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06-29-2018, 12:42 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Redmond, WA
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Enjoy your moment
I just wanted to write a post to let all of you know what happiness I get from reading the posts on this forum. I am hoping to FIRE next year, but have been reading this forum for 5+ years. It's great to hear about your lives and concerns and fun.
I am sitting here at my desk at w**k now and it is rough. Be happy you all made your dream happen. For now I am going to jump on a conference call to listen to people talk about nothing productive for an hour.
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- Live below your means
- Stay out of debt
- Save all you can
- Buy used cars
- Focus on your end goal (FIRED June 2019)
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06-29-2018, 12:46 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Tellico Village
Posts: 2,622
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Can't wait til you join us Shabby!!! Best to you.
VW
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Retired May 13th(Friday) 2016 at age 61.
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06-29-2018, 12:52 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 751
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Good Luck
I do remember those kinds of calls!
meetings could be worse, especially with one or two present who just liked to hear themselves talk, endlessly, with no useful conclusion in sight!
Hang in there.
i spent as much of my last year as possible focusing on my co-workers personal lives and providing financial advice/philosophy, when it was asked for only of course. Made the time actually seem productive and i left on good terms with colleagues, some of whom i still socialize with on occasion.
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06-29-2018, 01:11 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York
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The ones I loved best were the pre-conference call conference calls, in which the participants discussed what they were going to say on the upcoming conference call. Those were good times.
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06-29-2018, 01:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 1,390
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Conference calls. I forgot about them. I certainly used to get stuck listening to someone babble on about something I didn't care about and probably wouldn't make a difference. But then I think conference calls are kind of forgetful.
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Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things. Charlie Munger
The first rule of compounding: Never interupt it unnecessarily. Charlie Munger
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06-29-2018, 02:12 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,985
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Friday afternoon conference calls on top of it all. Precious. I hope you're in the home office so you can chill with the adult beverage of your choice.
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06-29-2018, 02:25 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnrealizedPotential
Conference calls. I forgot about them. I certainly used to get stuck listening to someone babble on about something I didn't care about and probably wouldn't make a difference. But then I think conference calls are kind of forgetful.
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That kinda sounds like work in general.
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06-29-2018, 02:44 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,637
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A conference call is probably better than a meeting because at least you don't have to struggle to look like you're interested and/or want to be there.
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06-29-2018, 02:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,180
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I had 2 different groups on Monday ask me if I could participate on conference calls scheduled for Thursday. I told both groups "sorry, I'm retired after Tuesday". Then they both separately essentially asked "OK... but could you still attend? We could use your input and advice, it would not take long".
Obviously, the concept of "retired" still escapes them.
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FIREd date: June 26, 2018 - "This Happy Feeling, Going Round and Round!" (GQ)
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06-29-2018, 02:50 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by friar1610
A conference call is probably better than a meeting because at least you don't have to struggle to look like you're interested and/or want to be there.
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I used to love conference calls when I was out of the office and took them on my cell phone. If they were boring and I was not adding any value (which was frequently), I would hang up and later e-mail everyone that my cell lost the signal.
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06-29-2018, 02:51 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jollystomper
I had 2 different groups on Monday ask me if I could participate on conference calls scheduled for Thursday. I told both groups "sorry, I'm retired after Tuesday". Then they both separately essentially asked "OK... but could you still attend? We could use your input and advice, it would not take long".
Obviously, the concept of "retired" still escapes them.
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You should have said yes, then called in and played "elevator music" over the phone. Maybe that would help them understand the concept a bit better.
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06-29-2018, 02:58 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,862
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Quote:
Originally Posted by friar1610
A conference call is probably better than a meeting because at least you don't have to struggle to look like you're interested and/or want to be there.
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I am probably on conference calls 60% of the day, as my team is virtual, all over the world, most of us full-time telecommuters. I can barely stand to talk on the phone after work hours. I detest phone calls now. My 16-year old self would not believe I'd ever say that.
We now have an VIDEO conferencing system, and I absolutely refuse to turn my computer camera on. Some days my calls start at 7 a.m. and non one wants to see that. I just have a head shot photo posted, so they know what I look like.
When I retire in 63 days, I am going to have my camera on for the first time when we have my virtual "retirement party". I am buying a beach scene backdrop to string up behind my computer, and will have on a floppy hat, big sunglasses and an oversized gaudy adult-beverage container.
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06-29-2018, 03:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Thanks Shabby.
Actually a conference call was what caused me to pull the trigger a year early.
I was on a rare w*rk from home day and a big client screwed their database up, they did a great job too. After 14 hours on the phone I was done, the leader of the situation was good with me leaving the call. My VP wasn't, he knew nothing about it but had been wound up by a misinformed person. He was a former Marine with a hair trigger and knew how to get his point across, I was an idiot.....
I met with my Fidelity guy a few weeks later and retired at the end of the month. While I didn't explain to my VP how his management style led to my decision to retire at 56, I think he knew. He was only a couple years younger and had no idea that people RE.[emoji12]
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06-29-2018, 03:56 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,600
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Shabby - I feel your pain - I remember those work days. When you retire, it will be better than you imagined. Not only will you not have to go to work - the thought of work will never cross your mind.
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06-29-2018, 04:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
Posts: 2,791
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Hang in there, Shabby!
You brought back a memory of a weekly conference call I had where the folks on the other end were in a conference room and without fail there was someone next to one of the microphones who insisted on continuously shuffling papers. All I ever heard was, "shuffle, shuffle, rattle, crinkle..." One time they all got very quiet until someone said, "Galaxy Boy? You still there? We're waiting for you to answer!" I told them I had already asked them to stop shuffling papers ten times in that one call and I had just given up on following the conversation.
Those were the days. Not good days, but days.
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06-29-2018, 04:02 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,788
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How far do you have to go, Shabby?
I get a lot out of this forum, too. Financial advice has been invaluable.
I've got 1 or 2 years left. I'm PT now.
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06-29-2018, 04:14 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,659
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jollystomper
I had 2 different groups on Monday ask me if I could participate on conference calls scheduled for Thursday. I told both groups "sorry, I'm retired after Tuesday".
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I LOVE it! Must have been very satisfying to give that answer!
I had the opposite issue. I was technically still "on the books" using up a couple weeks of vacation when I left. And I was on good terms with all my co-w*rkers. I said they could call me any time. I was sort of "level 2" support for a number of different groups who all expressed concern that I wouldn't be there for to answer questions any more.
But they never called. If I called or stopped by, they did have questions they'd saved up for me, but I was very fortunate that my little corner of MegaCorp had a strong culture of NOT disturbing people on their day off. I guess it carried over into retirement. It was good to make a clean break, but I really wouldn't have minded helping them out now and then.
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06-29-2018, 04:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: DC area
Posts: 2,495
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Conference calls became bearable when internet access became widespread. Not that I wasn't paying attention or anything...
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06-29-2018, 05:17 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,227
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Thread title is misleading. It's not a moment. It's every moment of retirement I enjoy.
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06-29-2018, 05:22 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,788
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RunningBum
Thread title is misleading. It's not a moment. It's every moment of retirement I enjoy.
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'Very true. It's not a moment. It's years.
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