Are you retired?

[zunny]

I spent 21 years in the Marine corps. Went on a six month vacation after retirement. I have been working for a Major U.S. Corporation as a Liaison between Retail - Commercial -Corperate. I work mostly out of my house and pretty much on my own schedule... I love it..

I was active duty USMC for 21 years. My MOS was Cryptology.

Like to hear from some of ya'll

[Captain Canibus]

Posted earlier, but I'm too old and tired to do it again.

If it were a large breasted bimbo. I could do it several times.

[Uncle Hughie]

I was retired off due to an accident at work.......threw on the scrap heap at 35!

now i just do anything to survive ..i mean they gave me the smallest pension you could imagine....now im runnin around in circles tryin to get work together for me and my 2 little girls...but itll come good one day!
threw on the scrap heap!

Peace!

[riverlady]

i guess i am semi retired since kids are grown up and i only work part time .....mr river is highly jellouse since he works full time yet :D

[zunny]

Hey River!.....

GREAT to see ya!

[Buffalo Bill]

I've medically retired (Hep C) for 10 years and am now approaching the big five oh in a year or so! I believe that I may have an early onset of Alzh, er, I mean Oldtimer's disease also, as I seem to be a bit more forgetful these days. Or maybe it was just that extra hit that I took! Who knows????:cool:

[zunny]

Welcome Buffalo!

Five oh doesnt seem so bad now that you are there... does it! LOL

Yes, I think the majority us lounging here in the Geriatric Crash Pad suffer the same memory ailments. :D

Looking forward to seeing you around these halls.... If you can remember how to get back here!

Gunns

[BushyOldGrower]

It will eventually come to me if I start typing..:confused:

Oh yeah...I am semi-retired but I own my own business that I have to keep secret. :eek:

My heart was broken by my career and they threw me away...

The normal story when workers are hated and unions are a dirty word. Some day labor will unite world wide and then this silly system will be changed.

BOG

[elmo quist]

No, I'm not retired. But after I finish this load, I suppose I can pretend for a while......:p

[zunny]

I think that things happen to us for a purpose... BOG - Your new career (even if you cant openly "show off") is obviously what our Creator had in mind for you...

The assholes who threw you away and broke your heart actually are, through you, healing hearts and minds all over the world now... For that, I thank them.

Stand tall and pround...

[zunny]

Originally posted by elmo quist
No, I'm not retired. But after I finish this load, I suppose I can pretend for a while......:p


^^^^ LMFAO! good one! :D

[Buffalo Bill]

Gunny, I did! Idid! I did find my way back!LOL...:D

[zunny]

Congrats!...

Did that little trail of roaches, seeds and "tiny nug/buds" help ya?

LOL :D

[Buffalo Bill]

Welllll, it sure didn't hurt!!!:D Be kewl and take care...

[twistone]

lI call myself semi-retired I suppose. Don't work a real job per-say. I have a small farm with 25 mama cows and 1 bull, you can fill in the rest.:) The mrs. and I also care for her 87 year old mother who is the Alhzimers poster child. Hey, we try and keep that subject as light and paletable as possible, it can be very depressing watching someone un-learn everything and I mean everything.
Here's a test for Alhzimers; If you can't remember where you put your car keys, no big deal. If your keys are in your hand and you can't remember what they are for, go see a doctor.

Anywho, when mom-in-law passes, I'll seek something outside the farm to do, hell, gotta torment somebody. lol

Keep it between the lines,
twistone:cool:

[fupDuck]

I'm not retired - just retired from the world - I work from my easy chair and seldom leave my house - btw, BOG, thanks for the bogbubble - that is some really fine stuff!

[Guest]

Unofficially I retired 3 yrs. ago, but I haven't told anybody that I work with yet.:p

[twistone]

^^^:D:D:D:^^^ That's a good one,...my lips are sealed.;)

[Maddog]

For the longest time I thought I would be retired by the time I become 55, but becoming a father at 50 put a change into that plan.
However, every once in awhile--usually on a Sunday afternoon--I do get to practice with my hammock.

MD

[BushyOldGrower]

I don't mean to whine but I was a union member who had worked 16 years for the same Hospital. When I turned in my notice early they waited a month and then fired me before I could collect my longevity pay. My pension was stolen by laws which allowed my employeers to do so. And finally my own union threatened me when I was fired for telling a parent that their child was medicated with an unnecessary drug for adults without their consent.

Workers are scum in America and unions have become so weak that they will be gone soon. Long live the giant Corporation America that throws peoples lives out with the trash every day. Did you see how they want to change workmans comp now? Have you heard of right to work laws that misleadingly make you think thats fine but it means right to bust your union by forbidding a closed union shop by law.

Now overtime laws are changed and what happens? Labor gets a smaller and smaller piece of the pie until they can't buy all the products so there is a surplus so we must export but we import more than we export so our economy is doomed. BOG ;)

I am happy to see it all crash. But, Gunny everything does happen for a reason and I don't expect fair in life. Jesus was crucified for nothing at all... :mad:

[zunny]

Good story BOG... :tup:

I have always said that when life hands you lemons... Mix them up in some volkda tonic's, light a bowl and enjoy it. :)

[Guest]

I own my own businesses and try to stay semi retired:D. Don't work all the time but hey keeps me busy enough to pay the bills and go places while I can still enjoy them. Coming up soon, learn how to scuba dive. Then we will see what to learn next.

[Guest]

At the moment...I'm semi-retired, but that could change. We've still got a few 'birds in the nest', so the missus and I are trying to decide if we should stay semi-retired and suffer the outrageous slings and arrows of near-poverty...or if I should take a part-time job to boost the ready cash level.

Worked for a large multi-national corporation for a dozen years, then started my own business after I left.

My wife and I both ran our own small businesses...mine went under last year, and her's has flourished to the point that I now work part time for her.

What the hell...she's really the boss anyhow...:p LOL!

[BushyOldGrower]

I say when opportunity knocks...don't slam the door in its face. You gotta see which way the wind is blowing and set sail... BOG

[Euripides Eumenides]

Seriously though, what is retired?
You old roosters ;) You're just being "reassigned"...

I'm retired right along side you, I think. That means I'm not marketable compared to my wife. Fine and dandy. Aim high. So I take care of the wee ones. So what's retired? I walk around in my pajamas and I'm a curmudgeon, so I play the part even if I don't look the part.

I think that things happen to us for a purpose... BOG - Your new career (even if you cant openly "show off") is obviously what our Creator had in mind for you...

We do what we do, when we do, with whom we do, for as long as we can. And we smoke bowls while doing it. That's the best we can hope for.

Enjoy what you can now, together. The past is nothing but a wet boot on your feet...shed it and ferget it. :D

[elmo quist]

Amen, J Jonah. That sums it up.

BOG, I'm sorry to hear of your unpleasant experiences--it seems life can be everything but fair. But FWIW, I have a friend who is currently undergoing chemotherapy. He benefits from your genetics on a daily basis--it enables him to eat when he doesn't particularly feel like it and it helps him with the nasties after chemo. (I'm about to order some Lifesaver myself on his recommendation) So I wouldn't say that your career in health care is completely over, you just never know who your work touches nowadays. Just my .02. ;)

[Buffalo Bill]

Elmo: I, too, am lost somewhere near you in Tejas, but could not agree more with your statement as fate comes in mysterious ways and it seems to me that BOG has met his destined fate. Thank goodness for that! Lifesaver is on my next order list unless I change my mind and wait for Bogbubble. Hells Bells! I think that I'll just wait and order both! By the time BB is restocked, both should be in my limited budget. Unfortunately, SS disability pay really limits my choices to just a couple per year...:cool:

[6x70]

Hey JJJ, are we the same person? I do the same thing, take care of the kiddies(3), and when they go to school I shuffle around get high and talk to the dog and the T.V. or the radio, and occasionally go out and talk to all of my "really retired" neighbors...hehehehe.... isn't life grand....My life started when I got married for the third time to the greatest girl in the world.... I will be 49 this year and she just turned 34 (can ya' tell I will get laid tonight after I get back from a little trip over to the swamp:))...6x70

[booboy]

who says your ever going to make it out of the swamp tonight 6x70? Gunny got lost out back and it took him 3 hours to find the house. Besides, I harvested last week and I intend to inflict copious quantities of fine smoke in your general direction. Ahahahaha. Peace from the swamp

[zunny]

Sixer - whatever you do: Don't venture out back after partaking in a Vrip session... LOL

I was wandering around aimlessly for hours and didn't have a clue where I was. Thank god for the Rainman who led me back to the homestead. :)

[Canna Wurms]

Retired from the electronics industry. The wife and I are moving to a small farm in the mountains in a few months. Life is good and getting better every day.

[tragic1]

Great to hear that JJ and 6X70. I'm a stay at home dad and I love it. I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

[6x70]

Well I had a safe return from the swamp with only one slight "oh shit"....don't ya hate it when driving down a two lane highway at night higher than a kite and you know your eyes are bleeding when a car going the other way passes you and hits their brakes like a cop....well it happened last night, I was kinda zoning out a tad, from the cookie (I accidentaly ate the whole thing) and the phatty that Boo rolled up and we "tried" to smoke....so once again Boo.......... My many many thanks go out to you my friend...:)can't wait to bring some of mine to the swamp....6x70

[zunny]

6X70 Yes, our friend Boo is quite the host (and grower of some very fine herb I might add!). I hope that my next visit to the Swamp also involves finally meeting you....

Glad you made it home safe!

[booboy]

Glad to see you made it home the other night 6x70. I was concerned when you decided to eat the whole cookie. I ate more than I should have last night prior to harvesting and was falling off the stool. Just too wasted. Gunny, anytime bro. The Rainman and I always leave the light on for you. C'mon down and sample the new crop at the swamp. Peace from the swamp

[6x70]

Boo- I told you I used to be the dedicated driver for a bar in Wyoming...what I did not tell you is... I used to choke down more drugs than all the people I took home on "any Friday night" combined could or would ever want to take. I would drink on top of about 20 perc's and 15-20 10mg. valium,(pills were a daily thing) 4-5 beers a couple 3 or 4 abslout's on the rocks, 3-4 doobies and maybe chase a couple white lines in the back room and then the "DRIVER IS READY" ....It's a horrible thing to have such a high tolerence to your "favorite" drug of choice and a reason to get them...I "Thank God" don't do that anymore... but that was my way of life for way to long.... Not to say that I wasn't flyin' when I left your place buddy....'cause a good number of the cars that passed me going home were real L-o-n-g-- it's just... I have (references upon request)...Ahahahahahaha!!!!!! 6x70

[zunny]

DAMN! Sixer!...... A wonder you are still among those of us with the ability to reason and breathe on our own! LOL

I must admit that I used to partake in WAY too much alcohol. While stationed in Misawa Japan, it was nothing to put down a quart of Imperial Whiskey (2 bucks a bottle...circa 1978) every night for months on end.

I also got into the liquid devil while station in Scotland. Although it was only a two month drunk... Jamison Irish Whiskey was five bucks a fifth. I drank it until I couldnt stand the taste anymore! LOL

Remember, When stationed overseas, there is no tax on booze or cigarettes when bought on base.

I now limit myself to only a few beers or 1-2 scotches (I LOVE the blended stuff. Pinch is my fav) For some reason I have grown to dislike the single malts.... Which is probably good seeing that they are usually about triple the price of the blends.

[6x70]

Let me tell ya Gunns, there were days I woke up "suprised"........

[DrJay2001]

Hey Gunny, guess you had your fill of algorhymins. As to Jamesons it has a very peaty taste to it. Nasty in the morning. Same with Scotch.

Frankly, cannabis has really interfered with my drinking turning me into a real two shot light weight.

I was "retired" from medical lab research after three surgeries on my ulnar nerves left me unable to do some of the fine manipulations necessary. That combined with my leaving Stanford over unethical research left me without a teaching post either.

My wife and I are both in our 50's and NOBODY wants to hire folks like us. Nancy left nursing and codes for the insurance industry. Yours truly gets SSI for being a nearly dead guy and I've started a new career in writing.

The health "industry" really can be a heart breaker if you have a conscience. I'm much happier now though poorer.

Heck, I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe a seed tycoon? LOL.

Yours,
Dr. Jay

[zunny]

While I wouldnt recommend it for everyone... Having this Military Pension free medical benefits for the rest of my life is a blessing.

I love my second career and am good at it. However, everyone up and down the chain of command knows that I will NEVER do anything to damage the integrity of my personal morals or the pride I place on both my name and word.

It is nice being able to get up every day, do somthing you LOVE to do and get paid for it. It also means alot that I don't HAVE to do anything if I don't want to.... I guess that makes me a nightmare to alot of crooked employers out there and a valuable asset to the honest ones....

[booboy]

It's easy not to damage your integrity cause you lost it years ago. Ahahahaha. Anyone suspect of being a friend of the swamp is wondered about down here. My "neighbors" think I am playing with a few cards short of a full deck. Whens the return trip my friend? Peace from the swamp

[wolfshadow]

Many years commercial fishing.(all kinds)Even the square ones:D

No SS.No retirement check>>>Nothing!!!.So I gotta suppliment
my income:D

I do fire up the chain saw in the spring.Always good money in trees:D LOL.


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[speck]

Booboy

I am retired in a swamp too!

I supplement my needs with the gifts of the good land.

I fought wildfires for 20 years retired young and beat-up from the nasty steep ass Rocky mountains. Great for winter sport, tough to hack line on.

I am happy in the swamp- harsh, but certainly not crowded and during the summer I am the only human around.

33 species of mosquitoes can't be wrong!

[booboy]

speck,
swamps rule. No neighbors and no hassles but yeah, the mosquitoes are hell. Down here they stand flat footed and fuck turkeys. Ask Wolf, he lives in a local swamp too. I assume you are in the deep southeast? Peace from mine to yours...

[speck]

I f you looked the map of Florida and found the place with the fewest roads, I be in thar somewheres.

[jerryskids]

Work is highly over-rated

[Buffalo Bill]

I'll second that! LOL!:D

[Twist]

Many years commercial fishing. I to spent on the sea.cal cost
now i work for major corp in maintenance.uion bro ya right

[Zoe]

Heavenhigh..... I have been retired for ten years....... love it. I have become a "professional coffee shopper"in Amsterdam. Don't want to be anywhere else...You should all try it

[happycabbyman]

i'm happy working till i'm 90, i dont work hard, retirement dont appeal..

[Guest]

......just wanna chill and soak up the world.

I hate workin, i been workin seems like all my life, I hate it with a passion, but get up and go everyday, wife and kids and all.

last kid graduates this may, one more summer and hes gone off to college. im shootin for 55 to call it quits, 45 now.

plantation down in old mexico sounds real appealin about now.

pleasure
CBF

[Zoe]

Not sure this is the right word but okey. To be really retired you would be dead. myself I never had a 9 to 5 job never wanted one.I always made money having a good time. I made sure. I was a clown for 23 years. It was a good life .I can"t see working all your life unless you love it.

[Zoe]

I have too much left to learn to be truley retired

[TokerBabe]

I own my own business but have a long way off from retiring, definately not all fun and games tho'.

I think selling weed would be a far better business, but that damn government. :mad:

-TokerBabe

[facelift]

I'm calling myself semi-retired.

[Guest]

I thought the Title was "Are you retarded" I must need glasses.

[The_Leader]

4O and retired by reasons of insanity (my grow was/is insane) My wife has worked 1 yr of her life (34)

13 bravo here and ef of ga. college ed. lifetime criminal in the eyes of ppl I couldnt respect less...i.e. usa gov.

at least i earned my way. daddy didnt nepitize me w/no gravy gov job, naw. i had to slop hogs w/the down troden. my nut meat got me my early retirement, so back off... lol j/k.

[Puffin13]

Heavenhigh..... I have been retired for ten years....... love it. I have become a "professional coffee shopper"in Amsterdam. Don't want to be anywhere else...You should all try it

Nice! I have also been retired for over 10 years and have the same "profession" aka retirement function as you! :wave: :rasta: I love my Amsterdam retirement home! Peace n Love.

[fumancu]

Permanent disabilaty here

[view2athrill]

....err, I mean "retired"! I've worked all kinds of J-O-Bs
....they just pretty basically sucked. So I started as a topless dancer, then became a full-on (pun intended) stripper, now I do nude massage. Love the hours (make 'em myself) and the pay, but wonder how much longer I can keep at it. I turned 47 today, though I guess I still look ok, because I have a nice rooster of regulars. Wish I had the balls to grow professionally, but oh well, with the stupid laws here, plus having a kid, guess i'll just keep it at the hobby level. Are there any other women who've been down a similar path as me? Or maybe even men?! :muahaha:

[D0nC0smic]

all I can say is that i respect you occupation but things like that where your earning potential decreases with age then you need to invest more of your earnings early on

[view2athrill]

For me, it has way less to do with age than simply being burnt out, doing the same thing every time I work. But I'd have to admit, I am pretty addicted to the hours and money, so it's hard to walk away from. (perhaps like other occupations?) And yeah, investing early on was "supposed" to be part of the plan....what I've "saved up" are all the experiences, and not just in the sex industry. Always been one to seek adventure, until I had a kid, that is! But it's cool, I'd already gotten a lot of wild oats outta my system. Hey! Sorry viewers! I got "off topic"!

[twistone]

Wow! Been damn near 4 years since I posted in this thread. Still semi-retired, but starting to pound the pavement for a fulltime job. Altzimers finally took mother-in-law recently. She passed at our house in her daughters arms, just as she wanted. Taking care of your own till the end is tough, but I'd do it again, no question. Old school till the end.

twistone

[Boostnitup]

I retired from the USAF in 2000.

20 years, 7 months, and some extra days...

I want marijuana legalized.

[Stoner4Life]

I suffered a work injury 4 yrs ago come April. I discovered that work comp insurance is to protect the employer and to FVCK the employee who gets injured. I sympathise with anyone entangled in it the same way that I am. Better days must be ahead is all I can say for now.

Hanging onto the the thinnest thread of hope will
carry you across the deepest chasm of despair.

[kmk420kali]

I am not retired...but I have been able to take some time off...I took a week, 2 months ago...I will go back soon, I Swear!!! :muahaha:

I am trying to make the transition into a full-time Grower...got to do it last year...hope to make it perpetual-- :wave:

[Bud Hi]

Not retired, By choice, Due to a work accident, At 51 no one want to hire you anyway. A country boy/Vet can survive. frees up more time to enjoy nature/lakes.and have a garden.

[pilsenViper]

Who can afford retirement ? I'll have to work for two years after I'm dead
You need work to make the weekends something to to look forward to , the whole "Yeah but it feels so good when I stop " concept

[Pops]

I really appreciate the Social Security system. With the last increase, I was able to buy a box of crackers to go with my 9 Lives Super Supper. Actually, I had to retire a bit early, after 7 heart attacks, 2 throat surgeries and prostate surgery. At my age,my sex life consists of the doctor sticking his finger up my ass. My God, I hope that WAS his finger!

[dieselman]

21 yrs in.. lets just say "federal service" and pulling pension now....... if I could get my wife to stop spending money I could work part time :)

DM

[SeldomSeenSmith]

I'm almost there 4 years 6 months and 12 days to go. But I hate to say it I love my job. Make good money and out of a 2 week period work 3 nights one week and 4 nights the next, its 12 hour shift, but I only actually have to do a few hours worth of work, rest of the time I pretty much do as i wish. Pretty sweet deal. :joint:

[Don Cotyle]

My Lady works the same shift and loves it! I'm self employed and love it too! 15 years to go for full retierment=P

[OldDeadHead]

I was retired for health reasons. :badday:
Lucky for me, I was employed by the University of California and was given the boot with my salary & medical. :headbange
The best retirement party is your own! :jump:
Now I spend more time with the kids

Peace :rasta:
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[Doobieduck]

zunny nice post...I've learned a little about my friends here at IC...I am retired disabled since 1996..I have good days and painful ones but keeping my mind busy is the most important...like I do here! DD

[madrecinco]

I am retired and love it...of course my children now expect me to babysit for them while they work...which I gladly do actually...

But can pursue travel now...read more...enjoy creative hobbies...smell the roses...

Was a soldiers wife many years and worked for an oil company and went back to school and became a nurse for many years which I loved...

Now enjoy each day to the fullest and avoid negative people and losers...
Totally love and accept my uniqueness at this point in life and LOVE BEING able to say it like it is!!!!

Help build and fly Ultra-Light plane with my new love...Scary hobby!
But ya gotta die somehow!
He says there is a better chance I will be struck by lightning living in the Lightning Capital of the World!

[Weedman Herb]

I'm Semi Retired ... the fronts weren't showing the belts yet ... and cash is Low ... so I just replaced the rear tires ...

[spackle]

At the rate I'm going now I might be able to retire when I'm 93,maybe 92.

[curts1]

The way things are going I´ll be glad to last another 8-10 years before I become disabled enough for pension. Some people with arthritis can´t hack it for long but I won´t give up just yet ;)

[jefff]

I did it 2 yrs ago. One day at work, I'd had it with my boss, told him to sit on it and twirl. Wife just about shit when I told her I quit. I had months before checked with HR and found I was locked in anyway. Not working is the GREATEST thing in the world. Realized after many years (50) of working that I'd brought home the pressures and things of work with me, NOW don't even think about things like that. All though........... the biggest problem about retiring is living with your wife of 43 yrs and becoming one of those pain in the asses that women talk about after their husbands retire. I'm a real trip I am. For the first year tried to run her life for her, the second year (now) am learning not to do that for it may get me killed.
Anyway LIFE is GOOD, have meant to look for a part time, but can't face the fact of working for anybody ever again.

[Pinball Wizard]

getting close to the BIG six O...I'm retired... 16 out of every 24 hours....the other, 8 ...I work my ass off....:1help:...Monday - Fridays

Totally, retired on weekends

[madrecinco]

I did it 2 yrs ago. One day at work, I'd had it with my boss, told him to sit on it and twirl. Wife just about shit when I told her I quit. I had months before checked with HR and found I was locked in anyway. Not working is the GREATEST thing in the world. Realized after many years (50) of working that I'd brought home the pressures and things of work with me, NOW don't even think about things like that. All though........... the biggest problem about retiring is living with your wife of 43 yrs and becoming one of those pain in the asses that women talk about after their husbands retire. I'm a real trip I am. For the first year tried to run her life for her, the second year (now) am learning not to do that for it may get me killed.
Anyway LIFE is GOOD, have meant to look for a part time, but can't face the fact of working for anybody ever again.

It does take some adjustments for a couple to be together 24/7...but it sounds like you have made the adjustment...
People still need their space and independance...those that can't adjust sometimes lose each other at this stage. But sounds like you have made the adjustment well...it is nice owning my own time to do the things I used not to have time to do...
After raising 5 children and an intense nursing career...not to mention breaking down sterotypical barriers for the women of Texas...73-84...

I am in a "Zen Like" state of happiness these days and live each day to the fullest...
I still learn each day and try to do at least one random act of kindness each day...so my karma is great these days...

my new man has taught me to slow down and savour the life we have left to us.
My children are my greatest accomplishment and each one unique and successful...
so enjoy retirement and we empathize with those still slaving away daily.
I also am contemplating working only part time again...BUT every time I start to do it I just can't bring myself to do it. But ...not being drug tested is sooooo nice...
Fuck working again... 40 years is enough of that ...
but mentoring our young and helping them get through the hell race is a good thing to do.

I am enjoying reading the posts of fellow older stoners out there...

[Gobwats]

I'm retired, but to be honest I hate it. I loved teaching mathematics; being surrounded by curious youth seemed to keep me young. I was injured in 1997-spent 4 months in traction and was back in my classroom 2 weeks after getting out of the hospital-and finally submitted my resignation in Dec 2000. The students were always there for me (not a day went by while I was hospitalized that I did not receive a card, call, or flowers, from multiple students...admin contacted me twice, both times to ask when I would be back) so when I reached that point where my pain kept me from giving them the 100% they so justly deserved I opted to leave. I would give anything to be giving a lecture on the formation of non-Hopf 3 manifolds right now.

[madrecinco]

I'm retired, but to be honest I hate it. I loved teaching mathematics; being surrounded by curious youth seemed to keep me young. I was injured in 1997-spent 4 months in traction and was back in my classroom 2 weeks after getting out of the hospital-and finally submitted my resignation in Dec 2000. The students were always there for me (not a day went by while I was hospitalized that I did not receive a card, call, or flowers, from multiple students...admin contacted me twice, both times to ask when I would be back) so when I reached that point where my pain kept me from giving them the 100% they so justly deserved I opted to leave. I would give anything to be giving a lecture on the formation of non-Hopf 3 manifolds right now.

Do some tutoring and mentoring of the young and poor who are falling through the cracks. I can't work full time because of my disabilities...but I do volunteer at a free clinic when I can. I still seek learning and new experiences. Whatever you do...keep your mind active and STRESS is a killer.
Avoid stress and negative people.

Stress affects your immune system more than people really realize...
Life is short and make everyday better by counting your blessings and cherishing those you choose to love.

I really do believe in KARMA and good things come to those who CAN follow The Golden Rule!

So little do that these days! Pity!

Damn...somebody who actually likes math???
i get a Pavlovian Response to math in general and I hate math. I was very good in all subjects BUT math...suffered through it though to get where I wanted to go...
That is what calculators are for...LOL...:wallbash::wallbas h:

Thank God for Pharmacists I called to check my calculations. More people are killed in med errors by nurses than any other cause for death in the hospital. miscalculation can kill unfortunately. Glad it never happened in my time...but beware when you go to the hospital...[inside secrets]...

[Hydrofome420]

5436 day's untill i retire, not that I am counting.





Stay safe and high.
........HYDRO.......

[Gobwats]

Do some tutoring and mentoring of the young and poor who are falling through the cracks. I can't work full time because of my disabilities...but I do volunteer at a free clinic when I can. I still seek learning and new experiences. Whatever you do...keep your mind active and STRESS is a killer.
Avoid stress and negative people.

Stress affects your immune system more than people really realize...
Life is short and make everyday better by counting your blessings and cherishing those you choose to love.

I really do believe in KARMA and good things come to those who CAN follow The Golden Rule!

So little do that these days! Pity!

Damn...somebody who actually likes math???
i get a Pavlovian Response to math in general and I hate math. I was very good in all subjects BUT math...suffered through it though to get where I wanted to go...
That is what calculators are for...LOL...:wallbash::wallbas h:

Thank God for Pharmacists I called to check my calculations. More people are killed in med errors by nurses than any other cause for death in the hospital. miscalculation can kill unfortunately. Glad it never happened in my time...but beware when you go to the hospital...[inside secrets]...

I do stay as active as life will allow, focus most of my energy on the environment these days helping to cleanup garbage filled sink holes, springs, and other karst features that directly affect our drinking water supply. I do tutor for free whenever anyone asks me, and am always offering any new person I meet that mentions they are in school. Plus I do my best to keep up with my own research (as well as follow the progress of former colleagues) and even manage to publish the occasional paper. But truth be told, I miss being in front of that classroom everyday helping to shape our future.

I really know about stress as it and cold are the 2 primary triggers for my RSD. And now I know why nursing students were always such friendly neighbors ; )

[madrecinco]

I do stay as active as life will allow, focus most of my energy on the environment these days helping to cleanup garbage filled sink holes, springs, and other karst features that directly affect our drinking water supply. I do tutor for free whenever anyone asks me, and am always offering any new person I meet that mentions they are in school. Plus I do my best to keep up with my own research (as well as follow the progress of former colleagues) and even manage to publish the occasional paper. But truth be told, I miss being in front of that classroom everyday helping to shape our future.

I really know about stress as it and cold are the 2 primary triggers for my RSD. And now I know why nursing students were always such friendly neighbors ; )


I know what you mean as I was the mother of 5 and a nurse and suddenly retired d/t disability. It is hard to make that transition for those of us who seek intellectual and artistic outlets. I live in a 55 and over condo and most livin' here are in their 90's and europeon ...

So I prolly am the only toker in the building. seriously.
And my Texas accent makes me stick out here...So much for leading a low profile.

But I mentor my grandchildren these days. The first is in her first year of college at USF and she is a "Bright Scholar" if ya know what that is. She was in the IB program in high school. The youngest is 14 month old Holy Terror that I watch daily and at the end of the day I am tireder than when I was workin'...LOL...
He is very cute though....so I am busy. We built an ultra light plane and will fly more soon.
Good keeping up your research and understanding how stress affects CRPS/RSD....and its complex chronic neurological pain.

But move to Florida as it is warmer here...LOL...another day in paradise.
I will never live north again in my life.
The cold would kill this coastal old lady.

But seriously...you sound like you have lots of interests going and sites like this keep us communicating even in our pain.

Gotta go do a "random act of kindness" and change this baby's poopy diaper for now....

Once ya have children...it never ends...LOL!:wallbash:

[mpd]

I'm retired, but to be honest I hate it. I loved teaching mathematics; being surrounded by curious youth seemed to keep me young... I would give anything to be giving a lecture on the formation of non-Hopf 3 manifolds right now.

I suspected as much. A math teacher. Might as well say communist notary public. Next you'll be saying you're from the Appalachian Mountains or something... :dueling:
:laughing: :nanana:
j/k

When I retire I'm going to teach math to kids who want to do something with their lives or maybe economics. I'm studying economics now and just eating it up.

I've been a consultant for so long I don't know how to do anything else. I'll keep doing this gig for the rest of my life because the pace is rarely too frenetic for me not to cope, so I enjoy the challenge.

[jefff]

Guess it's like going from 100mph to 2.5mph. Took me a few to adjust the gears and now enjoying idling at the light. A few people honk at me, but let em pass.

[Rose56]

I have been retired for a few years and just love it. Every so often I think about going back but it passes.

[Balrog]

I retired last year after being in business for 25 years. My investments did well over that time so life is good.

[madrecinco]

ain't it great...I keep trying to make myself return to work part time at least to keep my skills up...but can't yet bring myself to do it.

Life is good if ya can retire ALIVE STILL! LOL

[kallenavndk]

Im working :D well kind off, i dont do much when im at work.
Mostly i play com or surf on icmag hehe but its a great job woulden change it 4 nothing But i still cant wait to retire hehe all that spare time , all them naps :D i can drink a bottle of wine or 5 evey day and sleep untill my hair feels ok again
Great times it will be......

[madrecinco]

Im working :D well kind off, i dont do much when im at work.
Mostly i play com or surf on icmag hehe but its a great job woulden change it 4 nothing But i still cant wait to retire hehe all that spare time , all them naps :D i can drink a bottle of wine or 5 evey day and sleep untill my hair feels ok again
Great times it will be......

You got a long way to go Kenni Boy...but you Danes at least get lots of time off for holiday. So enjoy being young because life is short.
Hope your baby is doing fine...mine has allergies and is teething and cranky making me smoke more weed after I take him home at night. Babies are for the young.

[kallenavndk]

You got a long way to go Kenni Boy...but you Danes at least get lots of time off for holiday. So enjoy being young because life is short.
Hope your baby is doing fine...mine has allergies and is teething and cranky making me smoke more weed after I take him home at night. Babies are for the young.

Damn m8 sry to hear about the allergies my kid just finish teething..well almost but he was a bit cranky so i can alomost feal ya bro :)
In 5 years i dont have any hoolidays :D i work 12 Hours 4-5 days in a row and then i get 4-5 days paid freedom and i use them 4-5 days for vacation whit me son :D
So time off 4 hooliday depense very much of what u work whit ..i help a mand whit eating,shitting,pissing,breath e and all what u can imagenand i work Xmas and new year........i droped out of school when i was 16 ...Got a job as a pizza boy hehe damn fun btw..then i got in to cleaning, then millitary , then a kid whit Down syndrom and then a kid whit cancer in hes brain :C imo i felling old already