  Alan |
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About Me
- About Alan
- Gender
- Male
- City/Town
- North of Houston
- State
- Texas
- Occupation
- Retired Engineer
- Retirement Year
- 2010
- Interests
- Exercise, tennis, biking, soccer, travel
- Biography
- Came to the USA from England. Married while still in college in 1976, 2 kids, both through college successfully and now left home and working.
BEng in EE, specializing in Radar Engineering. Bradford University, England, 1977
Have worked in the chemical industry since 1979 mostly doing process control, but have also spent a number of years in IT. With the job, have lived in various locations in England, Scotland, Texas and Louisiana, and have also traveled quite extensively on business.
Paid off mortgage to become debt free the same year that first kid went to college and retired as planned as soon as was eligible, end of January 2010. Have a non-COLA pension to cover the basics, and plan on drawing down investments to maintain a gross income of ~$100K.
Investments are simple, utilizing index or low cost funds from Fidelity and Vanguard. Currently have a 401k managed by Schwab which will roll into a Vanguard IRA in 2011.
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RETIRED January 26th, 2010.
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