W2R

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11-15-2009 05:00 AM
vicente solano

Nice coach! Does it belong to your city?
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11-07-2009 09:56 AM
bubba

Just saw that Monday is your last day, and I wanted to say congratulations and wish you the best!
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11-05-2009 06:29 PM
mrpd114

Sounds like you have researched retirement considerably, especially though this board. You have provided a lot of good info to many folks. I do hope you will continue your fine work here. I just retired on 10/18/09 and am going through the usual adjustment period after moving out of the area I lived in for so long and leaving many friends and co-workers behind. It all good...

Good luck in future years, Dennis.
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10-31-2009 10:59 AM
Bikerchick

Congrats on your near freedom. With a little luck maybe I can do the same soon. The thoughts in your posts have been thought-provoking. Very helpful.
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10-07-2009 11:50 PM
check6

Springfield, Missouri????? I thought Oceanographers retired to Hawaii!
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08-09-2009 01:03 PM
LA Times reporter

Hi, Want2Retire --

Thanks for your reply to my post. Indeed, I'm genuine. Question, please: Can you suggest any threads, areas of the site, etc. where I can post to have the greatest chance of finding leveraged ETF users for my story? Are there common or popular areas where my query would get the widest possible distribution? Any suggestions you can make along these lines would be much appreciated. -- Thanks, Walter
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05-25-2009 08:58 AM
Radiophilejapan

With your brains you don't need to look like your avatar. Your posts have been enlightening and easy to relate to. thanks.
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12-30-2008 05:35 PM
Danny

Nice streetcar. Like to see those on our city's streets.
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11-29-2008 02:24 PM
BarbaraAnne

I really enjoy your posts. You have both knowledge and common sense about finances and life. Have you ever thought of writing a book? I think it would appeal to those who need encouragement and a guide for enjoying life with financial savvy.
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09-22-2008 10:25 PM
Sarah in SC

I love the streetcar! How very cool!
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About Me

About W2R

Gender

Female

City/Town

New Orleans

State

Louisiana

Occupation

Retired (federal) Physical Oceanographer, B.A., B.S.E.E., M.S., Ph.D

Retirement Year

2009

Interests

The usual (beautiful, blonde) avatar displayed by W2R is not a photo of herself (age 61), but instead is a photo of a German model/actress named Eva Habermann.

Interests:
(1) personal finance and investing. (AA 45:55, mostly Vanguard, debt free with no mortgage and retired)
(2) the JFK assassination
(3) fitness
(4) growing roses
(5) Wii games

Biography

W2R retired on November 9, 2009 from her career as a senior oceanographer for the federal government. Previously she held a faculty position at a major state university. W2R and her companion, Frank, are not married but have been devoted to one another for the last nine years. They are Katrina survivors and have been through a lot together, but hopefully it is a new day and things are looking up. In 2010 (once he too has shed the "golden handcuffs" of waiting for retirement eligibility), they intend to prepare and sell their homes, with the objective of eventually moving north to Springfield, Missouri.
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"Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities." - - H. Melville, 1851