Retired today
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Topic: Retired today
Posted By: Tim NH
Subject: Retired today
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 3:49pm
I turned 64 Oct 22, and retired today after 36 years working for a electric utility company. It was odd to hand my keys and company ID in. My wife Joyce has planned a big retirement dinner at a local Inn tonight. Tim  ------------- 1950 WD 1959 D14 1955 WD45 1976 7000 B 207 |
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Posted By: 200 10and20
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 4:02pm
| Nice looking truck in the picture. Oh suppose to be of yourself. Just poken you. Congratulations on your retirement!! You won't have to be out fixing downed wires in the ice and snow this winter. I'm sure that sooner or later you will be like me and take another job to keep you out of trouble but the good thing is you will be able to walk away whenever you like. I live off my pension and my job supports my tractor collecting habit. CONGRATULATIONs TIM!!! |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 4:27pm
| Congratulations! Now its your time to enjoy or do what you want! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 4:36pm
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GREAT, now all them 'odd neighbours' and 'long ,lost' relatives will be banging on YOUR door wantin you to fix their stuff, using your parts,as you have 'free' time.... Welcome to the group ! One of the best things you can do is toss away the phone ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 4:37pm
Now you can play the "I live on a fixed income" card when needed.  And congrats, 36 yrs at a job is an accomplishment itself yet alone in a tough field of work. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 5:41pm
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Congrats Tim!!! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 6:46pm
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Tim, Wishing you the best in retirement! Everyone is different. 36 years is a long time. Thats the same time I spent at the place I retired from too. What are your going to do Monday morning? You can sleep in a little if you want!:) Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 7:22pm
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Tim, congratulations on your well earned retirement. You will miss getting up and going to work at times and at other times you will be glad you don't have to. You will be expected to get right on that honey-do list now. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 7:43pm
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Congrats on the retirement! Enjoy your family! ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Tim NH
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 8:48pm
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Just got back home. We all had a good time. They wanted me to tell them a good story from the past. I had a good one. Might be a little long to post on here. Thanks everyone for your replies on my retirement. It felt good to set the phone down on the counter tonight knowing I won't be getting called out anymore. Tim ------------- 1950 WD 1959 D14 1955 WD45 1976 7000 B 207 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 8:52pm
| congrats Tim!!! you know the first 2-3 weeks will just feel like you are on vacation...then it will hit you! shucks...you only look about 40ish! glad you'll be inside warm and toasty this winter! enjoy your time off, you deserve it! |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:02pm
------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2019 at 11:34pm
| Laze about for a couple of months then she'll find all sorts of things for you to do. You might find you need a hired man?We are headed for ARizona in Jan. 1st time in 30+ years we have ever taken a teal vacation. Enjoy yourselves. Have fun. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 1:33am
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Congratulations on a job well done! Enjoy yourself, I'm sure you will find plenty to keep you so busy you will wonder how you ever had time to go to a regular job. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 6:00am
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congratulations and enjoy your retirement |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 8:03am
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Enjoy your retirement. You will now be busier than ever ! ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 8:11am
| Congratulations. From stories I've heard, you will now be busier than ever. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 8:14am
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Well,,,Tim,,you done good for doing the 36 years,,!! But,,,but,,,if you are worried bout findin something to take up some of all thet excess time now on your hands,,,,,you can do like some others here,,,,instead of just a simple 5 word answer or comment,,,,why just feel free to stretch it on out for at least half a page,,,,,,,,  Some people "might" tend to accuse me of doin such,,,but they won't tell you to your face,,,,,,,,at least not yet,,,,,,
 OH,,,and Congratulations,,,!!! |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 9:48am
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Beig able to do it at your request is a great way to call it quits from a job . Seems I had 39 1/2 years at same company and they closed down and sold out to a place on east coast - so at 60 I had to find another job . Was the same time the construction industry took a nosedive so my excavating sideline did also . Finding another job was hard at that time so decided to take advantage of funds to go to college on TRA / TAA program - My degree in building inspection ended up being another dead end ...So trucking came next until I could get self and wife on Medicare . Ah them Golden Years - ENJOY THEM - and all those things you plan on doing - right after that second cup of coffee - do them . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 9:52am
| Congrats Tim, I retired from the Utility here almost two years now and could NOT be happier. Yes it is weird to turn in Badge and Keys but at the end of a year I looked back on No OT callouts, NO Demands by Management(Save the Wife), Work is at MY Schedule now and as my pension rattle along so do I!! |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 10:40am
| Congrats Tim I am calling it quits on April 30. 2020 |
Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 11:42am
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i retired june 1st this year. found i had to get up the same time i did for work and get busy. summer went by in a flash and really didn't miss my old job. got lots done around the acreage and enjoyed every minute. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 11:49am
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Congratulations! Once you get used to it, it really fun! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 12:38pm
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Congrats Tim . Enjoy every minute you can. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: ocharry
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 12:51pm
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CONGRATS,,Tim i left about 4.5 years ago...lol...retired,,,it does feel funny turning in your stuff,,,BUT....i never looked back although they did call about 6 months after i left and tried to get me to come back,,,,nope i am doing JUST FINE thank you it is a transition but you are gona love it..... that first big winter storm i stood in the living room drinkin coffee watching it snow thinking ,,,I sure am glad i dont have to be out in this chit anymore unless i wants too take a break and think about where you want to go and do from here,,,well earned and enjoy ocharry |
Posted By: Tony.Or
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 3:42pm
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Good luck and enjoy your self. Tony ------------- http://www.tonystractors.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.tonystractors.com |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2019 at 7:14pm
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Retired Feb.'01 Time is going faster now than ever before. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2019 at 6:45pm
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Best of luck to you in your retirement Tim! I'm lookin' at May or June of 2020 to retire from the local electric co. here in Joisey. Good luck, and enjoy!! Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 12:19am
| Congratulations Tim, now you can get all those things done that you been wanting to do. I wish I could join you, but I've probably got at least ten more years. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 7:45am
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Tim, ITS MONDAY! and you don't have to go in to work! Enjoy! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 7:28pm
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Congratulations Tim!! It will take some time to get used to the idea of not going to work every day but the day will come that you will say how the heck did I ever have time to work? 😊 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Tim NH
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2019 at 8:10pm
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The day flew by. I did all kinds of projects, and finally able to start on my wood pile. Thanks for all your encouragement. Ranse, I remember asking you at Hutch, if you were going down to watch the field demos. But you were going on the bus tour. So in 2021 one of the GOTO's will be there. Maybe this time you and your wife will come w/ us. Tim ------------- 1950 WD 1959 D14 1955 WD45 1976 7000 B 207 |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 1:54pm
| Yes, enjoy them days you can do what you want to do. When it's cold outside set in and watch this here computer cause them outside jobs will still be there waiting when it warms up. Enjoy retirement it's been 12 years ago since I retired. |
Posted By: dpower
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2019 at 8:39pm
| Congrats Tim!!! Pretty awesome accomplishment-enjoy retirement!!! |