Where are you from? Age? Retired yet?

[2soon2tell]

1. Retired, Financial Consultant

2. Age 60, Retired at 57

3. Married, DW retired teacher, one son

4. Born in Missouri, grew up in New Orleans, live in greater Houston area.

5. Visit board daily

 

[wallygator69]

42 retired last oct. dear wife 43

married no kids (50+ niece's and nephews so we borrow)

live in Myrtle Beach SC

formerly from North of Boston

Visit daily

 

[citrine]

1) Executive Assistant in Big Pharma...working
Part time artist....sold my first three paintings in the last couple of weeks....never retiring from that.
2) 32....shooting for semi retirement by 45.....totally retired by 50.
3) Single with two kittens...Romeo and Casanova.
4) Central Nj
5) Daily....it has become an addiction

 

[linkerbink]

1. Yes - IT for a non-profit social service agency.

2. Now 60, retired at 59

3. Widowed

4. Grew up in SE Pennsylvania. Now live about 15 miles from where I grew up, but by way of 7 states and 1 foreign country.

5. Daily.

 

[KB]

1 - Retired - Mainframe programmer in Healthcare

2 - 54.5, retired at 52

3 - Divorced with 2 almost grown sons, 1 cat and thinking about getting a dog.

4 - Born and raised in California. I own undeveloped property in Florida and thinking about settling there.

5 - Daily unless traveling

 

[crowbird]

1. Yes ,as of May 1st...still a newbie

2. 57

3. Married, three children, five grand children

4. Port Arhur, Texas / same

5. Couple of times a week, when I am in town, and not at the beach house.

 

[scrinch]

1. Semi-retired as of this month
2. 48
3. Married, 3 kids...19, 16, 12
4. Southern California, Northern California
5. Couple times per day or week, depends....

 

[WanderALot]

1. Not retired. Embedded software development. Hoping to work part time in < 5 years. Fully retire by age 45-50.
2. 32
3. Married, kid on the way
4. Grew up in 3 different countries. Lived in SoCal for the last 22 years.
5. Almost daily.

 

[janeofalltrades]

1 - Retired

2 - 50

3 - Married, no children

4 - I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and that's where I'm currently living. Will be moving to North San Diego County next month. I spend about three months a year in Mexico.

5 - Ranges from a couple times a week to a couple times a day.

 

[Spanky]

#1 - Retiring May 31, General Counsel at a public company, I will be doing some consulting for a few years.

#2 - 6o years old

#3 - Married with children aged 35, 32 & 8

#4 - Grew up in Tulsa, OK, living in Houston until June 1, then Fort Collins, CO.

#5 - Visit the board daily but don't post much.

Jake46,
Fort Collins is rated as one of the best places for retirement. What are fun things to do there? Is cost of living affordable? I guess it's all relative. As a General Counsel, practically everyplace is affordable, I think.

Spanky

 

[Spanky]

1. still working - software engineering for a medical device company
2. 53
3. Married, 2 kids: 17, 14
4. Born in Hong Kong; raised in the San Francisco Bay Area; Now living in Minnesota.
5. Daily

 

[Lakedog]

1) Still working but will retire Sept 30

2) 50 (until later this week)

3) Divorced, no kids, no pets currently but soon to get another lab (my 14 yr old black lab died a couple of months ago)

4) Born in Knoxville, TN; career took me to NC, AL (3 times), SC, OR; now live in central AL on a nice lake where I plan to retire

5) Daily

 

[rpow53]

retirement

1-retired, maintenance mechanic
2-54yo retired april 07
3-married,no kids at home, wife retired also, accountant
4-me-louisiana wife-philipines
5-when ever I am around a computer 3 to 5 times a day

 

[Meadbh]

#1 - Full time academic physician

#2 - 49......plan to ER @ 55

#3 - Single, no kids

#4 - Grew up in Ireland. Moved quite a bit. Currently living in Western Canada

#5 - Most days

 

[playaman]

1. Full time professor at state university in California

2. 60 next month, plan to retire on August 1, 2008

3. married, two grown kids (one in Tennessee, one in California)

4. Grew up in Texas, plan to retire in Hill Country of that state

5. Most days, but seldom post

 

[bookworm]

1. RN for 30 years retiring at the end of this month

2. 59, DH 60

3. Married, two sons ages 37, 34, three grandkids

4. Grew up in Brooklyn, NY, live presently in Mississippi, moving at the end of this month to the mountains in the Roanoke, VA area

5. Daily, but seldom post.

 

[Retire Soon]

1. Retired Teacher
2. 56, retired one year
3. Married, two adult children.
4. Grew up in Central California. Retired in San Diego after 35 years there. Selling home & moving to Oregon enabled us to retire 5 years early.
5. Daily when not traveling.

 

[success108]

1. Working as a geek (actuarial analyst)
2. 27, looking at 40 for ER
3. Married, no children.
4. Grew up all over the world. Now in So Cal
5. Daily on weekdays, seldom post

 

[bbbamI]

ok, here goes.....

1. Retired - Mega Corp finance

2. 49 now, 41 then

3. Married, no kiddos, 2 cats

4. Grew up in MO, now live in TX.

5. Daily

 

[jeeper]

Snapshoot

1. No, but not too far away - Looking at early 2008.

2. 52

3. Married, 1 married child, 2 grandkids

4. Los Angeles, Denver area

5. Daily weekdays. Maybe once during the weekend.

 

[Zipper]

Retired teacher Ontario 1997. Age 54

Mrs. Zipper works at the London Regional Cancer Centre. Retires in February 2009 when she reaches 60.

Born St. Thomas ON 1943. Mrs. Zipper Harrogate England 1949.

#1 son (1972) London, 3 children, # 2 son (1974) Vancouver.

Spent 1978 in Victoria Australia on a teacher exchange.

Visit site daily.

 

[becca]

1. Retired - self and DH managers at major Telecoms
2. retired at 48, now 54, DH retired at 51 now 60
3. Married, 2 children (both graduated from college and employed)
4. Grew up in the DC suburbs, now live in Central VA
5. daily

 

[USK Coastie]

1 Retiring from Hospital Facilities Management June 29 2007
2 57
3 Married 37 years in August 2 grown childern
4 All over the western US presently on the river by Usk Washington
5 Daily

 

[debster747]

1. I work in human resources for a large manufacturing company. My career goal is to retire very soon!

2. I am 55. Worst case scenario is to retire at 62, best case at 59.

3. Married. Two stepdaughters, 4 grandkids.

4. Born & raised in the Cleveland area. Still live here, but fantasize about relocating out west (Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona) in retirement.

5. Daily, but seldom post. Visiting this board is so uplifting & inspires me to take control of my assets & lbym. I've learned so much here.

 

[Bigritchie]

1. Self-employed food industry

2. 29, should retire in 2-3 months when I am 30

3. No kids yet, want to travel a few years first. Maybe get dual citizen ship for kids in a universal health care country

4. Tennessee, would like to relocate to a nice safe beach.

5. Daily