A wake up to go....

USK Coastie · 06-28-2007, 12:17 PM

Tomorrow is it. I begin a new chapter in life, being w%$k free

. The desk is cleaned out, files sorted, a hand off of sorts has taken place. Not much to do here but play on the computer. Think I'll leave early today and come in late tomorrow with a departure around noon. What can they do, fire me?

I'd like to thank all on this forum for sharing their thoughts and feelings on retirement. Had I not discovered this Forum and FIRECALC I'd be planning on retirement in three more years instead of tomorrow. I'm leaving w*&k forwarned of some of the emotions and issues that I'll probably go through in the next few months as life really sets in.

I look forward with anticipation of life's next big adventure and figuring out "what are you gonna do all day?"

OAG · 06-28-2007, 12:53 PM

Subject "A wake to go" Gee I hope that was meant to be "A wake UP to go".

USK Coastie · 06-28-2007, 02:41 PM

OOPS the dog/or something ate my UP should read "A wakeup to go". now if I could just edit the post after posting I'd fix it. Then again maybe my employer is going to have a wake-----NOT---- at my departure. Somehow I don't think they'll close the place down if I leave.

cute fuzzy bunny · 06-28-2007, 04:18 PM

I figured you were just posting in a scottish accent.

dex · 06-28-2007, 04:57 PM

It is good to know that someone gets help from this board. I know I did when I started out.

chris2008 · 06-29-2007, 04:01 AM

Congrats! Enjoy life!

**REWahoo** · 06-29-2007, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USK Coastie

OOPS the dog/or something ate my UP should read "A wakeup to go".

I added an "up" to your "wake".

And while we're on that subject, my dream of sleeping late the first morning of my retirement didn't come true. I was as excited as a 5 year old on Christmas morning, wide awake before the sun came up!

Enjoy.

Dawg54 · 06-29-2007, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REWahoo

I added an "up" to your "wake".

And while we're on that subject, my dream of sleeping late the first morning of my retirement didn't come true. I was as excited as a 5 year old on Christmas morning, wide awake before the sun came up!

Enjoy.

Congratulations! I couldn't sleep late either for awhile. My damn dog kept waking me up to feed her at her normal time.

Danny · 06-29-2007, 07:33 AM

has brought back my last days memories...
Enjoy and savour!

cute fuzzy bunny · 06-29-2007, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REWahoo

I added an "up" to your "wake".

Yeah but now my joke doesnt make any sense. Can you work that up a little so its just as witty and still in context?

**REWahoo** · 06-29-2007, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cute fuzzy bunny

Yeah but now my joke doesnt make any sense.

So...how is that any different from the others?

Nords · 06-29-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cute fuzzy bunny

Yeah but now my joke doesnt make any sense. Can you work that up a little so its just as witty and still in context?

Hey, if we could do that with your material then we'd be running Hillary Clinton's election campaign.

Or George Bush's...

cute fuzzy bunny · 06-29-2007, 01:12 PM

I hope both of you will be contributing to the "slow and easy, right over the plate" fund...

megacorp-firee · 07-06-2007, 07:35 PM

A belated congrats to you too Coastie... We made it! It took me a week to get back to reading the board again. Ain't life fine?

USK Coastie · 07-07-2007, 10:50 AM

Mega Corp , you bet. The tan line from wearing a wrist watch is gone!!! For me life seems to run at a different pace. The other night DW and I were sitting around the fire pit and discussing where we want to go for a one/two week trip this fall. We ended up with more than 30 different areas to see within 400 miles. Plus the option of using our time share time anywhere in the world. So many places so little time. Or we could just kick back and watch the river run by the house.
So far this retirement gig is better than its cracked up to be

megacorp-firee · 07-09-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by USK Coastie

So far this retirement gig is better than its cracked up to be

Coastie, DITTO ... the problem I have found is that I am like the proverbial kid in the candy store... now that I have the time to do whatever I want ... I want to do it all ... NOW. I am also finding that the devil is in the details ... still trying to perfect this e-living so that we are flexible enough to get outta town whenever we want. I may need to cancel the newspaper ... I have had it on 'vacation hold' more then not for the past 2 weeks. LOL but I need it to figure out what day it is

... hey my watch tan line is gone too!

I AM enjoying this ... hope this doesn't wear off.

kumquat · 07-09-2007, 04:02 PM

Jeez you guys, why did you wear a watch when w*rking for MegaCorp (or MegaGov)? The whole idea is to get you there at sunrise and make sure you stay until at dark. A watch only told me what I was missing, never wore one.

SteveR · 07-13-2007, 12:22 AM

elated Congratulations Coastie!

Have a fun last few days before you hang it up for your new life.

Jump right in.............the water is fine!!

USK Coastie · 07-13-2007, 12:13 PM

Mega when we moved up here from the big city we stopped the paper. Now I have to remember when Sunday is to go get one

Steve how's the new MH doin'? Are you on the road?

SteveR · 07-13-2007, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USK Coastie

Mega when we moved up here from the big city we stopped the paper. Now I have to remember when Sunday is to go get one

Steve how's the new MH doin'? Are you on the road?

We are on our first trip in it. Driving 1100 miles in two days through the Mojave with two small puppies and two grandkids in a new untested MH is not my idea of a good time. The biggest event so far was nearly wiping out a firehydrant with my towed car in a Home Depot parking lot. This beast takes a lot of space to turn and with the extra almost 20 feet of tow bar and car on the back it is like driving a Semi truck.

Otherwise, we are doing OK. We are only half deployed as we are parked on the street in front of my SIL's house in a residential area so no roadside slides. That limits the space a bit but we are managing. We leave on Monday with another family member with their MH for southern Oregon for a few days so we should finally be able to spread out there for a while before we head back home.

So far so good. No major issues; just some minor stuff that is not unexpected with something that is made from over 15000 parts and weighs over 43,000#.

What WAS I thinking??

06-28-2007, 12:17 PM	#1
USK Coastie Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 333	A wake up to go.... Tomorrow is it. I begin a new chapter in life, being w%$k free . The desk is cleaned out, files sorted, a hand off of sorts has taken place. Not much to do here but play on the computer. Think I'll leave early today and come in late tomorrow with a departure around noon. What can they do, fire me? I'd like to thank all on this forum for sharing their thoughts and feelings on retirement. Had I not discovered this Forum and FIRECALC I'd be planning on retirement in three more years instead of tomorrow. I'm leaving w*&k forwarned of some of the emotions and issues that I'll probably go through in the next few months as life really sets in. I look forward with anticipation of life's next big adventure and figuring out "what are you gonna do all day?" __________________ USCG regulations say you have to go out. They don't say anything about coming back.

06-28-2007, 12:53 PM	#2
OAG Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dublin, Ohio Posts: 1,927	Subject "A wake to go" Gee I hope that was meant to be "A wake UP to go". __________________ Proud Vietnam Veteran: Cu Chi 66, 1 Bde, 25ID & Pleiku 66-67 41st Sig Bn 1st STRATCOM - Army Retired Jun 1979.

06-28-2007, 02:41 PM	#3
USK Coastie Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 333	OOPS the dog/or something ate my UP should read "A wakeup to go". now if I could just edit the post after posting I'd fix it. Then again maybe my employer is going to have a wake-----NOT---- at my departure. Somehow I don't think they'll close the place down if I leave. __________________ USCG regulations say you have to go out. They don't say anything about coming back.

06-28-2007, 04:18 PM	#4
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	I figured you were just posting in a scottish accent. __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

06-28-2007, 04:57 PM	#5
dex Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,172	It is good to know that someone gets help from this board. I know I did when I started out. __________________ Sometimes death is not as tragic as not knowing how to live. This man knew how to live--and how to make others glad they were living. - Jack Benny at Nat King Cole's funeral

06-29-2007, 04:01 AM	#6
chris2008 Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 208	Congrats! Enjoy life!

06-29-2007, 07:33 AM	#9
Danny Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,189	has brought back my last days memories... Enjoy and savour!

06-29-2007, 01:12 PM	#13
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	I hope both of you will be contributing to the "slow and easy, right over the plate" fund... __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

07-06-2007, 07:35 PM	#14
megacorp-firee Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,090	A belated congrats to you too Coastie... We made it! It took me a week to get back to reading the board again. Ain't life fine? __________________ Life is GREAT!

07-07-2007, 10:50 AM	#15
USK Coastie Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 333	Mega Corp , you bet. The tan line from wearing a wrist watch is gone!!! For me life seems to run at a different pace. The other night DW and I were sitting around the fire pit and discussing where we want to go for a one/two week trip this fall. We ended up with more than 30 different areas to see within 400 miles. Plus the option of using our time share time anywhere in the world. So many places so little time. Or we could just kick back and watch the river run by the house. So far this retirement gig is better than its cracked up to be __________________ USCG regulations say you have to go out. They don't say anything about coming back.

07-09-2007, 04:02 PM	#17
kumquat Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 864	Jeez you guys, why did you wear a watch when wrking for MegaCorp (or MegaGov)? The whole idea is to get you there at sunrise and make sure you stay until at dark. A watch only told me what I was missing, never wore one. __________________ Life's a bitch and then you come back* - Hindu proverb

07-13-2007, 12:22 AM	#18
SteveR Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,674	elated Congratulations Coastie! Have a fun last few days before you hang it up for your new life. Jump right in.............the water is fine!! __________________ Work? I don't have time to work....I'm retired.

07-13-2007, 12:13 PM	#19
USK Coastie Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 333	Mega when we moved up here from the big city we stopped the paper. Now I have to remember when Sunday is to go get one Steve how's the new MH doin'? Are you on the road? __________________ USCG regulations say you have to go out. They don't say anything about coming back.

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