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02-16-2011, 12:56 PM
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#61
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Thailand countryside, Sisaket province
Posts: 1,331
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Originally Posted by zaqxsw
martyp, boy, I'm going through that right now. Countdown timer at 177 days (~6 mos.) and it is tough. I'm in a period of work with a lot of turmoil, and I'm having to go through it to hit my planned date of 8/12/11.
I won't be announcing until the first week of May (after bonus and merit lump sum). I think then it may get better cause they will know I can't be counted on long term.
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The worst time was between June and September when I then announced my retirement at work. From September to November things got a bit better having made the announcement. I slowly started to relax more on the weekends. By November I had shed my employees, purged my office of stuff, and basically had nothing to do for the last 3 weeks. It was bored and trying (in vain) to "look busy".
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02-16-2011, 07:05 PM
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#62
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Houston/Galveston area
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Retire2014, I talked about it from the time I realized I had a good stable job and a good stable marriage. I got serious about it when we sent a check for 20k (big money, I was nervous) to Vanguard the year before the Roth IRA started, I don't remember the exact year, 96, 97? Today is my 30th anniversary with the company which sets me free.
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02-17-2011, 05:02 PM
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#63
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,303
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martyp
It was bored and trying (in vain) to "look busy".
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I have enough to do, but I am already struggling considerably with bored, and I still have until end of June to go. I am used to working on projects that take a year or more, and I really can't start some things that I can't see to the end.
I am also having a hard time resisting telling people I have worked with for almost 20 years, but I know it's best if I wait until close to the end, and intend to do just that. I'll only be out in the open for about 3 weeks, then gone...as it has to be.
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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02-19-2011, 06:42 AM
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#64
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,303
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Just an update, feel free to make changes or adds yourselves...you don't want me in charge of this! Just add your name (with retirement age in parens)
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (35)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (29)
NW Landlady DH (55)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
zaqxsw (57)
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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02-19-2011, 03:13 PM
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#65
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Set the ER date for June 6! Told my boss three weeks ago, and thought it would be a secret for awhile, but then they advertised my position on USA Jobs, and so everyone knows. Two or three folks each day ask me what is going on, and what j*b I am taking when I leave, and when I say I am not really sure I will ever work again they look at me incredulously . . . .
OK, I have convinced the DW to sell the house and move to Vegas (halfway to Hawaii). We will rent in Vegas, while I convince her to go the rest of the way to Hawaii!!
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02-19-2011, 03:16 PM
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#66
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
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Just an update, feel free to make changes or adds yourselves...you don't want me in charge of this! Just add your name (with retirement age in parens)
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (35)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (57)
NW Landlady DH (55)
OhSoClose (??)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
zaqxsw (57)
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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02-27-2011, 02:11 PM
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#67
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 85
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02-27-2011, 03:04 PM
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#68
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Houston/Galveston area
Posts: 163
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I think it would be nice if everyone changed the font color of their name when they get the deed done.
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (35)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (57)
NW Landlady DH (55)
OhSoClose (54)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
zaqxsw (57)
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02-27-2011, 03:41 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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On another thread today Chinaco says he will be 55. I like the idea of changing colors as ER happens.
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (55)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (57)
NW Landlady DH (55)
OhSoClose (54)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
zaqxsw (57)[/QUOTE]
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Retired in Jan, 2010 at 55, moved to England in May 2016
Enough private pension and SS income to cover all needs
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02-27-2011, 04:56 PM
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#70
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NC Triangle
Posts: 5,807
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Count me in. I've added myself below, and when the big day arrives for me in August, I will color me happy  .
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (55)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (57)
NW Landlady DH (55)
OhSoClose (54)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
steelyman (53)
zaqxsw (57)
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03-03-2011, 07:07 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Houston/Galveston area
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3 down, 20 to go if I counted right.
afntrn56 (55)
bizlady (55)
bob boag (55)
chinaco (35)
cj (56)
dessert (60)
frugal-one (??)
heyduke (55)
Jacmac (53)
Jacmac DH (56)
jimbohoward69 (41)
JmfromTx (56)
KingB (62)
kwblack (54)
martyp (55)
Midpack (57)
NW Landlady DH (55)
OhSoClose (54)
Purron DH (55)
RunningBum (49)
Skye (62)
zaqxsw (57)
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03-03-2011, 04:06 PM
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#72
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,303
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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03-03-2011, 06:07 PM
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#73
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NC Triangle
Posts: 5,807
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I'm loving this. Go green! So appropriate for St. Patrick's Day (not to mention early retirement... )
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03-06-2011, 06:02 PM
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#74
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Torrance
Posts: 116
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Average 2011 FIRE age is 55.00, distributed thusly:
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03-07-2011, 06:29 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2009
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have to admit I like the green...
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I am FIRE'd... :)
contract on the house, bought an RV and now traveling across America
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03-07-2011, 10:18 AM
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#76
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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03-07-2011, 12:00 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Houston/Galveston area
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WTG Runningbum. How does it feel?
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03-07-2011, 02:49 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bossier City
Posts: 2,183
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I wish I was in this class...
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“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
-John F. Kennedy
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” - Edgar Bergen
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03-07-2011, 03:32 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martyb
I wish I was in this class...
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there is still time... 
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I am FIRE'd... :)
contract on the house, bought an RV and now traveling across America
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03-07-2011, 04:52 PM
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#80
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JmfromTx
WTG Runningbum. How does it feel?
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Very nice, no second thoughts about it. I only had a week off then went on a ski trip for 8 days and have a few more errands piled up this week so I don't know that it's really hit me yet.
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