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    Reached FI this week, will fire ourselves in 2012

    Vancouver Island! yes, I'm jealous.... Congratulations. Hope those real estate transactions go well. Stay patient. Great plan.
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    62, eight days retired, loving it.

    Another - from "North of Boston" (1915) "I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too." Some of my retirement days are thus - we actually have a "pasture spring" I clean...
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    55 retired two years +

    Welcome. Shooter. Managing investments isn't for everyone - sounds like you've got a good FA. Maybe you're enjoying a little personal peace AND freedom now. ;)
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    Poll:Are You Expecting Social Security?

    maxing SS benefit. 62, don't anticipate benefits being reduced more than a small amount (like chained COLA - and that not soon). Don't plan to start until 70. Likely my wife who is younger and has lower lifetime earnings will start sooner. While there is more than zero risk to SS benefits, I...
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    62, eight days retired, loving it.

    those clocks are good! good chuckle. As a former professor, I've had quite a bit of retirement "practice" during long summer vacations - and the last day I worked was in early May. When I was cleaning out my desk I realized how hard I did work during the semester though - how much planning...
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    62, eight days retired, loving it.

    I've been reading some threads on this forum for a couple of weeks now - time to participate a bit. Though I planned and saved for retirement for the last thirty years, I'd never dug into it more than to know that I was doing enough. When dealing with admin/mgmt turned stressful over the last...
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