I did it!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:48 pm

Well guys, I did it.
Today is the last day of my personal time.
I am going in tommorow and retiring, I NEVER thought I would get here!

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:09 pm

mascalero1,

Congratulations! Many years of work now bears fruit!

Best wishes for a great retirement,
w30wcf

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:09 pm

congrats

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:12 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Best of luck in your future!

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:13 pm

Praise the Lord and enjoy what you have worked for. I retired in July, 2001.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:19 pm

Congratulations!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:20 pm

Congrats!

I'm right behind you... by about 20 years!!!

piller · Post by **piller** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:23 pm

Congratulations! May you enjoy the retired life to complete satisfaction.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:25 pm

Congrats,nows the time to enjoy your labours

!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:30 pm

Congratulations Mescalero! I think Ganjiro's dancing hula girls are in order!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:33 pm

Yeah,
the dancing hula girls would be cool.
Hold off on the PM's,
but I have a stock making machine in the shop and a good supply of Mesquite,
How does Mesquite lever gun stocks sound?

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:50 pm

Congratulations. Some days I think it can't come too soon and others I think it's coming way too fast.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:01 am

YeeHAW! Congrats on survivin' the grind to the end.

Edit: I don't have Gangiro's hula girls, but...

Here's hopin' that YOUR wife don't say, after 3 months of fishing and sampling beer, "OK, off yer butt buster, go get a JOB!"

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:30 am

Congratulations. I can't wait to join you!

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:44 am

Congrats, 4 years, 11 months and 15 days for me.

AndyM · Post by **AndyM** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:45 am

congrats!

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:45 am

Congrats...
Now you have tons of time to go shooting!

ENJOY YOURSELF...YOU DESERVE IT!

I only have 20 or so years to go...
but will probably never be able too....
Gotta keep working....
There are millions on welfare depending on the rest of us!

Post by **Hobie** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:59 am

Congratulations!

I would like to caution you though. For the first 6 months or so, nobody will really understand that you have "extra" time and you can shoot all you want. But as others become aware that you are available your free time goes away. In the end you could end up busier, with less control of your time, than you were when working.

dkmlever · Post by **dkmlever** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:04 am

Good for you! Enjoy the time!

WinM71 · Post by **WinM71** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:19 am

ENJOY!!!

Bluehawk · Post by **Bluehawk** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:13 am

Congratulations I hope its a very productive retirement for you in every thing you WANT to do and I hope you stay healthy

jlchucker · Post by **jlchucker** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:14 am

Congratulations!!! I myself retired in 2006, and was previously "warned" some 20 years before that, about a "learning curve" after you walk out the door. It's not a tough obstacle to overcome--it'll take about a couple of months. What you'll need to learn is that you don't need to rush around trying to catch up on all the stuff you've been meaning to do, all at once. You're not (I hope) going back to work next Monday, so if you don't get something done today, there's always tomorrow! You're priorities can now be shooting, hunting, fishing, etc. That housepainting or lawn mowing--well, it can come a bit later because now you have tomorrow without having to worry about going back to the job. Enjoy!!!!!

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:45 am

CONGRATS ! !

Now, tighten yore seatbealt - As a token of yore retirement, yore goin' ta be presented with a magnificent "honey-do" list.

[I've got more "stuff" to do now, than B 4 I retired.]

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:00 am

Congratulations! May you enjoy your retirement in good health and prosperity...

"Free time, free time? I ain't got no steenkin' free time!"
- Mike Leck

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:10 am

Thanks to everyone,
no wife, so no problem.
I have my own list.
Cool dancing aliens?

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:55 am

Very cool & congratulations to you! I can tell you from experience that you are going to be very very busy with your own to-do-list....

Tom

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:00 pm

cool dancing what-ever-they-are

JP_TX · Post by **JP_TX** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:06 pm

Congratulations!!!

15 months for me. Just doin it a day at a time. But it is the source of a lot of wishful dreaming between my wife and myself.

Enjoy youself. You've earned. We all have.

JP

Stan in SC · Post by **Stan in SC** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:46 pm

Congratulations on your retirement.I retired in August of 2002 and have never regretted a minute of it.Now you can quit "living only on the weekends" and start living every day.In fact I take weekends "off" and do nothing.

Stan

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:50 pm

I had to work every saturday anyway, was lucky to get sunday off.

tman · Post by **tman** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:58 pm

congrats!!!!!!!!!!! another 16yrs. to go for me.

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:30 pm

Terrific!

Enjoy every nanosecond of it.............

oldmax · Post by **oldmax** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:36 pm

Congratulations,

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:17 am

Hobie wrote:Congratulations!

I would like to caution you though. For the first 6 months or so, nobody will really understand that you have "extra" time and you can shoot all you want. But as others become aware that you are available your free time goes away. In the end you could end up busier, with less control of your time, than you were when working.

Here's a hint - find at least a part-time, casual job that you can tell your friends that you are pursuing (so that you don't have to lie).

Otherwise, like Hobie alluded to, you'll be amazed how many folks will expect that whatever-you-did-for-pay, you will now do for them, since you have all that "extra" time - free, of course! And the widows and other folks will probably succeed in taking a lot of your retirement time on a guilt-trip scenario! Personal experience, here - shoulda' never told anybody that I can fix and program 'puters!!!

With the warnings having been given - Congratulations!

I did it!

I did it!

Retirement