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I was shown the pasture today. Thankfully it wasn't the glue truck.
At 1000, I was invited to a meeting in the boardroom. Much to my surprise, there was my boss, having driven down from Mansfield in a snowstorm. The head of HR was there, and we had my Boss' boss and the VP of HR on video conference.
They gave me a letter and my last paycheck and started to launch into a heartfelt and complicated dissertation
"OK," I said. "Let's get to the nub. No problem. I'll go turkey hunting."
I've been there 5 years. I was retired already when I took the gig, and just didn't like staying at home and writing novels. It was a nice gig, but I have always had a propensity for working myself out of a job. I finished up my big projects before Christmas. They were shutting down the plant starting last June. I thoroughly accepted getting aced. I'd been waiting for it since August. I was just happy I got past the 1st of the year; they have to pay me for 3 weeks of vacation on top of the severance package.
My boss was new to all this. She stuck with me while I cleaned out my desk and let me go around on the floor and wish folks goodbye. I haven't had so many women cry over me leaving, but that's how it goes. I made it home by Noon.
What now? If anyone needs a bit jockey, I'll talk to them. I've got 40 years in the profession. However, I've got 200 acres of prime deer and turkey land that I'm aching to get back to. I also have a new Brown Bess musket that needs to be broken in. I think this may be my last round-up. Tell the girls at the whore house I'll miss 'em. Somebody drop by the saloon and tip the bartender for me.
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God, Family, and Country.
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I had one of those in October. I took the entire month of September off to chase elk.....then hunted another state for elk the remainder of October/November.
Best year of my life.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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Well, you don't sound too broken up about it.......much better than if you were 35 with two small kids, a mortgage, and two car payments.....
Good luck,
Tim
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Retired last January at 59 1/2. [bleep] paid for. Net worth slightly over 7 figures. Killed Kodiak bear, Alaska Yukon moose, deer all over the place, run beagles and bird dogs, trap etc. I wouldn't go back to work if they paid me!!!!
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Congrats
Retire for good now
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Much to my surprise, there was my boss, having driven down from Mansfield in a snowstorm.
My boss was new to all this. She stuck with me while I cleaned out my desk and let me go around on the floor and wish folks goodbye. You should send her a card or something, that was real decent of her to make that drive. Congratulations on retiring again!!!
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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My boss was new to all this. She stuck with me while I cleaned out my desk and let me go around on the floor and wish folks goodbye. I haven't had so many women cry over me leaving, but that's how it goes. I made it home by Noon. Many people who get the ax will sabotage things as they go. It's standard practice to have someone stay right on top of them until they're out the door. Someone who has access to a computer and isn't closely supervised can do a lot of damage in a few minutes. Someone in a shop can toss a couple bolts into a machine's gear box and cost them many thousands of $$. You can bet that she was under orders to stay on top of you.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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You lucky bastard. I wish I would get fired so I can go do something fun, like actually work. I love going to work but 15 minutes after I get there, HR and coworkers are trying to beat me down. Enjoy all your free time.
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I was shown the pasture today. Thankfully it wasn't the glue truck.
At 1000, I was invited to a meeting in the boardroom. Much to my surprise, there was my boss, having driven down from Mansfield in a snowstorm. The head of HR was there, and we had my Boss' boss and the VP of HR on video conference.
They gave me a letter and my last paycheck and started to launch into a heartfelt and complicated dissertation
"OK," I said. "Let's get to the nub. No problem. I'll go turkey hunting."
I've been there 5 years. I was retired already when I took the gig, and just didn't like staying at home and writing novels. It was a nice gig, but I have always had a propensity for working myself out of a job. I finished up my big projects before Christmas. They were shutting down the plant starting last June. I thoroughly accepted getting aced. I'd been waiting for it since August. I was just happy I got past the 1st of the year; they have to pay me for 3 weeks of vacation on top of the severance package.
My boss was new to all this. She stuck with me while I cleaned out my desk and let me go around on the floor and wish folks goodbye. I haven't had so many women cry over me leaving, but that's how it goes. I made it home by Noon.
What now? If anyone needs a bit jockey, I'll talk to them. I've got 40 years in the profession. However, I've got 200 acres of prime deer and turkey land that I'm aching to get back to. I also have a new Brown Bess musket that needs to be broken in. I think this may be my last round-up. Tell the girls at the whore house I'll miss 'em. Somebody drop by the saloon and tip the bartender for me.
Enjoy it, my friend... I retired four months ago and am loving every minute of it... Very best wishes to you...
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Shaman,
Good luck, just hang out here.
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Years ago I had a part-time job in a casino in biloxi, they fired a guy/blackjack dealer while he was in the pit [where dealers/floor-person work] . He was P'off he grabbed all the $1000/$500/$100 dollar chips and threw them across the casino, turned around and grabbed them off another game.
It was over $20K they couldn't account for, although they did get quite a bit of it back.
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024/2028 !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Bristoe
The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.
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Could be worse. Take the good and enjoy it
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Congrats. I’d give my left nut to be in your shoes.
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I retired last June and now every day is Saturday. When someone asks, “what do you do now?”, the answer is, “whatever I want”.
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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I retired at 58, leaving three days before my departure date because of using up sick leave. On my last “official “ workday I was elk hunting in New Mexico and at close to 5PM I shot a 345” 6x6. If that wasn’t God telling me it was time to enjoy life I don’t know what is…
Enjoy your retirement this time and don’t look back!
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Shaman, enjoy it! It sounds like you are pretty well setup for some decent hunts.
I’ve noticed there seems to be two basic types of people:
Those that live for work, or their job,
And those that work to live.
Which one are you?
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My last job was eliminated less than a year before I could retire. I got on with a local school district doing maintenance and relief bus driving for 9 months and then hung it up. I needed that last 9 months to get me to Medicare or I'd have been gone with the last job.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I was through Dec 31, getting used to it. Congrats!!
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You guys are killing me. I was retired and back to work several times. I just told my boss last week I would work until December and then I'm done. My wife turns 70 this December coming up and when she quits, I'm quitting. I'm having second thoughts. I want to go now. But, I need at least one more bolt action rifle. Just one, well maybe 2. Then I can be done.
kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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