Getting ready to sloooooow down. Get some more shooting time in. I'll be 62 in May. Going to the SS office next week to sign up. Getting excited about it. I have plenty of opportunities to work part time for extra cash as it wouldn't be good for me to sit idle all the time. Am really looking forward to being able to go to the range on days other than the weekend. Pat
If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.
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Once you are retired, we must get together for lunch and to pop a cap.
You are nearby and we have no further excuses
73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia
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I wish you well in your retirement. Many folks find it a difficult adjustment, I know I did. After working full time for 44 years, I found the sudden stop to be jolting. I made the adjustment with some effort and the help of adjunct teaching at a local university. My grandparents who raised me, gave me strong worth ethic and a feeling that if I was not contributing to the common good, I was not doing my part. It has taken me some time to shake that, but I am now pretty happy being a societal slug. Best wishes for your “golden years".
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I'll be 64 later this year and I too started drawing my Social Security at 62. I have been operating a small home based business since 2000 and started throttling that down when I hit 62. I plan to close shop this year at the end of June and become fully retired. With all of my hobbies I now find it hard to see how I ever found time to do any of the chores or hobbies while I was “punching the clock". Being “semi” retired now I find there are never enough hours in the day to do all I want to do. But I'll say it is great to be able to have a choice in what I want to do and what can wait till later. Enjoy your retirement, I know I will.
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I'll be 62 in 9 months and will be joining you at the Olde Farts table at the diner then, Pat! Actually, I'm semi-retired now with a part-time gig that gives me an infinitely adjustable schedule. The added SS at 62 will be a bit of icing on the cake, as I don't plan on changing anything else.
Pat and Ed- we talked about creating gun smoke before but never quite pulled it off. Let's do it this spring. I'm only a little over an hour from y'all, and am out that way a lot to see the GF and family.
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Hey Pat
Retirement is six Saturdays, then Sunday, and no Mondays.
Duane
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Pat:
I'm 86; retired from a very busy life in the construction/ construction related fields at 63 1/2. The transition was pretty easy because I went right to work building our new house - farther out in the country. Watched 'way too many of my contempories quit working and spend most of their time sitting on their behinds “taking it easy” until they died!
My advice: KEEP BUSY, preferably at something you enjoy, but don't just sit on your butt “resting” until you die!
If you do it right (and I hope you do) you can keep going for a long time, and enjoy every minute of it.
Good luck.
Wes
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Pat...
Hope it works well for you. Welcome to retirement.
I just was on the phone all morning with the Fraud Dept at my Bank. NO I did not Nambia Airlines $1326.00. This crap happens when retired people are targeted. My account was drained and I am penniless a 62 years old. I had to close the account and that is where my SS is deposited. This will be a world of poop till I suffer through it.
Gary
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Pat you're gonna love being retired. I retired at 51 after working on a truck dock for 25 years and haven't regretted a day of it. I goofed off for a couple of years and then took a job driving a school bus for the insurance and a little extra money. It's not a glamorous job and the kids can make you crazy but there's not many jobs out there that pay as well, give good benefits including a pension, give you off all summer along with 2 weeks at Christmas and 1 in the spring, and you only have to work 4 or 5 hours a day. Not a bad little job. The only part I don't understand about being retired or in my case semi retired is how in the heck I was able to get so much more done working a full time job than I'm able to now. I guess it's one of those mysteries of life because every I know that's retired says the same thing.
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I joined the ranks of the unemployed 15 yrs ago next month and I have adapted quite well I might add.
The two best things about retirement are-- You can say NO! And you can go to the range any time during the week to escape all the weekend airheads.
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Good for you Pat. I have three years to go and I am really looking forward to it. I work as a maintenance man in a seniors apartment building and I encourage you to sell your TV. The ones that are healthy and happy keep moving and mind there own business. Enjoy yourself. No one can do it for you.
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Pat, brush up on all the scams going around. The SSA will sell your name and telephone number to every caller and scam artist out there! Within 10 days of signing up, my mail box was full of bulk mail, about 10 pieces a day, wanting to sell me stuff. The phone rang at least 20 times a day from computer calling machines and 5 times a day from cold callers. At least there was someone knocking on my door only once a week. After 18 months, things are settling down. NEVER return anything you get in the mail, NEVER answer the phone without caller ID and NEVER answer the front door unarmed!
There is a whole class of criminal who prey on us old folks. You have just joined the food group.
Best wishes for a happy retirement! but be careful.
Ric
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Thanks to all for the encouragement! I'm just tired out after all those years (36) in the petroleum construction & service arena. I have lots of hobbies to work at.
If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.
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Congratulations on your retirement. Getting some free time is our reward for all those years pulling the wagon. Let someone else pull it now.
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Funny that I found this thread, I turned 62 today. I haven't checked out my SS benefits but I am planning on it. Most likely I need to work a few more years.
Several people have told me that they get bored or have nothing to do. I don't think so, I was out of work and drawing unemployment a few years ago, one of the best years I ever had. I made five dulcimers. one longrifle, turned bowls, canned beans and shot a lot. I still have a nice 76 BMW bike to wear out.
Hope everyone enjoys their retirement as much as I plan to mine. Dave
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Pigslayer,
When you get signed up for SS, I recommend filling out a W-4 or whatever to have tax taken out otherwise you might wind up with a large tax bill at the end of the year. Your income will be affected for tax with your SS. I did not do that the first year, and got a surprise. Luckily I was able to take care of the bill.
Otherwise, enjoy. I would have retired years ago if I could have afforded it, but had to wait until 62 myself. Somehow an income dropping by 75% was not going to work.
I have enjoyed retirement, and have not looked back. I also recommend not volunteering or being volunteered to work with any organizations you are not with now until you have been retired a year or they will eat up your time, energy, and money. In the meantime, shoot more, reload more, fish more, sleep more, and by all means enjoy dessert more. Oh, and golf more if you golf, that helps keep you healthy.
TK
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I'm taking the day off on Friday to go to the SS office. Looking forward to it. Pat
If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.
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Pat,
Again, my best wishes! Two things not to skimp on: reloading supplies and gas to go shooting.
At least once a week, have coffee with your friends at McDonald's, it's on 75 cents. (Ever notice the new computers don't have “cents” symbols? “C” with a slash?)
Ric
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