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12-10-2009, 09:05 AM
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Fabulous news! Rich - it's time to update your signature 
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12-10-2009, 09:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Rich.... Whether you call your new situation just a new, sweet part time gig or you call it ESR, it sounds great! Enjoy!
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12-10-2009, 09:28 AM
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Great news! Congratulations!
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12-10-2009, 09:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Way to go RiT. Now you can join the ranks of the footloose - as I try to post from my BlackBerry for the first time.
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12-10-2009, 09:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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First he joined an RE forum, then he participated, then he looked behind the curtain, found the abyss, looked some more.....and , and, and then he leaped. Well sort of, with a parachute.
Happy landing and congratulations RiT. Soon to be all over the map.
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12-10-2009, 10:12 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Mmm....do mah eyes betray me? Mmmm...I'll get back with ya Rich when I've finished mah second cup of coffee....  This thread requires a full blown bbbamI reply....
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12-10-2009, 10:12 AM
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That's wonderful, Rich. I've been noticing your decimating retirement ratio in your sig.
Unlike your aboveboard plans, I know a lot of guys who would love to claim they're going to Vegas for "consulting" purposes Let me know if you run into them in the ER.
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12-10-2009, 10:14 AM
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Congratulation Rich!
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12-10-2009, 10:21 AM
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Congrats Rich, I really like your plans for retirement. Allows you to do a bit of what you trained to do, but not too intrusive.
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12-10-2009, 10:44 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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WOW! FINALLY!
CONGRATS!  
You know quite a few of us have just been waiting and waiting and waiting for you to finally take this important step!
How exciting!
Audrey
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12-10-2009, 10:44 AM
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Wow ! Congratulations and it sounds like you found the perfect part time gig just be sure to not take your pay in chips and stay away from the cocktail waitresses !
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12-10-2009, 11:17 AM
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And, about time too! Congratulations.
-- Rita
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12-10-2009, 11:47 AM
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Congratulations!! I'm sure you'll love the new lifestyle.
BTW, I have a pt j*b and work a few hours a week. I actually enjoy it and am glad to do it - sometimes I think if I didn't have it, I might never leave the house!  Hopefully you will find it is pleasant and a nice break from your new retirement routine.
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12-10-2009, 11:54 AM
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12-10-2009, 12:17 PM
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Congratulations!!!!
I hope you truly enjoy ESR. It sure sounds like you will.
Two years in and we are loving it. The trick for us has been controling the partime work. It can grow on you rather quickly. Bob's plan works very well BTW, espically if you use a little of UncleMicks advice on LBYM also.
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12-10-2009, 12:21 PM
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Congratulations Rich! It sounds like you found the perfect ESR arrangement.
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12-10-2009, 12:29 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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No nights and no call! That's a pretty decent improvement even without the reduction in days. Physician schedules can be painful.
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12-10-2009, 12:52 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa
Well, it's official: I gave notice in early November, and will be semi-retired by the end of March, 2010.
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That's marvelous Rich....Congrats! 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa
Five days a month consulting near Las Vegas (we'll continue to reside in Tampa, they cover my travel). No nights, no call.
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Well...Las Vegas...maybe you'll get one call....
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12-10-2009, 12:56 PM
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Wow Rich! Congrats. I can't believe how excited I am about someone else's [semi-]retirement! A person I've never met no less!
On a sadder note, I will miss the will-he-won't-he soap opera saga!
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12-10-2009, 01:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WanderALot
Wow Rich! Congrats. I can't believe how excited I am about someone else's [semi-]retirement! A person I've never met no less!
On a sadder note, I will miss the will-he-won't-he soap opera saga! |
Thanks for sharing my enthusiasm.
Regarding resurrecting the drama that has been inflicted upon me lo these many years, I can probably conjure up some story where I get sucked back into full time work -- inflation, etc. Just don't tell REW it's a crock. 
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ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.
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