I'm done

[Del.]

I have to ask...retiring on Jan 3rd, on a Wednesday...not Dec 29th on a Friday. Gotta be a story there.

Holiday pay.

[Smit]

I have to ask...retiring on Jan 3rd, on a Wednesday...not Dec 29th on a Friday. Gotta be a story there.

There is. I wanted to enroll in the legal benefit and carry it until we get our estate planning done. That will save me thousands of dollars. Also I'll have company health care thru January so it'll save a couple hundred bucks there. I'm going full Medicare in February.

My official day was going to be Friday but they decided to have the get together today and gave me Thursday and Friday off with pay. It will be good retirement practice.

And sure, Holiday pay on the 1st too.

[ghuns]

Congrats, man.

I guess beer's on me next time I'm in KC. Since you're now on a fixed income and all.

[Del.]

Our median age on here has grown pretty high.

[JParis]

Our median age on here has grown pretty high.

Del, we're a dying breed.

I'd love to pass on the knowledge I have garnered over the years, financially, I simply can't teach, though I have been offered.  I'd love to get a young person in here like the one I have here now. That it seems though is likely to be the realistic limit of what I am going to be able to do...

There is a portion of knowledge that we all know isn't really relevant in today's shops BUT it is the basis for much of what we learned and still use today...

Many today know some of the hows, enough many times to get by. What they lack is the why's...

At the end of the day though, we're a dying breed.

[Del.]

Yep. Majority of us have come up from the ranks pre CNC for the most part.

[Rstewart]

Congrats on reaching retirement Smit!  Enjoy!

[neurosis]

Yep. Majority of us have come up from the ranks pre CNC for the most part.

I was right on the edge.  The shop I started in was 90% manual and 10% CNC.  We had 12 real machinists and 3 machine operators.  I wish I could have started about 5 years sooner.

[mowens]

Holiday pay.

There's a guy here who did the same thing. Waited until after the holidays to retire.

[Incogneeto]

Dammit Smit !!

When I read your Topic Title I Jumped for Joy.

"Your a Republican Now"??



Congrats!! Don't close the Door I'm right behind you.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Life's too short to work you're whole life.

Congrats, Larry!

Enjoy the Philippines!

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

*your

[Incogneeto]

*your

SPELLING POLICE!!!!

Hey Dan, I'm rooting for "You're" Browns!!!

Nothing Like an Ohio State Edumacation LOL!!

Go Flacco!!!

Browns v Dallas???    

[MIL-TFP-41]

Nicely done Smit! A trip to the Philippines sounds like a stellar way to start retirement. Great plan & have fun. Don't drink the water BTW. And make sure you get some balut.

[mkd]

Ladyboys are more of a Thailand phenomenon than Philippines, right?