"Bill Kiene" wrote in message m...
Hi All,

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

I want to retire so I can go boating more often.

Oh, one more thing. During retirement, cars are handy so keep your
keys in your pocket..

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:44:56 GMT, "Bill Kiene"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

The best advise, which I followed, was do not wait until you retire to
take up some activity. After 34 years with the school system, I
retired. I loved teaching and love sailing. Thus I am a cruising
instructor. That keeps me quite busy. Our company has a desk in a
travel agency; I man that two to three days a week. In the second
week of January I will be teaching coastal navigation for eight weeks.
Come boating season I will be on the water more often. Last year I
got in about 50 days of instruction.

I also got more serious about my golf. In the off season I play
squash three times a week.

Jack

__________________________________________________
Jack Dale
Swiftsure Sailing Academy
Director/ISPA and CYA Instructor
http://www.swiftsuresailing.com
Phone: 1 (877) 470-SAIL (toll free)
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Timely topic as I retired today after completing my 32 year sentence.
I had hoped to retire next year....but they made me an offer I couldn't
refuse.
With my pension, I should net about 80% of what I net working without
touching my nest egg.
With my house paid for and no bills except for utility & taxes I probably
will be in the same financial shape I'm in now
My first order of business...take the gift certificates and buy a
membership
at the Y. I plan to get in better shape now that my time is my own.

Bill Kiene wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

I want to retire so I can go boating more often.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

Timely topic as I retired today

Congratulations, Don. My last was three years ago today. I got a few
chuckles reading the other posts in this thread. Not surprisingly, we all
share some thoughts:

Feeling guilty about gettin' money for nothing.

Let's see, when am I due back at work.

How did I ever manage to keep up with all this AND work 40 hrs. a week.

Can't believe how much $$ spent that first year: new van, boat,
snowblower, lawnmower, hardwood floors, 3rd dog, rods, reels, etc.

There were a few moments in the first couple of months when I had this "
What have I done?! Will they take me back?!" panic but since then I've never
looked back. It takes everyone a little time to take up new (or expand
existing) activities and achieve a new equilibrium. As noted above you can
only fish and mow the yard so much but its amazing how much new stuff just
sorta' flows in to fill the time.

Don White wrote:

Timely topic as I retired today after completing my 32 year sentence.
I had hoped to retire next year....but they made me an offer I couldn't
refuse.
With my pension, I should net about 80% of what I net working without
touching my nest egg.
With my house paid for and no bills except for utility & taxes I probably
will be in the same financial shape I'm in now
My first order of business...take the gift certificates and buy a
membership
at the Y. I plan to get in better shape now that my time is my own.

That's great news, Don. Hope you live long and enjoy it all. Two good
friends of mine were offered early retirement last year, and the
sweetener was lifetime health care coverage for themselves and their
spouses. It was the incentive that made the deal.





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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:44:56 GMT, "Bill Kiene"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

I want to retire so I can go boating more often.

I'm 54 now and I retired in 1972 because I was disabled at work.
I keep busy with whatever interests me. Celestial navigation,
newsgroups and sailing my 13ft. Banshee when the water isn't solid.

I'm caring for my father now but plan on getting a sailboat (Maybe a
Gulf 32 Pilothouse? Thanks Ole Thom.) and hanging out on the water
after he passes away. So I study sailing and navigation (coastal and
celestial) and get practical hints from newsgroups while sailing in
the summer on local lakes.

Keeps me busy.
Mark E. Williams

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

I want to retire so I can go boating more often.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

Great topic! I retire this Friday (Jan 2nd) and face it with some
trepedation and much anticipation. 37 years was enough but I'm not sure who
I will be without the job to help define me.

I've joined the Coast Guard Auxillary (America's Volunteer Lifesavers), am
taking a Grand Banks 32 for a sea trial on Tuesday, and am looking into
part-time teaching.

My wife, on the other hand, is afraid I'll just follow her about and bug
her.

The great adventure begins!!

Everett