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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-16-2007, 01:37 PM:

We all plan on being able to retire at a reasonable age but what will you do with your time and how will you use it.

I am planning on retiring at 62 and for one will travel more and spend more time with photography. More hiking and exploring but I will also continue to work in this buisness perhaps a couple of days a week mainly to keep abreast of things and because I happen to enjoy it. I will also continue to be around to harass you guys assuming this place is still around....

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-16-2007, 02:33 PM:

(I'd love to retire now - just to get away from this kiddie clown nonsense that I have to contend with at times...lol)

Retire - I'd go into auto restoration of sorts and go at my own pace just to keep myself doing something while the body can still let me - just anything so that a retired body doesn't go stagnant.

And as with Mark, do this service stuff on the side just to keep freshened up.

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 05-16-2007, 03:19 PM:

I really don't know; I just can't imagine being retired.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 05-17-2007, 03:44 PM:

Yet,l'm really like Dennis U. in the "growing old" topic: really never thought about retiring since deep inside, I do love this film industry stuff - every day is a different day to where the routine thing in a regular job is non-existent..and the atmosphere if it all make it a real go for me.

It's just that when you work for companies that plays games with numbers and their employees are just there to do these companies a favor in their numbers games where this can be so depressing and makes you want to find somewhere else where the game of playing with numbers isn't the main force in the business, or just get out of it all together and start anew with some other venture.

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 05-17-2007, 05:08 PM:

Well I have been retired for about three years now and I am enjoying life here in New York City. I am fortunate that I also own a home in Newport Rhode Island.

I am a volunteer at the Village Nursing home in the Greenwich Village section of New York. I am directly involved in trying to raise money for their Aids program. I am also helping in staging a show which will also help to raise funds for their programs.

I will spend the summer in Newport and will also volunteer somewhere up there to help their citizens to lead a better life.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-17-2007, 05:36 PM:

I'm sure I'll probably work until I keel over dead (hopefully at a pretty old age).

I don't have any faith programs like Social Security and Medicare will even by around by the time I reach the age of 65, or whatever age is deemed "retirement age" by the time I reach it.

Aside from that problem, I'll probably keep working out of matter of choice. I've seen relatives and others I've known retire and then die off in only a couple or so years. It's important to stay active. My paternal grandfather died a few years ago. A couple years before he died he was treated for prostate cancer. From that point he stopped fishing and doing lots of other things he liked to do. Instead he just sat in his den watching TV all day and allowing his mind to turn to mush.

I'm also reminded of when Univ. of Alabama's famed coach William "Bear" Bryant retired. He wasn't suffering from any major health problems when he coached his last game at the Liberty Bowl at the end of the 1982 season. He died only a month after coaching that game. I was just a kid at that time, but the news of that stuck with me. Retirement sounds a bit scary to me.

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 05-18-2007, 01:05 AM:

Hopefully spending whatever time I have left with someone who loves me.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-18-2007, 01:06 AM:

Hey, I'll love ya. Just let me know.
[Wink]

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 05-18-2007, 01:12 AM:

I don't plan on retiring. When the time comes I'll probably drop dead in a theatre doing what I really love.

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 05-18-2007, 02:38 AM:

If it were only that easy.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 05-18-2007, 10:31 AM:

I read a story in the paper last year about a chap who ran a hardware shop in south London. He retired aged 101 (I'm not joking), not because he wanted to, but under intense pressure from his children (one of whom had already predeceased him of, of natural causes), who were worried that his failing eyesight was a safety risk handling sharp and bulky items. He died in his sleep a week after retiring.

I guess I might not want to be working full time once I get to my 60s, but I can't imagine stopping altogether, unless medical issues gave me no choice.

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 05-18-2007, 12:57 PM:

You've got a long time to go yet Leo [Smile]

There was something in the paper recently about Pimlico Plumbers. They're well known for being very smartly turned out, both their staff and their vans. The man who cleans the vans was 100, and still at work.

Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 05-18-2007, 01:50 PM:

I think you know when its time to retire when you no longer have anything in common with the business(s) you work for. The ages 62, 65, 67 have no real bearing unless you hate what you do and can't wait to leave it behind. I'll probably retire from projection before I retire from teaching simply because projection is hard on the knees and its a lot of night work. But as Mark said, a few days a week, or semi-retirement, is always an option. Fact is, at this point in my life I need both jobs to keep food on the table and heat in the house, so I only think about retirement when I'm doing my taxes or investing in my IRA.

quote: Bobby Henderson
I don't have any faith programs like Social Security and Medicare will even by around by the time I reach the age of 65, or whatever age is deemed "retirement age" by the time I reach it.

For me its 2042, which coincidentily is the same year Social Security is projected to go belly up. I believe it will be there, however, based on the notion that many Americans (like my wife, for example) have nothing. I wrote more, but deleted it to keep the discussion non-political.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 05-18-2007, 02:25 PM:

quote: Jennifer Pan
If it were only that easy

Jen, sometimes it can be that easy. [Big Grin]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-18-2007, 04:34 PM:

quote: Aaron Mehocic
projection is hard on the knees

Due to the ports being high in the wall, our projector sits on a 14"-tall pedestal so it's really at a nice height for threading. Too bad they aren't all that way.

Now carrying film cans up the stairs....THAT'S hard on my knees. I'm sure I have a knee replacement or two somewhere in my future.

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 05-18-2007, 08:14 PM:

I reach the end of my first career in June, 2008. I will retire from teaching with 35-years. I will have a pension and health benefits. I don't plan on stopping work...just stop public school teaching.

My wife will be retiring at the same time. She has some opportunities in retail and I would like to work in computer repair or web design, both things I am good at and enjoy. The nice thing about this is that we can take work we like to do and not have to worry about a constant income.

Posted by R. Andrew Diercks (Member # 1725) on 05-18-2007, 08:18 PM:

I hope to retire by age 65. I would love to by 60 but who knows. I imagine a lot of travel but more likely I will enjoy family time with grandkids etc. I really hope to have a street rod built. I'll probably catch a lot of football games in the winter and racing events in the summer.

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 05-19-2007, 12:51 AM:

They way my wife spends money I will be working till I am 100!

projection is hard on the knees mine are not real flash now , film cans up the stairs , also another issue, however don't forget Digital Projection will fix all that for us aging operators !

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 05-20-2007, 09:11 PM:

I'm on a 10 year plan as of now... Assuming all works out as planned, I'll travel the US in a 40' motorcoach with the bikes in the back and a Mini Coop behind..

I'm 6 months into the plan... I'll report back in a year...

Posted by Martin Brooks (Member # 1269) on 05-28-2007, 05:53 PM:

I'm with you Mark: when I retire, I want to travel the world and take photos. I just returned from a trip to Paris, had a great time and shot lots of photos.

There are some people who need to be employed to feel viable. I think I have enough interests to keep life very interesting.

While I'd love to retire now, I don't think I have the bucks yet to retire in style. So I think I'll be working at least a few more years. Probably the next time I can't find work, I'll just start calling myself "retired" instead of "unemployed."

Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 05-29-2007, 05:19 AM:

I retired in 2003 at age 57 when my employer offered a buyout that I just could not refuse. Prior to that I had been considering leaving within the next year or so. Since retiring I have found that I can be as busy as I want to be; but on my terms now. We did several cruises as a prelude to the travel we will continue when my wife finally decides to retire. About a year ago my former employer contracted me to come in and teach some classes. I do that maybe twice a week and now find that my time is almost totally booked with different activities. When I was full time people speculated about retiring but expressed concern about what they would do with their time. Trust me, there is life after work. The only advice I could give to those who are starting out now, is to invest steadily into an IRA or 401K. That way you will have the financial stability to be able to retire in style.

Posted by Don Furr (Member # 1469) on 05-29-2007, 05:53 AM:

I retired 7 years ago at age 52 when we sold our last two theatres. Although that was decent money I already had the funds from selling our family business (broadcast properties)so that made it a lot easier. Retirement is nice but not what it's cracked up to be IMO.
It gets a little boring trying to stay busy so I agreed to gave a hand to a friend who owns a pipe organ building company. I might get a couple of days every week working with him. I mean how many time can you mow the yard in the week??? [Confused]

Also bought an RV so I'm doing some traveling now and then.
All in all I can't complain too much.

Posted by Justin Gorka (Member # 3727) on 05-29-2007, 03:23 PM:

Many people who retire early seem to die early, so sod it, work forever and live forever!