unclemick
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
1/1/1993 age 49 BUT I was 'unemployed' until I was able make the mental shift to ER.
ER anonymous?
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ER anonymous?
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ER anonymous?
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Born last century - retired this century. Seems like forever ...Nitpicking: Doesn't the age at which one retires more important than the year? Not much can be said about a person retiring in 1991 at age 80, right?
The option to include your retirement date can be found in the "Additional Information" section of your User CP > Edit Your Details. However, it does not display under your avatar as you are requesting.April 2006. Question: Could a new line be added like the LOCATION field under the control panel to add the year one retired?
I'm wondering if we'll see any data trends from asking the question this way-- for example few ERs during the stormy days of 2001, 2002, 2008, or 2009... and lots of them in 1999 & 2007 when the ER weather seemed sunny & mild.
I had a partner like that once. While I was always trying to sweet talk somebody into the back seat of the police car, he could, with a few words, turn them into raving lunatics. After the secretary down at IAD started greeting us by our first names I told him, "Dude, you're just not allowed to talk to people anymore."Shortly after we moved in there I told DW "Well dear, we're unemployed and homeless."
Somehow that didn't make her feel any better, but I've always had that talent for words.
That gives a completely different connotation than the one I hope you intended!While I was always trying to sweet talk somebody into the back seat of the police car...
I'm not ashamed of avoiding a butt-kicking what so ever. I can even remember the exact moment I started sweet talking.That gives a completely different connotation than the one I hope you intended!
Can't do that in units of years. I can barely do it in days...Maybe we should poll when was the last time we dreamed about our old j*b!
Can't do that in units of years. I can barely do it in days...
secretary with her skirt up around her waste
I think that statement holds true for any of us who retired in the 2-3 years leading up to 2007. I retired in 2005 and spent most of 2008 wondering if I was the red line in Dory's FIRECalc example chart ...I think most of us who retired in 2007 and could have foreseen the future would have stayed working for awhile . It was really scary to see your portfolio melt before your eyes !
"Those who fail to plan, plan to fail".Looking at the poll - - - it looks like the peak retirement year was 2007. 2007? My gosh, what's wrong with you guys? Didn't you know the market was about to crash?
"Those who fail to plan, plan to fail".
That's why I have a 3-5 cash bucket for income in retirement. Put some in (like in 2007 and 2009) when things are up and just draw on it when things are down (like 2008).
Sort of like a farmer. In good years, the excess goes to the silo; in bad years, the silo gets tapped to feed the animals. It's actually quite simple.
Didn't sell one share during the downturn. And hey, I have no pension nor SS income
"So simple even a wahoo could do it!"It's actually quite simple.
I can fix that. - done.