 |
|
04-01-2015, 10:51 AM
|
#21
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,660
|
Ha ha ha. Good trick. If it is actually true will the site remain-I thought you might be the owner/originator.
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
04-01-2015, 10:52 AM
|
#22
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 38,154
|
 Quote:
Originally Posted by Katsmeow
If this is serious (and I hope it isn't), I also hope that you will take a break from posting and will be back. I enjoy your posts very much. Of course, if this isn't enjoyable for you any more then I understand and wish you well. But, I also hope that after awhile away you will find it enjoyable to come back.
|
+1, couldn't have said it better.
Best of luck.
You can always return whenever you need any financial, banking, tax, travel, shopping or cooking advice or feedback! 
__________________
Retired since summer 1999.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 10:59 AM
|
#23
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
Posts: 9,725
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
I know this is April Fools Day.
I have learned a lot here over the past several years, and I will always be grateful to everyone who has contributed to the site. But there's a finite set of questions related to ER, and I find I am repeating myself all too often. I'm tired of hearing myself talk on ER topics. More importantly, when I look back at some recent posts, I have not always been as respectful as I should be. Members here deserve nothing less usually (see I did it again!).
So I thank you all and wish you all the best.
I may still look in occasionally, or even rejoin one day, never say never.
Peace
|
I had a similar urge yesterday to bail on many things. However, I am seriously behind you in FIRE knowledge. So I need to dial up at least once a day.
I really appreciated your insight on many subjects. Hope you jump back in here and there to say hello and what's up with that...
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 11:07 AM
|
#24
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,809
|
I wouldn't have started charting my stock/bond allocations over many years without one of your posts. And you've been a good contributor here. And we both brew tea in the microwave the same way ... for maybe 1 second more then me (if I remember right). I'm a terrible stickler for unimportant details. 
Since this is April 1, I'm going to wait to see if you really mean it. But I bet we see you back again. 
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 01:24 PM
|
#25
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,266
|
All the best.
__________________
Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 02:09 PM
|
#26
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Seattle
Posts: 6,023
|
I also got one of those "you have reached the end of the internet" but I just started again at the beginning.
Good luck!
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 02:11 PM
|
#27
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,228
|
I have thought that at times, but I am always learning something. Sometimes I also get that feeling that I'm posting the same answer, so more and more I don't bother, though I do like to give back for all that I've learned. If it's a 50/50 or 55/45 opinion thing on something like mortgage or not, average in vs. lump sum, passive vs active investing, etc, I rarely bother anymore or at most state my own view and move on because it may or may not matter if someone takes my advice and it certainly doesn't matter to me if they do.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 02:18 PM
|
#28
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,376
|
As another member who looks forward to and enjoys your posts... the old "Ah... Midpack made the last post on this thread that I am looking at from the Portal... I wonder what he had to say".... I hope that after a break that you'll miss us and return.
In the meantime, best wishes and enjoy the upcoming good weather....
You could have are least waited until after the Stanley Cup playoffs.  But just remember... the longer that you stay away the closer I am getting to your post count. 
__________________
If something cannot endure laughter.... it cannot endure.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Retired Jan 2012 at age 56
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 02:30 PM
|
#29
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
|
I've enjoyed reading all your posts. Hope to hear more from you. Best wishes.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 03:08 PM
|
#30
|
|
Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 24
|
Think of the lurkers!
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 03:12 PM
|
#31
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
Posts: 34,131
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
So I thank you all and wish you all the best.
I may still look in occasionally, or even rejoin one day, never say never.
Peace
|
All the very best, and thank you for your contributions. Hopefully you will chart a course back to us one day.
__________________
Retired in Jan, 2010 at 55, moved to England in May 2016
Enough private pension and SS income to cover all needs
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 03:35 PM
|
#32
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 14,404
|
Midpack,
I always enjoy your posts. Take a break and then hop back in when it suits you.
samclem
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 04:12 PM
|
#33
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,929
|
Midpack,
Thank you for all your contributions to the forum over the years. As a relative newbie I have learned a great deal from your posts.
I hope you will stop by from time to time if you feel like it.
In the meantime, all the best.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 07:59 PM
|
#34
|
|
Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
|
Midpack , You will be missed ! A lot !
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 09:13 PM
|
#35
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
|
C'mon, nice try, but you can't fool us! Last year's 4/1 MP post was a good one too: http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ml#post1433682
(But, no need to leave, just cut back a little and keep the Internet and these boards in perspective--put some of the "experts" on real or virtual ignore and don't take them too seriously. You know you'll miss us and where else can you get jokes, recipes, Netflix recommendations, and of course more beer advice than you ever even asked for!)
__________________
“Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 09:45 PM
|
#36
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
|
Yeah yeah yeah. April Fools!
And that sailboat race in Charleston is coming up later this month. Just sayin'...
Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum
__________________
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.”
Gerard Arthur Way
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 10:57 PM
|
#37
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 7,438
|
Why would anyone need to make a show of leaving a forum?
On 4/1 of all days?
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 11:06 PM
|
#38
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 2,745
|
Best wishes ... and welcome back.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2015, 11:07 PM
|
#39
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 14,404
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by explanade
Why would anyone need to make a show of leaving a forum?
|
If a frequent poster decides to take a hiatus, I think it's nice for them to leave a note. It beats everyone wondering "whatever happened to . . ."
|
|
|
|
|
04-02-2015, 02:05 AM
|
#40
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 645
|
Somehow the title to this thread reminds me of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (So Long and Thanks for All the Fish). Here's hoping it was just the date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|
Linear Mode
