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06-18-2009, 11:15 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Originally Posted by Walt34
that's also what paid for the motorcycle and allowed us to help out the FIL more than what I'd have felt comfortable with without the income from the job.
And I'd like to get the savings higher up to make up for the losses in the deferred compensation account (sort of a 401k). I am not optimistic that the losses there will be made up anytime soon so we're saving most of the "extra" income.
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I also like having my little ebay business . It keeps me busy and has allowed me to let my portfolio recover while still enjoying travel and fun purchases . I still consider myself retired since I have no set routine . I do it when I feel like and as much as I feel like .
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06-18-2009, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by ziggy29
I hate getting up that early, but if there's one thing I hate even more, it's big city rush hour traffic.
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I can get to work in 6 minutes if I leave at 5:50 AM or so. But it can take me 45 minutes to get home if I leave at 5 PM, or longer if there is an accident. The distance that I commute is very small, but I have to go over a bridge that can get very congested with traffic during rush hour.
Alternate routes take longer.
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06-18-2009, 11:17 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philly 'burbs
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Wake up at 6:10. At work at 7:00. Leave at 3:00.
Rinse & Repeat.
Boy do I hate work.
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06-18-2009, 12:29 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2009
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Out of curiosity: Is it ever daylight over there at 6 am? On TV shows, despite the very early hours people go to work, it always seem to be dayligjht. Here in Spain (Galicia) the earliest we have light is 7 am these days for a very short period, 3 weeks more or less.
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06-18-2009, 12:30 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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The sun is always shining in the U S of A... 
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06-18-2009, 12:31 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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06-18-2009, 12:36 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by vicente solano
Out of curiosity: Is it ever daylight over there at 6 am? On TV shows, despite the very early hours people go to work, it always seem to be dayligjht. Here in Spain (Galicia) the earliest we have light is 7 am these days for a very short period, 3 weeks more or less.
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Actually, it is daylight at 6 am here right now, but just barely. I still turn on the headlights of my car while driving to work. It is pitch black when my alarm clock rings at 5:30.
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06-18-2009, 01:08 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Originally Posted by KennyM
Thought about a parade, but too much traffic! Easier to relax and watch from TV! It's such a nice day for a parade though!
Maybe I'll go next year, Go Lakers!
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Parade will be in Dallas next year... 
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Originally Posted by ziggy29
I rarely commute any more, but when I do (into Austin, 75 miles each way), I usually leave the house between 4:30 and 5 AM, arrive between 6:00 and 6:30, and leave by around 3:00.
I hate getting up that early, but if there's one thing I hate even more, it's big city rush hour traffic. I've become really spoiled by living out here.
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They don't have traffic in Austin, do they? 
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06-18-2009, 01:30 PM
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#1729
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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
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You are referring to the Cotton Bowl Parade, right? 
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06-18-2009, 04:36 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 12,880
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I can get to work in 6 minutes if I leave at 5:50 AM or so. But it can take me 45 minutes to get home if I leave at 5 PM, or longer if there is an accident. The distance that I commute is very small, but I have to go over a bridge that can get very congested with traffic during rush hour.
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At one point, when I lived in the Oakland hills, I had a consulting job in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco. I was able to get there in about 15 minutes (IIRC). I'd wake up at 5:40, and within about 5 minutes I'd be in the car (I'd just have a granola bar and milk for breakfast). I timed it so that I'd get to the toll booth at 5:55. The carpool lane took effect at 6 AM, but they often switched that lane to "FREE" five minutes early. What a wudge I was.
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06-18-2009, 04:37 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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Was?
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06-18-2009, 04:39 PM
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#1732
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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I watched it rain all day. 
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06-18-2009, 04:52 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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I talked to my grandson on my new web cam .He looked so surprised . It was priceless !
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06-18-2009, 07:03 PM
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#1734
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 120
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Today, I surfed on the net, watched TV talking heads, ran 5 miles, mowed the lawn, attended a financial counseling meeting, walked the dog, talked to neighbors, and now I'm winding down and about to watch TV. Pretty good first retirement day. Happy I'm not working. 
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06-18-2009, 07:07 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At The Cafe
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Originally Posted by Budman
...attended a financial counseling meeting,...
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Whoa whoa whoa, what was that "financial counseling meeting"? Did it come with a free lunch? 
Sounds like a perfect first day, enjoy many many more! 
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06-18-2009, 08:58 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Had to travel during morning rush hour today to go to my Hot Stone Massage class.....people look so darn unhappy!
Second day of not smoking (hypnosis) and it is going really well.....no anxiety or the urge to kill someone.
Had one hot stone treatment.....WOW.....everyone needs to experience this at least once!
Came home from the workshop and slept for about three hours.....it tends to have a detoxifying affect
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06-19-2009, 03:55 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2007
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The financial counseling meeting was a disaster. I wasted two hours listening to an insurance guy telling me the virtues of an income annuity. No free lunch. This meeting was suggested by a coworker. I got sucked in on that one. 
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06-19-2009, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At The Cafe
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Seems like a small price to pay to get to the other side, you escaped the w*rking world and a sc*mball (can I say that?) all at once. You deserve a few days (or years) off. 
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06-19-2009, 05:54 AM
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#1739
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2007
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You are so right! I'm going to take a rest. I gotta get more laid back!
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My beer has a hole in it!
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06-19-2009, 07:04 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: minnesota
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Originally Posted by Want2retire
Actually, it is daylight at 6 am here right now, but just barely. I still turn on the headlights of my car while driving to work. It is pitch black when my alarm clock rings at 5:30.
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Interesting. You are straight south of me. The sun rises here at about 5:00 am and sets after nine. The sky is pretty light by 4:00 am and until after 10:00 pm.
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