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Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

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Well today is the day. At 3:25PM CST I will be offically retired from working for someone else. Spend 20 years in Medical Field, retired from that and now after 18 years as an engineer with a fan company am retiring again. This is not something that happens every day, let alone twice in ones life so just want to shout it out. Will start pen work this weekend, if all my supplies I ordered show up and soon hopefully can post my first pens for comments. I wll say it again that there a lots of you out there that are just beyond belief in the quality of work that you do, just GREAT! Hopefully at some point in time I may rach half of your skills.

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John, from one retiree to another, congrats. It is a pretty good life style. My wife just got me out of the shop(making bottle stoppers) to take her to lunch for Mexican food. Guess I will do that and not get in trouble. Like you, I have retired a couple of times, and still work some part time, play golf, make pens, do craft shows, and play with the grandkids. Good luck.
 
Thanks Harold,
I take my wife to lunch every Friday and we soon will leave for AR. to visit son and Grand Kids for a few days and then on to visit some fiends who moved to harrison this last year.
 
Well John, congrats, after a time you will wonder where you ever found the time to work in the first place. I have been retired for two years now.
 
JOHN DOWELL said:
Thanks Harold,
I take my wife to lunch every Friday and we soon will leave for AR. to visit son and Grand Kids for a few days and then on to visit some fiends who moved to harrison this last year.
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Where in Arkansas are they?
We go to Nixa, Missouri to visit our son and grandchildren.
Congrats on the retirement. Stay active and live. Sit down and die.
 
Congrads on a job well done!!! Now it is the time of your life. Look forward to the great projects coming out of the shop. Enjoy!! I myself got 5 more years to go before I can make that claim one and only one time.
 
Congratulations! I'm about 40 years away from retirement (at least how the govt defines it). But as a wise man once told me, "If you find a job you love, you'll never work another day in your life". If that's the case, then I am already retired! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
John

Retirement is the best job, I have ever had. Pay the bills and stock up on groceries the first of the month and the rest of the month is mine. 6 Saturdays and 1 Sunday. I am busier now than when working, but it is my choice of if I want, when I want and how I want to do something. Still get my hair cut and stay clean, may not shave every day and my hearing is aid is on the night stand most of the time. Winter clothes Levi's and sweat shirts. Summer shorts and T-Shirts spring and fall a combination of Summer and Winter clothes. I do dress up for Church and dates with LOML. I have had the pleasure of watching my Grand kids grow, something I missed with my two son's I still spent time and did things with them, but I was busy working, this is different. When you are retired you can REALLY spend time with Grand Kids and you see thing differently as you don't have all the responsibility. LOML has watched our youngest Grandaughter for almost 5 years while her mom and dad worked, she keep my Lathe clean and spends hours in the shop with me doing whatever she does in there. Enjoy your time you earend it. May you have many years to do what you want. When my Oldest Grandson calls and askes it I can go fishing with him or do some thing with his twin bother and sister and him LOML and I or sometime just me hops in the car for a 8hr 550 mile drive to Idaho for a few days. In the winter we take a 1 1/2hr flight to see them. Freedom that is what it is about for me. LOML and I had to do some adjusting as 24/7 can get a little tight some time, but we are happy and enjoy each others company.

Tom
 
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John,
I retired in June of this year after 46 years in the sign business. You will find your days will go far to fast, all of sudden it is time to go to bed. Have fun in your shop and let us all see what you are making in your "free time"
 
Retirement-the thought of the day



A RETIREE'S THOUGHT...

My wife said, "Whatcha doin today?"

I said, "Nothing."

She said, "You did that yesterday."

I said, "I wasn't finished."
 
Almost missed your thread. Congratulations! I'm a couple of years away. Expecting to see a flood of photos of newly turned pens anytime now!:biggrin:
 
John, Congratulation!!

I retired in '95 after 40 years in traffic and transportation industry... sure felt good to not have to get up at 5 am and be in an office somewhere at 7 am until 7 or 8 or later pm..

Think I've been busier since I retired than before... I retired to TN so I could go fishing once in a while... 3 1/2 years later, still have only been once. Do get to spend a lot of time on my lathe though.. most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.
 
Congratulations on retirement. I have five years left to go and I will be happy to have time to do all the tasks around the house and still turn. Have been doing some shows and will do more of them. Want to travel.
 
Congratulations John! I hope to be just a few months behind you. You get a head start on all the fun stuff. Have fun at it and it won't feel like work.
 
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