Thread: off topic anonymous

Make sure you have time and live long enough to spend some of that money.

I have made a few choices in my life such as work that will result in the long run not having as many things or as much money but it allows me so enjoy and spend time with what I have.

After 36+ years of busting my ass and degrading my physical and mental well being with little or no appreciation from my employer I started looking into retiring. I found how much Social Security I'd receive, how much from my companies retirement and such.

I had all of my kids come over for supper--just me and the kids, no husbands, girlfriends or grandkids.

I told them my plans and that while someday I might die homeless out on the street I sure as hell wasn't going to die at work.

They all thought it was a great idea as they knew how stressed I was.

As some may know, I'd wanted a Harley Davidson Motorcycle since I was 14 years old. When my old company was bought out I received a decent amount of money from the stock (I'd only had $5.00 taken out of each paycheck for many years and I will say that the amount was over $20,000.00).

With the advice of a fellow member (Tc) who I am now able to call a very good friend I purchased a 20 year old Heritage Softail with only 17,000 miles on it and it included around 3 grand in add on's.

That mileage is now at 38,500 miles. I've made annual summer rides and have been able to meet and get to know several of the members here. They have opened up their homes to a near stranger, they have shared so many different things that it would be hard to even try to list.

I'd been retired for about a year and I was talking to my oldest child and she told me that her husband couldn't believe the difference in me and I asked 'What'? She said that I used to be so negative about things and that I wasn't like that anymore. She said her husband was actually telling people about how once I wasn't stressed to the hilt that I was a joy to be around.

Something else that happened after I'd been retired for awhile--people who I knew as customers or as former co-workers would tell me how much better I looked. Hell I just see an old man in the mirror--I must have really looked bad.

I've told many people that I'm in no hurry to leave this world but by chance if I were to die tonight I'd die a happy man. I have children that love me, I've been able to travel and have seen things I never thought I could and I've gotten to know some really great people.

I do have a goal as to how long I need to live. That would be at least until February 4th 2022

You see, many years ago my dad was sitting in his chair reading a paper and mom came into the room and he said "Well I did it". Mom asked what he'd done and dad said "I lived a day longer than my dad did".

Dad died February 3rd 1999 at 5:20 pm at the age of 69. I was born August 1953 so-------------

Until the day comes when I depart this world I'll continue to enjoy each day, learn new things and try help others.

Well, ya young goat, you're doing fine by all I can tell. But ya need to work on that attitude of yours, happy is good, ecstatic is better. Retirement certainly does bring out the better in us. It has allowed me to go in directions I've always wanted to and solidify my attitude of to heck with whatever anyone else may think of me. I do know, at least on my case, that the more the humor in life the better. When I took diabetes education the instructor went around the room asking each of us why we were there. My response lightened the room considerably since I said I am looking after my health so that I can live longer than my ex, and she is 12 years younger than me. I do take things seriously but if I can find the wry or slightly twisted way of looking and expressing it that is the path I will take.

Let me take the time here to wish all of SRP a Joyous Noel and the wish that the Universe is looking out for each and every one of you.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Well, ya young goat, you're doing fine by all I can tell. But ya need to work on that attitude of yours, happy is good, ecstatic is better. Retirement certainly does bring out the better in us. It has allowed me to go in directions I've always wanted to and solidify my attitude of to heck with whatever anyone else may think of me. I do know, at least on my case, that the more the humor in life the better. When I took diabetes education the instructor went around the room asking each of us why we were there. My response lightened the room considerably since I said I am looking after my health so that I can live longer than my ex, and she is 12 years younger than me. I do take things seriously but if I can find the wry or slightly twisted way of looking and expressing it that is the path I will take.

Let me take the time here to wish all of SRP a Joyous Noel and the wish that the Universe is looking out for each and every one of you.

When I send Razorfeld an email, I'll call him an 'Old Goat' and enclose this picture:



And I'll sign off with 'Roy the Young Goat' and include this:



Life's Way Too Short Not To Have Some Fun--

A bit Off Topic but I really like this----

Only two days to the opening of the Unusual Item.

my anticipation is probably more than hers..............

Your anticipation is matched by mine. I always say I really am not concerned with how people react to my work but down deep I am unabashedly egocentric enough to want to have at least a little inkling on how it is received.

And the results benefit Movember!

I’ve managed to do a few different things in my life and I found that when I shifted gears into something new, it was like being given a kick in the butt and waking up to a new reality. It’s easy to get locked into a routine that easily becomes a rut.

Before I met the current great lady in my life, I had been married for 25 years and lived in the same house and raised kid for 23 of them. I have now been with this wonderful person for nearly 20 years, lived in 10 different houses in several different cities and changed my work 4 times.

We share a job together, travel together, enjoy our blended family of 4 children, 3 grandkids and spend a lot of time realizing how much happier we are currently than we were before. I feel younger and more satisfied now as I creep up on 70 than I did when I was 50.

These guys have more nerve than I would have---

https://www.facebook.com/thedodosite...4190647382271/

There is being cautious or doing the right thing.
They are to be commended.