Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 For those that did not follow the Kansas State - Classic Cowboy Showdown thread. I am now retired after 20 years at Texas Woman's University, Facilities Management and Construction in Denton Texas. Prior to that for 25 years I worked for 3 different Architects in Fort Worth Texas. So that is 45 years in the industry, 25 working with Owners and Contractors producing construction documents and 20 years as the owner working with Architects and Contractors marking up construction documents. Now I can travel and play Cowboy without having to deal with limited vacation time. Started off my retirement May 1st by traveling to Kansas to shoot the State Championship and Classic Cowboy Showdown. Later this month I will shoot the Mississippi State Championship then the Wisconsin State Championship. Mississippi will be my 22nd and Wisconsin my 23rd different state to shoot Cowboy Action. Maybe I will get to meet you down the road if we have not already met during my 22 years of shooting Cowboy Action. 22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Congrats! Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I retired after 49 years in the grain industry on Sept 1, 2023. It's better than working ! Horace 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Water Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Happy Retirement!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 It won’t be long before you wonder how you ever found time to hold down a job!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Congratulations @Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L I retired July 4th of 2022. I love it! I don’t have the money I once did, but I don’t care. I hope you have many many days of fun in your retirement. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Congratulations! Well Done! I'm presuming you're still relatively sane? They weren't too sure about me, after 40+ years as a Purchasing Agent! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Go get'em Scout. Good seeing you again in Kansas. See you somewhere down the trail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Breathe easy, Pard. You made it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congratulations! I worked for 48 years, then retired at 69, seven years ago. I'm occasionally asked if I miss work. I say that I do miss it in many ways. I miss the action and involvement. But I have no desire at all to do it again, and I like being retired very much. Enjoy! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congratulations. You have arrived. I retired about 8 years ago and I adjusted to it really well. I'll be at the Mississippi State match in a couple of weeks. Hope to see you there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 welcome to the club , its fine as long as yoiu dont end up so busy that you never get to enjoy it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 5 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: It won’t be long before you wonder how you ever found time to hold down a job!! ^^^^ THIS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 CONGRATS! You'll quickly learn that retirement simply removes the two days off each week. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congrats, Scout!! Hopefully, Uno and I will be joining you soon. Hope to see you at some matches here in Florida. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congrats, retirement is what we all work for. My grandaughter graduated from TWU, good school. TN State is the first weekend in June, if not this year maybe next. Come on down. Imis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 @Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Just remember... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 25 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: @Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Just remember... Won’t have that issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Congratulations and Happy Retirement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 17 hours ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said: For those that did not follow the Kansas State - Classic Cowboy Showdown thread. I am now retired after 20 years at Texas Woman's University, Facilities Management and Construction in Denton Texas. Prior to that for 25 years I worked for 3 different Architects in Fort Worth Texas. So that is 45 years in the industry, 25 working with Owners and Contractors producing construction documents and 20 years as the owner working with Architects and Contractors marking up construction documents. Now I can travel and play Cowboy without having to deal with limited vacation time. Started off my retirement May 1st by traveling to Kansas to shoot the State Championship and Classic Cowboy Showdown. Later this month I will shoot the Mississippi State Championship then the Wisconsin State Championship. Mississippi will be my 22nd and Wisconsin my 23rd different state to shoot Cowboy Action. Maybe I will get to meet you down the road if we have not already met during my 22 years of shooting Cowboy Action. Hey! I'll look for you at the Wisconsin match. Congratulations on the retirement. I'm working on mine but I'm doing a lousy job at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) On 5/6/2024 at 8:41 PM, Sedalia Dave said: ^^^^ THIS True, but you don't HAVE TO BE most places unless you want to be. "I have nowhere to be and have all day to get there." I can't be hired, fired, promoted, demoted, transferred, laid off, and I don't have to take much from anyone. I have become very adept at telling people what I think and using terms that are not always polite and almost never politically correct. I buy things I want, but have difficulty justifying it to myself some of the time. I have more time for friends, hobbies, reading and watching videos, for going places "just because", meeting new people and reconnecting with some that have fallen off of my every day contact list. I can take time to do things that need done (or put them off for as long I choose to) and can start a new hobby or restart an old one. I can smile at pretty women and babies, stop to pet a dog, eat lunch or dinner at a new place or two....or several....comment on someone's hat or car or motorcycle, and take time to go watch pronghorns, eagles, horses, or just to look at the scenery. Being a widower (8 years tomorrow) I can have lady friends who are simply that: friends. I can also dodge the attempts to set me up with single women. Thanks anyway folks, but I have never had any difficulty meeting women (or anyone else) and I don't want any romantic entanglements. So welcome to a new sort of freedom. Take time to get used to it and practice doing nothing at all sometimes. If you're ever out this way let me know and we can share a meals, spin some yarns, and just goof off. Your choice. Oh, yeah: congratulations, too. Edited May 8 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Red Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 See you in Wiconson...... TR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Have a great retirement, you earned it. I retired 24 years ago after 40 years as an aerospace engineering manager. Don't know when I ever had time to work!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdog Dago Dom Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 That's awesome! Been retired 10 years. When people ask you (and they will) if you miss working, use this: I miss the clowns, but I don't miss the circus. Congratulations! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kane Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Congratulations, Scout. I hope you enjoy many years of retirement and cowboy shooting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Congrats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Come and Shoot in Western Canada... Jabez Cowboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Book Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Good for you! Enjoy retirement and shooting more!! SB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Ridge Regulator Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Congratulations, your going to love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Careful they don't give you another job... Jabez Cowboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Eye Jake Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Seems like once you retire or at least semi-retire then everyone is finding ways to help you fill your time. Hope all goes well. Congratulations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) On 5/6/2024 at 6:10 PM, Blackwater 53393 said: It won’t be long before you wonder how you ever found time to hold down a job!! My father in law described his own retirement in very nearly these exact words! Edited May 11 by Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 15 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: Careful they don't give you another job... Jabez Cowboy That ain’t happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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