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04-05-2019, 05:33 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: hampton
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Weee Doggies!
Ended the soul-sucking corporate torture after 44 years and retired in February of this year, at 60 years old. Had a satisfying career but all things must come to an end.
Happier than a gopher in soft dirt.
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04-05-2019, 05:58 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 to the Free Zone! Plenty of soft dirt here. Keep us posted on your new life.
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Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
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04-06-2019, 09:30 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Welcome. It sounds like you are enjoying your retirement so far! Look forward to hearing more
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04-06-2019, 10:58 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 873
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Congratulations! Go live your life. Look forward to hearing about your adventures.
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04-06-2019, 01:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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But what will you do all day? 
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04-06-2019, 03:25 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Limerick
Posts: 5,655
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Whatever he wants! [emoji1]
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04-06-2019, 05:54 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 119
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So started full time at 16? Wow!
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04-06-2019, 06:38 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: hampton
Posts: 5
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Good question travelover! My observation so far, 5 weeks into it:
1) The most trivial task can inflate to fill all of the available time.
2) There seems to be a lot of time.
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04-06-2019, 06:51 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: hampton
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by TNBigfoot
So started full time at 16? Wow!
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1/2 time when starting at 16, until HS graduation, then full+ time. The last 40 years have been at the same firm.
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04-06-2019, 07:03 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Brisbane
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** Happier than a gopher in soft dirt. **
can i borrow that it sounds much better than ' a pig in mud '
welcome to the realm of as much boredom as you want ( to have )
good luck and have some fun
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04-06-2019, 09:20 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Vung tau
Posts: 121
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ER101
1/2 time when starting at 16, until HS graduation, then full+ time. The last 40 years have been at the same firm.
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40 years! Good for you, that's commitment. In China they call that the "iron rice bowl", a secure job where you can work for your whole career, pretty rare these days. My longest stint was 13 years and it felt like an eternity.
So spot on about how "trivial" morphs into "project".
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04-06-2019, 10:34 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Congratulations!
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“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.” - Hugh Laurie
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04-07-2019, 08:53 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VungTau
40 years! Good for you, that's commitment. In China they call that the "iron rice bowl", a secure job where you can work for your whole career, pretty rare these days. My longest stint was 13 years and it felt like an eternity.
So spot on about how "trivial" morphs into "project".
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I’m coming up on 40 years as well with the same company and planning on sticking a fork in the career soon. Very rare indeed!
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04-07-2019, 09:40 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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I thought this thread would be about Chihuahuas, teacup poodles and possibly small Dachshunds....
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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04-11-2019, 04:57 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Boerne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ER101
Ended the soul-sucking corporate torture after 44 years and retired in February of this year, at 60 years old. Had a satisfying career but all things must come to an end.
Happier than a gopher in soft dirt.
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Congrats.....Looking forward to hearing from you and your adventures. P.S. I/we are in the same boat WRT retiring at 60 or just short of it next May. Enjoy!!!! 
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04-11-2019, 02:58 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MSP
Posts: 304
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The thing about the “iron rice bowl” these days is that you often don’t know when the whole thing might change. I retired 2.5 yrs ago after 32.5 yrs with my last firm. The only rub was that there were a couple of periods when it was pretty much “one year at a time” as things with the firm appeared a bit shaky. But... crossed my fingers, stuck it out, and it paid off. Living & loving the result every day!
So congrats, OP. After all those years you deserve it. Enjoy!
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04-11-2019, 03:28 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Tampa
Posts: 11,299
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ER101
Good question travelover! My observation so far, 5 weeks into it:
1) The most trivial task can inflate to fill all of the available time.
2) There seems to be a lot of time.
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@Travelover is pulling your leg. You will get to know his comedic repertoire over time. 
Congrats BTW.
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