How close to ReTirement, Are U?

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Close as I'm going to get.....


Bias Ply or Radials...........:D



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I figure in another 65 years I'll be ready.


Maybe.....
 
Retired the first time in 1989. Got a call from a Sheriff's Dept asking I work for them the day after I retired. Did that a short while and learned they did not pay enough to pay my wife's whiskey bill. Left there and went to work for a company that paid me little while they charged a bunch for my time and work. So......I opened my own firm and been working ever since. Still do consulting for police agencies, courts, insurace companies and attorneys.

Now I am old enough to draw full social security but would get penalized for each dollar I make so I am not going to sign up for it until next year, if I live that long. Then I will draw SS and still run my consulting business.
 
i dont think im gona make it that long, i see alot of people retire then go get a job that pays little, i think ill just work till i die or cant work!
 
Another 9 if I can hold out that long. For those who say they can't find anything to do, there's always a hunting or fishing season open somewhere . . . . :D
 
gizamo said:
Close as I'm going to get.....


Bias Ply or Radials...........:D



giz
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Sir, if you mean tires, we're good on those. Got Michelins of some sort on the Liberty, BFG All-Terrains on the CJ, plenty of tread on both. The knobbies on the mountain bikes are good, too, as is the tire on the wheelbarrow. Haven't got a tire tree swing, so no worries there.

If you mean stop working forevermore, well, my options are to either keep working or die.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.
 
If you are talking about the rubber kind (and I think you are), I just ReTired my 97 SUV with inexpensive Cooper (Mastercraft) radials. $99 apiece. Nice tires for the money!


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Retired in 2005.
Life is good! If your talking tires I like Michelins and BFG T/A Radials.
586L-Frame
 
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Retired at age 53 back in 2005 and have never looked back. I don't have any retirement income, that's what the bride is for, did I mention that I love her a lot? (o; The key to retiring early, and the earlier the better, is not a lot of income.... just not much outgo. Everything we own is paid for, we live simply but well and life has never been better! Retire the first nanosecond you can swing it and you will never be sorry. As for tires I have always been a steel belted radial guy. (o;
 
I am 65 but I am not officially retired. The first part of this year, I had so much to do, it was difficult to keep up. for the last couple of months I have done little. I design software and I do what is needed to keep my customers happy. I am not seeking new work but I will not quit as long as my existing customers need me. Working out of my home makes this easier to do.
 
23 years in with a pension froze at 19 years and 23 years to go. That is if I live to 65 and the place stays open.

Good lord that is depressing. I really need a career change.
 
Why??
I like what I do, I have a position that pays well and as my sister tells me, she has a job while I have an avocation. I am not getting any younger but I will continue to collect a monthly check until the administration tells me to pack it in. I appreciate that other folks have jobs that they have to drag themselves out of bed and go to "Hell on Earth" from 8 to 5... I will keep truckin on as long as I can.
 
May of 2011 and I'm gone----probably still breed my English Setters and guide Pheasant hunts for extra income though----plus any odd jobs I might pick up along the way.

Seemed like I'd never get there.

Steve
 
If you do not vest soon, you are not going to. As medical care becomes solely provided by the government, pensions will follow quickly. Retirement beyond 2015 = Social Security (at an increasing age) + 401K. Hello Wal Mart!
 
I got walked out the door at age 59 1/2, now 61 and have been looking for work to no avail. I figure I have been retired, will continue to look for work till age 62 then start to draw SS. At least that's the plan at the moment. Everything's paid for, house is nearly paid off. Only bummer is that I have two in college, pricey private schools at that. The upside is that they both have pretty nice scholarships and we are getting some financial aid. We live simply and we will make it.
 
In 2002 I retired as a self employed CPA, since 1967, after finishing school and going to work in 1961. I kept my existing tax clients. Had a real busy tax year in 2005, lots on varied work. This got me revved up again and when I saw an ad for a CFO at a small country hospital, I went to work there. Probably the most enjoyable 5 years of my work life. I was older than anyone there, other than one doctor. However, by last spring my mind was starting to slow down. Things I had done for 45 years, I sometimes had to stop and figure out what to do next.
Retired again about 4 months ago (except I guess I will keep doing my tax returns). This time I pulled out my guns and reloading stuff and I have really enjoyed that. Otherwise I don't know what I would do with my time. I guess it would be internet to reading to tv and back around again. Physically at 73 I can't do near what I could even a few years ago, and I really don't have any health problems and take no medications of any kind. Probably still have a long time to go as my dad is 97 and my mother 93 and still live by themselves.
 
I'm 57. Considering a life of extreme excess till 40, I should be able to stop working at about 92. Probably find me slumped over a line of carts at the Wallyworld but at least it will be fast and painless. Joe
 
Retired from the PD after 25 years in Sept. 1997. Went to work for the Municipal Clerk of Court three months later and retired from there on Dec. 31st, 2008, just after turning 65. If their budget allowed it in these hard times, they want me to work part time, but the wife says no, as I earned my retirement and should enjoy it while I can, which I do.
 
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