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When did you retire?
November 25, 2025, 09:32 AM
400mWhen did you retire?
Tomorrow will be one of my coworkers last day! It got me to wondering what percentage of our members are retired. Obviously that’s almost impossible to ascertain but I’d like to hear your story. When, from where?
I’ve got 13 years until I can contribute to this thread.
November 25, 2025, 09:36 AM
PerceptionI've got at least 15 years left.
"The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford, "it is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards."
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." November 25, 2025, 09:38 AM
selogicI retired from the power company at 59 1/2 . I wasn't quite ready but internal politics made the decision easy . Zero regrets .
November 25, 2025, 09:39 AM
egregoreGot submission for SS approved in Jan. 2024 @ 65, first "check" Feb. 2024. Last job at an independent auto repair shop in Elizabethton, TN for 9½ years.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke November 25, 2025, 09:40 AM
12131One foot out, the other still in but not by much.
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November 25, 2025, 09:43 AM
.38supersigYeah, another one waiting for 59 1/2 here.
Someday...
November 25, 2025, 09:49 AM
cgodeRetired July of 2022 at age 57….now they pay me not to show up!
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Those who trade liberty for security have neither
November 25, 2025, 09:52 AM
MNSIGRetired three years ago after 30 years in practice at age 57.5. Absolutely love it.
November 25, 2025, 09:53 AM
xanthme - 2017, age 42
wife - 2022, age 47
both of us are military
November 25, 2025, 09:54 AM
Redleg061995.
"Cedat Fortuna Peritis"
November 25, 2025, 09:58 AM
BigCityRetired 10 years ago at age 62. Busier now then I have ever been while working.
John
The key to enforcement is to punish the violator, not an inanimate object. The punishment of inanimate objects for the commission of a crime or carelessness is an affront to stupidity.
November 25, 2025, 10:01 AM
BigSwedeI don't plan on retiring, I love my job and I travel a good bit. But, my job may evolve sooner than later to something I don't enjoy
November 25, 2025, 10:01 AM
gafFirst time 2006
Last time 2014
November 25, 2025, 10:07 AM
PHPaul30 days before I was eligible for SS benefits @ 62. That was in 2012.
Always planned to retire at or shortly after 62, a toxic co-worker pushed that up a little. I figured living off Navy pension and savings for a month was better than having a stroke...
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
November 25, 2025, 10:10 AM
oddballRetired towards the end of 2022, age 61.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
November 25, 2025, 10:10 AM
FenderBenderI hope in the next 18 months.
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Proverbs 3:31 "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways."
November 25, 2025, 10:17 AM
Denny220June 30, 2000
November 25, 2025, 10:17 AM
Southern RebelRetired 20 years ago at age of 61. I have spent the last 20 years guiding and advising (my wife says more like aiding and abetting!) my grandchildren toward a happy and successful life. We are getting there .......
November 25, 2025, 10:20 AM
randymanI retired on July 18th of this year just before I turned 71. I spent 38 years with Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and OFS. I was laid off in October of 2013. I spent one year consulting and trying other positions. I was hired by Capgemini America as an SAP consultant in Feb, 2015 and spent 10 1/2 years with them before retiring this year.
November 25, 2025, 10:21 AM
UTsigApril 2019 at 75. I had a great job, worked from home but it was finally time.
"Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea.