HARALD KELLEY Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) On July 1st 2016 I am pulling my Pension. June 30th is my last day. Nice. It's been a little over a year now. Time just flies. There will be aspects that you will miss. However, the new life style will also open doors. Don't look back just move forward. Edited June 20, 2016 by H0050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye O'Saben Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Congrats to those retiring. I think I've got it worked out that I can retire 6 months after I'm dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07gt500conv Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Congrats to those retiring. I think I've got it worked out that I can retire 6 months after I'm dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Congrats to those retiring. I think I've got it worked out that I can retire 6 months after I'm dead. As a gentle nudge to those who might actually be in this position (and I don't know if you are serious or just kidding) it is important to start saving for retirement as soon as you start working. I enrolled in IRAs and 401k the year they came out. You could contribute to only one, and the 401K made so much more sense due to employee matching, and contributed the maximum. So I've been setting aside money since about 1978 or 1979 I think. My wife bemoaned the loss of income at the time but doesn't now. I don't know who thinks they are going to have any kind of quality of life on just SS so start saving now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye O'Saben Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 As a gentle nudge to those who might actually be in this position (and I don't know if you are serious or just kidding) it is important to start saving for retirement as soon as you start working. I enrolled in IRAs and 401k the year they came out. You could contribute to only one, and the 401K made so much more sense due to employee matching, and contributed the maximum. So I've been setting aside money since about 1978 or 1979 I think. My wife bemoaned the loss of income at the time but doesn't now. I don't know who thinks they are going to have any kind of quality of life on just SS so start saving now. Yup, excellent words of advice. I had a whole lot of extenuating craziness that has me in my current position that I won't bore y'all with, but it was my doing, and I understood what I was likely getting myself into when I made those decisions, so I'm at peace with it. It is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Congrats Rob!!...enjoy your retirement bud............ I have been watching you in your retirement for many years. I always envied you. Now I will be there. Congratulations Grabber! Time to enjoy. Indeed it is !! Congrats Rob, I've got one more year, then I'll join ya! Awesome news bud. It will be here before you know it. congrats Rob This is going to be an awesome summer ! This has to be the longest running post I've ever read. Ive been retired 8 years now. The retirement plan is working just fine .It seems like yesterday and the 06 hertz Shelby was all the talk. Looking forward to the rumor of a 07 GT 500 coming out. Look how far the mustang has come. Ford wins Le Mans. Can't imagine how it will look in another 10 years. Congrats on your retirement. Yes it is. When I started this thread, I was in the dreaming stage. Now it is time ! I am so so so Happy. Congratulations Rob!! My GT500 is going to ber used everyday now !!! That and my Harley Davidson ! Nice. It's been a little over a year now. Time just flies. There will be aspects that you will miss. However, the new life style will also open doors. Don't look back just move forward. I'm doing this NOW because of my Pension. I need to lock in my early retirement now before the option goes away !! I do not want this boat to sail with out me. Changes are predicted to come next year. I can collect full Pension amount and work 39 hours a month or 480 hours a year. I'm choosing the 39 hours a month option and after my first 30 days of retirement some discussions will be occurring to work one week every month. I am so incredibly excited to be able to retire at age 55-1/2. Being a Union carpenter with pension benefits and Healthcare is what allows me to do this. It also took 28 years of planning and saving money. 401K, savings and being totally debt free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Greenwell Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 The key is long term planning with a goal at the end of the rainbow....... gg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mach 1 1970 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Time seems to be a state of mind. When you are waiting to retire it slows down. During retirement is seems to fly by. In retirement I don't put off what we want to do. I was lucky and @ a young age learned about investing and saving . I spent money on cars only after my investments were made not before. 30 years ago you could buy a 66 Shelby for $10k and have fun with it. Then something happened that changed the fun factor. So called investors got involved and the fun factor changed into greed. 67 vettes 427/435 got their attention. Blocked were stamped and matching numbers were gold. The market is what it is today. I don't care because the new stuff is what I crave . I guess its come full circle because the current crop of cars are the best money can buy. But it doesn't cost that much. Just like back in 1980 when a 66 Shelby cost $10K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 2 more days ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 rub it in why don't ya.... since I have your cell number I'll call you everyday when I get to work just to say good morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 rub it in why don't ya.... since I have your cell number I'll call you everyday when I get to work just to say good morning... I give that company phone back tomorrow on my last day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Call China sex talk lines before turning in phone. I bet you could not grind the smile off your face with a floor buffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtkeith Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I give that company phone back tomorrow on my last day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtkeith Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Call China sex talk lines before turning in phone. I bet you could not grind the smile off your face with a floor buffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I give that company phone back tomorrow on my last day. Darnit.... the best laid plans of mice and men.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Grabber, what is the Company phone number. Tomorrow we can all give the number to telemarketers and the phone won't stop ringing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Tomorrow is my last official “Get up”. 83 & Out! 27.5 years ago on Feb. 3 1989 I was recruited and stripped off of a non Union residential job and brought into the Union by a Union Carpenter. That Union Carpenter mentored me and helped secure my 1st Union job. He showed me how to “network”. The rest was up to me and my determination and drive to be the best I could be at my trade. If it was going to be…it was up to me. I raised my family on Union wages and bought my 1st home. The Union wages allowed my wife to stay at home with the 3 kids. We always had health insurance. The Union bargained for my pension contributions and wages. The Union allowed me to save some of my own money in a 401K. Now at age 55 I am going to start collecting my pension on July 1st. I have planned & plotted the map for directions and tomorrow I am taking the EXIT. Edited June 30, 2016 by Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Congrats Rob!! Oh....and I have your NEW fone #!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Will a new "Countdown" thread be coming next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07gt500conv Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Congrats Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Last day Grabber! Now come build something for me since you don't have anything to do after today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Will a new "Countdown" thread be coming next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Last day Grabber! Now come build something for me since you don't have anything to do after today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Last day Grabber! Now come build something for me since you don't have anything to do after today. the union will not let him work in his field, if he does he can lose a lot of benefits.... maybe he can build you an adobe hut instead.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 He can't work and earn PAY in the field. I of course, was not going to pay except in beer, food and fellowship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 He can't work and earn PAY in the field. I of course, was not going to pay except in beer, food and fellowship. grabber doesn't drink so you're getting off cheaper.... now if you want me to help I can drink his fair share of beer..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Sounds fair. Better still, we talk retiree Grabber into doing the working while we observe and drink beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Froelich Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Notice the man of the day has not checked in. Think he overslept or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_GT350 Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Notice the man of the day has not checked in. Think he overslept or something? Probably working overtime trying to get everything finished that he has pushed aside over the years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07gt500conv Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 grabber doesn't drink so you're getting off cheaper.... now if you want me to help I can drink his fair share of beer..... and HE CAN drink... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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