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12-10-2017, 08:39 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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Hello
Hello new guy here and wanted to say hi. I retired June 30 2016 at the age of 58. It's a wonderful feeling to wake up and not have to do that traffic routine. That really sucked for 40 years.
Looking forward to participating in the discussions here.
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12-10-2017, 08:49 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Atlanta Suburb
Posts: 1,499
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Welcome to the forum. I am 3.5 years into FIRE. That feeling you mentioned does not go away. (At least not yet!) 
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And can't sustain like one half could
It's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees" - John Mayer
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12-10-2017, 09:04 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 979
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Congratulations!
I see you are from Mt Airy. My kids just moved there from Florida. They got 6" of snow yesterday and are enjoying the change.
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12-10-2017, 09:08 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,999
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Congratulations and welcome!
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12-10-2017, 09:09 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,521
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A great place to hang out at. I retired May of 2016 and I have not looked back either. I actually found this site a year before I retired and I'm glad that I did. I learned a lot form people that been there and done that so the trail was made for me which made it a lot easier when I retired.
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12-10-2017, 09:28 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 9,176
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Welcome!
One of my best vacations (in terms of relaxation) was a road trip with no firm destinations that included the Blue Ridge Parkway. We turned off and ended up in Mt Airy. It was in the fall and they had a festival going on. We spent a few hours there and enjoyed it very much. Ate some good food and learned about Andy Griffith  .
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12-10-2017, 10:00 AM
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#7
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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CBO
Had your kids waited a bit they could have purchased my house. Me and the Mrs are heading to Florida gulf coast in 2018.
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12-10-2017, 11:37 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On a dirt road
Posts: 334
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry1
Welcome!
One of my best vacations (in terms of relaxation) was a road trip with no firm destinations that included the Blue Ridge Parkway. We turned off and ended up in Mt Airy. It was in the fall and they had a festival going on. We spent a few hours there and enjoyed it very much. Ate some good food and learned about Andy Griffith . |
Blue ridge parkway and also Natchez Trace parkway are on our short lists of slow travel adventures, possibly before full retirement, maybe immediatly upon retirement. We are both suffering from OMY syndrome 😀
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12-10-2017, 12:16 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Houston
Posts: 958
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Welcome! Just curious, what drives the move to Florida? Family? Cost of living? Warm Weather?
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12-10-2017, 12:25 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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It’s all about the weather. Just can’t tolerate the cold anymore.
Also looking forward to golf year round.
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12-10-2017, 12:28 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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Can someone explain the dryer sheet in my profile.
Thanks
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12-10-2017, 12:30 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Houston
Posts: 958
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Yup, year round sports is a wonderful benefit. Just make sure you have a plan for what to do in the event of a hurricane. We in Houston area got hit this year. Not fun but I have no desire to move yet. Love the heat and water too much.
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12-10-2017, 12:35 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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Familiar with the hurricane events. Have a brother in West Palm and parents lived in Houston. As for me, I’ll be getting in my car for a couple hours when they come.
It’s just not worth the risk.
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12-10-2017, 12:47 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 357
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Congratulations, and I agree with you about the traffic!
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12-10-2017, 02:27 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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Welcome aboard! Hate to see you leave (we are in the Lake Norman area), but glad that you're here and FIRE'd.
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Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
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12-10-2017, 04:11 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: MT AIRY
Posts: 6
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Lake Norman you reference is in in I believe NC. I’m in MD. I know there’s also a Mt Airy in Pa.
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12-10-2017, 04:16 PM
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#17
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Houston
Posts: 958
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finishedtherace
Can someone explain the dryer sheet in my profile.
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That question is asked a lot. See info in "sticky" link below for where it came from. As the number of posts you make grow, that profile comment changes .... I think automatically based on number of posts (my guess).
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ets-28341.html
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12-10-2017, 08:18 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 873
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Welcome and congrats!
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12-11-2017, 07:13 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Atlanta suburbs
Posts: 633
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Congratulations and welcome!
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12-11-2017, 08:31 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Weatherford Texas
Posts: 456
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Congratulations!
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