I can remember when I was a young pipe fitters apprentice and couldn't wait for the weekend to be over so could get back to work. Now I literally have to force myself to go.
Retirement
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ken98k
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Retirement
I've got 2 months to go before I retire and It cant get here soon enough.
I can remember when I was a young pipe fitters apprentice and couldn't wait for the weekend to be over so could get back to work. Now I literally have to force myself to go.
I can remember when I was a young pipe fitters apprentice and couldn't wait for the weekend to be over so could get back to work. Now I literally have to force myself to go.
I, am the NRA.
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Dinadan
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Re: Retirement
I have been retired for eight years this spring. I did not hate my job, but it really was a relief to stop going to work. The biggest thing I disliked for the last decade or so of work was all the safety and security stuff. I understand that it is necessary, but after about ten or twenty briefings about all the dangers in an industrial plant, it sure gets old. I bet as a pipefitter you had a lot of that also.
Some folks worry about being bored, but that has not been a problem for me. I have my books, my beer, my boat, my herbs, and especially my naps! Sometimes I still dream about work and the men I worked with decades ago, but I have never missed going to work one single time.
Mel
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Jeffinn
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Re: Retirement
I’ve been retired for 8 years too! I was happy to finally be done with work. I didn’t have anything left to offer so it was time.
Enjoy your retirement when you get to it!
Jeff
Enjoy your retirement when you get to it!
Jeff
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edge213
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Re: Retirement
I have been retired for 7 years.
I loved my job, but being retired beats that.
I have plenty to do, never bored.
Good luck!
I loved my job, but being retired beats that.
I have plenty to do, never bored.
Good luck!
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
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FRJ
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Re: Retirement
Enjoy your retirement when it gets here. It will happen before you know it; and then time will really fly.
I've been retired for 16 years. It seems odd to even type that. It sure has gone fast.
I was amazed how costly it was to work day in and day out. Yes, I have less income but also I spent a lot of money
keeping the employment thing up on wheels. I enjoy my time at many other personal pursuits.
All the best, Ken.
Joe
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bestgear
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Re: Retirement
I loved my job but retired in 2018 after 20 years of commuting to DC; it got the best of me. Then Covid hit and all of a sudden I could do the job I loved from home and zero commuting. I did that for 30-40 hours a week until June 2023 and then I said goodbye and meant it. Retirement is everything I had planned for and each day is glorious. I wish you well when the day arrives and please report back 
Tom
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PringleTree
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Re: Retirement
Best wishes on your upcoming retirement! I remember the first work night after I retired. I was out on the deck drinking a beer, and I had the thought "better head in and get to bed". Then it popped into my head--"What the heck am I worried about going to bed for at this hour--I've got nowhere that I have to be in the morning!" Ended up sitting out on the deck until about 4am, listening to far-off trains and watching critters pass through the yard in the moonlight. It was fantastic.
Chris J.
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jerryd6818
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Re: Retirement
Been retired for 20+ years. Best job I've ever had.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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dlr110
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Re: Retirement
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bighomer
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Re: Retirement
Me too, had a wonderful job but I put in my forty years and was offered a nice incentive to say goodbye, and ain't never looked back. We have a reunion once a year and a group of us get together monthly for breakfast. A smaller group of besties meets every week at hooters. The rough part is missing all the ones that have passed over.
Ken I hope you enjoy every bit of it my friend. Congratulations and full speed ahead.
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garddogg56
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Re: Retirement
Ken just go and enjoy your retirement 
keep us informed I’m not far behind you,I’m thinking fifty years in the trade is enough 
keep us informed I’m not far behind you,I’m thinking fifty years in the trade is enough "On the Road Again"Willie Nelson
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jerryd6818
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Re: Retirement
More than enough!!!!
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Steve Warden
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Re: Retirement
Congrats to those who have made it to retirement! Enjoy!!
Four more years for me. I figure May of '29. That'll put me at 67.
Four more years for me. I figure May of '29. That'll put me at 67.
Take care and God bless,
Steve
TSgt USAF, Retired
1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
Steve
TSgt USAF, Retired
1980-2000
But any knife is better than no knife! ~ Mumbleypeg (aka Ken)
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OLDE CUTLER
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Re: Retirement
Keep after it, you'll get there.Steve Warden wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:59 pm Congrats to those who have made it to retirement! Enjoy!!
Four more years for me. I figure May of '29. That'll put me at 67.
"Sometimes even the blind chicken finds corn"
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garddogg56
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Re: Retirement
You gut that right Jerry
"On the Road Again"Willie Nelson