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View Poll Results: How long have you been retired?
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I am not retired yet
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Less than two years
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two to four years
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How many years have you been retired?
11-28-2007, 10:38 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: minnesota
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How many years have you been retired?
I don't recall if we have polled this before. So, what is your experience with ER?
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11-28-2007, 10:43 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: near Canadian border and near Mexican border
Posts: 1,142
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One year, going on fifty years.
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Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. That's my story and I am sticking to it.
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11-28-2007, 10:54 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Just celebrated my first year and it has been great . They'd have to drag me kicking and screaming back to work !
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11-28-2007, 11:11 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Approaching three years (31 Dec '04).
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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11-28-2007, 11:42 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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I seem to be the only 18+ years retiree so far. Without digging out tax returns I can't really pin down the exact year. I just had less and less eagerness to grub for new business, and one day I just quit doing so. About 20 years.
More like something out of a novel of modern fecklessness than what a responsible young husband and father would do.
All I can say is thank God for bull markets and cheap whiskey.
Ha
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11-28-2007, 11:58 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: minnesota
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I think Jarhead, if we could entice him back, would have you beat Ha. But you, Mick and Jarhead are the long term ERs, as best as I can recall.
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11-28-2007, 12:16 PM
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Four years this month and I've never been happier.
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11-28-2007, 04:47 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 944
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I am a relative newbee w/ about 17 months - there is no going back - the thought of dealing w/ people and issues that mean nothing to me makes me feel ill......
Being free is incredible. So much time for the family and whatever interests me at the moment - sometimes I feel like I am doing something illegal - while working, I had to check voicemail and E mail CONSTANTLY just to keep up. Now I often go out and forget the cell....no biggy.
I have my allocation where I want it and sleep well at night -
I have a real sense of excitement for the future - because I get to make it!
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Freed at 49. You only live once - live it
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11-28-2007, 06:00 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 802
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I retired from teaching in June 1997 after 33 years.
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11-28-2007, 08:03 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: North-Central Illinois
Posts: 3,228
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Well, I'm the shortest ER'd to check in so far. 8 months next week.
I stopped in at the old joint today to borrow a locator to find a buried bird feeder pipe in the ground here at home. After chatting it up with the guys, it was made extremely clear that the magnitude of the sh*t going down hill there has only increased and intensified since my departure. I'm SOOOOOO glad that I am not them!!! Had i stayed employed there any longer than I did, I would probably be in custody awaiting a jury trial for the execution and decapitation of a couple of morons....the main one being the boss.
I will NEVER have another j*b! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!
I LOVE MY RETIREMENT!!!
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11-29-2007, 06:02 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,895
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i've lost track. i left my calendar on the job. i think i'm on two years. i live in florida so i don't know the seasons. i only know two of the days of the week because of garbage days. by the time i wake up after noon the bank is only open for a few more hours. i don't know how anyone can accomplish anything under these circumstances. it's a good thing i don't have anything i have to do today.
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11-29-2007, 06:59 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 8,931
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonie
Well, I'm the shortest ER'd to check in so far. 8 months next week.
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I'm right there with ya. Eight months tomorrow. If I was still employed with my old company, I would be facing annual inventory starting today and dealing with auditors through the weekend. Instead I'm going on a hike today with my dog and playing golf the rest of the week. 
ER is the only way to go. 
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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11-29-2007, 07:23 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 229
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Goodbye tension, hello pension!
Dec 3rd will be a big and wonderful 4 months for me. It does not matter what I do today because ANYTHING is better than w*rk. I would rather eat guinea pig pellets than go back to w*rk.
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11-29-2007, 07:58 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Losing my whump
Posts: 22,702
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Six and a half years!
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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Just another form of "buy low, sell high" for those who have trouble with things. This rule is not universal. Do not buy a 1973 Pinto because everyone else is afraid of it.
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11-29-2007, 09:05 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martha
I think Jarhead, if we could entice him back, would have you beat Ha. But you, Mick and Jarhead are the long term ERs, as best as I can recall.
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And Billy and Akaisha.
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TickTock Rule Of Finance - heavily discount any promises of money/benefits to be paid to you in the future
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11-29-2007, 09:07 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Losing my whump
Posts: 22,702
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Lets not forget Charlie...
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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Just another form of "buy low, sell high" for those who have trouble with things. This rule is not universal. Do not buy a 1973 Pinto because everyone else is afraid of it.
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11-29-2007, 09:13 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
Posts: 7,608
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5 years, 4 months and 3 weeks
But who's counting!?
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For the fun of it...Keith
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11-29-2007, 10:18 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Anchorage
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About seven and a half. Life is good.
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11-29-2007, 01:04 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 216
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One year exactly on Dec 10th!! Hooray, best anniversary I ever had.
2fer
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11-29-2007, 02:53 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: athens
Posts: 802
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Soon. Very, very soon. But...
An observation:
I love looking at statistics and letting numbers talk to me if they will. Folks on this board pour out alot of heartfelt ideas concerning how to safely retire as early as possible. The sample is still small, but look how the numbers skew toward the low numbers.
86.8% retired 4 years of less, or not retired yet
It sort of makes me wonder how reliable all this advice and information really is with 86.8% of it coming from a group who have only been retired 4 years or less! I sure hope the mathematical models are accurate.
I would be even MORE curious about how much in assets the long-retired group started with. Did anyone out there have to quit retirement and go back to w**k? Is this just pre-retirement jitters I'm suffering from? (Not that I plan to change MY plans.)
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