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Who all is retired? I'm having a hard time fitting everything I my schedule lately. This hobby takes up alot of time and is really a full time job. I have 30 years or so till I'm retirement age and can't imagine what it'll be like then!
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I don't even want to think how long I have until I'm retired...I don't even have a job yet! Probably atleast 50 years LOL
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You have no job? How many pumps do you have?
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0. I don't do pumps...yet. I'm only 19 and I don't have a place to put them. I barely have enough room currently for my signs.
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I got 20 years to go. Im 38 now.....im hoping that we dont wreck our pension and annuity plan before i can cash in??? Im looking forward to retirement, but will have a lot of fun in the next 20 years too.
see me at Mason Dixon Gas, Spring Carlisle M114-115, and Hershey C4E-35.
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No job then no $$$$!! How do you get your signs mr lapicker
see me at Mason Dixon Gas, Spring Carlisle M114-115, and Hershey C4E-35.
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I'm retired, but there still not enought time in the day to get everything done. I tell my friends there is no such thing as retirement. You just trade one job you did for another that you like to do better. Richard
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Yeah I hear ya! It's all about the hours in the day!
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I too am retired and I'm just as busy as I've ever been, its just that I have no schedule anymore! That is, except for the Wardens schedule. LOL The best part about being retired is that you can be as busy as you want to be and really not have to answer to anyone but your own conscience. I'm having a great time!
Everything Cities Service Specializing in old Gas Pumps kwfrith@gondtc.com Cell#-701-739-6133
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My retirement is unfortunately of a different sort... Mine was forced upon me by my Doctor's, once I went into "full-blown" heart failure.... Something about being on top of a building or a lighthouse while doing my preliminary work as an Electrical Estimator and having another heart incident... Had everyone just a little jumpy.... LOL
So, I am usually "bored out of my gourd" (not that anyone could tell the difference) and I have to ration my money and activities... But through it all my Collection has "ebbed and flowed" like the tide....
Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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I retired almost 2 years ago after working as a combination technician in a couple car dealership body shops for 42 years. Still very busy, but now I get to make most of the choices of how my time is spent. No longer is somebody demanding that "this goes today at 4 and that goes tomorrow by noon." I volunteer part time in 3 local community service efforts. Just about all of the time spent doing that is very enjoyable. I spend a good amount of time on Oldgas.com, mostly working on problems and conflicts behind the scenes. I also have servers that host 33 other Web sites. Nearly 100% of the time, they run smoothly. I also design and update sites as requested. Just about finished with updates on GasGlobes.com and PCM Magazine's site. Another brand new petro site is in the works. Add the normal family, travel and other activities and I actually have no "free time" so I just choose which things I need and want to do and the days fill up quickly.
Jim "Oldgas" Potts Your host and moderator
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I have been retired for about 18 years. Agree with the previous posters that the biggest advantage is being able to do what you want when you want although that is not always the case. The big drawback is I have the time to do things but the funds are not there like they were in the past. Still waiting for my son who graduated college in Dec to find a job so I can stop supporting him.
Bill Fortune
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No job then no $$$$!! How do you get your signs mr lapicker If you look at my eBay account I sell generic stuff that I get at garage sales to make money by flipping on eBay. To answer your questions about where I get my signs, I buy them.....don't you do the same?
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I retired last fall, but got a part-time job at the local NAPA store, delivering parts 2-3 days a week, mainly for the insurance, as I'm only 62. As for time, it seems I'm just as busy as when I was working full time, but as Kevin and Jim said, I don't have to answer to anyone except the wife, and I don't have any set schedule.
Buddy
Always looking for Standard Oil of Indiana, or any globes! Buddy Koehrn
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50 here, 2 years ago I was laid off after 28 years, so I told the corp. world to go bye bye. Now I buy and resell junk for a living. I do what I want, when I want... LOVE IT !!
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I just wonder if in 10-20 years if there will even be such thing as retirement. I can definitely say I wish I grew up in the 40s-50s and got to live thru the good days.
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I just wonder if in 10-20 years if there will even be such thing as retirement. I can definitely say I wish I grew up in the 40s-50s and got to live thru the good days. You younger guys should keep this thought in mind....."THESE are the good old days".
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I'm retired and I agree with all the comments regarding doing what I want when I want.I'll even add doing nothing at all at times.LOL.
As far as the hobby goes,I really enjoy the fact that I learned years ago that I couldn't do it all so I stopped even trying to do it.Now,I can devote all the time and resources I want to the parts of the hobby I enjoy the most;the historical aspects and occasionally helping a newcomer along.
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"You younger guys should keep this thought in mind....."THESE are the good old days"."
There is an awful lot of truth in that statement!
Last edited by K W FRITH; Sun May 13 2012 09:19 AM.
Everything Cities Service Specializing in old Gas Pumps kwfrith@gondtc.com Cell#-701-739-6133
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I agree now with the these are the good days statement. Back then it was much harder than it was now, and technology is a huge part of that statement. You went to work back then usually around age 12 or 13. Today probably half of people ages 15-18 haven't had a job yet. There is more money around because a lot of the families now have both parents working. People may say they have it worse than someone else, but as long as you can put food on the table an provide shelter and safety for your famiy, that's the basic needs. Back in the 40s and 50s that was the life. Now, people think a TV, Internet, game system and all of that are basic needs. Overall I think technology and people wanting to go to work has given us a comfortable life. I know I wouldn't have the money I have without technology.
I probably made a mistake while writing this somewhere because I was in a rush so dont hold me to anything I said above, I did a lot of erasing and retyping.
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Retired after 34 years at tire factory,to say I miss it would be un true. It was some what forced as they closed 2 thirds of our plant.I could of stayed but I felt it was time to go. Only 55 years of age ,so I'm semi retired -right.? Not enough time in the day now,don't know how I had time to work.
*Wanted Pierce Pennant Petroleum*
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I just wonder if in 10-20 years if there will even be such thing as retirement. I can definitely say I wish I grew up in the 40s-50s and got to live thru the good days. DO YOU RELIZE HOW OLD YOU WOULD BE ! They are teaching in college today ,that your career will flip from one job to ths next. Not allways in the same field,employers are forceing new employees to pay own insurance and to save as 401 is part of the deal. So in summary,you young guys need to forge your on way and not count on retirment benifits as the writing is own the wall,don't count on what you can't place in your hand.
*Wanted Pierce Pennant Petroleum*
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That's what I'm saying Loyd. I think today's world is save and invest in yourself rather than investing in hope.
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I"M 71, retired at 60, was told my whole working life there wouldn't be any SS when I got around to retire, but I get a check every month!
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