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10-03-2016, 05:42 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
Posts: 1,599
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UN-Retired, Kinda sorta.
With cold weather coming, the pool is closed and not long before I put the motorcycle away for the season I was looking around for something to do.
If left to my own devices I could just hibernate and never leave the house for the winter. So while wanting a little something like volunteering at the senior center I stumbled upon a substitute bus driver position that takes seniors from home to the senior centers and also delivers meals to homebound seniors. Since the wife works part time I figured why not. I wasn't looking for a paid position but this j*b pays, not a lot, but more than minimum wage. Just a few more shekels for the slush fund while doing something good for the community.
So I hope I don't get excommunicated by this fine ER community as I only un-retired a little bit. Hey thats not like being a little bit pregnant is it?
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10-03-2016, 05:51 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 6,985
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It sounds perfect for you ) 7 months after I retired I started to teach an online college course and love doing it. I don't ever intend to fully retire it has been so much fun. I have been doing it for 4 years.
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10-03-2016, 06:02 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Let's call it paid volunteering.
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10-03-2016, 06:04 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
Posts: 8,764
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Steve
With cold weather coming, the pool is closed and not long before I put the motorcycle away for the season I was looking around for something to do.
If left to my own devices I could just hibernate and never leave the house for the winter. So while wanting a little something like volunteering at the senior center I stumbled upon a substitute bus driver position that takes seniors from home to the senior centers and also delivers meals to homebound seniors. Since the wife works part time I figured why not. I wasn't looking for a paid position but this j*b pays, not a lot, but more than minimum wage. Just a few more shekels for the slush fund while doing something good for the community.
So I hope I don't get excommunicated by this fine ER community as I only un-retired a little bit. Hey thats not like being a little bit pregnant is it?
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I consider you at least due for censure. I don't care if someone works, or makes money, or whatever. But if it requires getting out of bed at the same time more than a couple of times a week, that's over the line. Sorry.
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10-03-2016, 06:11 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
Posts: 1,599
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harley
I consider you at least due for censure. I don't care if someone works, or makes money, or whatever. But if it requires getting out of bed at the same time more than a couple of times a week, that's over the line. Sorry.
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Thats the good part as only being a sub will not require many back to back days unless one of the full timers are on vacation, there's a handful of subs so the work is rotated around.
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10-03-2016, 07:24 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 370
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Please report back and let us know how often you are called to sub.
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10-03-2016, 07:49 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 8,968
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Not to worry, lot's of people doing hobby jobs eh?
Do you need a chauffeur license?
Have fun and if you're not say bye-bye -
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10-03-2016, 08:38 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
Posts: 1,599
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Originally Posted by LauAnn
Please report back and let us know how often you are called to sub.
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I'll let you know if I have to totally withdraw my application from RE.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RobbieB
Not to worry, lot's of people doing hobby jobs eh?
Do you need a chauffeur license?
Have fun and if you're not say bye-bye -
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If there is an ounce of BS it will be bye-bye.
And yes you would need a class B with a passenger endorsement.
I have a class A with a passenger endorsement.
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10-03-2016, 09:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 4,344
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Have fun with the new job, it's all in your attitude.
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You can't spend yourself to prosperity.
Semi-Retired 7/1/16: working part-time (60%) for now [4/24/17 changed to 80%]
Retired Aug 2, 2017; age 53
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10-03-2016, 09:07 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Tampa Bay Area
Posts: 1,866
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Let's call it paid volunteering.
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That's exactly what I was thinking ! It sounds like it would be perfect for you. Enjoy !
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Hebrews 12:11
ER'd in June 2015 at age 52. Initial WR 3%. 50/40/10 (Equity/Bond/Short Term) AA.
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10-03-2016, 09:25 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Leeward Oahu
Posts: 17,713
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Taking a j*b in retirement for fun (with the advantage of a few extra bucks) does not disqualify you from ER UNLESS it fills up you BS bucket faster than you can empty it.
My one foray into the "for pay" j*b after ER was driving cars for car dealers. We drove from the dealership to the auction and we repositioned cars in the area (25 to 150 miles). Sounded like fun at first. Turned out that driving to the auction was a real pain real quick. A bully lead the procession and insisted we all keep up (even though some of the cars were too tired.) Tail end Charlie position ended up trying to drive 80 to catch up, only to run up on the next to last car and slamming on the brakes. From the air, I'm guessing it looked like a snake who had just had lunch. It was like that for 50 miles or so. Repositioning cars was okay (much more independent) until some flunky salesman got upset that we took too long. For less than $7/hour, it was all too much BS and we quit within weeks. YMMV
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10-04-2016, 04:45 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: philly
Posts: 1,219
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I'm working p/t in a bakery. Love it. I actually toyed with opening my own business but quickly figured out that was waaay to much work. Problem is I'm gaining a bunch of weight. Cookies,cakes and pies....
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10-04-2016, 09:06 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bclover
Cookies, cakes and pies....
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Oh my...
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10-04-2016, 09:12 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Steve
So I hope I don't get excommunicated by this fine ER community as I only un-retired a little bit. Hey thats not like being a little bit pregnant is it?
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We'll still love ya'
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10-04-2016, 11:55 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Steve
So I hope I don't get excommunicated by this fine ER community as I only un-retired a little bit. Hey thats not like being a little bit pregnant is it?
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Well, yes. But if he makes ONE post complaining about something at the job instead of quitting on the spot, then out on his ear he goes.
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10-04-2016, 07:24 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: St. Charles
Posts: 3,891
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I have 2 friends that have done the bus driver gig. They love it. For them it is full time, but only about 5 hours a day, with a split shift of course.
For me, no thanks, but what ever floats your boat!
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Never slow down, never grow old!
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10-04-2016, 09:24 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Enjoy your part-time job and the extra money. I like having some low stress, hobby type extra income myself.
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Even clouds seem bright and breezy, 'Cause the livin' is free and easy, See the rat race in a new way, Like you're wakin' up to a new day (Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether lyrics, Alan Parsons Project, based on an EA Poe story)
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10-04-2016, 09:56 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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A few years ago I considered becoming a bus driver here in Ocean City MD during the tourist season. Seemed like it might be fun cruising up and down the strip and hanging out with the kids. Then, just for the heck of it, I rode the bus with them, and had to bail after about a hundred blocks. Aargh! Inane jabber to the nth degree! In about 8 languages! That was a quick and cheap ($1) cure.
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DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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10-06-2016, 07:29 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,633
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I have a friend who does something like that. He drives a van that takes older people from a retirement community to medical appointments, grocery shopping, etc. (He's 70+, so "older people" is a relative term.) He enjoys the social aspect of chatting with his riders, getting out and about and making a little beer money. His wife doesn't mind getting him out of the house for a few hours several times a week either.
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