Thread: This Mentor is DONE!

Good luck Roy. I started at a meat packing plant in 1974 and I walked away from a university in 2012. You've paid your dues now enjoy some easier life - Oh, and as someone said earlier, you'll wonder how you ever fitted work in!

Well you know my thoughts , from our conversations,no enjoy, you will do fine, and like I said to you, there's still some work out there for you if you want and it really is good to go to work when you don't have to!! Goodfor you my friend. Tc

Maybe you could join up in the gorilla club!!

I'm glad I read this thread Roy - I decided over the Christmas Break to retire at the end of June this year - that will be just a couple of months short of 50 years, after leaving school in 1966.

Although I already have plans for keeping myself busy - it's been useful to read some of the encouragement on this thread.

So, here's a virtual celebration to both of us - have a long and happy retirement.

Yeah baby!
Way to go Roy!
In your honour, I am throwing a parade (just disregard the gentleman resting on the asphalt).

This is a very exciting/terrifying transition time. And you're going to rock it.

Congratulations! Enjoy the ride.
I'm on my second year of retirement. 23 years in the Navy, 7 years as a gunsmith and 14 years as a manufacturing supervisor in a powdered metal factory making fluid power pumps. Started working at 7 years old picking radishes on a farm. Worked for a stone mason in the summer in high school and as a janitor at night. No regrets here. As Geezer said I'm so busy I don't know were I found the time to go to work.

Congrats Roy! I'm happy for you Change can be scary but without it we grow stagnant and it sounds like change was becoming overdo. Good for you making the leap of faith. If you need anything just shoot me a PM.

I like retirement. If I don't want to do anything in the day, I don't - unless she makes me.

Many, many congratulations! As Tom said, WOOHOO!!

Here's the link to what I fixed my kids for my retirement 'party':

Post 2325;

http://straightrazorpalace.com/plate...ml#post1585681

Congratulations!!!
Welcome to the club!
You worked your whole life to get here.
Enjoy this!!! It won't be too hard (I promise!)

Pete <:-}