I'll be out this Nov 30 I will be 3 months short of 60 needed to be 59 and 1/2 to draw money without penalty as far as insurance I keep my medical ,dental and vision for 175 dollars a month that's a teamster deal in contract 10 years ago medical was free till 65 .

It looks like I'm going to get to keep my 30 and out at least for the next 4 years of this new contract. 2036 and retirement at 57 here I come. Well if I live that long anyway.

Lure makers never retire. We just keep on bottling..... and bottling..... and bottling......
Right Bob J?
Right Bossman?

I am going to work in about 15 minutes. Wife aint real happy, kids aint real happy about it, my 85 year old mom is real unhappy, but I get bored after a few months. I dont work in the winter. Havn't in a long time unless you call trapping work. I don't want to. Its why I turn down most damage requests for money. I will trade beaver control say, for fur trapping permission but when you take a trapping job its to please to the person hiring you. When I trap I only have to please myself. Come Nov I will be ready to stop working for money. If the spoonbill are running, or I decide to go to LUSK come Aug I dont get permission. i just do it. Its nice to be able to work when I want to and stay home when I want to. had to spend a grand the other day on A/C, 650 bucks on a windshield for my jeep, and just found out my moms handicap van needs 6 grand of work done to it. Its also nice to know none of those costs have to come out of savings. So i guess i will work summers till i can't pass a D.O.T. physical anymore

I’ve been self-employed since 1996. I run two small businesses and I really enjoy it. I just turned 65 and I have no plans to retire. And I am still healthy and physically fit and as long as I am able I will continue to do residential building and remodeling. I have a handful of employees and great subcontractors who can take care of everything for me but I like to get on the jobs and put in a good day‘s work myself when I can.

In 20 months I will start collecting my full Social Security benefits.

Right now I can leave for camp whenever I want, I can hunt, fish, trap whenever I want. My businesses are capable of pretty much running themselves with very little oversight from me. I just have to keep up on the paperwork for the most part.

The money is really good.

Why would I retire?

Will retire at 62 less then 800 days left@!!!

56 12 years ago

I’m going to comment again. I don’t know when or even if I’ll retire. I mean maybe one day, but after a 2 week vacation I was READY to get back to work. I’d end up killing myself if I was retired. I don’t mean that literally, I mean I come off vacation and need a break…work break! If I didn’t have a job I’d never sleep and wear myself out probably cutting my life short.
Then again, maybe if I was retired I wouldn’t go so hard on my vacations. Always two ways to look at something.

Work retired me at 60, I wanted to put in a few more years tho.
Dang just counted it up and I been a deadbeat 4 years in October

Never. My quess is I will die on the trap line. And some coyotes will eat my remains ! LoL!

had an uncle that worked in a shop that specialized in fixing vets.
The stories he told about your "typical vet owner" would make you laugh for hours, unless of course your a vet owner.

That stinks.

Yep. Like the fine perfumery it is.

Retired at 55 10 years ago after 34+ years. Decent pension and now S.S. too.
Never married, no kids and was always good at socking away money in the bank.
Now I spend my time enjoying hobbies like gardening, ham radio, astronomy and playing a little electric guitar for my own enjoyment.
Had a bunch of health issues the past 4 years, things seem to be settled down for the moment thankfully.

I own my own carpet cleaning business, 35 years now