Quite the day
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Quite the day
Lost my job today. I'm out of work for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Also got to hold my granddaughter for the first time today! ( She was born a week ago, but I've had a cold and stayed at arms length until today.) Our first Mackenzie girl born since 1925. All male children 'til now! A stuff load of gr. uncles, uncles and cousins have already started to spoil her!
Now that I am out of work, having sold my company and it's buildings today, I will have a summer off to fish and ride my horses, and then go hunting next fall. There is a certain Winchester I am looking for, and I can afford it now!
My wife looked at me on the drive home from the closing and said "You've made it, now what are you going to do?" Why do I think she has a project planned??
Also got to hold my granddaughter for the first time today! ( She was born a week ago, but I've had a cold and stayed at arms length until today.) Our first Mackenzie girl born since 1925. All male children 'til now! A stuff load of gr. uncles, uncles and cousins have already started to spoil her!
Now that I am out of work, having sold my company and it's buildings today, I will have a summer off to fish and ride my horses, and then go hunting next fall. There is a certain Winchester I am looking for, and I can afford it now!
My wife looked at me on the drive home from the closing and said "You've made it, now what are you going to do?" Why do I think she has a project planned??
Re: Quite the day
Sounds like congratulations are due....
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Re: Quite the day
Congratulations!!!!
I retired 3 years ago, was retired 2 months when I was offered a job for half the money. I took it and a few friends asked why? My reply was simple - have you seen my wife's honey-do list.
I retired 3 years ago, was retired 2 months when I was offered a job for half the money. I took it and a few friends asked why? My reply was simple - have you seen my wife's honey-do list.
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Re: Quite the day
Well good for you!
Maybe a part time retirement for me next year?
Brad
Maybe a part time retirement for me next year?
Brad
Re: Quite the day
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Re: Quite the day
Congratulations!
I keep counting the days. Years actually, but at least they're in sight.
I keep counting the days. Years actually, but at least they're in sight.
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Re: Quite the day
Wife let me know that in 7 years I can retire... I ain't countin' on it!!!
Griff,
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AND... I'm over it!!
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Re: Quite the day
Enjoy the baby and the new phase in life. I retired 16 months ago and I am glad of it. More time with kids & grandkids, ranch projects are getting done. More time to HUNT!!
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Re: Quite the day
Congratulations on the retirement and successful sale of the company and buildings, and just importantly on the addition of the grandchild. Truly good times and we here all wish you the best.
SM
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Re: Quite the day
Now that sounds like a good day. Congratulations, enjoy what you've worked for all these years.
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Re: Quite the day
Sounds like a good thing. I retired in 99 and have enjoyed almost every minute of it. Except there are no days off.
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Re: Quite the day
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Nice ! I retired 12 years ago, and am STILL in that post-retirement hunting & fishing stage. (except for that honey-do list )
I'm glad you finally got to hold your Granddaughter - I also have only Grandsons.
They've already taken possession of some of my guns, and it's great to be able to see them enjoy their bequest (?) while I'm still relatively healthy.
What specific Winchester is on your bucket list ?
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Nice ! I retired 12 years ago, and am STILL in that post-retirement hunting & fishing stage. (except for that honey-do list )
I'm glad you finally got to hold your Granddaughter - I also have only Grandsons.
They've already taken possession of some of my guns, and it's great to be able to see them enjoy their bequest (?) while I'm still relatively healthy.
What specific Winchester is on your bucket list ?
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Re: Quite the day
Plus one. Same here.M. M. Wright wrote:Sounds like a good thing. I retired in 99 and have enjoyed almost every minute of it. Except there are no days off.
Sure is a very enjoyable phase of my life.
Three great grandsons, no girls.
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Re: Quite the day
Congratulations on both counts, go ahead and buy that gal the Winchester you want, perfect excuse
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Re: Quite the day
There was a guy that worked at Lockheed. Was there forever and finally retired. He got a heart attack and died loading his tool box on his truck his last day at work!!!
I retired January 2,000. 35 years at Lockheed. Since then I remarried, moved to Utah. Some things worked, some not. We got heavy into trail riding with our atv. I got nose cancer and had my nose removed. Our health insurance sky rocketed (mostly on my much younger wife). Now it is over a hundred dollars more than my retirement check a month! "O`bama care"
God is getting us through but had I known what the numbers are today, I doubt I would have had the nerve to retire that early.
I retired January 2,000. 35 years at Lockheed. Since then I remarried, moved to Utah. Some things worked, some not. We got heavy into trail riding with our atv. I got nose cancer and had my nose removed. Our health insurance sky rocketed (mostly on my much younger wife). Now it is over a hundred dollars more than my retirement check a month! "O`bama care"
God is getting us through but had I known what the numbers are today, I doubt I would have had the nerve to retire that early.
Re: Quite the day
I saw "lost my job" and started to feel bad for you. Then I read down and found out you retired. Congratulations are due! I retired 6 years ago and it took me a long time to "wind down" and even now sometimes I feel a bit guilty for not being productive, doing nuttin' if I want, but my wife tells me I earned my "sweet time" from over 50 years of labor with the last 25 with a very large city department...
Yep retirement/life is good!
Yep retirement/life is good!
Mike
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Re: Quite the day
Congrats. Hope you track down that firearm your looking for. Blessings
Mike Johnson,
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"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
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Re: Quite the day
Awesome!!! Glad You got out alive...many of the co workers I have worked with never made it. Enjoy Every Day. Good Luck.!! .
Re: Quite the day
I'm thinking that she is probably trying to formulate a plan to keep you out of her hair...mack wrote:My wife looked at me on the drive home from the closing and said "You've made it, now what are you going to do?" Why do I think she has a project planned??
Congratulations, Sir!
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Re: Quite the day
Congrats on the grand baby and successfully selling your company!
1 year, 8 months and 17 days to go for me.....not that I'm counting. That will give me 35.5 years in this business. I am so ready to do something else.
Mergus
1 year, 8 months and 17 days to go for me.....not that I'm counting. That will give me 35.5 years in this business. I am so ready to do something else.
Mergus
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Re: Quite the day
Congratulations !! Been retired for 7 yrs........best job I've ever had. You'll love it!
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Re: Quite the day
I'm afraid I will never wind down from the business sale, (I'll be wound up for life over the granddaughter!). The new owners have asked me to come in for a few weeks and help them with the transition. I need to see them be successful and this is more pressure than I have ever felt! You guys that have retired or sold businesses , did you feel guilty over leaving? I really thought that I could crash and get a real nights sleep after Tuesdays closing. That didn't happen for sure!
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Re: Quite the day
Good on you! Now that I am retired, I cant imagine how I ever found time to work.
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Re: Quite the day
OK, this is the first time ever I have had the opportunity to say this -
Congratulations on losing your job!
All the best!
Congratulations on losing your job!
All the best!
Re: Quite the day
I get to retire in 3 months. Been employed without a break for 52 years.
Have to rebuild a house we are going to live in, no hurry, we own 2.
Looking forward to it, still nervous.
Don
Have to rebuild a house we are going to live in, no hurry, we own 2.
Looking forward to it, still nervous.
Don
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Re: Quite the day
You are blessed, Don.