Speaking of retirement
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@horace said in Speaking of retirement:
I consciously chose marriage over early retirement. I'd be retired now if I'd remained single.
Then I think you made the best choice.
Married men live longer.
@jolly said in Speaking of retirement:
Married men live longer.
Yeah, but if you're married, do you want to?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@jon-nyc said in Speaking of retirement:
I’m happier now that I do a lot for the foundation.
Jon, either I missed you referencing this, or you talked about it before I came to TNCR. Can you take a moment and give a short shot on what the foundation is, please?
@catseye3 said in Speaking of retirement:
@jon-nyc said in Speaking of retirement:
I’m happier now that I do a lot for the foundation.
Jon, either I missed you referencing this, or you talked about it before I came to TNCR. Can you take a moment and give a short shot on what the foundation is, please?
Sure. You know about my lung transplant, I assume? The underlying disease that destroyed my lungs is called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (more of a description than a name). I’m on the board of the foundation that seeks a cure for the disease.
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@catseye3 said in Speaking of retirement:
@jon-nyc said in Speaking of retirement:
I’m happier now that I do a lot for the foundation.
Jon, either I missed you referencing this, or you talked about it before I came to TNCR. Can you take a moment and give a short shot on what the foundation is, please?
Sure. You know about my lung transplant, I assume? The underlying disease that destroyed my lungs is called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (more of a description than a name). I’m on the board of the foundation that seeks a cure for the disease.
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I’m certainly enjoying it. Working with my charities is rewarding - we had a very successful fund raiser last night for the scholarship fund - but I’d like to get involved with something else. Still getting contract offers every day, but they want full time and I don’t want to do more than 10 to 20 hours.
Some situation will arise.
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I probably work 60-70 hours/month. Other than that, I putter around the house, which keeps me busy (I stay behind, never get caught up). Yesterday was typical...Split about 15 blocks of oak, made a door for a doghouse, weeded a raised bed and planted carrots, got a pickup load of straw from the in-laws and helped a buddy skin and quarter out a spike late yesterday evening.
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I'm liking it. Even retirement takes some discipline as the imposed structure of work is not there. My spouse has had health issues over the past 18 months that have made me glad I have the time to step up and do all that needs to be done.
I recognize that back when I was working full speed, there were a lot of things deferred that can now get attention.
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My plans are a bit in flux right now. I had originally planned to retire at 67. Finley started to change that calculation… Especially since when Luke was born, we weren’t in a position for siblings… With Finley we are, and we are in the midst of deciding whether we are going to pursue that or just bot actively prevent it. If we do have another, I can’t retire with a child still in HS…
However, business has been extremely good right now, and if it continues for the next 2-3 years in that vein we may reconsider again…
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My plans are a bit in flux right now. I had originally planned to retire at 67. Finley started to change that calculation… Especially since when Luke was born, we weren’t in a position for siblings… With Finley we are, and we are in the midst of deciding whether we are going to pursue that or just bot actively prevent it. If we do have another, I can’t retire with a child still in HS…
However, business has been extremely good right now, and if it continues for the next 2-3 years in that vein we may reconsider again…
@lufins-dad said in Speaking of retirement:
My plans are a bit in flux right now. I had originally planned to retire at 67. Finley started to change that calculation… Especially since when Luke was born, we weren’t in a position for siblings… With Finley we are, and we are in the midst of deciding whether we are going to pursue that or just bot actively prevent it. If we do have another, I can’t retire with a child still in HS…
However, business has been extremely good right now, and if it continues for the next 2-3 years in that vein we may reconsider again…
Want to hear God laugh? Tell him your plans.
At any moment, we're always one step away from having life change dramatically. So plan well, but always have Plan B and preferrably Plan C. And then sometimes, you just have to roll with the flow.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@lufins-dad said in Speaking of retirement:
My plans are a bit in flux right now. I had originally planned to retire at 67. Finley started to change that calculation… Especially since when Luke was born, we weren’t in a position for siblings… With Finley we are, and we are in the midst of deciding whether we are going to pursue that or just bot actively prevent it. If we do have another, I can’t retire with a child still in HS…
However, business has been extremely good right now, and if it continues for the next 2-3 years in that vein we may reconsider again…
Want to hear God laugh? Tell him your plans.
At any moment, we're always one step away from having life change dramatically. So plan well, but always have Plan B and preferrably Plan C. And then sometimes, you just have to roll with the flow.
@jolly said in Speaking of retirement:
Want to hear God laugh? Tell him your plans.
In Christmas 2007 we were shopping for towns in Mexico to move to. The plan was very early retirement in Mexico.
Four months later I got my diagnosis and realized I’d need to be in the states for the rest of my life for medical care.
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@jolly said in Speaking of retirement:
Married men live longer.
Yeah, but if you're married, do you want to?
@george-k said in Speaking of retirement:
Yeah, but if you're married, do you want to?
Do you know why husbands die before their wives?
They WANT to...
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@george-k said in Speaking of retirement:
Yeah, but if you're married, do you want to?
Do you know why husbands die before their wives?
They WANT to...
@improviso and the reason divorce is so expensive?
It’s worth it
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As for me I’m working my ass off.
But what the hell, at the hospital every morning at 7. Home sometimes late. Never before 5. Occasional night call but now very rarely.
Meetings. Clinics. Operations.
Pre covid I spoiled myself with nice vacations but that’s sort of gone by the wayside.
Although planning maybe a several week road trip in the US this summer. Still tentative.
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As for me I’m working my ass off.
But what the hell, at the hospital every morning at 7. Home sometimes late. Never before 5. Occasional night call but now very rarely.
Meetings. Clinics. Operations.
Pre covid I spoiled myself with nice vacations but that’s sort of gone by the wayside.
Although planning maybe a several week road trip in the US this summer. Still tentative.
@bachophile said in Speaking of retirement:
Although planning maybe a several week road trip in the US this summer. Still tentative.
I smell a piano party….
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@bachophile said in Speaking of retirement:
Although planning maybe a several week road trip in the US this summer. Still tentative.
I smell a piano party….
@jon-nyc haha. Let’s see…
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One guy who is staying retired...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@improviso and the reason divorce is so expensive?
It’s worth it
@bachophile said in Speaking of retirement:
and the reason divorce is so expensive?
It’s worth itAmen!
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Then there was the guy who asked his wife what she wanted for her birthday. She said “I want a divorce”. He said “I wasn’t thinking of spending that much.”
@jon-nyc said in Speaking of retirement:
Then there was the guy who asked his wife what she wanted for her birthday. She said “I want a divorce”. He said “I wasn’t thinking of spending that much.”
My wife asked me to take her someplace expensive.
So I took her to the gas station.
We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.
