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View Poll Results: What year did you ER?
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1991
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0.84% |
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1992
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1993
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1.68% |
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1994
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1995
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1996
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0.84% |
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1997
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1998
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0.84% |
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1999
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2.52% |
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2000
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2.52% |
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2001
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2.52% |
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2002
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5.88% |
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2003
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3.36% |
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2004
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1.68% |
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2005
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10.08% |
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2006
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9.24% |
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2007
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23 |
19.33% |
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2008
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12.61% |
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2009
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14.29% |
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2010
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10.92% |
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04-18-2010, 05:02 PM
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#61
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,506
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I had to say, say hon, when did I retire? She said: I think 2006. So I had to look it up. may 25 2006. Seem CRS has set in. I've gotten very comfortably in this retirement thing. Thankfully. 
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04-18-2010, 06:33 PM
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#62
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
Hmm. Don't know what to say in response to your complaint.
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How about I'm sorry for making light of a situation that was so devastaing to a lot of our retirees ? This was as devasting to a lot of us as Katrina was to you .
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04-18-2010, 06:47 PM
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#63
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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I can't speak for the others like me who retired in the years immediately leading up to the 2007 crash, but I see the humor in W2R's post and see no reason for anyone to have an issue with it. Heck, I wish I'd been witty enough to post it!
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04-18-2010, 06:49 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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Official day of retirement: 31 Dec 2004.
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"Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone..."
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04-18-2010, 06:58 PM
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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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1 Feb 2007 for me.
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04-18-2010, 07:01 PM
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#66
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,596
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
decided I needed the extra security of retiree health insurance for which I had to wait until 2010.
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I think you were pretty darn smart to wait for the retiree health insurance.
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04-18-2010, 08:36 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
Posts: 34,128
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Purron
I think you were pretty darn smart to wait for the retiree health insurance.
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It seems smart now, but at the time I was having a torrid time at work and was ready to jump ship. I was lucky enough to apply for and get a position at another site (in another State) and switch careers from IT back to I&E Engineering and see out my last 2 years in the execution of some big projects that avoided being cancelled.
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Retired in Jan, 2010 at 55, moved to England in May 2016
Enough private pension and SS income to cover all needs
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04-19-2010, 01:36 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,716
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I love being able to say I retired in the last century! LOL!
Audrey (class of 1999)
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Well, now we know who we are. Technically I also did not retire in '99, I just quit - but since I never went back and later deemed myself "retired", '99 is the year for me.
Vintage 1999 – an excellent selection. Ready to drink now, will improve with aging, pairs well with any dish, and like all superior wines, available in limited quantities.
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04-19-2010, 02:00 PM
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#69
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 38,145
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Too cute MichaelB!
Audrey
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Retired since summer 1999.
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04-19-2010, 07:38 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,532
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June 2, 2006 for me. Exactly 35 years after I graduated from high school.
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04-20-2010, 10:15 AM
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#71
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 3,519
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ER'd in 2008. Back to work part-time in 2010. May be fully ER'd again next year or may just continue being Semi-ER'd.
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04-20-2010, 10:23 AM
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#72
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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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My official ER date was 4/7/2007. I quit working about 3 1/2 months earlier, but forgot to stay home! 
One day one of my co-workers said everyone was surprised that I was still showing up, and that they all figured I wouldn't even be there the last few weeks before my ER date. So I thought about that for a minute, and thanked him for the insight. I immediately walked into the boss's office, tossed my keys on his desk, told him "I'm outta here!", and walked out the door for the last time!!! 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamer
June 2, 2006 for me. Exactly 35 years after I graduated from high school.
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I graduated HS on June 6, 1975, started with the municipality on June 9, 1975, and stayed there 'til ER'd at 50!!!
Life is Great!!!
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