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Did not choose when to retire, strokes did it for me.
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Congratulations sir. Been there for just over 3 years. Grew up on a farm and was working from 8 yo.
Now see if you can get that honey do list taken care of. Mine never seems to get shorter. 🤔
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Congratulations it has been over five years ago I retired. I miss the people but not the job or admin types. RZ.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
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Congratulations and best wishes for a looooong and healthy retirement. I bet you're going to love it.
I'm 4 1/2 years into mine. I'll never forget driving home after my last day. It felt like 1,000 lbs. had been lifted off my shoulders. I accomplished my first goal of learning how to sleep in the first week. Now it's golf, camp, trap & skeet and quality time with my lab.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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I've worked nights for almost 20 years now, so I know how you feel. I've got 5 1/2 years left before I call it quits.
I do prefer the nights though and wouldn't have made it this long if I worked days with all the management folks.
Don't just be a survivor, be a competitor.
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Atta boy!!!! There is plenty that a Carolina country boy can get into. Congratulations on a great career!!
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Well I'm officially retired. Notified my HR dept of my intentions 04/08/24 and last night was my "walk around" night. Went in on time and spent about 2 hours telling a lot of my co-workers good-bye. My good friends I'll see regularly @ the beach and playing music.
I planned to retire about a year ago but I wound up staying. I did give up my exit "package" by leaving before April 2025 but I don't care.
I've spent 25 of the last 28 years on 3rd shift. I am ready to live during normal hours.
I turned 60 in November and have planned and worked towards this for a loooonnngg time. It's almost been surreal today, but it sure feels good!!!! What was your career? US Navy 4 years, Custom cabinet builder, certified pipe welder, then Comm. college for Machinist/tool and Die work, then Industrial Mechanic. I've had a couple job offers already LOL, I told them I didn't want a job !
"Aim right, squeeze light"
" Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not"
NRA Life, GOA
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I'm going into my 11th year of retirement, through careful planning I was able to retire 2yrs. before the gov't. said I could. Retirement is the best job I've ever had, none of the workplace BS and no driving in rush hour traffic, snow or ice either. Never bored I've always got a project going, I hunt, fish and shoot whenever I want to.
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Congrats on your retirement.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
ISAIAH 41:10
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Excellent -- big congratulations to you. Enjoy the days to their fullest. Do not lose track of co-worker friends and make a bunch of new ones.
I have been out for 7 years and the first 2 were a bit of an adjustment.
Now that the adjustment to daily routine is in place I wish I would have stuck with my original plan and went 3 years earlier.
Hugh
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Congratulations, and welcome to the club! Now you can fish during the week while all the weekenders are busy at work.
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From now, on…..every day is Saturday. 😊 For a little while I would wake up thinking, “oh chit, I overslept!” 😳
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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Congratulations and enjoy.
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Congratulations! I retired at 58 while self-employed. My boss was an [bleep].
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A big congrats to you! I see you play guitar and have other good skills. Why don’t you build yourself a guitar now you have more free time ?? I built a tele body and had a guy put it together., I used Sweet Gum since I had it .
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Congratulations, and welcome to the club! Now you can fish during the week while all the weekenders are busy at work. ^^^This^^^ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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You just entered stage three of life, congratulations and stay busy and enjoy every moment.
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You just entered stage three of life, congratulations and stay busy and enjoy every moment. Well said!
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Congrats!!
now go and enjoy life.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Congrats! Retirement is overrated its better than that!
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Alaska 7 months of winter then 5 months of tourists
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