Recent content by jaybones

I just retired and we moved to Charlottesville, VA. I was looking around the web to see what was available to do in town. I found the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. They offer 6 week classes taught by retired college faculty at various colleges. You can take up to 12 credits a semester...

I am taking a Buy Out of $25,000, less taxes, when I leave. If I get sucked back in, I will have to pay back the entire $25,000, not the less taxes amount. So this guarantees that I won't be tempted, unless they are willing to pay me so much that I would be able to eat that $25K, which ain't...

In hindsight, I had 2 very good jobs, because I was able to help others. First, was a Social Security Administration Claims Representative. Second, was working on the Employee Protections Provisions of the Mass Transit statute, which involved mediating labor disputes in bus and subway systems...

I am retiring in 2 weeks. We have a contract on our house. We are moving. We will be going to Charlottesville, Virginia. We both always wanted to retire to a college town. However, we plan on renting for a year, or so, to make sure C-ville is the right town for us and to decide where in...

Freebird, If I had more flexibility, I would time my retirement for tax purposes. However, part of this deal is that in order to get the Buy Out I have to be out the door by November 7th. November 3rd is the best date for CSRS retirement between now and then. So that's the day I am out the...

Well, plans change. I was looking at retiring sometime next year. However the part of the Federal Agency where I work is overstaffed and exceeds the number in the budget. So in order to get down to the right number, they are offering Voluntary Separation Insentive Payments, which is Fed Speak...

Yakers, I am CSRS, but there are a couple problems with your idea. 1) When I quit the Feds to go back to grad school, I withdrew my CSRS contributions, and I have non-CSRS covered Federal time, so I'd have to repay that first, to the tune of $4,000. 2) I won't have the money until I sell the...

I will be retiring from the Federal government on January 1, 2010. Wooo Whoooo! The plan is to sell our house inside the Beltway. We expect to net over $300,000, after we pay off what's left of our mortgage and a line of credit. After we sell the house we plan to move to Charlottesville, VA...

Places to eat Anytime you go to a new town, you should check out Chowhound Boards - CHOW I have used this to find some of the best hole-in-the-wall restaurants all around the country.

Plans Change Well, as of tomorrow, I will be eligible to retire. However, as I said, "Plans change." My son just told us that he wants to change colleges and majors, which will postpone his graduation by about a year. Since I want to do my best to help him graduate from college with as...

Parttime job in retirement I plan on getting a part time job at a bookstore in order to earn my last few Social Security credits, so that I will be eligible for Social Security when I turn 62. After all, I have worked for the Feds since I was 19 years old. It will be reduced by the so-called...

After I get my KMA Degree, I will become what my brother-in-law called a "Three-Day Guy." Three bad days in a row and I am out of here!!! As far as a new field, I plan on getting a part time job at a bookstore in order to earn my last few Social Security credits, so that I will be eligible...

That's KMA Degree, as in Kiss My A**. I will be eligible to retire in mid-August, when I turn 55. Unfortunately, eligible and afford are located in different parts of the dictionary. Right now my son is in college and I will keep working until he is a bit closer to graduation. It is a little...