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Today is the 7th Anniversary of the beginning of this forum. The first post was inauspicious and certainly lacked fanfare, but it marked the launch of a free forum to discuss FIRECalc, investing, early retirement, the joys of not working and (almost) any other topic under the sun.
Dory36, who created both FIRECalc and the E-R. org forum, gives credit to The Retire Early Home Page for his inspiration to seek early retirement:
In a real world example of "be careful what you ask for", the success of the forum was more than Dory bargained for. Citing the forum had grown to the point it had become "w*rk", Dory sold the forum (not FIRECalc) to Andy R in early 2007 and moved on to ‘pursue other interests’. He does, however, continue to update FIRECalc to keep it current with the latest available historical market information.
I’m a little sad that Dory is no longer around, but hey, he’s retired – he can do whatever he wants!
Dory36, who created both FIRECalc and the E-R. org forum, gives credit to The Retire Early Home Page for his inspiration to seek early retirement:
From his sign up as the first member of the forum and initial post on the afternoon of June 23, 2002, E-R.org has grown to almost 8,000 members and more than 565,000 posts.I discovered the REHP (which led me to my own early retirement) completely by accident.
I had many of the same bad assumptions that others have reported, and was expecting to work for years longer.
A co-worker celebrated his 50th birthday, and the folks at the office papered his office door with "getting old" stuff -- AARP membership forms, webpage printouts on elder care, and so forth. One co-worker taped up a printout of the REHP she had discovered in a search merely for this purpose.
I saw that, and looked at the site out of curiosity. *As a result, I retired YEARS before I would have otherwise! Had I not seen that piece of paper. posted on a door as a gag, I'd still be there slogging it out every day...
Dory36
In a real world example of "be careful what you ask for", the success of the forum was more than Dory bargained for. Citing the forum had grown to the point it had become "w*rk", Dory sold the forum (not FIRECalc) to Andy R in early 2007 and moved on to ‘pursue other interests’. He does, however, continue to update FIRECalc to keep it current with the latest available historical market information.
I’m a little sad that Dory is no longer around, but hey, he’s retired – he can do whatever he wants!