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Re: Part time to no time
Wow, Martha! Congratulations! I am sure it was difficult to finally pull the plug, but what a sigh of relief now that it's done, huh? I think you shold eat some bon-bons while you are under the covers! I always liked that saying ....... "I'm sitting around eating bon-bons!"
Start the countdown ............ 30, 29, 28, 27, 25, 24, 23, 22 ............ 3, 2, 1
Blast-off!
All the best to you & Greg! 
Jane (who isn't sure what bon-bons are, but hopes they are CHOCOLATE!) 
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12-01-2006, 02:04 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congrats Martha! 4 more months for me but I can see the writing on the wall. Seeing that they have yet to hire a replacement for me, management will probably want me to work part-time in 2007. Chaps me too, I gave these idiots a 2 year notice. 
I'm a little stressed right now. Were in the middle of our annual inventory.
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12-01-2006, 02:16 PM
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Congrats Martha! 4 more months for me but I can see the writing on the wall. Seeing that they have yet to hire a replacement for me, management will probably want me to work part-time in 2007. Chaps me too, I gave these idiots a 2 year notice.
I'm a little stressed right now. Were in the middle of our annual inventory. |
Um, not your problem, right?
Practice with me:
"Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."
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12-01-2006, 02:18 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulation Martha!
I recall that the question "When is Martha going to fully retire?" has come up several times in the year+ that I have been on this board.
Congratulation again!
MB
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12-01-2006, 02:25 PM
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Seeing that they have yet to hire a replacement for me, management will probably want me to work part-time in 2007. Chaps me too, I gave these idiots a 2 year notice. |
That appears to be SOP. I gave 5+ months notice and as my retirement date approached was asked to delay leaving 2 months. I ended up staying an extra 4 weeks (paid for 6), but I wasn't exactly thrilled by it.
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12-01-2006, 02:56 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations, Martha and best of fortune!!!
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12-01-2006, 03:15 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
All the best, Martha!
Hope you and Greg have a wonderful adventures together!
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12-01-2006, 03:30 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations Martha! We are so very pleased for you.  Hey, how about a few days in the BWCAW or Quetico next summer? Or at least lunch while we're passing through your town on one of our annual forays to northern Minnesota or Canada.
Ref the part time to no time....... Megacorp paid me full time while I worked part time for my last six months. Sounds good, but by the time it was over I was really ready to go to zero pay and zero time. ER is very, very good.
Enjoy Mexico!
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12-01-2006, 03:37 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations Martha!
It's been educational hearing/watching you work through this process over the past couple years. You're a great role model.
I hope you stick around the forum to keep us all motivated!
Have a great time under the covers, and in Mexico 
Sheryl
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12-01-2006, 03:49 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Dear Martha:
Congratulations! I consider you to be one of the Great Oracles* of this Board. Thank You! Wishing you and Greg many fun and happy times ahead in your retirement.
*Oracle (definition #8 in my dictionary): A person who delivers authoratitive, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements.
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12-01-2006, 03:51 PM
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Um, not your problem, right?
Practice with me:
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True, but it would be hard to just walk away. I have been promised an extra bonus as a going away 'pat on the back', but it still chaps me. Hopefully we will have someone in next month. 
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12-01-2006, 04:21 PM
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I recall that the question "When is Martha going to fully retire?" has come up several times in the year+ that I have been on this board.
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Yes, it was a tortuous process. I tend to be a worrier so the decision did not come easy. I am not at the jump up and down and cheer stage yet, but I'll bet I will be once we start driving to warmer weather and sunshine.
Thanks all for the kind words! 
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12-01-2006, 05:24 PM
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I see the house prices in the twin cities are continuing to decline. . .
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12-01-2006, 06:07 PM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations!!!!!!
Yes it's funny how work can become intolerable once you are FI. There are so many better things to do when you don't have to earn a living!
I'm glad you discovered that you didn't need more big bucks coming in to enjoy your leisure.
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Congratulations Martha! It could not happen to a nicer person. Enjoy your life and keep posting when you have the time.
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12-01-2006, 08:30 PM
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Please reassure us that you won't become a stranger! Some will miss your excellent legal contributions if you do, I suppose. But I think I speak for many when I say that I have long appreciated and would truly miss your reasoned and compassionate contributions in other areas as well!
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 Hey, Martha said she was retiring, not backing away from posting.
With Greg doing all the cooking, cleaning and RV driving, Martha will have a lot more time to devote to helping out here...maybe even starting a new board. Rich has "Health and Early Retirement", Martha could head up "Law and Early Retirement". Why not?
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Re: Part time to no time
Good for you Martha, now you'll have more time to post.
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12-02-2006, 05:39 AM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations and have fun I will follow soon.
Bruce
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Re: Part time to no time
Martha:
Being a lawyer as well, and ER'd, might I suggest (and I am sure you already are) doing some pro-bono to keep mentally active and for the sense of contribution that drives most of us and took us to the level wherein we could set our own path forward. There will always be the need for being needed.
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12-02-2006, 07:52 AM
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Re: Part time to no time
Congratulations, Martha.
Enjoy your free time. Taking the first month to do what you want, then leaving on a trip sounds like the perfect way to start your retirement. Enjoy !!
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