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GLV55

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Retired at last!!
« on: June 13, 2016, 12:57:26 AM »
Well folks, after 32 years of teaching middle schoolers (and high school for the last 8 years), I am hanging up my Band Director baton and becoming CEO of Household Honey-dos and Naps!! I know that for some of you, 32 years doesn't seem like a lot, but trust me, teaching middle school is like dog years: each one seems like seven.  ;D

Now I get to ride whenever I choose to, and the scooter will become my primary commuting and errand machine (at least until the heavy snow hits.) The big F-150 will also be retired, and we have both earned it - lots of mileage on us both!

Hang in there, everyone. Your time will eventually come!
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Re: Retired at last!!
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2016, 01:26:59 AM »
Congrats! Sounds like it’s well earned. Now go write the great American novel on the life of a Scooterist.

- Wolf
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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2016, 01:43:26 AM »
Congrats on what sounds like a well deserved retirement. Some folks like me can't afford to retire so we toil on.
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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2016, 02:22:27 AM »
Enjoy it. My friend and his wife are both teachers and from what they tell me you are correct on the dog years thing. They both will be retiring with in the next couple of years. Go riding. Thats an order.

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Stig / Major Tom

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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2016, 10:39:06 AM »
Oh for Pete's sake. ....get a job!
I thought I felt the economy stumble. ....must have been you!
When I get done with my coffee and donut I will be forwarding the want ads to you.

Today...I plan to think more about mowing the yard.
(OK.....well done. We're both probably very aware how lucky we are to have had jobs that permitted us to retire. Our kids probably won't be so lucky.)
I'm enjoying my 5 am rides around town on the LIKE200I. ...the Burgman gets started a couple times each month. Wife retires next yr..(she's 7 yrs younger) then the Burgman will start two up outings....
Enjoy and ride safe
Stig



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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2016, 01:07:08 PM »
I am planning to ride to Springfield area to "supervise" Stig so he won't be a drain on the shaky financial system and NOW YOU tell us I gotta go supervise you! Oh, the tragedy! Oh, well. Honey-do's on a scoot are really fun!

Karl
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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2016, 02:35:33 PM »
Quote from: Stig on June 13, 2016, 10:39:06 AM
Oh for Pete's sake. ....get a job!
I thought I felt the economy stumble. ....must have been you!
When I get done with my ccoffee and donut I will be forwarding the want ads to you.
Oh crap....big chunk of doughwacker fell into the coffee. ...
Today...I plan to think more about mowing the yard.
(OK.....well done. We're both probably very aware how lucky we are to have had jobs that permitted us to retire. Our kids probably won't be so lucky.)
I'm enjoying my 5 am rides around town on the LIKE200I. ...the Burgman gets started a couple times each month. Wife retires next yr..then the burgman will start two up outings....she's 7 or 8 yrs younger than me (she hid that from me when I was thinking about asking her to lunch the 2nd time. I don't date kids!)
Enjoy and ride safe
Stig

I am proud to get to join the "Stig Club of Retired Scooterists", but I won't be doing any 5 am rides because I will be sleeping in after all those years of HAVING to get up at 5 am for work. My only alarm clock will be the two wet noses of my Lab and Retriever at 7:30 am. I am more of an evening rider anyway. And yes, we are lucky to have a retirement pension in a world where that is quickly going away. I feel sorry for how long my two daughters and their spouses will have to work. Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy the crap out of this time of life, spending time with my wife and all four of our four-legged "kids".
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2016, 02:38:41 PM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on June 13, 2016, 01:07:08 PM
I am planning to ride to Springfield area to "supervise" Stig so he won't be a drain on the shaky financial system and NOW YOU tell us I gotta go supervise you! Oh, the tragedy! Oh, well. Honey-do's on a scoot are really fun!

Karl
No supervision necessary, Karl. My wife has that one covered indefinitely!  :o

The last 5 years I've been telling my students that they need to be great students who will become contributing members of society so they can support me in my retirement. (They thought I was joking... :D)
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2016, 03:33:34 PM »
Yeah, me, too on the supervisor! Idaho is too far anyway!

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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2016, 03:44:13 PM »
Congratulations on your retirement!!!! No BS, my wife is an educator and teachers do not get the recognition that they deserve . I know , first hand ,what you guys have to deal with. Enjoy yourself, and ride safe..

  -Rich


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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2016, 04:40:59 PM »
What is your current scooter of choice?

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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2016, 07:23:40 PM »
Happy retirement.
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2016, 10:25:23 PM »
Good for you. It's amazing how much there is to do when you have nothing to do. ENJOY!
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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2016, 10:49:59 PM »
Congratulations! Enjoy the ride.
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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2016, 11:07:45 PM »
Congrats on the retirement.  Looking forward to my own.  Only another 13 years to go!  Spend your days doing what you enjoy and I hope that includes a lot of 2 wheel fun.
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