Happy Fiftieth pacificrim
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Happy birthday!
Time to think about coming retirement, and make sure you'll have all your finances ready. I never planned on retiring before age 62, but my employer was bought out, and I was RIF retired early end of September 2016. Good thing I made retirement (by 2.5 months), and have a GOOD 401k I can draw from. If that happens to you, they always look at people over 50 as first on the list, so be prepared before that can happen.
Time to think about coming retirement, and make sure you'll have all your finances ready. I never planned on retiring before age 62, but my employer was bought out, and I was RIF retired early end of September 2016. Good thing I made retirement (by 2.5 months), and have a GOOD 401k I can draw from. If that happens to you, they always look at people over 50 as first on the list, so be prepared before that can happen.
I'm lucky as I work for a company that embraces age as a means that you are experienced and have been around the block so to speak. In our region the median age is 50 Ish. I'm 65 and plan on working for many more years just because I like what I'm doing.
Thanks guys!
Lots of people and things turning 50 this year.
Apollo 11
Woodstock - Those Woodstock babies are turning 50 this year.
Let it Be
Let it Bleed
Space Oddity
The list goes on.
Maybe the best part is the big 69 on my drivers licence ;-)
I've been doing tech work for over 40 years. I learned soldering at about 6 or 7, fixing my friends stuff and got into programming when the Vic20 came out and moved on to PCs a handful of years later.
The one thing I didn't have but desperately wanted in my youth - was a BUD.
I'm very happy to have pulled it off - finally. Not that it ever stops, but its nice to have it all together and working.
I have this forum and you guys to thank for all of the help and resources found here.
Cheers!
Lots of people and things turning 50 this year.
Apollo 11
Woodstock - Those Woodstock babies are turning 50 this year.
Let it Be
Let it Bleed
Space Oddity
The list goes on.
Maybe the best part is the big 69 on my drivers licence ;-)
I've been doing tech work for over 40 years. I learned soldering at about 6 or 7, fixing my friends stuff and got into programming when the Vic20 came out and moved on to PCs a handful of years later.
The one thing I didn't have but desperately wanted in my youth - was a BUD.
I'm very happy to have pulled it off - finally. Not that it ever stops, but its nice to have it all together and working.
I have this forum and you guys to thank for all of the help and resources found here.
Cheers!
Congrats. My 50th was in January. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I need to win the lottery to retire. 
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My 50th was back in January too. I would feel more comfortable winning the lottery to guarantee retirement.
Happy 50 to you guys too.
As part of the class of 69, I'm glad to be in good company.
Ya, my kids are 8 and 6, so I don't have retirement on the radar. I'm self employed and plan to work to the end. I will keep doing tech work, including satellite, but not as much stunt work in extreme situations. Last spring, I flew to a job in a float plane (in a gale), landed a few hundred yards off shore and was met by a canoe. We loaded me and my tools and gear into a waiting canoe and then we paddled through the surf into shore. Then I did the reverse to leave. Maybe 50+ not so much of that...
As part of the class of 69, I'm glad to be in good company.
Ya, my kids are 8 and 6, so I don't have retirement on the radar. I'm self employed and plan to work to the end. I will keep doing tech work, including satellite, but not as much stunt work in extreme situations. Last spring, I flew to a job in a float plane (in a gale), landed a few hundred yards off shore and was met by a canoe. We loaded me and my tools and gear into a waiting canoe and then we paddled through the surf into shore. Then I did the reverse to leave. Maybe 50+ not so much of that...
pacificrim,
A little late to the show, but hope you had a Happy 50th Birthday.
I enjoyed mine...13 years ago
John
A little late to the show, but hope you had a Happy 50th Birthday.
I enjoyed mine...13 years ago
John
50? That would be like being a teenager again for me. 73 and a half here and still kicking, just much slower! Retired back in January of 2006 at 60 and 4 months and never looked back!
And my favorite saying now is "I had a job once, never will forget it!"
And my favorite saying now is "I had a job once, never will forget it!"
No WAY I'd want to be a kid today, with the internet, social media, instant news from the other side of the world, and everybody glued to their smartphone...
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