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I have two close friends who are financial planners. Both are well past normal retirement age but can't afford to stop working. Hmmmm. Scott FIREd 7/1/2008

DW and I just got home from this amazing cruise and land tour. Our stops included ports of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Puerto Madryn (in Argentine Patagonia), Falkland Islands, Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), Puerto Montt (Chile), and Valparaiso (Santiago, Chile). I can't describe what a...

DW and I leave next week for a cruise in South America, starting in Buenos Aires, then going on to Montevido and on to various other ports, including Falkland Islands. We visit Antarctica for several days. We then go to Cape Horn, Ushuaia, Puntas Arenas, the Straits of Magellan, Malia Glacier...

A little over a year ago, my daughter Sheri passed away due to eclampsia during childbirth. (The baby miraculously survived an emergency c-section.) Since then four of my good friends, all men in their mid 50s, died suddenly. One had a chronic heart disease that finally took him. Another had an...

In the year 2000, I make a Bucket List with 50 items. Most items on the list are fairly down-to-earth; some are a little more exotic. Examples: Qualify for the Boston Marathon (done), run the Boston Marathon (done), complete an Olympic length (done) and Half Ironman (done) triathlon, visit all...

I had a physical three weeks ago, my first since being FIRE'd. I had blood drawn and analyzed. For a heart disease survivor, I feel pretty good about the numbers: total cholesterol: 155 mg/dL HDL: 39 mg/dL LDL: 98 mg/dL VLDL: 18 mg/dL triglycerides: 90 mg/dL glucose: 86 mg/dL The doctor said...

Saturday, June 12, I ran the Utah Valley Marathon in 5:25. Not exactly my PR of 2:58 (in 1981) but hey, I did it. Next up: Spudman Triathlon (Olympic length) on July 31. What marathons or century rides or triathlons have you done recently or are in your plans?

A few years back, I went to see a doctor. It was my first visit to him. After initial introductions, I called him Dr. Y and he called me Scott. But during our conversation, we came to realize that he was once a student of mine in a senior-level biochemistry class. Spontaneously, the titles...

I have many friends whose self image and personal identity seem to be tied up with their profession. Their jobs seem to define them. Even after retiring, they continue to in the same w*rk. In fact the man I replaced on the faculty at my university 30 years ago spent the next 20 years still doing...

After retiring early (okay, only 1.5 years ago), I turned 65 last Saturday. To celebrate, I ran the St. George (Utah) Half Marathon (slow, 2:17) with five of my family (two sons, a daughter, a DIL, and a SIL). I'm thankful to be healthy enough to still run and enjoy it.

My university department held my retirement reception (well attended, I might add), and I held a milk-and-cookies party on the last day of my last class. Today, I turned in the last of my grades and signed off on the last of my Ph.D. committee assignments. I'm done. FIREd. OK, so the earlier...

Back when I was young, the thought of being a millionaire was like a pie-in-the-sky dream. But nowadays, you almost have to be a millionaire to have any kind of retirement. In fact, from the recent thread on how long it took people to have their first $million, I get the impression that everyone...

Because of the close association this forum has with Bob Clyatt's "Work Less, Live More", I'm surpised I can't find more discussion of "Rational Investing Porfolios." I've tried a bunch of different search words and phrases, but no luck. Maybe someone could point me in the right direction. In...

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Back in February of 2000 at age 55, soon after the turn of the millennium, and at the time of my being diagnosed with heart disease, I made a list of 50 things I wanted to do before I die. Many people have a Life List of 100 things, but for me, 50 things was plenty. Of the 50 items, I have...

My DW and I have decided to retire effected summer 2008, she at age 63 and I at age 63½. We are both professors at the same university. She will have 16 years and I will have 30 years of experience at our university when we retire. We had seven children--four daughters and three sons. Six of the...