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02-05-2014, 09:35 PM
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#13301
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,342
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Originally Posted by M Paquette
Now, if only there was another station on 6 meters...
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Just wait until the summer and I imagine there'll be some good openings.
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Contentedly ER, with 3 furry friends (now, sadly, 1).
Planning my escape to the wide open spaces in my campervan (with my remaining kitty, of course!)
On a mission to become the world's second most boring man.
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02-06-2014, 12:08 PM
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#13302
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 377
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Yesterday I got up to walk with the dog to corner market for cream, it was closed. Read the New York Times, sans cream, ugh. Wrote in my journal about my first month of retirement, did my taxes (yeah, a small but welcome refund), read, made a great chicken from a recipe in the NYT, went to the library (my former job), to pick up more books and chat with my old work friends.
Today waiting for my first Safeway home delivery, including a huge amount of cream so I won't have to face my morning coffee without. Tomorrow meeting a retired friend for lunch at a brewing company that is only open for events. Tomorrow is Food Truck Friday - fried chicken, waffles and beer!
I like this retirement thing!
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02-06-2014, 02:20 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Went by boat to a restaurant; took our own fish that was cooked there by the staff; called "hook and cook" on the menu.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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02-06-2014, 02:55 PM
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#13304
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Originally Posted by Khan
Went by boat to a restaurant; took our own fish that was cooked there by the staff; called "hook and cook" on the menu.
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What fun! I have never noticed that on a menu before, and it's a great idea.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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02-06-2014, 03:39 PM
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#13305
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,143
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Did some spring cleaning (despite it being about 5 degrees and 4 inches of snow outside) by gathering several boxes for donating to Goodwill.
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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02-06-2014, 04:53 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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I tried my good suit on to see if it still fits.
DW has been asked to fill in for her boss at a dressy dinner-auction event for charity and I am the +1. I already dread it. I hate getting all dressed up. I hate socializing with strangers (especially the kind of strangers who attend those events). And I hate the sales pressure at those auctions. 
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02-06-2014, 04:57 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Scottsdale
Posts: 1,545
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Originally Posted by FIREd
I tried my good suit on to see if it still fits.
DW has been asked to fill in for her boss at a dressy dinner-auction event for charity and I am the +1. I already dread it. I hate getting all dressed up. I hate socializing with strangers (especially the kind of strangers who attend those events). And I hate the sales pressure at those auctions. |
A case of the flu coming on?
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FIRE'D in July 2009 at 51...Never look back!
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02-06-2014, 05:02 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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Originally Posted by RockyMtn
A case of the flu coming on?
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I think so, cough cough...
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02-07-2014, 07:33 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,340
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Originally Posted by FIREd
I think so, cough cough...
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I'll vouch for you. You're just not looking well...
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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02-07-2014, 12:51 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 281
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Early workout at the gym (early for me now that I'm FIRE'd!), to the trailer dealership to pick up our annual-serviced travel trailer, now off the REI to pickup equipment for an upcoming backpacking trip, then an annual report from our Financial Advisor on how they did (we already know they beat our other team, and our own results by about 2%), then to meet friends from free wine tasting and a nearby wine store, then to Happy Hour for margaritas and inexpensive Friday night eats.
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02-07-2014, 05:58 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 800
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Went out and did some target shooting this morning. I'm learning that I need to use my left eye while shooting right handed. My right eye is weaker. The parts for the washer came in, so I fixed it as mentioned on the repair thread.
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02-07-2014, 06:45 PM
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#13312
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 280
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Went to my dentist in Progresso, Mexico this morning. Had a dental cleaning Tuesday, he showed me a cracked tooth I have , probably from grinding my teeth. He fixed my cracked tooth, and made me a "retainer" to wear while I'm sleeping. Looks a little like a fitted mouthpiece I wore playing football. Cost? $170 Today. The deep cleaning was $70.
We stopped at a highly rated BBQ on the way home. It was underwhelming.
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02-07-2014, 07:51 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Traveled from S Florida to Dayton.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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02-07-2014, 07:58 PM
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#13314
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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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Originally Posted by Khan
Traveled from S Florida to Dayton.
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I hope you had a coat or some kind of animal draped around you.
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02-08-2014, 12:24 PM
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#13315
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 377
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What I did yesterday, met another retired friend for lunch. My first meet with a retired friend for lunch event! We met at a real brewery for their food truck Friday, had some of their beers and ate chicken and waffles and lounged on couches and chatted. And no rush to get back to work. Delightful!
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02-08-2014, 03:30 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 23,037
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Went to the movie matinee at the big mall theater. I was shocked and pleased to find that the tickets were only $5.00 each.
We saw Monuments Men, about the group of museum curators and artists who were inducted into the Army near the end of WWII to locate, recover and protect the massive amounts of art that had been methodically looted by the Nazis from the conquered nations of Europe. It was not a "great" movie, but it was interesting and entertaining.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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02-08-2014, 04:37 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Mars
Posts: 137
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Took my step daughter to the Pitt vs Virginia Tech basketball game. Good quality time together and a Pitt W in double OT.
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02-08-2014, 06:12 PM
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#13318
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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After having neighbor charge my battery...went on a grocery/cat food/bird food run.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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02-08-2014, 06:16 PM
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#13319
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,608
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Watched the snow fall. Went out for a walk around the neighborhood around noon. The ice pellets are coming down now with freezing rain predicted later. It's a good weekend to stay inside.
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02-08-2014, 07:13 PM
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#13320
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Made a grocery run.
Lamented returning.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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