What Do You Do?
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Yep, Bird, no contest! No wonder you know so much about so much... (and I thought I was a renaissance man!!):laughing::laughing: Glad to hear you were finally able to retire --for good? (Be honest, now!) WBB in NH
woodlandfarms
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The only thing I don't get bird is the early retirement from the force. Isn't at 25 you get much better benefits or is that at 20?
Bird
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Benefits would have continued to increase until we'd reach the maximum at 35 years. But it was calculated by the month. But yes, I took a reduced pension to retire at the age of 49 (actually 10 days before I turned 49). I knew it wasn't the smartest thing to do from a financial standpoint, but there were a number of reasons I was ready to go.
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Service Engineer(jack-of-all, master-of-none), for a Japanese machine-tool company (covering all of New England), been doing it for 20yrs. Kinda hate a love/hate relationship with it, company was family-owned when I started, now has changed hands twice. Luckly for me "old machines break, have operator crashes, or other issues," so I have enough work to keep me busy, till I can retire.
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Biggreenavalanche
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Just shy of 22 years USAF ( 5 in SFS, 15 in WMD related, 2 in training, all three gulf wars, 9 combat tours) currently a LEO in an undercover narcotics gig, have worked patrol, special investigations, marine patrol and corrections...an academy instructor with FBI IDC certification, and a state certified POST firearms instructor, HAZMAT and meth lab certs...don't plan on retirement anytime soon...hunt, fish, make wine and beer, play on my Lil piece of dirt and stay otherwise occupied...would love to handcraft my own bourbon but can't due to the whole felony moonshine thing...da**it...I mean REALLY !? Ya gonna legalize marijuana but still consider operation of a "hobby still" a felony ? Really ? 'Nuff soapbox...main future project is construction of a shop/barn, holdup is funding, as you may have heard cops don't make vast amounts of coin ! :laughing:
Have learned a lot from this forum and look forward to learning more, thanks to all who have shared...
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RaydaKub
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Hehe, sounds like the old one that comes around (at least in the hallways of Big Blue) every so often. A guy knows a lot about a certain machine, but that's all he knows and the machine hasn't broken down in a couple years so the guy is let go. Then the machine breaks. They try all kinds of fixes. Nada. Somebody finally calls in the old guy and he looks at the machine a few seconds, bends over, straightens up and the machine is running again. He gives the company a bill for $100,000. The manager looks at the bill and refuses to pay it for these few seconds of effort unless it is itemized. So the guy takes the bill back and writes down:
Paper clip- $.21.
Knowing where to put it- $99,999.79.
RaydaKub
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Hehe, sounds like the old one that comes around (at least in the hallways of Big Blue) every so often. A guy knows a lot about a certain machine, but that's all he knows and the machine hasn't broken down in a couple years so the guy is let go. Then the machine breaks. They try all kinds of fixes. Nada. Somebody finally calls in the old guy and he looks at the machine a few seconds, bends over, straightens up and the machine is running again. He gives the company a bill for $100,000. The manager looks at the bill and refuses to pay it for these few seconds of effort unless it is itemized. So the guy takes the bill back and writes down:
Paper clip- $.21.
Knowing where to put it- $99,999.79.
Geophysical Technologist going on 25 years. Have worked all over North America, Africa, Australia, parts of Europe, and the Middle East. Spend about 2 to 3 months away from home every year which has been tough on the family life. Self taught, no certs or degrees. Not the easiest path to take, lol.
