I just retired today

DeepseekerADS

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Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
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CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
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Other

Frankn

Gold Member
Mar 21, 2010
8,711
2,989
Maryland
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XLT , surfmaster PI , HAYS 2Box , VIBRA-TECTOR
Oh retirement! It frees up your time and strangles your income. Someone once said, you can't have everything so it's always one or the other.
Frank...- ELVIS 003.jpg Early retirement can be the cruelest.
 

Mackaydon

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Oct 26, 2004
24,082
22,858
N. San Diego Pic of my 2 best 'finds'; son & g/son
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2
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Minelab Explorer
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Shipwrecks
Deepseeker,
Enjoy your retirement-and your Social Security checks.
After 50 years on the job, you've certainly deserve them.
Now you can worry about when Social Security payments will be cut.
Don......
 

GMD52

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Feb 22, 2013
2,518
2,724
Lake Champlain, Vt.
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All Treasure Hunting
Welcome to the ranks of the retired, it's been a better experience than I expected, and since they started collecting my SS when I was 9, I am going to really enjoy getting it back. I plan on living to 120:laughing7:....All seriosness, enjoy Roger, you've earned for all you have done for the Country and your family.....Gary
 

Limitool

Gold Member
Jun 9, 2013
5,242
6,765
Middle TN. area
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White XLT Spectrum E-Series
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Metal Detecting
I walked out of the plant at noon. Maybe they'll pay me the whole day.

I'm going down to Social Services, apply for a phone and welfare. Then I'm going to Social Security and sign up. After working over 50 years, maybe I can get some back!!!

However, right now I think I'll head to the ABC store and go somewhere else in my brain tonight!!!

Good for you guy.... You worked MUCH LONGER than I did at my job. And I truly hope you enjoy your "new time" you now have. It took me awhile to get used to it but I was only 50. And after about 2 years I wished I hadn't because I retired to early for the wrong reasons.

But YOU have definitely put your time in and deserve you new found time.... I wish ya the best buddy!!!! :occasion14: Brad
 

dieselram94

Gold Member
Jun 17, 2011
9,174
6,675
Mid Coast Maine
Detector(s) used
Xterra 705, Tesoro Sand Shark, Garrett Pro Pointer (mine). Fisher F2 my son's
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Enjoy your free time. You've earned it. I know I'm looking forward to retirement...

sent from a potato...
 

jamey

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Feb 3, 2007
3,069
1,924
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All Treasure Hunting
stay busy,there are alot of ways to make cash besides going in and pushing a time clock.a full time job used to take up too much of my time.
 

texasred777

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Nov 21, 2013
1,729
1,461
Mountain Home, Idaho
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BH Lone Star, BH Tracker IV, BH Tracker 2-D/707, Harbor Freight MD-3005, and 2 BH 840
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
DeepseekerADS, congratulations on your retirement! In some ways, to me, it's a lot more fun than I imagined; but in some ways it's not. I worked part time while in school, then started full time just before I turned 18. I retired in '04. I began doing some work on the vehicles, the lawn, put a new metal roof on the mobile home, even built an extra room on the back. After about a year, I became a bit bored. So I went to work as a greeter at Wally World. I enjoyed it! It's not just standing around greeting customers! We did a whole lot more. We kept the floor clean, also the windows, and the shopping carts. Sure not like what I see the greeters doing today!

Two years later my wife died and I moved to Idaho to be near the daughter. I talked to the Wally World people here and almost went to work for them. Just about 3 days before I received a call to come in for a final interview, I suddenly realized that I didn't want to work anymore. So when they called, I politely asked them to remove my name.

I have always been an early riser, still am. I get up between 5 and 6 a.m., go to bed about 10 p.m. If I want to stay up late, I do, but almost always get up before 6 a.m. I really enjoy the freedom. If I want to do something, that I'm still capable of doing, I do it. If I don't want to, then I don't. Hope you enjoy your retirement as much as I have mine. It's a blast!
 

dieselram94

Gold Member
Jun 17, 2011
9,174
6,675
Mid Coast Maine
Detector(s) used
Xterra 705, Tesoro Sand Shark, Garrett Pro Pointer (mine). Fisher F2 my son's
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Hey I "re-tired" about a month ago...I got a new set of Bridgestone's all terrains for my Jeep! LOL!
 

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DigIron2

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Jan 22, 2014
4,031
2,967
Virginia
Detector(s) used
Fisher f75/1270/1266x/Radio Shack Treasure tracker/
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
now you can really tear some ground up.Congrats and enjoy!:occasion14:
 

gusser

Sr. Member
Dec 23, 2013
273
167
Central Penna
Detector(s) used
copper dowsing rod and a smaller 1 for a pinpointer.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Enjoy it. It took forever to get there.
 

Treasure_Hunter

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Jul 27, 2006
48,432
54,818
Florida
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Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I walked out of the plant at noon. Maybe they'll pay me the whole day.

I'm going down to Social Services, apply for a phone and welfare. Then I'm going to Social Security and sign up. After working over 50 years, maybe I can get some back!!!

However, right now I think I'll head to the ABC store and go somewhere else in my brain tonight!!!
I get my first check in 62 days. ...

You can apply on line here.....

http://www.ssa.gov/retirement/about.htm
 

VERDE

Bronze Member
Jun 6, 2013
1,293
712
Louisiana
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AT Pro
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hey ADS!! Enjoy, It will be the Best Job you've EVER had!! GOOD LUCK and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!
 

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DeepseekerADS

Gold Member
Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
Detector(s) used
CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
Primary Interest:
Other
I have always been an early riser, still am. I get up between 5 and 6 a.m., go to bed about 10 p.m. If I want to stay up late, I do, but almost always get up before 6 a.m. I really enjoy the freedom. If I want to do something, that I'm still capable of doing, I do it. If I don't want to, then I don't. Hope you enjoy your retirement as much as I have mine. It's a blast!

I know what you mean by that! 0400 hrs comes early - however, at this stage it comes naturally :(

And Rebel, I've got to order that sage!!!
 

Peyton Manning

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Dec 19, 2012
14,534
18,684
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1
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MXT-PRO
Sandshark
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Metal Detecting
If I get up at 4 it's only to pee
I only hope to live long enough to retire ( not 89 like T_H)
 

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