Retiring December 31st, 2016

[opaul]

Retiring after 41 years with the local power company. It's been a great career that has been fortunate for me in that I got to work with a great group of people and many great friends.
I've been mentally preparing myself for several months but I'm sure it's still going to be strange to get up and not have to go into work.
I have a lot of projects lined so I'm sure I can stay busy. Might even look into getting a part time job at a LGS .

 

[WardenRoss]

Congrats on crossing that finish line!

 

[Franklin]

Just keep in mind that you will loose all your vacation!

 

[Muss Muggins]

Worst thing about retirement is that you never get a day off. You will soon wonder how you got stuff done when you had a job. Congratulations . . .

 

[LostintheOzone]

Just keep in mind that you will loose all your vacation!

And your sick leave.

 

[les.b]

Congratulations!!! I retired once, but it just didn't take. That was 19 1/2 years ago. Come spring, I'll have 20 years in the "retirement" job. I'm not sure if retirement is for everyone... and not sure that there is a certain age that we should think of as "retirement age". I'm 71 now, and at work today, I felt like I did twenty or more years ago.

I guess that everyone knows when it is right for them.

I like that I have a little extra money that I can spend on guns, ammo, tools, and all the stuff that goes with our hobby. But it's more than that, I just like what I do. And I think that I'm good at it.

Best wishes in your retirement...

Les

 

[Salty RI]

Don't forget, what you don't get around to today, there's always tomorrow, it seems like there is a lot of tomorrow's.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Congratulations!

The summer of '75 I worked for Moore, Gardner & Associates surveying power lines for the old CP&L.

I learned everything I ever wanted to know about ticks.

 

[Watchdog]

Retiring after 41 years with the local power company.

Would that be Duke Energy? Just curious.

I've been mentally preparing myself for several months but I'm sure it's still going to be strange to get up and not have to go into work.

People still ask me, "What do you do all the time, now that you aren't working?" And I always reply, "Whatever I want to do and nothing I don't want to do."

Or they'll ask me, "Don't you get bored not having a job to go to every day?" My stock answer is, "No. I was bored with my job, which is why I retired!"

When I retired, it took me a couple of weeks, I think, to get over the feeling that I was on vacation or something, and was going to have to go back to work in a few days. But once I got acclimated to a whole different lifestyle, the workplace and all its mental stress just vanished from my thoughts.

Good luck with the beginning of your new life.

 

[opaul]

"Would that be Duke Energy? Just curious."

Watchdog......Yep>

 

[shouldazagged]

Opaul, I hope you enjoy your retirement tremendously.

Nowadays there are few people who can say they put in forty-one years for one employer.

 

[crsides]

You'll do just fine. Take a few months off before starting a new career.

Charlie

 

[carpriver]

One thing I did not miss was the stress, I felt so much better after I retired. My wife tells me she is my boss now, I said I didn't need a boss I could screw things well enough without any help.

 

[Mr Pokeyman]

I think you will wake up a few weeks after you retire and think you are so lucky. You made it! Congratulations. But, those first weeks can be a little confusing. You'll see.

 

[MovCon]

Congrats and enjoy. You will have more time for hobbies. Cheers.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Congrats and enjoy. I retired almost 6 years ago. Now I look forward to Mondays and dread the weekends.

 

[billwill]

Welcome to the club! So now you have to wait like the rest of us to get the power turned back on

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Welcome to retirement. I did almost 29 years ago & never looked back. Did the handyman thing for the next 12 years & made a fair living. Out lived most of the *******s I once worked for. And also 3 wives. Now at 85 my reloader gets a work out. Keeps the kids in ammo.

 

[retiredbadge8091]

Stay busy and don't rush into a part-time job. Especially in retail, if you haven't had to work shift work for a while and haven't had to work weekends you won't like it. Take it from a former Big Box Store part-time employee.

 

[jimmib]

congratulations on making it to the good life....I have been retired for 13 years and have enjoyed every day of it....good health and safe travels