kind of putting off. When your not shooting, or doing FUN things, just take your time and knock them out, one at a time. NO RUSH ! I have 2 dogs that I love dearly. I think that if I were to go back to work, after the first couple of days, I would come home and find them with they're paws slashed ! They love having me home, taking walks, and just sitting on the porch in the evenings, and drinking a cold one of course.....
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Retirement is great did it at 50 turned 66 past April....have done more and plan on doing more for many years....
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Congradulations, I retired at age 66 in 2012. Love it. The secret to good health and a long life is stay active. Exercise, & eat simple nutritious foods. Not a lot of processed or resturant foods. Did I say exercise.
If you sit down you die. I watched my dad do that and within 3 years he was dead.
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I retire later this year, one week short of my 46th birthday. I have plans to buy some land and eventually build a forever house. Hopefully I don't go broke buying lumber and other building materials. I guess if that happens I could get a part time job at Lowe's and hope for a decent employee discount.
Dinny
Medics bury their mistakes..
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I retired at 57 yrs. That was in 1991, After 30 years I am getting close to retiring from retirement. Still a couple of things I want to do.
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My last day working is August 6th . I am calling it quits at 63 years old. After traveling around the world for 40 plus years with my job, my wife and I are heading back to our homes in Maine to live out the rest of our lives. We are very excited but a bit nervous. I have heard about people dying right after they retire along with boredom.
have a safe full of guns that I have never shot after years and years of collecting and a man cave full of outdoor gear that has also never been used. Any thoughts on your health once you retired. Boredom?
A man has no value once he quits "working". The beauty of "retiring" is that it opens up more opportunities to work that are more appealing.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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At my wife's urging, I made the decision to retire in 2005 at the age of 55. We both had had successful careers and decided to go for it. With similar interests, we have since traveled to most continents and have been fortunate to hunt in many of them. The first 12 years were great, but health issues have made a difference. My best advice is "Run 'er 'til she locks up". I'm still trying, but aging does take a toll. donsm70
Life Member...Safari Club International Life Member...Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Life Member...Keystone Country Elk Alliance Life Member...National Rifle Association
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Just turned 48. Really want to give corporate life the middle finger. But my older daughter will start college next year and younger just started high school. Hopefully I can call it quits before 60.
Congratulations to all the retirees. You’ve earned it.
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Great to hear, andrews1958! Time to start enjoying your collection and smelling the roses.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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You have a little over a week to go..... Congrats.
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