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Old Oct 25, 2022 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BowtieConvert
Do not present me with that option. I would be out in a NY second. I have plenty to do. Toys for land & sea. Places to go, people to see, many parts of the country left to explore. I don't have a shortage of good times to be had, just a ball & chain keeping me from getting at them.
My plan is to retire next year. Either June 30 or December 31 depending on my mood in June. On the other hand, I'm already Social Security eligible and have made sure that the office knows it. "Look at me cross-eyed and I've got no problem walking out that door and not coming back!"

 
Old Oct 25, 2022 | 01:00 PM
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My thought don't waste a great summer, retire early date. You will like it..
 
Old Oct 25, 2022 | 02:01 PM
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Bass...I agree with PT...retire...the sooner the better. Best thing I ever did for myself...now...I have time for all my DR appointments. I've also picked up a parttime job...I'm known as Uncle Uber...I take my great nephew to and from lots of practices and games. I also chase his teams across Western MA...gives me something to do.
 
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
 
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Old Oct 26, 2022 | 11:57 AM
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Old Oct 28, 2022 | 08:08 PM
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!"
 
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^^^ Yeah I wanna make a statement when I arrive at what gate I'm eventually heading for!
 
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My wife asked me, "what's the dumbest thing you've done?"

Awfully bold of her to assume that I've peaked!
 
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