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03-15-2020, 11:56 PM
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#441
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Oct 2018
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We are on track for November. No plans for withdrawals from 401k for at least 6 years.
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03-16-2020, 05:59 AM
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#442
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 119
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03-16-2020, 06:00 AM
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#443
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 119
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Originally Posted by 51notout
Handing in my laptop, cc, and badge tomorrow (Friday) at 11am. Then I’m done [emoji3]
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Congratulations! (again!)
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The thing that makes me nervous is our OZ and NZ cruises that start in a week or so. No opportunity for refunds at this stage.
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Curious about this. Latest news seems that pretty much all cruising has been cancelled/postponed. Did yours, and if so, how did they handle it?
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Can’t wait for tomorrow [emoji3]. Today there’s a gathering of colleagues to wish us (wife also retiring from same Mega on same day) a happy retirement.
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Now how cute is that? 
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03-16-2020, 06:43 AM
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#445
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Boerne
Posts: 421
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Originally Posted by Draggon
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Please add me to your list for 9/30/2020
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03-16-2020, 06:52 AM
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#446
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 119
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Originally Posted by cnocmmz
Please add me to your list for 9/30/2020
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Done! (I was still able to edit the post above). And welcome to the Class of 2020.
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03-16-2020, 07:56 AM
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#447
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 80
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Class of 2020
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Originally Posted by Draggon
Congratulations! (again!)
Curious about this. Latest news seems that pretty much all cruising has been cancelled/postponed. Did yours, and if so, how did they handle it?
Now how cute is that? [emoji3]
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Dragon...thanks
We were able to cancel our b2b2b celebrity cruises for full “refund”...about 75% is future cruise credit. Don’t have a problem with that. We like cruising and have 10 booked (small deposits paid) for 2021/22 [emoji57] all on celebrity. I don’t see the cruise industry (at least not RCL) going to the wall before we can use the credits. It was very easy to cancel.
Got full refunds for the flights to/from Oz and also a summer trip to UK that we used miles for. All were with Delta. This was easy to cancel too.
Having trouble with the hotel in Sydney that I booked, and paid In full, via Delta last April. It was non-refundable but the hotel has since said they will refund. However, I cannot get hold of anyone at delta to talk to about this. The number says “technical difficulties”.
I’ve learned my lesson with this one...I won’t use an airline to book a hotel again 🤦
Enjoying retirement so far.
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03-16-2020, 08:04 AM
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#448
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 80
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Class of 2020
Well, our first full week of retirement is in the books [emoji3]
Probably not the best first week of retirement anyone has had...
Coronavirus becomes a big deal in US...
stock market drops quite a bit...
looks like recession is here for a while...
kids are coming back from college [emoji6]...
6 week retirement vacation cancelled...
But, I’m sitting having espresso followed by tea chatting with DW on Monday morning when I could have been in work...retirement is great [emoji3]
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03-16-2020, 03:47 PM
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#449
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 119
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Originally Posted by Draggon
Done! (I was still able to edit the post above). And welcome to the Class of 2020.
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Oops... Copy/Paste error & I got the date wrong... I'll correct it next time...
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03-16-2020, 03:48 PM
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#450
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 119
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03-16-2020, 09:09 PM
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#451
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 12
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Sorry everyone. I should've reported back sooner.
I punched out 1/31/2020, and headed towards what I thought was a long relaxing retirement. Been at the vacation house in Mexico for the last two months, watching my financial worth decrease by a third. I figure I have enough cash to hold out for 2-3 years, but I'm seriously considering going back into the mines if the trend downward continues. This is painful to watch.
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03-16-2020, 09:56 PM
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#452
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 81
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I retired last year at 56. Last week I told my daughter, don’t let my aches and pains fool you, retirement is my favorite phase of life so far. I love the stress free life!
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03-17-2020, 07:00 AM
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#453
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: St Pete
Posts: 1,240
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Was hoping for a summer departure, putting that off until the end of the year given the recent haircut to my portfolio and uncertainty in the state of the world economy. This will allow me to buy into the market a bit with a bit more cashflow and still end the year with my targeted cash balance. Very secure gov't job and may get a bit of a sabbatical by working from home some soon (not much I can realistically do from home) to take away a bit of the pain of staying a bit longer. Not stressed; stepping back it is pretty interesting to watch history being made... sucks that I'm adjusting plans, but it's even interesting seeing how much NW I have lost in such a short time and how I'm pretty nonchalant about it... especially given the very real impact to my plans.
FLSunFIRE
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03-17-2020, 11:30 AM
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#454
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 141
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Another quick update. I resigned from my government job Jan 9th. Been working on a lucrative temp assignment that ends this week. The government organization that I retired from in January was just "activated" to help with the current coronavirus situation. They need extra help immediately and it will take a while to hire and train. So, I am going back next week to help them get over the hump. Their mission is to help people impacted so it is for a good cause.
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03-17-2020, 04:43 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago
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As my handle suggests my plan is to “retire “ this August 31. I would like to feel a bit more comfortable than I am currently given the scare right now but I am going to pull the plug on work as planned. We’ve saved up around 2M and frugality is nothing new to us. If a part time job is warranted should the economy go into the dumpster thru the summer, I’ll make that call when the data presents itself.
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03-17-2020, 05:27 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago
Posts: 272
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Please add me to the list
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03-17-2020, 06:41 PM
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#457
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Rural Alabama
Posts: 1,354
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I'll be done once I meet with, and introduce my clients to the people taking over their accounts. Unfortunately today corporate threw a wrench in the plan. Face to face meetings with clients are prohibited for who knows how long. It's going to take longer than I thought. A month or two delay at least.
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Projected retirement--2020 at age 48 (done!)
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03-18-2020, 04:38 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 367
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Originally Posted by INTJ10
Another quick update. I resigned from my government job Jan 9th. Been working on a lucrative temp assignment that ends this week. The government organization that I retired from in January was just "activated" to help with the current coronavirus situation. They need extra help immediately and it will take a while to hire and train. So, I am going back next week to help them get over the hump. Their mission is to help people impacted so it is for a good cause.
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I know this means a delay in your full retirement but thanks for going back to work for the purpose of helping people during this crisis.
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03-18-2020, 01:34 PM
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#459
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Cleveland, TN
Posts: 29
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Target was 4/30/2020. Got moved up to 3/4/2020 when I had a stroke. Since I was a heavy jet pilot for a private company, the FAA revoked my medical for at least 2 years. 59.5 yo; here we go!
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03-18-2020, 02:15 PM
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#460
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Rural Alabama
Posts: 1,354
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Originally Posted by HighFlight
Target was 4/30/2020. Got moved up to 3/4/2020 when I had a stroke. Since I was a heavy jet pilot for a private company, the FAA revoked my medical for at least 2 years. 59.5 yo; here we go!
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Welcome. I hope you make a speedy recovery!
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