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08-29-2006, 06:47 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Murrells Inlet
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Hi, y'all!
I just turned the big 6-0 last month and have been lurking for quite a while. Actually, my bride looks at it daily and that's how I became acquainted. My life can be summed up in a Jimmy Buffet verse: "Made enough money to buy Miami but I...", well, you know the words. Became a hater of debt two years ago and shed a whole bunch of it, and woke up one morning realising I just might be able to retire before I am 102. My work colleagues are concerned that I am "lightening up" a lot, and my 87 year old mother (who still has a full time job by choice) is agast that I am even considering ER. All that hippie influence in the 60's don't you know.
I am looking forward to participating and learning from you guys and gals. It seems to me that the ER philosphy is as much as what is really important in a retirement lifestyle as it is to accumulating wealth.
I will pull the trigger the moment this house is paid off, hopefully in less than three years.
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08-29-2006, 08:05 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 14,404
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Re: Hi, y'all!
Capt C,
Welcome. If your mom is any indication, you've got lots of years to enjoy after you hang up the spurs.
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08-29-2006, 08:17 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Re: Hi, y'all!
Hi Cap'n. You may want to change your moniker after you see the degree of curmudgeonhood this board. We even have women curmudgeons.* 
Ha
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08-29-2006, 08:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,105
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Re: Hi, y'all!
Capt Curmudgeon
How about a more optimistic name now that you are optimistic about your RE potential!
Positive thinking works.
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Sometimes death is not as tragic as not knowing how to live. This man knew how to live--and how to make others glad they were living. - Jack Benny at Nat King Cole's funeral
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08-30-2006, 09:59 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Re: Hi, y'all!
Capt C: Don't listen to all these yea-sayers; curmudgeonhood is an honorable state of being... 8)
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08-30-2006, 07:49 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Murrells Inlet
Posts: 25
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Re: Hi, y'all!
Thanks for the advice , guys, but in all due respect I need to keep the name. It was given to me by boat mates I shared many hours with recreational diving and fishing offshore South Carolina. Something to do with my sparkling personality. It also became my VHF radio handle.
Dex does have a point, though: Thoughts of the future definitely brings a smile to my face now!
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