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morning
Yesterday morning,
drinking my tea, watching a big ol coyote wandering around out back.
This retirement thing is a good gig.
drinking my tea, watching a big ol coyote wandering around out back.
This retirement thing is a good gig.
- Ysabel Kid
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Re: morning
Got another 20 years... maybe 30 given what happened to my 401K and home value over the last several years... probably 40 if B-HO's policies all get implemented!
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Re: morning
Yeah mescalero1, retirement is a good gig. However, what you do in retirement can be good or bad depending on what one does with his retirement hours. On a day like today, think I may have made a mistake with my choices. Love my life, but the work I've piled on myself, not so much today! Temp - 35.8 degrees, 81% humidity, overcast, misty and expecting rain later this a.m. and still have snow on the ground. Pastures are sodden and the livestock loafing areas are boggy and muddy. ... NASTY!
Got some hay yesterday afternoon and have to put it in the barn before rain really starts. Need to grain the stock, drain and roll the water hoses to keep them from freezing up tonite. Have a Anatolian Shepherd livestock guardian dog who had a litter of 14 pups on New Year's Day. Vet tells me I'm 2 weeks behind in starting a worming program for the pups. Need to get some wormer today and begin that new chore. Saw a big redtail hawk on a fence post early this a.m. and am concerned that it may decide the pups will fit in its' lunchbucket, ...one per day! Pretty expensive menu for that blankety-blank bird. And to top it all off, our CPA is on my case to get all my 2009 farm receipts logged and sent to him so we can send off our contribution to the next stimulus package from our esteemed leaders in Washington. Maybe I should blow off all the work and take Buzz squirrel hunting again.
Anyhow, I'm piddling around here instead of getting to my chores. Guess I better get with it before I talk myself into selling the farm and buying a condo in town. Yeah, sure!!
Got some hay yesterday afternoon and have to put it in the barn before rain really starts. Need to grain the stock, drain and roll the water hoses to keep them from freezing up tonite. Have a Anatolian Shepherd livestock guardian dog who had a litter of 14 pups on New Year's Day. Vet tells me I'm 2 weeks behind in starting a worming program for the pups. Need to get some wormer today and begin that new chore. Saw a big redtail hawk on a fence post early this a.m. and am concerned that it may decide the pups will fit in its' lunchbucket, ...one per day! Pretty expensive menu for that blankety-blank bird. And to top it all off, our CPA is on my case to get all my 2009 farm receipts logged and sent to him so we can send off our contribution to the next stimulus package from our esteemed leaders in Washington. Maybe I should blow off all the work and take Buzz squirrel hunting again.
Anyhow, I'm piddling around here instead of getting to my chores. Guess I better get with it before I talk myself into selling the farm and buying a condo in town. Yeah, sure!!
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"If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them." - Basuto proverb.
Re: morning
Yep, retirement can be good. I been retired for about 6 months and some days I get really bored. We just moved and haven't set up my cave yet (of the last 30 days it's rained 27!) so it just feels like we're on vacation...
Mike
Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit...
I've learned how to stand on my own two knees...
Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit...
I've learned how to stand on my own two knees...
- GonnePhishin
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Re: morning
mescalero1,
Enjoy every minute of your hard earned (I'm sure) retirement, and count your blessing each and every day.
I'm in my mid 50's and do not believe that I will ever be able to retire (or else there will be nothing left to retire to), given the current state of affairs in this country.
Enjoy every minute of your hard earned (I'm sure) retirement, and count your blessing each and every day.
I'm in my mid 50's and do not believe that I will ever be able to retire (or else there will be nothing left to retire to), given the current state of affairs in this country.
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
"I know not what course other men may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" - Patrick Henry
"I know not what course other men may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" - Patrick Henry
Re: morning
Due to PPPP ( ), I'll prolly work till seventy (eleven years )
The Rotten Fruit Always Hits The Ground First
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Proud Life Member Of:
NRA
Second Amendment Foundation
Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
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Re: morning
Delivering propane
cutting wood
shovel snow
fix & start generators
pull out stuck vehicles
take groceries to widow women
what did they do before I retired?
cutting wood
shovel snow
fix & start generators
pull out stuck vehicles
take groceries to widow women
what did they do before I retired?
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Re: morning
Yes. It is!mescalero1 wrote: This retirement thing is a good gig.
Was up at 5 a.m., drove to my buddies house and we got our weightlifting session in by 7:15 so he could shower and head to work by 8 (he's a teacher) and when I got home had a big ol' elk steak, 2 pancakes, hashbrowns and 4 scrambled eggs along with a pot of coffee for breakfast while I catch up on the computer and now I'm heading out to cut more firewood and clean out the henhouse
2x22
"Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction." - Thomas Jefferson
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Re: morning
mescalero1 ,
Like UncleBuck says, enjoy every minute of you hard earned retirement.
Prayers up for the best of health/fortune for you Sir!
Like UncleBuck says, enjoy every minute of you hard earned retirement.
Prayers up for the best of health/fortune for you Sir!
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Re: morning
Yup,good gig.I retired in 2002.Love it!
Stan in SC
Stan in SC
The more I listen,the more I hear....and vice versa.
45-70,it's almost a religion
45-70,it's almost a religion
Re: morning
glad your enjoying retirement. I saw a coyote yesterday in York County Pa. The first I have seen. He was a might far off and I saw him from the road I was driving on. No rights to hunt on the property. Have'nt seen a coyote since I hunted them in the canyons around the coastal mountains of Ca. with a longbow, a spell back.
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
- Borregos
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Re: morning
It is a good gig indeed, been at it nearly eleven years now
I never believed old retired guys when they said "I don't know how I ever found time to go to work" but I do now
I never believed old retired guys when they said "I don't know how I ever found time to go to work" but I do now
Pete
Sometimes I wonder if it is worthwhile gnawing through the leather straps to get up in the morning..................
Sometimes I wonder if it is worthwhile gnawing through the leather straps to get up in the morning..................
Re: morning
I enjoy mornings where I am, but will likely be working til I drop dead.
This web cam is a nice thing to look at in the morning, at least when it's clear, (it's cloudy now, I just went and looked at the site).
http://www.cookecity.com/WebCamEast.htm
It say's "east", but it looks west. It's a nice view in the morning with the sun on it. The mountains in the far distance (that you can't see right now for the clouds) are about the edge of Yellowstone Park.
This web cam is a nice thing to look at in the morning, at least when it's clear, (it's cloudy now, I just went and looked at the site).
http://www.cookecity.com/WebCamEast.htm
It say's "east", but it looks west. It's a nice view in the morning with the sun on it. The mountains in the far distance (that you can't see right now for the clouds) are about the edge of Yellowstone Park.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt-
Isnt it amazing how many people post without reading the thread?
Isnt it amazing how many people post without reading the thread?
Re: morning
11 years and 2 months to go
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Re: morning
Mailed my retirement papers yesterday (Thursday) effective March 1 . Almost 32 years should be enough.
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Jeff Cooper
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Re: morning
Bullard4075,
Congrats,
Anyone who makes through the system has accomplished something.
Congrats,
Anyone who makes through the system has accomplished something.
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Re: morning
Hey mescalero 'ol pal, I retired 07-2001 I have not missed going to work. I like to get up early, put on a pot of coffee and get some bible reading done before my wife gets up and grandson Jerry3 heads off to his college classes.I usally put out the feed for the birds and some deer corn while the coffee is working.
I know the old people are proud to have you home.
I know the old people are proud to have you home.
JerryB II Corinthians 3:17, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
JOSHUA 24:15
JOSHUA 24:15
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Re: morning
I am proud to be home.
Good to get my hands dirty, and feel the results of hard work.
Good to get my hands dirty, and feel the results of hard work.