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08-30-2015, 11:23 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Bee Cave, TX
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Howdy from Bee Cave TX
New to the forum here and this is my first post. 
I'm 56 years old, happily married for 35 years, 3 kids and 3 grandkids - and thankful for good health.
I will be getting laid off in a couple of weeks after 38 years in the Oil business and the last 23 years at the same company  . I am going to retire at this young age and look to use this forum for guidence and suggestions.
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08-30-2015, 12:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South Texas~29N/98W Just West of Woman Hollering Creek
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Welcome to the gang dd from Bee Cave.
Read it all and believe some of it. Ask only easy questions.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx
In dire need of: faster horses, younger woman, older whiskey, more money.
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08-30-2015, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Welcome neighbor! If you haven't seen them yet, there are two excellent resources here that might be useful to your planning:
http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ire-69999.html
and
Early Retirement FAQs - Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community
We'll do our best to answer your questions also - lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks hang out here!
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ER'd Oct. 2010 at 53. Life is good.
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08-30-2015, 01:39 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 852
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Welcome! I believe the great index Mutual Fund Company Dimensional Funds (DFA) has their headquarters very near you on Bee Cave Road.
They made my ER possible.
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08-30-2015, 02:37 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 873
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Welcome. You might become addicted to this forum like I have!
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08-30-2015, 05:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Austin
Posts: 375
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Welcome, my next door neighbor!
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08-30-2015, 06:48 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2014
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Welcome, looking forward to hearing more from you.
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08-30-2015, 07:04 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 252
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Greetings dirt_dobber, regardless of how you enter retirement it can be a great time of life's journey, I wish you a happy and healthy one.
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08-31-2015, 05:10 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Bee Cave, TX
Posts: 201
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by urn2bfree
Welcome! I believe the great index Mutual Fund Company Dimensional Funds (DFA) has their headquarters very near you on Bee Cave Road.
They made my ER possible.
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Thanks, I will check them out.
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08-31-2015, 08:15 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Cavalier
Posts: 2,317
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Welcome aboard.
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08-31-2015, 08:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 10,936
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Welcome to the ER forums from another Texan
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08-31-2015, 10:45 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Bastrop
Posts: 88
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Welcome, from a neighbor on 71 and east of 35! I have a friend who is a bit worried that this could be his last week on the rig. He has been with Patterson Drilling as a tool pusher for 25+ years and many years before that with various companies. He acts like everything will be okay regardless, but I see a bit of apprehension. He survived the first boom and bust in the 80's and is very much the survivor type. Looks like you are on top of things as well...
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08-31-2015, 03:06 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,384
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Welcome from another neighbor just south of Austin (yet still in Travis County), near Manchaca, TX!
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08-31-2015, 04:58 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Bee Cave, TX
Posts: 201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyfuego
Welcome, from a neighbor on 71
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ah yes! Hwy.71 aka the "Willie Nelson Highway". If you are ever on this side of town lets gets some bbq.
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08-31-2015, 07:50 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 550
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Welcome to the Forum. I hope you will enjoy your retirement and especially more time with grand kids.
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09-01-2015, 07:04 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Bastrop
Posts: 88
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dirt_dobber
ah yes! Hwy.71 aka the "Willie Nelson Highway". If you are ever on this side of town lets gets some bbq.
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Sounds good, but fair warning, now that I'm retired, I don't get out that way often!
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