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Posted on 8/12/22 at 10:48 am
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68130 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 10:48 am
OK I've been AWOL from the Rant since 15 June because I "suddenly" retired. Ya missed me didn't ya?

I hadn't planned on retiring right now bc I still had a little gas left in the tank but the company I worked for had some morons in my chain of command, so I said frick it, bye.

What should have been a win, win, win turned into a lose, lose, lose situation. At my request the Government created a half-time position for me but the company wouldn't offer me any benefits; even though they priced those in. I told them I wouldn't do the job taking a pay cut so bye.

Been busy doing shite the house and doing a little fishing. When it cools off I'll be doing a lot more fishing.

So retired dudes, what takes up your time?
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
43101 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:00 am to
come help me build a slab in my back yard


I'll pay you in beer and grilled smoked sausage


Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68130 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:12 am to
quote:

I'll pay you in beer and grilled smoked sausage

Wanna make me fat don't ya?

What's the slab gonna be used for? Size?
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
7098 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:23 am to
quote:

So retired dudes, what takes up your time?

Been retired since 2015. I find what works for me is every morning I start off slow and taper off.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68130 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:38 am to


Yeah I'm not looking at pulling any muscles either
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4017 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:55 am to
From an email I recently received:

I am a Seenager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only so many years later.

I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew.

I have a driver’s license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don’t have acne.

Life is great. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now.

Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.

I didn’t make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row. I decided to stop calling the bathroom the “John” and renamed it the “Jim”. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.

Old age is coming at a really bad time. When I was a child I thought “Nap Time” was a punishment, now it feels like a small vacation.

The biggest lie I tell myself is ”I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."

I don’t have gray hair; I have "wisdom highlights"! I’m just very wise.

If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would’ve put them on my knees.

Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t met yet.

Why do I have to press one for English when you’re just going to transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?

Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice. AND GET IT.

At my age “Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
121234 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:55 am to
quote:

Wtodd












Hope you are living the good life baw
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
43101 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

What's the slab gonna be used for? Size?



I will build the slab as big as possible between a limited space between neighbor's fence and a tree and my back survey line

then buy the biggest storage shed that will fit on it

any overlay will be a porch next to the shed to sit and get drunk in a different part of my yard
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68130 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

Hope you are living the good life baw

I was before but now it's better....no work bullshite drama

Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
52918 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

I'll pay you with my sausage

Gay
Posted by five_fivesix
Huge, Well Licked
Member since Aug 2012
14111 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 10:42 pm to
Finding stuff to do. I’ve been getting into woodworking. Well making sawdust out of really expensive wood. I’ve always been an electricial/mechanical type, so learning something new is mentally stimulating.
Posted by LSUBALLER
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
19252 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 10:49 pm to
Watching stock market eat up my 401
Posted by five_fivesix
Huge, Well Licked
Member since Aug 2012
14111 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:05 pm to
quote:

sit and get drunk in a different part of my yard


bucket list shite right there
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
121234 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:16 pm to
quote:

Gay
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
52918 posts
Posted on 8/12/22 at 11:56 pm to
Aren't you retired? Maybe you can take the dude hunting or fishing? I think he's tired of purse shopping with Harry.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
121234 posts
Posted on 8/13/22 at 1:13 am to
quote:

Aren't you retired?
From the Army, yeah. Working as a defense contractor now
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
4437 posts
Posted on 8/13/22 at 2:41 am to
Honey do’s (I enjoy), fishing, kids, family, tv, friends. I retired due to health, have M.S, not even 50, so sometimes I don’t know wtf to do. I have to pace myself and can’t do too much for more than 2-3 hours. My boys are seniors this year & really won’t know what to do when they go off to college. They’re super smart and have their choice of schools, so I don’t know how far they’re going. But if you figure it out lmk.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
52918 posts
Posted on 8/13/22 at 2:46 am to
quote:

Working as a defense contractor now

My Uncle retired from the Air Force as a full Colonel. He says he works for a defense contractor, but never elaborates on what he does. Is it common for Field Grade Officers to go work for defense contractors? I'm sure it's often Top Secret work, so that's why he never tells us anything?
Posted by five_fivesix
Huge, Well Licked
Member since Aug 2012
14111 posts
Posted on 8/13/22 at 3:01 am to
quote:

Honey do’s (I enjoy), fishing, kids, family, tv, friends. I retired due to health, have M.S, not even 50, so sometimes I don’t know wtf to do. I have to pace myself and can’t do too much for more than 2-3 hours. My boys are seniors this year & really won’t know what to do when they go off to college. They’re super smart and have their choice of schools, so I don’t know how far they’re going. But if you figure it out lmk.


Sounds like you raised some fine young men whose off-spring you can spoil rotten in a few years.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
121234 posts
Posted on 8/13/22 at 6:36 am to
I retired as a full colonel as well (the Army has incredibly low standards). When I left the service last summer I honestly had no desire to work as a contractor. Initially pursued non-profit work first with Samaritan’s Purse and Heart to Heart International as a medical planner/emergency management specialist. Also looked into GS jobs as well. None of them panned out (and I can see God’s hand in all of it - just being truthful).

Got this job working as a contractor for Defense Health Agency because one of my former subordinates recommended me. It was completely out of the blue (I was in Louisiana caring for my elderly mother during and after Hurricane Ida). It works out great for me. I have a office in my home and do everything remotely. Current plan is to work until I am 65 and then retire for good.
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