Popular Post BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Popular Post Share #1 Posted July 12, 2019 I start my part time job on Monday. A friend of mine is maintenance for a Christian school and is short help. So for the next 6 weeks I'm going to changing out light fixtures in the gym, changing light fixtures in the parking lot, wiring in some security cameras and a few other odd jobs. I'll be working about 5 to 6 hours a day for the next 6 weeks. The pay not that great but it's for the children. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JerrySTL ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Popular Post Share #2 Posted July 12, 2019 We will finally know the answer to how many BR46s does it take to change a light-bulb! Good on you for helping out. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kirby Posted July 12, 2019 Popular Post Share #3 Posted July 12, 2019 I don't think I have the energy to retire like you or sheep_herder! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted July 12, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2019 Have you been checking out front porch rockers ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted July 12, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 12, 2019 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted July 12, 2019 52 minutes ago, Airehead said: Thank you. Your welcome My buddy Joe was already talking about all this other work like grass cutting and snow removal. I'm going to have to remind him that I'm retired and this job is only temporary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted July 12, 2019 Share #7 Posted July 12, 2019 When I retired I felt guilty for years........something about not working while others were I imagine. In no time at all though I found that every minute was filled and I was continually busy. Becoming involved with working with charities helped a lot and gave one a feeling of contributing which was comforting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #8 Posted July 12, 2019 I used the part time job at the hobbyshop (playground) to slowly wean myself away from the concept of going to work every day and to assist my mind in grasping the concept of retiring. You may laugh, but it's common for folks to retire and die. It takes effort to learn how to retire with grace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #9 Posted July 12, 2019 37 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I used the part time job at the hobbyshop (playground) to slowly wean myself away from the concept of going to work every day and to assist my mind in grasping the concept of retiring. You may laugh, but it's common for folks to retire and die. It takes effort to learn how to retire with grace. This is true...had a coworker retire at about 70..went from active to sitting around the house...had a mild heart attack about 6 months later. Started a cardio rehab program and went on to regular workouts and walking...and he is still going strong about 8 years later...doing nothing will kill ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 12, 2019 Share #10 Posted July 12, 2019 7 hours ago, BR46 said: Your welcome My buddy Joe was already talking about all this other work like grass cutting and snow removal. I'm going to have to remind him that I'm retired and this job is only temporary. Stagger the schedule with him. You do snow removal May-October, he does it November-April. You do grass cutting Nov-April, and he does the May-Oct shift. Fair’s fair, and shared work gets done twice as fast. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 12, 2019 Share #11 Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: it's common for folks to retire and die. Yup, sadly it happens all too frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted July 12, 2019 Share #12 Posted July 12, 2019 Yea, you suck at retiring. I hope I am better at it than you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted July 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: Yea, you suck at retiring. I hope I am better at it than you. You will be surprised at how many part time and volunteer jobs you will be asked to do. With unemployment rate under 2% in this area every place is looking for employees. The first week of retirement I had 3 job offers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 12, 2019 Share #14 Posted July 12, 2019 30 minutes ago, BR46 said: You will be surprised at how many part time and volunteer jobs you will be asked to do. With unemployment rate under 2% in this area every place is looking for employees. The first week of retirement I had 3 job offers. Whatever you do, go part-time and keep away from strenuous manual labour. Instead go on the bike... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #15 Posted July 12, 2019 37 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: Yea, you suck at retiring. I hope I am better at it than you. Yeah, longjohn retains the crown! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted July 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Yeah, longjohn retains the crown! But didn't he wait until 68 for retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted July 12, 2019 52 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Whatever you do, go part-time and keep away from strenuous manual labour. Instead go on the bike... I'm a old farm kid manual labor is all I ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 12, 2019 Share #18 Posted July 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, BR46 said: I'm a old farm kid manual labor is all I ever done. I heard via grapevine, a guy from work who retired early who has drawing drafting experience with GIS software is running between his property in Montana where it's been his for past 15 years and our city in Alberta where he has been asked to do a number of paid woodworking jobs. I was pleased to meet up his recently early retired work colleague who is now a part-time volunteer at our international airport to assist travellers. I was returning home from a Vancouver flight. You see them in Calgary (they wear white cowboy hats) and Vancouver International Airport (green vests). The ex-work colleague is fully French-English bilingual which is desired in Canadian international airport...or for any other 2nd language (Cantonese-Mandarin, Spanish, German, Italian, Punjabi,,...) Dearie has pulled away from 20+ years of volunteer cycling advocacy work and focusing harder on his son's business on the accounting side. He just finished ….after over 2 months of working with software and testing on the new add online store product ordering system. This is on top of the daily book-keeping online. Of course, he does it for free for son, with a proviso he has 1/4 share of initial invested money in the business. BR you might be surprised....for a totally different line of work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #19 Posted July 12, 2019 Wo46 is planning on retiring in January and we both have been talking about volunteering at the animal shelter. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 12, 2019 Share #20 Posted July 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, BR46 said: Wo46 is planning on retiring in January and we both have been talking about volunteering at the animal shelter. Even better, 1 of you do some paid dog walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #21 Posted July 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Even better, 1 of you do some paid dog walking. I'm on the fence about paid dog walkers. I know some folks a bit more than a quarter mile up the road who weren't home for a couple of days. I meet them a lot when they are walking their dog and their dog pooping habits are what make them good neighbors. So yesterday when I'm on a walkabout I see a stranger walking their dog. As I arrive at my house he's standing about 10 feet onto my lawn from the sidewalk, whistling and waiting for the dog to poop. I asked him straight out if he was going to take the shit with him when they were done. He looked at me with a bemused expression so I told him to get the fuch off my lawn. He left, but he didn't seem happy. Asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 12, 2019 Share #22 Posted July 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I'm on the fence about paid dog walkers. I know some folks a bit more than a quarter mile up the road who weren't home for a couple of days. I meet them a lot when they are walking their dog and their dog pooping habits are what make them good neighbors. So yesterday when I'm on a walkabout I see a stranger walking their dog. As I arrive at my house he's standing about 10 feet onto my lawn from the sidewalk, whistling and waiting for the dog to poop. I asked him straight out if he was going to take the shit with him when they were done. He looked at me with a bemused expression so I told him to get the fuch off my lawn. He left, but he didn't seem happy. Asshole. It's doubtful all paid dog walkers are like that. In the big cities, a lot of dog owners and walkers are pretty conscientious....I live in an area where people are walking their dogs often. We are very close to a major park area with lengthy MUPs ...meaning MUPs that go on for 25+ km. one way... Yesterday someone told me of a new condo development that will have a rooftop dog park. My comment was: would other condo owners even want to pay to rehabilitate the grass?? In Vancouver, I've walked out of the condo building where on the elevator was a dog walker with 3 dogs on leashes. You do see this occasionally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted July 12, 2019 Share #23 Posted July 12, 2019 As soon as I took early retirement I did three years of heavy manual work refurbishing my house in France, then four years of full-time teaching to stop me being bored, followed by starting a Bike charity where I did six years running the workshop, had a wee stroke there but carried on until my first heart attack which ended my time there. During this time I chaired a charity working with parents and young children and ran parenting workshops. Never did learn the knack of doing nothing but different now of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted July 12, 2019 Share #24 Posted July 12, 2019 My husband plans to keep his nursing license current. This means that we will work a little. Which is fine. This should break the monotony of riding bikes, fishing, painting, reading, traveling and playing music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #25 Posted July 12, 2019 5 hours ago, maddmaxx said: You may laugh, but it's common for folks to retire and die. It takes effort to learn how to retire with grace. Yeah, this is one challenge I won't face. I'm real good at slacking. Idle time is a friend and not a foe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #26 Posted July 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, Dottie said: Yeah, this is one challenge I won't face. I'm real good at slacking. Idle time is a friend and not a foe. That's what they all say. A life of nothing.......bang, the big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #27 Posted July 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: That's what they all say. A life of nothing.......bang, the big one. I hear ya. It will be an adjustment for sure but I have struggled with meaning and purpose my whole life.... I like my chances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #28 Posted July 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Dottie said: I hear ya. It will be an adjustment for sure but I have struggled with meaning and purpose my whole life.... I like my chances. Where were you day before yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #29 Posted July 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Where were you day before yesterday? Slacking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #30 Posted July 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Dottie said: Slacking. I am on your program! I think I can handle doing nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #31 Posted July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, BR46 said: But didn't he wait until 68 for retirement. I didn't factor that in. Just the retirement itself. And you had such a promising start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #32 Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: And you had such a promising start! I know I blew it, I messed up.... sorry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #33 Posted July 12, 2019 In about 6 weeks I will be retired again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share #34 Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I am on your program! I think I can handle doing nothing. It's hard laying around in your bathrobe watching the View. After about 10 minutes you will want a drink or punch some random stranger in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #35 Posted July 12, 2019 44 minutes ago, BR46 said: In about 6 weeks I will be retired again Wow, multiplying the joy of retirement day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 12, 2019 Share #36 Posted July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Dottie said: Slacking. I think he means Monday. If not, I think that’s the meaningful point. Where were you on Monday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 12, 2019 Share #37 Posted July 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: I think he means Monday. If not, I think that’s the meaningful point. Where were you on Monday? Slacking in the ER -- listening to the number of ambulances and aid cars coming in -- and the egregious amount of stroke victims. Egad. That was a total wake up call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 12, 2019 Share #38 Posted July 12, 2019 I’m glad the work-up was negative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted July 13, 2019 Share #39 Posted July 13, 2019 My Dad, a sign painter, retired in the 80's and painted lettering on commercial trucks, taxis, etc. on occasion afterward. A friend who worked for Hess Oil asked him to paint the lettering on 6 Hess Oil trucks and Dad did it in an afternoon. He submitted a bill for $75/truck, having used about $5 worth of paint on each one. When he got the the check it was for $1050, which was $175/truck. That's about $2500, a profit of about $400/truck, in 2019 dollars. He called his friend who said, "I added the "1" in front of the "75" because they'd think you weren't professional if you only charged $75. Throughout the 80's and until he passed away in 1992, he did at least 1 dozen Hess trucks each year. I think he was getting $250/truck at the end. It was a nice supplement to his Social Security and 30% Veteran's Disability Pension (he lost the middle, ring, and pinky fingers of his left hand in WW2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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