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CRAZY accidental forum meetup!
01-15-2015, 10:43 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 5,267
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CRAZY accidental forum meetup!
So I read a post on this board about someone giving their notice tomorrow, and I think "good for him" and move on, completely forgetting it. Meanwhile, a friend at work gives his notice and everyone is like, "Wow, he's so young! How did he do it!". So today was his last day and I asked, "What's your secret?" and he said:
"Live below your means" 
I then say....."have you heard of early-retirement.org?"
Yep, he's a member. I've worked across the hall from this guy for ten years, and I never knew. His age is EXACTLY my target retirement age, too. WOW. BBQNut, congratulations again!
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01-15-2015, 11:08 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Bonita (San Diego)
Posts: 1,795
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Cool. [emoji3]
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I just wanna live in a world like that;
Now I'm gonna live in a world like that!" - World Like That, O.A.R.
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01-15-2015, 11:18 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
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LOL. That's really cool.
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01-16-2015, 03:57 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
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Who knew we had a secret code. LBYM 
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01-16-2015, 04:31 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Switzerland
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That is amazing indeed. I wonder how many more of these ER friends are actually our neighbors and we don't know it!
-BB
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01-16-2015, 05:52 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
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Awesome! Great story!
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01-16-2015, 06:19 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Houston
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So are you both busily checking past posts where someone commented about the "idiot across the hall?" 
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01-16-2015, 06:52 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South central PA
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My neighbors across the street are ERs. But I don't think they spend much time on the Internet.
Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum
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01-16-2015, 06:53 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South central PA
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That is really something that you two work together!
Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum
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01-16-2015, 06:56 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I was in a store one day and someone called out "Hey Travelover". I was dumbfounded, but I guess at one time I'd posted an actual picture of myself and she remembered it well enough to ID me when she saw me. Truly amazing to me because I couldn't do that in a million years. 
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01-16-2015, 06:56 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Laurence, I don't believe in coincidence. Very suspicious - this happened right after you posted a photo of your wife, didn't it?
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01-16-2015, 07:24 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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LOL, that's hilarious!
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01-16-2015, 07:39 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Nice story.
I hope you didn't meet Kevin Bacon.
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01-16-2015, 07:57 AM
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How cool for both of you, both Laurence and travelover. It's a small world out there!
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01-16-2015, 08:00 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
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Excellent!
What a fun story!
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01-16-2015, 08:29 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: No. California
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It is a small world after all.
By the way, welcome back Laurence. Your girls have really grown.
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01-16-2015, 08:33 AM
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Moderator
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Location: San Diego
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What a great story!
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01-16-2015, 09:26 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Bay Area
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That's the first thing that came to my mind when I read the OP. 
The next time I run into someone who is retiring at early age at my megacrop, I will walk up to the person and whisper "LBYM." If there is some kind of reaction (e.g., the person response "Urghdotorg" in return), I am on to something. If the person looks at me with puzzled look, I will just wish the person well.
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01-16-2015, 09:36 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Indialantic FL
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Great story! Thanks for sharing.
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"The four most dangerous words in investing are 'This time it's different.'" - Sir John Templeton
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01-16-2015, 09:36 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: St. Louis
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Originally Posted by robnplunder
That's the first thing that came to my mind when I read the OP.
The next time I run into someone who is retiring at early age at my megacrop, I will walk up to the person and whisper "LBYM." If there is some kind of reaction (e.g., the person response "Urghdotorg" in return), I am on to something. If the person looks at me with puzzled look, I will just wish the person well. |
Or, just ask them whether they're "confused about dryer sheets", or if they "think they get paid by the post". 
Better yet, we should print out small business card-sized handouts with the ER.org flag of stitched together dryer sheets to flash at other suspected ER.org forum members. If they show you a similar card, then you know you're both members.
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Dryer sheets Schmyer sheets
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