Officially retired

[Big Barn]

My wife and I just went out to dinner to celebrate my 1 year retirement anniversary!

The year went fast. No regrets what so ever!

Congratulations

 

[lman]

Well it seems like you did well. Congratulations! My financial advisor told me to retire years ago but I work out of the house 3 days a week and I can sleep walk through what I do. Plus I have the best boss now that I have ever had. So other than taking up 50 to 60 hours a week, it is easy money. So for now I am working.

I retired about a year ago. Now I work 3 days a week away from home at a different job, but only about 25 hours.

 

[goeduck]

Wow, you put in some long days!!!

Not really, since I am mostly working at home it equates out to what I would spend if I worked an 8 hour day and spent 2 hours commuting (1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening) for 10 hour days. Plus the occasional weekend or long day.

Heck I used to work 80+ hour weeks. My wife says 100 hour. I used to get home and watch David Letterman when he was AFTER Johnny Carson and then be back on the job at 7 AM. Plus weekends, but shorter days. I know one year I worked 363 days. But that was back in the day when I could/would do it on 3 or 4 hours of sleep.

 

[two_bit_score]

Congrats Bunyip! I'm trying to phase myself into retirement. Seems like I'm phasing myself into several other jobs though.

 

[Big Barn]

I know one year I worked 363 days. .

Growing up on the farm we only had two days off a year. Christmas and Boxing Day. I recall one Boxing Day where we had to work to get a truckload of turnips out of the field before they froze.

Ah, memories

 

[two_bit_score]

I know one year I worked 363 days..... . . .

I retired from a job where I was getting 6 weeks paid Vacation each year but never could really take all of it for various reasons. We had a squad of long tenured, experienced guys and so our work time was 'flexible'.
My old work boss would sometimes call me and ask if I was working that day.

My response was almost always, " I work a little every day."




TBS

 

[bunyip]

Well, I worked Thursday Friday and Saturday, they wanted me to come in today but wifey decided to get a metal fragment in her eye a couple of days ago and I have to take to the hospital for a follow up visit as she can't drive with an eyepatch, I offered to buy a parrot to sit on her shoulder to go with it, not amused.
Insurance assessor coming out tomorrow and daughter going for a test on Wednesday so my relaxing week is shot down in flames.

 

[Big Barn]

wifey decided to get a metal fragment in her eye a couple of days ago and I have to take to the hospital for a follow up visit as she can't drive with an eyepatch, I offered to buy a parrot to sit on her shoulder to go with it, not amused..

Wooden a new leg be cheaper ?

 

[ovrszd]

Not really, since I am mostly working at home it equates out to what I would spend if I worked an 8 hour day and spent 2 hours commuting (1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening) for 10 hour days. Plus the occasional weekend or long day.

Heck I used to work 80+ hour weeks. My wife says 100 hour. I used to get home and watch David Letterman when he was AFTER Johnny Carson and then be back on the job at 7 AM. Plus weekends, but shorter days. I know one year I worked 363 days. But that was back in the day when I could/would do it on 3 or 4 hours of sleep.

I was responding to your claim of now working 3 days a week and clocking 50-60 hours. That comes in at somewhere around 18hrs a day. Doesn't sound very retired to me.

 

[ovrszd]

Growing up on the farm we only had two days off a year. Christmas and Boxing Day. I recall one Boxing Day where we had to work to get a truckload of turnips out of the field before they froze.

Ah, memories

We were at 1F degrees this morning with 4" of ice covered snow that you can walk on. Every one of my livestock farmer friends are out there taking care of business this morning. Non farmer people never quite understand.