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04-03-2011, 12:21 PM
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#41
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Fort Collins
Posts: 194
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Retired -- never give it a second thought.
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04-03-2011, 01:59 PM
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#42
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,808
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Retired rabbitologist (or could say retired bunnyologist).
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04-03-2011, 03:02 PM
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#43
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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Retired Engineer.
I will always be an Engineer even if I am not getting paid for it.
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"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
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04-05-2011, 01:19 PM
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#44
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 193
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I say "investor." I tried "retired" at first, but I found it confuses people and then I have to explain too much.
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04-06-2011, 11:00 AM
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#45
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: DFW
Posts: 7,586
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
Interesting observation, given that several men on this forum have avatars of younger men or celebrities too.
Remember when the forum used the other software, and we had default avatars? I used the Eva Habermann avatar, because I thought it conveyed sympathetic understanding and interest in a conversation. Unlike many here, I am very open about my avatar and even explain it on my profile.
I didn't choose it from the very limited selection of avatars simply because Eva Habermann was younger than I was. I am proud of my age. I am one of the very few women here who does NOT dye her hair and knock herself out trying to look younger than she is.
I have tried numerous times to change my avatar, but the pleas that result from male members of the forum touch my heart so I always return to Eva. But since you object, how about this avatar?
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W2R,
I don't care what your avatar looks like, but I must say you are one of the most beautiful members on this forum on the inside, and its quite evident in all your posts.
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04-06-2011, 12:41 PM
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#46
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Northern California
Posts: 549
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DFW_M5
W2R,
I don't care what your avatar looks like, but I must say you are one of the most beautiful members on this forum on the inside, and its quite evident in all your posts.
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Yes, W2R - you are one of the most beautiful souls on this forum!
I say I am an artist, which I have always been, and will always be...and, I own a farm.
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04-06-2011, 01:15 PM
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#47
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Kearney
Posts: 121
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Not all who wander are lost - J. R. Tolkien
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04-06-2011, 02:23 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Indialantic FL
Posts: 1,330
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We work at home...If the question goes any further I manage rental property, DW has her own home based travel agency.
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JimnJana
"The four most dangerous words in investing are 'This time it's different.'" - Sir John Templeton
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04-10-2011, 10:27 AM
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#49
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,130
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Since I efile my taxes, I simply put "retired". If I filed the old fashioned way, I would put down "retired :-) :-) :-)" with several smile faces afterwards.
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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04-10-2011, 10:33 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,472
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DFW_M5
W2R,
I don't care what your avatar looks like, but I must say you are one of the most beautiful members on this forum on the inside, and its quite evident in all your posts.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by antmary
Yes, W2R - you are one of the most beautiful souls on this forum!
I say I am an artist, which I have always been, and will always be...and, I own a farm.
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Aw!! These posts were so sweet, and I didn't see them until now. Thank you. I try.
You made my day!
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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04-11-2011, 02:10 PM
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#51
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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: 7,677
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W2R I second that emotion!
I say "private portfolio manager" unless retired is easier.
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For the fun of it...Keith
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04-11-2011, 03:13 PM
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#52
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 586
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
Retired Engineer.
I will always be an Engineer even if I am not getting paid for it.
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Once an engineer, always an engineer.
Once a knight is all I can give.
1. CFO (to DW)
2. I like what somebody suggested - "Asset Manager" - asset includes the house (do this, do that).
3. Financial Planner. Our own finances.
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04-11-2011, 03:13 PM
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#53
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 7,968
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I was an unemployed slacker 49-55 when my first pension(non-cola) check arrived. Then I could attend a monthly lunch where retired engineers verbally re-engineered stuff(most of which was ok just as it was) and had a so-so lunch and heard a guest speaker of varing quality. We also guessed where the stock market was going - except in really down periods where 'that' subject lay dead on arrival.
heh heh heh - now I'm just retired.
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04-11-2011, 11:37 PM
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#54
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,171
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I'm leaning toward "N/A".
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04-12-2011, 01:07 AM
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#55
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 197
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
Retired Engineer.
I will always be an Engineer even if I am not getting paid for it.
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I'm sure being retired engineer must be an ice breaker if a person who's asking is working engineer. I'm a structural engineer, aka working stiff so when someone say their occupation is an engineer, I always ask them what type. When I was a pup (such long time ago), I always thought engineers were locomotive engineers. Then after I started working in NYC, machine operators are called operating engineers, sewage treatment workers are called process engineer...etc.
I think if I ever get to FIRE, I'll put Fortunate Engineer as occupation.
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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! – General George S. Patton
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04-12-2011, 03:43 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 728
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I use Retired or Homemaker or Housewife. In reality, I am all three. My friends who are still working label me as "Woman who lunches".
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04-12-2011, 04:17 AM
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#57
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,198
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Part-time consultant.
Actually true in my case, but it can apply to anyone.
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I thought growing old would take longer.
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04-12-2011, 08:14 AM
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#58
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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I'm thinking combination curmudgeon, drunkard, and part-time old bluesman...
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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04-12-2011, 09:26 AM
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#59
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,324
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Most of the people who live in my building know me as the friendly yet slightly quirky guy who wanders around the house in his pajamas much of the day, fiddles with antennas outside, and stays up late listening to morse code.
Any attempt to engender respect by mentioning that I used to be a DJ/voice-over/production guy might not get too far, so I don't usually try
My story varies depending on who I'm talking to. When people ask what you do, they're not all looking for the same kind of reply. Some folk want to know what your "thing" is - what it is you really like to do, others want to know about your career, while some are just curious about where you get your money from. If I can figure out what they're really wanting to know, then I can give them the answer they want.
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04-12-2011, 09:44 AM
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#60
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,808
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandhog
I'm sure being retired engineer must be an ice breaker if a person who's asking is working engineer. I'm a structural engineer, aka working stiff so when someone say their occupation is an engineer, I always ask them what type. When I was a pup (such long time ago), I always thought engineers were locomotive engineers. Then after I started working in NYC, machine operators are called operating engineers, sewage treatment workers are called process engineer...etc.
I think if I ever get to FIRE, I'll put Fortunate Engineer as occupation.
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Just "Engineer" covers a multitude of sins. I'm actually a retired Electrical Engineer. If I get into that I let people know it was in electronics but even that is nebulously general. At least they then know I wasn't doing household circuits (can barely change a light switch). There are so many specialties. In my career I did integrated circuit design, component production, semiconductor process design, software, then finished up with hardware/software (using FPGA's).
Generally I just say I'm retired and wait for the response -- which is most often to say "how nice for you".
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