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#4604932 - 08/02/22 01:11 AM
40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Haggart
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Now have to keep myself busy. Well since mom is 99 yrs old and living with us im keeping busy taking care of her. My wife also retired from teaching this year. Keep saving if you're working in your ROTH IRA/401K Don't depend on social security as it might not be here when u do retire.
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"everything lives by a law, a central balance sustains all"
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#4604938 - 08/02/22 02:08 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Congrats on retirement. The key is to now stay active and involved. Whatever you do, do not sit on the couch waiting to die.
You are right about having financial stability. Do not get into the position of having to rely on government benefits. You have to take control of your own future and welfare.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4604940 - 08/02/22 02:24 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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thank you OG. And you spot on with those sentences !
"everything lives by a law, a central balance sustains all"
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#4604950 - 08/02/22 10:22 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Congrats Hag, as the others said, keep busy.
My 'Waiting for Clod' thread: http://tinyurl.com/bqxc9eeAlways take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
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#4604951 - 08/02/22 10:24 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Dec 31, 2021
Now have to keep myself busy. Well since mom is 99 yrs old and living with us im keeping busy taking care of her. My wife also retired from teaching this year. Keep saving if you're working in your ROTH IRA/401K Don't depend on social security as it might not be here when u do retire. Congrats Haggart and anyone who NEEDS to depend on Social Security for their retirement income is screwed from the start.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4604961 - 08/02/22 11:59 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Congrats Haggart Welcome to the ranks of the pensioneers  Finally got there myself and "officialy" retired at the end of June. As OG said make sure you are financialy secure and stable, I have never counted on getting a state pension, hang I found out today they lost my paperwork and I called the DWP (Dept. Work and Pension) to find out why I had not got my stipend which the paperwork was filed with them in April, now awaiting that first Govt. cheque 
Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil
Sons of the hound come here and get flesh
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#4604963 - 08/02/22 12:03 PM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Busy busy busy, life of a retiree  With the mess that B...it has left it has taken some sorting out, now a resident of Belgium. 9th grand kid was born last monday, family keep you stressed and busy, but that's for another thread
Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil
Sons of the hound come here and get flesh
Clan Cameron
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#4604970 - 08/02/22 01:15 PM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Stay active and have a great, fun retirement!
Sapphire Pulse RX7900XTX, 3 monitors = 23P (1080p) + SAMSUNG 32" Odyssey Neo G7 1000R curve (4K/2160p) + 23P (1080p), AMD R9-7950X (ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420), 64GB RAM@6.0GHz, Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER MB, (4x M.2 SSD + 2xSSD + 2xHD) = ~52TB storage, EVGA 1600W PSU, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower, ASUS RT-AX89X 6000Mbps WiFi router, VKB Gladiator WW2 Stick, Pedals, G.Skill RGB KB, AORUS Thunder M7 Mouse, W11 Pro
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#4605018 - 08/03/22 01:51 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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Haggart
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Thanks all of you and grats to those who recently retired as well
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#4605021 - 08/03/22 01:55 AM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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If I had known how good retirement is I’d have done it 40 years sooner.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4605301 - 08/07/22 01:13 PM
Re: 40 yrs working for U.S. gov finally retired
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If I had known how good retirement is I’d have done it 40 years sooner. In High School a couple friends and I had a saying: "He who retires first, Wins". One friend won solidly -- age 50, he retired a multi-millionaire. I came in second -- definitely NOT a multi-millionaire -- but, like you, happy I retired. It would be even better if I had 31 more years to retirement -- I'd probably live longer
Sapphire Pulse RX7900XTX, 3 monitors = 23P (1080p) + SAMSUNG 32" Odyssey Neo G7 1000R curve (4K/2160p) + 23P (1080p), AMD R9-7950X (ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420), 64GB RAM@6.0GHz, Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER MB, (4x M.2 SSD + 2xSSD + 2xHD) = ~52TB storage, EVGA 1600W PSU, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower, ASUS RT-AX89X 6000Mbps WiFi router, VKB Gladiator WW2 Stick, Pedals, G.Skill RGB KB, AORUS Thunder M7 Mouse, W11 Pro
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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....... hehe .... and they always working on that loop hole. Thank you brother Blade !
