Life Retirement Thread - Page 22

Mosbonian · 04-04-2024, 01:54 PM

After the positive responses and congratulations on my Retirement thread, the idea came to me that there should be a thread that helps everyone prepare for the eventuality of retirement.

There were many great ideas, comments and great suggestions that came out of the conversation. What I would like to do is put this here as a repository for information for anyone who is:

Ready to retire
Close to retirement
Beginning to plan for retirement

One of the things I came to find out is that no matter how much I had thought I was prepared for retirement, there were still things I had not pondered or prepared for.

So this thread is for all your questions, comments, advice to help others that are close to retirement.

I mean....this board is about a year and a half away from being around for a quarter of a century, and many of us who have been around are there already.

So, please feel free to contribute!

RedRaider56 · 03-03-2025, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Be careful with that "can you stay" mantra. I did that and it took them 18 months to find my replacement. I finally had to give them a firm deadline that I was leaving.

I hear ya.. I'm sticking to my guns so far that April 1st is my last day.

28 days and I'm getting pretty pumped about it.

ARROW2 · 03-03-2025, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RedRaider56

I hear ya.. I'm sticking to my guns so far that April 1st is my last day.

28 days and I'm getting pretty pumped about it.

End of April

tooge · 03-03-2025, 09:33 AM

I'm seriously considering retiring from the dental gig and getting some part time "reason to get out" job. I've applied at the dental school so I'll see where that goes. $ wise, I'm good. Plus, wifey still works. Looking to hang em up this summer.

burt · 03-03-2025, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan

Well, just went over my first year of retirement. So far, I've become the primary chef in the family and have learned that while I doubt any Michelin

have to worry, I'm actually not too bad (reflected in my Christmas presents of a brand new knife set (very swanky) and a cast-iron skillet (my first).
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95% of all my cooking is done on cast-iron. I have 4, and depending what I'm cooking, I pick which one.

scho63 · 03-03-2025, 09:40 AM

I can hang it up June but I am at the finish line of a huge deal that has taken 18 months to get to today, contracts being negotiated.

Largest deal in our company's history and a lot riding on this.

If it closes, Dec 31 will likely be it for me. God forbid something goes bad and it doesn't close, then I am hanging it up in June. Won't be raining money but I have had enough of work.

philfree · 03-03-2025, 03:16 PM

You could almost turn this thread into a subforum.

Mosbonian · 03-03-2025, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by philfree

You could almost turn this thread into a subforum.

I made the suggestion some time ago...but i haven't heard from any of the Mods about it.

tooge · 03-04-2025, 02:13 PM

So while I'm looking for a job, anyone needing a contract killing done?

**Rain Man** · 03-04-2025, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tooge

I'm seriously considering retiring from the dental gig and getting some part time "reason to get out" job. I've applied at the dental school so I'll see where that goes. $ wise, I'm good. Plus, wifey still works. Looking to hang em up this summer.

I would have guessed that you went to dental school before you became a dentist. I'm going to ask my dentist about their qualifications the next time I go in.

tooge · 03-04-2025, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I would have guessed that you went to dental school before you became a dentist. I'm going to ask my dentist about their qualifications the next time I go in.

LOL. Adjuct assistant clinical instructor.

**BigRedChief** · 03-08-2025, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by philfree

You could almost turn this thread into a subforum.

Lots of us retired or retiring soon. It's just our age group still using these bulletin boards.

**Rain Man** · 04-01-2025, 05:22 PM

I stopped working about six months ago, but with the agreement that I'll go back for roughly three months this summer. I'm starting to ramp up for that now.

The weird thing is that I'm having "work dreams". These are not interesting dreams. They're dreams where I'm back working in the office, having meetings with people, and planning out proposals and stuff. Nothing happens in these dreams that didn't happen in an ordinary work day for me. I find this to be an odd phenomenon. I assume that it's related to going back to work, and maybe some part of my brain is getting warmed up after sitting in the cranial garage all winter.

ChiliConCarnage · 04-01-2025, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

The weird thing is that I'm having "work dreams". These are not interesting dreams. They're dreams where I'm back working in the office, having meetings with people, and planning out proposals and stuff. Nothing happens in these dreams that didn't happen in an ordinary work day for me. I find this to be an odd phenomenon. I assume that it's related to going back to work, and maybe some part of my brain is getting warmed up after sitting in the cranial garage all winter.

You still having problems with those TPS reports?

**Rain Man** · 04-01-2025, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

You still having problems with those TPS reports?

Yeah, they're gonna need those.

Mosbonian · 04-01-2025, 06:09 PM

The one thing I did not do is dream about working

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Mosbonian On Hiatus Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-1060300	Retirement Thread After the positive responses and congratulations on my Retirement thread, the idea came to me that there should be a thread that helps everyone prepare for the eventuality of retirement. There were many great ideas, comments and great suggestions that came out of the conversation. What I would like to do is put this here as a repository for information for anyone who is: Ready to retire Close to retirement Beginning to plan for retirement One of the things I came to find out is that no matter how much I had thought I was prepared for retirement, there were still things I had not pondered or prepared for. So this thread is for all your questions, comments, advice to help others that are close to retirement. I mean....this board is about a year and a half away from being around for a quarter of a century, and many of us who have been around are there already. So, please feel free to contribute!
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03-03-2025, 09:33 AM	#318
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $844112	I'm seriously considering retiring from the dental gig and getting some part time "reason to get out" job. I've applied at the dental school so I'll see where that goes. $ wise, I'm good. Plus, wifey still works. Looking to hang em up this summer.
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