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What did you do when you retired?
12/16/2017 | me

Posted on 12/16/2017 7:02:48 PM PST by mdittmar

What did you do when you retired?

Getting close to the point that I may be able to retire.

Thinking about reselling,yard sales,goodwills,estates sales.

Always enjoyed junking,antiquing.

Gotta stay busy.


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To: KC Burke
that is what I started with.

Get a decent strop, I recommend the Rick Butz Strop which has the same kind of leather glued to a wood paddle that has curves for finishing out the inside of wood gouges

Butter that in with the Herb's Yellowstone, 2,3 swipes and you have a mirror razor finish to the blade

I do most of my stuff in the round but here is a good project that is on my list


281 posted on 12/17/2017 11:13:14 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: KC Burke

Learned long ago the old ways are the good ways.

Call me a luddite LOL

I can remove far more wood more quickly and safely with A well maintained chisel and mallet and a detail knife than with power tools like the Fordom


282 posted on 12/17/2017 11:19:51 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: KC Burke

Pleased that you both keep the arts alive.


283 posted on 12/17/2017 11:23:19 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: KC_for_Freedom
Not easy to tell what day it is though.

That's what these are for:

If you don't have to take daily medication, use vitamins!

284 posted on 12/17/2017 11:26:13 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: bagster
...Sometimes, my cat and I travel the roads like a hobo. If a stranger is especially kind to me, I bequeath him millions of dollars and disappear....

Post of the thread!

285 posted on 12/17/2017 11:28:39 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

“the kids are not going to appreciate having to dump it when you die.“

Yes, it puts an unfair guilt on them. They may feel obligated to keep some pieces that they really don’t want.

My sister moved a bunch of our folks stuff into her basement to hand down to her kids. Now they are going to move/downsize, her kids don’t want that old fashioned crap, and they live 100, 1,000, and 3,000 miles away to boot. So she’s getting rid of it now after having cluttered up her basement with it for over ten years.

As you say, get rid of it as soon as you can and don’t store it.


286 posted on 12/17/2017 11:30:06 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: William Tell
Not knowing what day of the week it is drives my daughter crazy. It makes me smile.

You can also do that by not texting or not looking at email for a week or two. Works every time!

287 posted on 12/17/2017 11:30:39 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

Good advice to give it to them now, make it their memories not your memories..

I prolly have 35K in soviet militaria

Means something to me as I spent the bulk of mylife chasing Ivan all around the watery bits of the world and some of her deserts too

But to the rest its meaningless.

Liquidate it, Gift cards work LOL


288 posted on 12/17/2017 11:36:18 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: EliRoom8
I’d like to...study the Word.

That has been the very best thing about retirement for me. Don't know where you live, but try to find an organized group that is well-experienced. The group called Community Bible Study in this area is excellent, with multiple locations in various towns. Cannot say enough good about our C.B.S. group of 300 who meet each week. We have an opening session, then break into small groups, then a lecture, and daily home study in a printed workbook or online (there's a small tuition).

I have also heard good things about Cornerstone Bible Studies.

For the first three years of retirement, I traveled 70 miles each way every week to study with a pastor who came recommended (as a Bible-believing political conservative) at his weekly Bible study at his church.

It's important to get with a group where people participate seminar-style, asking questions and not just sitting there. Such a blessing to study the Word. Only wish I had done it in my teens.

289 posted on 12/17/2017 11:46:17 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: All

Heck get them to move it and tell them stories!

Again, getting old aint a Holiday like most folks fake

Sharing your lives is far more fruitful than silence

My Grandfather was in the CBI in WWII.

My brother always says all he did was grouse about the war(which he never did)

I find it poetic that brother ended up clearing his estate
I find it sad that he missed the value of the mans life

retirement aint for sissys


290 posted on 12/17/2017 11:49:49 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Albion Wilde

LOL senior moments LOL


291 posted on 12/17/2017 11:51:31 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mdittmar

For your hobby, don’t forget E-bay.


292 posted on 12/17/2017 12:22:00 PM PST by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Good idea, but I use the two shot glass system, morning and evening. Move one day as the meds are taken. Taking the time to put the damn little things in every little section would waste half the week.

My system does keep the days of the week and when I notice that I have missed a med, it is usually not too many hours past time.


293 posted on 12/17/2017 1:25:53 PM PST by KC_for_Freedom (Trump has one good idea after the other.)
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To: mdittmar

That is exactly what I said until I just sat around the house with little to do for a year.


294 posted on 12/17/2017 1:37:22 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Wasichu

I retired at 62 and started taking Social Security. I’m not sure I will make it to 82 which is the break even point. I have Medishare for health care.


295 posted on 12/17/2017 2:12:17 PM PST by fulltlt
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To: Albion Wilde
I appreciate your recommendations, especially in light of the frequency of those Bible study gatherings. AndI will try to follow-up. But I won't be around or have anything to do with the worldly, apostate, so-called contemporary worship. If I see a drum set or amplifiers on stage I'm making an immediate U-turn and leaving quickly. Gone!!! I'm now way, way beyond patience with this hip, jazzy, cool "praise team"/Hillsong music junk. And It's probably the main reason I'm leaving the missionary site I've been at for four years.

There is a church in Kalamazoo, Mi that touts and follows "Reverent worship and Expository teaching." I plan to visit there from SoCal. I've already listened via internet and found it to be Very good stuff. Excellent teaching. "
296 posted on 12/17/2017 5:56:18 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

Our Bible study does use some praise songs occasionally, but it’s not a worship service with communion; it’s basically a rev-’em-up intro to the study session that follows. The study is very seriously Biblical.


297 posted on 12/17/2017 9:10:44 PM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde
The study is very seriously Biblical.Very good. Let me return the favor and recommend this site:

http://www.texascornersbiblechurch.org/

I'm not a member and live half a world away but I've discovered that the teaching here is strong. The best I've found in years. Not eloquent. Not prosaic, but insightful and wise.
298 posted on 12/17/2017 9:27:32 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: catnipman

“I’m making a shitpile less money than before, but near-zero stress, and the work is much more satisfying and self-fulfilling, “

Exactly. I’ve got three or four small businesses going, the stress is way down, the creativity way up, no employees. I work my usual 80 hours, but it is almost all fun stuff. Rewarding.


299 posted on 12/17/2017 10:38:45 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: mdittmar

Self indulge. Bought used airplane and used RV. Also spending more time as church volunteer.


300 posted on 12/29/2017 7:02:07 PM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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