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10-24-2012, 08:57 PM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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No wonder ...I finally get it...
The following is a quote from Ogden Nash....
"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you don't have to work."
At that rate I'll never get to not work.
ken
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10-25-2012, 12:18 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Arkansas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TXiceman
The following is a quote from Ogden Nash....
"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you don't have to work."
At that rate I'll never get to not work.
ken
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I'm in the same boat,,, and it's leaking.....
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2015 Silverado 2500 Duramax/Alison 4x4 CrewCab 2016 Cougar 28SGS
1ST CAV
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10-25-2012, 12:35 AM
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Location: Vancouver, WA
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I "retired" in '98 after 30 years with the WA DOT and have been working ever since!
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Charter Good Sam Lifetime Member, FMCA,
RV'ing since 1957, NRA Benefactor Life, towing '21 Jeep JLU Rubicon Ecodiesel
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10-25-2012, 08:28 AM
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Texas Boomers Club
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Katy, TX
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Ken,
You'll never get enough to not need (or want) more.
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Katy, TX
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10-25-2012, 08:54 AM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_D
I "retired" in '98 after 30 years with the WA DOT and have been working ever since!
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DOT huh ? Uh Oh,,, I'd better watch my P's and Q's around you.... 
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2015 Silverado 2500 Duramax/Alison 4x4 CrewCab 2016 Cougar 28SGS
1ST CAV
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10-25-2012, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member
Texas Boomers Club
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Cypress, Texas USA
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With the volatility of the stock market today and the income you can generate off of savings (zilch!  ), I think most of us working stiffs are in that boat. The time comes, though, when you look in the money bucket and say, "OK, I'll give retirement a shot." I hope to do that on December 31, 2013.
Of course, if the world comes to an end on December 21, 2012, I'll regret not buying that Ferrari and a Prevost Marathon to pull it behind. 
Rusty
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10-25-2012, 02:04 PM
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Location: SE Michigan
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I though I was there. I sure had worked hard enough for plenty of years, but just about then some decided that all that work needed to be "redistributed" to people who worked less and got paid more than I did most of my life. Someone needs to explain to me why this was "fair".
You get the story only if you buy the beer.
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A lifelong waterman and his bride going dry places for as long as the fuel money lasts.
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10-25-2012, 02:46 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Litchfield Park, Arizona
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Folks, let's please not let this thread go down a political path.
Thanks for your help.
Rick
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10-25-2012, 07:50 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Ford Super Duty Owner
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If I get past 21 DEC 2012, I plan to tell them to "Take this job and shove it." on 15 July 1213. I will have worked enough to be totally sick and tired of it and hopefully enough to do it...or put the other half to work for a while.
Ken
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Amateur Radio Operator (KE5DFR)|No Longer Full-Time! - 2023 Cougar 22MLS toted by 2022 F150, 3.5L EcoBoost Tow Max FX4 Lariat Travel with one Standard Schnauzer and one small Timneh African Gray Parrot, retired mechanical engineer
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10-26-2012, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TXiceman
If I get past 21 DEC 2012, I plan to tell them to "Take this job and shove it." on 15 July 1213. I will have worked enough to be totally sick and tired of it and hopefully enough to do it...or put the other half to work for a while.
Ken
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Could you wait until the next day, the 16th, as that's my birthday and it would be nice if something good ever happened on it.
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10-26-2012, 04:59 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern Virginia
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#1 get out of debt and #2 retire ASAP.
It worked for me and I sure haven't regreted it.
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2000 Allegro 454/Workhorse P32/TST/Crossfire
Life is a DIY project, so own less and live more 
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10-26-2012, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Pensacola, FL
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I'm retired for 4 years, 2 months, and 26 days - but who's counting?
My new full-time job is trying to train the DW to adjust her spending to the new and smaller income stream.
So far I haven't had any success.
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2011 & 2012 Len & Pat's "One lap of America"
27K miles & 41 states in 13 months
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10-26-2012, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RickO
Folks, let's please not let this thread go down a political path.
Thanks for your help.
Rick
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DANG!
Too many Liberal moderators and board owners... 
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10-26-2012, 05:09 PM
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I have a few friends that have themselves sorta trapped into too high an income bracket and lifestyle to retire in the fashion they now prefer to live in - so HAVE to keep working to continue to maintain that lifestyle...
Sure glad my wife and I were raised poor, and pretty much lived that way all our lives - I had a decent job, retired early in '96 at age 60 - and we've continued to live as well and better than when we were still working...
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