About to Retire (with tongue planted firmly in cheek)

Just send all those locomotives that need to be "retired" to me, they'll receive good care in their "retirement".

Whatever course you choose, Bob, I would advise you to tread very carefully.

- Mike

Whatever course you choose, Bob, I would advise you to tread very carefully.

- Mike

Mike:  Should I consider retreads?  Or, would I be walking the same path with retreads?

Bob

Maybe the real issue is the spare tire, since you won't be as busy.

Bob,

I retired to have more time with my trains. I wanted at least three hours every day. Now when I'm in my wife's way, she tells me to go play with my trains. I've been retired just over twenty years. And I'm still loving it.

The worst thing about being retired is that you don't get any more holidays!

 ain't it the truth

Your biggest problem may be keeping track of the days.  Just remember:  The fat paper comes on Sunday, and the rest of the time - it doesn't matter!

It is possible that walking the same path with retreads, you could get into a ...sigh...rut.   But if you rotate your activities and balance your train and non-train obligations you'll be fine.  Just don't over-inflate your expectations, and you'll have fun to spare.

I retired a few years ago and I would have to say...yes.

Rick

"It is possible that walking the same path with retreads, you could get into a ...sigh...rut.   But if you rotate your activities and balance your train and non-train obligations you'll be fine.  Just don't over-inflate your expectations, and you'll have fun to spare."

Just don't be BIASED against a little work here and there, and don't forget to check your PRESSURE daily.  That's the CORE to good health. 

I've been retired for almost 19 years. That was when work no longer interfered with my many hobbies and interests. I liked my job very much, but I don't miss it.

Well Mike, you've bested me.  I have no kalmbach for you.  My usual source of punz has run dry, stuck in middle with no place to go.

when you go to a mall now -you won't be looking for sales-you'll be looking for bathroom locations.

every health insurance company in your state will be calling you-plus funeral homes.

sucks

Just think you can go out one or two mornings a week for coffee or a good walk and then go home to run trains or whatever you want to do.

Congratulations, Bob!  Keep all the same tires.  And...you won't be as tired...because when you're retired...you can go to bed anytime you want and wake up anytime you want!  I am going to join you!  My last day of work will be June 5...after 33 years of service with my employer.  Matt

Bob, 

       You wait, the day you come home from your last day/shift. There will be "The List" laying on the kitchen table. The "Management" will have compiled a list of all the jobs round the house/garden you never had time to do when you were working.

This advice was imparted to me as apprentice. The Toolmaker I spent the first 2 years of my apprenticeship with retired. 6 weeks later he popped in to say hello. He reckoned he should come back to work for a rest!  And imparted the above info for future reference.

Seriously though have a good retirement

Nick 

Hi Bob:

I retired 3 years ago, and after the first 60 days, I was going nuts with time on my hands. For many years, I worked 70 plus hour weeks and it is hard to suddenly change gears. I found a client to work with who was very flexible to the amount of time that was comfortable for me. I get to keep my brain active and the creative juices flowing.

One thing I have learned from those who have retired, it is important to fill your time with things you enjoy doing. It is not healthy to suddenly change schedules without considering interesting options to fill your time.

Best wishes for your upcoming retirement.

I feel that I am lucky because I have always had a lot of hobbies and interests.  When you retire you need to stay active, both mentally and physically, in order to live a long, healthy life.  I started a home business for a few years after retiring, but that grew to the point that it was more demanding than my pervious job, so we quit that. 

The greatest thing about being retired is that you only have to do what you want, when you want, and with whom you want.  It's like a week of Saturday's and one Sunday every week.  I wish you the best.

Art 

Retired 9 years ago and never looked back.  The only downside of retirement is you no longer get that great feeling when its friday.

i think the key to retirement is having a number of different things to do besides trains.  

If you are like so many other retired folks you will find that you don't have enough time to do all that you would like to in retirement.

Ed

As mentioned above, I had/have so many hobbies and interests that my work (needed

the cash flow) just got in the way.  Well, other things get in the way now, and I don't

get to "play" as much as hoped.  I worked 3 years longer than planned, and missed a buy out because I had an ailing parent I thought I would be keeping in a nursing home

and would need to work to do that until I was 99.  Unfortunately, that did not happen.

I really cannot imagine retirees that are bored and rocking on the porch....I have too much to do, and too little time.

I retired just a little over two years ago after working for 50 years, though not by far at the same place. What I cannot figure out is how I was able to do all I did while I was working!

Now, I still go to bed at midnight and I am up before 7:00 am, and I literally do not stop all day long. We watch a little TV in the evening, but I have not a moment to spare, and there always is something I need or want to do.

I miss the people at work, but I really enjoy not having to drive to work when the weather is bad. And not having to go to work after a long trip or short 'vacation' is a great feeling that still has not worn off.

But we (my wife is retired has well) cannot keep track of the days of the week. We have opted to have the same dishes for dinner on specific weekdays, and that helps.

All in all, I am really enjoying retirement!

Alex

I am looking forward to the day I get "Tired"  then the next day I will get "retired"..and hopefully for a lot of days to come after, I will "retire" again and a gain...

I want my 160 hours a month back..

As a Union Low voltage Systems installer..("communications= Commie"  as opposed to "Electrician= Sparky" ) I enjoy being "laid off"  because of the 40 hours a week I get to "Do whatever the **** I want ON MY OWN SCHEDULE"  which usually means Rehab Remodel jobs for friends and family and their friends and family and their friends and families and their friends and families and their friends and families...(see a trend?)  well I am in hot demand..Quality work+ friends and families discounts do apply....

And occasionally I get to run trains...

But once I am not required to "create  deer"  I will have those 40 hours a week to enjoy my hobbies that always get put last on my daily "to do" list..

And for fun..I will go to my children's homes and turn on all the lights, open all the cabinet doors, stop up their toilets, leave out the milk, let the faucets drip, drop wrappers and napkins and wet towels "used only once" on the floor.   

Alex - I forgot about the commute.  That is the one thing that I do not miss about work.  At my last job I had between an hour and two hour commute everyday depending on the weather.  This winter with all the snows I have really felt sorry for the poor people stuck in endless traffic jams trying to get to or from work.

Art

1drummer -

Please don't forget the chocolate candy bar melted on little hands, pressed nicely on the inside of your children's car windows.   It's an absolute must to be added to your list.  Also, have them take you out to dinner at a restaurant, eat till your overfull, and then pass gas all the way home.  That's a real show stopper!  LOL

I already fart at opportune moments...

By the way.."fart" is an acronym..

Forced Air Rear Trajectory

And I will do more than than just share chocalte

I will stock up on cereals and sweets that are high in caffeine and sugar

and take the future grand babies for the day..and "load em up" and send em back home...

Of course you have to be careful with these antics...

afterall

it is your children who will pick your nursing home

it could end up like Nurse Ratched or Nurse Betty...

so you have to know the limits you can push...