retired and satisfied

[Highwall]

So the wife asks, "have you had too much to drink tonight?"

I answered, "no, maybe."

"Are you seeing double?"

"no, not with one eye closed."☺️

"Open the other eye then answer me!"

"Okay, but which one of you asked the question?"😉

 

 

 

[Caprock Kid]

If you are really retired, then you no longer have to worry about getting up with a hangover for ”work” so doesn’t matter.  
I’d answer the one on the left though, she’s cuter. 🤨

[watab kid]

ive been retired [for the second time] since covid in 2020 - i was 70 ny then , ive consumed a lot less at this point as im not so active and i like to enjoy what i consume , i still have a beer or two , maybe a drink but ive not had a hangover since the 70s - just not in my program , 

do enjoy your retirement - i do , sometimes one of those beers are consumed at lunch these days for me and i like that , if we go out for lunch its always a location where we can get a beer to go with it , 

[Highwall]

My wife asked who I was going to hang out with now that I'm retired and my best friend was still working.

My answer was Rey Cliner! 🤣

[Dantankerous]

I'm about one year away from retirement and very much looking forward to day drinking. 😀

 

I am very much MORE looking forward to not going back to that damn place ever again. You know... the place that steals your soul? 

 

Life is more than work. 

 

And I have four dogs to help me with retirement. How wrong can they be?

 

 

[Cactus Jack Calder]

18 minutes ago, Dantankerous said:

 

And I have four dogs to help me with retirement. How wrong can they be?

 

 

They want to go for a walk just when you get settled in the ‘Rey Cliner‘.  

 

CJ

[Highwall]

I don't hit the whisky until after dinner (we call it supper out here). I do have a glass of wine with a chunk cheese however at around 2 pm.

It's a full retirement pleasure!☺️

 

[Highwall]

34 minutes ago, Dantankerous said:

I'm about one year away from retirement and very much looking forward to day drinking. 😀

 

I am very much MORE looking forward to not going back to that damn place ever again. You know... the place that steals your soul? 

 

Life is more than work. 

 

And I have four dogs to help me with retirement. How wrong can they be?

 

My daughter has 4 dogs, they keep her slim at 46 yrs young.

 

[Dantankerous]

20 minutes ago, Cactus Jack Calder said:

They want to go for a walk just when you get settled in the ‘Rey Cliner‘.  

 

CJ

And every time I want to take a nap, one of them wants to do something else. And that is okay with me. 

 

And apparently if one of them wants to take a nap that's going to be fine with me too. I have no say in that even though i'm much larger than they are. 

 

 

Edited January 24 by Dantankerous

[Caprock Kid]

I took retirement ‘day drinking’ to the extreme by taking on a new hobby  of brewing my own ciders and meads. Super easy to do and when the wife asks why I am drinking so early; it’s because I am doing quality control. 

[Dantankerous]

21 hours ago, Caprock Kid said:

I took retirement ‘day drinking’ to the extreme by taking on a new hobby  of brewing my own ciders and meads. Super easy to do and when the wife asks why I am drinking so early; it’s because I am doing quality control. 

Exceptional logic! 

[Rip Snorter]

IMHO, retirement isn't about drinking, and I do enjoy that evenings.  The challenge is to find continuing purpose and involvement - at least until you get pretty darn old. BTDT!

[watab kid]

ive got more than enough to do and i dont want to work the hours i did before retirement , some days i dont want to work at all , yesterday i took on the plugged sink - toal drain replacement - got er done in a few hours and three trips to the hardware store - im on record that ill never ever again touch that bathroom plumbing - whoever put that paper towel down the drain is on my p[permanent S-list  

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

5 hours ago, watab kid said:

ive got more than enough to do and i dont want to work the hours i did before retirement , some days i dont want to work at all , yesterday i took on the plugged sink - toal drain replacement - got er done in a few hours and three trips to the hardware store - im on record that ill never ever again touch that bathroom plumbing - whoever put that paper towel down the drain is on my p[permanent S-list  

I have so many "projects" going on, and so many "just for fun" events, that I have no idea where I ever found the time for a job before I retired.

[Smokin Gator SASS #29736]

We have 3.3 acres. Some goats. Multiple garden areas. Not a ranch or farm by any means. But it's enough to keep us busy for sure. 5 grandkids nearby too. I've been retired 11 years. My wife is planning to retire before the holidays this year, finally. She can spend all day working outside always with plenty to do. Most of any drinking I do is when we get together with our kids families. 

[Stump Water]

On 1/23/2026 at 10:51 PM, Dantankerous said:

I am very much MORE looking forward to not going back to that damn place ever again. You know... the place that steals your soul? 

 

Life is more than work. 

 

Amen.   Been retired a year now.  I revel in the fact that I don't have to go back.

 

20 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

IMHO, retirement isn't about drinking, and I do enjoy that evenings.  The challenge is to find continuing purpose and involvement. 

 

All my life I've heard cases where people retired and "got bored" or "felt like they didn't have a purpose any more" and went back to work.  And all my life I've said, "I can't begin to imagine that."  I still can't. 

 

While it wasn't written in any job description or contract, I was "on call" 24/7/365 for 30 years.  That tends to shape your thinking.

[Highwall]

You won't get bored after retirement if you and your grandkids live in the same town and they are into sports.

I have just 3 and...

the oldesr plays girls soccer and is a cheerleader

second oldest plays softball and basketball

third wrestles, plays football and baseball.

Not to mention they are all into band instruments and of course there are concerts!🙃

Rey Cliner plays second fiddle to all of that!🥰

 

 

[watab kid]

15 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I have so many "projects" going on, and so many "just for fun" events, that I have no idea where I ever found the time for a job before I retired.

my project list hasa precluded all the fun things on that list lately

[Last Call Saul]

I am not retired yet.... 2032 is my target... but it doesn't stop me from day-drinking... on the weekends... and if I have no meetings after 2  pm.... working from home is really great for day-drinking habits

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Being retired has freed me in so many ways.

 

I don't HAVE TO do anything.  No one can hire me, fire me, promote or demote me, chastise me, or tell me what to do.  I can look at a job and say "Okay, I have to do that, but it can wait until tomorrow...or  next week...or forever", or I can hire it done.  I can do it my way whether or not anyone else gives a damn.  

 

I have dropped over 100 pounds in the last 28 months and still eat the same things I did before, just not as much or as often.

 

I can make remarks to people when I want to, play with kids and dogs, dress like I'm used to and comfortable., and argue or not.  If I want something I can get it and if I don't like it I can get rid of it any way I desire.

 

I have made some enemies and lost some friends over this but I'm still blessed by a huge herd of good people who stand by me.  I have told young ladies how pretty they are and get away with it because I'm not after their bodies.....and I am sincere.  I have explained to some people that they are NOT the most important people in the world..nor even in this conversation.  Some have challenged me, some have let it go, and one cried.

 

Being retired lets me be me, unabashed, unrepentant, and uncaring of the results, happy most of the time, and grateful for such goodness in my life.

 

Here I am.  Stop by and I'll make coffee or lunch.  If you need help I'll do what I can.  If you need  a shoulder, I still have two left.

[Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129]

I got a enclosed cargo trailer, put a wheel chock in her, with that big ole ramp door I just ride my bike in tie her down, and combine two of my favorite sports, SASS shooting and cruising the open road... I'm also on the high side of 70.

 

Jabez Cowboy 

[watab kid]

7 hours ago, Stump Water said:

 

Amen.   Been retired a year now.  I revel in the fact that I don't have to go back.

 

 

All my life I've heard cases where people retired and "got bored" or "felt like they didn't have a purpose any more" and went back to work.  And all my life I've said, "I can't begin to imagine that."  I still can't. 

 

While it wasn't written in any job description or contract, I was "on call" 24/7/365 for 30 years.  That tends to shape your thinking.

ive never heard of anyone retiring and getting bored - ever , going back to my grandfather that wanted to play go;lf and got vsick then died a year after retirement , my father who had a list of projects and things he wanted to do who when he died i found his list in his shop of unfinished items - i did those i could for my mom , some of them were like my long term list a bit out of my reach in time allotted , 

 

i have two lists the one that my wife adds to daily and my own - hers gets addressed first , mine when i can get time to myself - seldom i am complaining and im not , life is good - glad im still alive and even when i hate what im doing its better than not being here to do it - thats coming soon enough 

[Lawdog Dago Dom]

On 1/23/2026 at 10:32 PM, Dantankerous said:

And every time I want to take a nap, one of them wants to do something else. And that is okay with me. 

 

And apparently if one of them wants to take a nap that's going to be fine with me too. I have no say in that even though i'm much larger than they are. 

 

 

If that's not a picture of contentment, I don't know what is.

 

The best description of retirement I have heard (though geared toward LEO retirement, can apply to other jobs as well)

 

"I miss the clowns, but I don't miss the circus."

[Pat Riot]

On 1/23/2026 at 11:32 PM, Dantankerous said:

And every time I want to take a nap, one of them wants to do something else. And that is okay with me. 

 

And apparently if one of them wants to take a nap that's going to be fine with me too. I have no say in that even though i'm much larger than they are. 

 

 

Your puppy has trained you well. 

 

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I have been retired for 3.5 years. I turned 65 yesterday. 
My original goal when I left Oregon to go back to work for my old transit agency in L.A. was to work there and do my 5th Light Rail Startup and run it until I was 65. 
Apparently the agency went full retard in the 14 years I was working elsewhere and their goals were not transportation, but social engineering, inclusivity, racial equity and stepping all over the people that knew what they were doing just to prove that they could, so I retired 3 months before my major rail line was going into service. 
Instead of giving me the position I should have gotten just before Covid they waited until my mainline accident when I was off on Workers Comp to fill the position above me with a guy that met all their DEI requirements and they expected me to teach him by running the show. 
I did work with him for nearly a year on paper. He actually spent most of his time in his office with his door closed or on vacation and taking time off to travel. 
I retired July 4, 2022. Independence Day.

 

I haven’t been bored since. 

[Dantankerous]

Pat, you haven't been bored since retirement, and I'll bet your blood pressure is a lot lower. You probably have a more optimistic view of life as well and maybe, just maybe, don't feel like punching stupid people in the face on a daily basis? 😀

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

Echoing all of the above positive comments on retirement, I will add one more.

 

1) I suffered from migraines almost my whole life (mom had them also). I was chronic, up to 18 a month!

 

2) I was planning to retire when I turned 67 in 2019. I had a knee replacement in 2016 and while recuperating, I decided that I had had enough of the BS (like Pat) and would retire early in 2017 after the company did their annual salary adjustments which would make my accumulated TOWP (time off with pay) hours worth more (I had a lot). Well, I did not get a salary increase as mgmt decided that the budgeted amount needed to go to the younger engineers and that the veteran engineers were making enough! That solidified my decision. So I told the company that I was going to retire on April 1st which I felt was an appropriate day.

 

3) Now back to 1). I have not had a migraine since I had my knee replaced and decided to retire! 

[Eyesa Horg]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT 🎉 🎂

[Stump Water]

10 hours ago, watab kid said:

ive never heard of anyone retiring and getting bored - ever

 

Heck, my sister retired at 65 and went back to work before she turned 66.  I think it was more a social thing with her, being a single empty nester.

 

When I was at university I worked on the grounds/maintenance crew at a golf course.  Probably half the crew was codgers that had retired and come back to work there just for something to do.  The job didn't pay much more than minimum wage, but they didn't care, that's not why they were there.  The good thing was you didn't have to teach them how to drive a nail like you did most of the ones my age.

 

Then there's a former co-worker, when discussing retirement he says, "I'm gonna hafta find something to do.  I ain't staying home all day with my wife!"

[watab kid]

13 minutes ago, Stump Water said:

 

Heck, my sister retired at 65 and went back to work before she turned 66.  I think it was more a social thing with her, being a single empty nester.

 

When I was at university I worked on the grounds/maintenance crew at a golf course.  Probably half the crew was codgers that had retired and come back to work there just for something to do.  The job didn't pay much more than minimum wage, but they didn't care, that's not why they were there.  The good thing was you didn't have to teach them how to drive a nail like you did most of the ones my age.

 

Then there's a former co-worker, when discussing retirement he says, "I'm gonna hafta find something to do.  I ain't staying home all day with my wife!"

ill admit - i too retired at 62 then within months went back to work till i was permanently retired thanks to covid , but i have stayed at me part time job ever since - for the socal aspects of it mostly - partly to have a place to go to get out of the house , 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

11 hours ago, Dantankerous said:

Pat, you haven't been bored since retirement, and I'll bet your blood pressure is a lot lower. You probably have a more optimistic view of life as well and maybe, just maybe, don't feel like punching stupid people in the face on a daily basis? 😀

Oh, Hell!  Be realistic.  I still want to punch somebody's lights out once in awhile, usually when they are driving stupidly (if you can call what they are doing "driving"), or in a store or other public place without any idea that other people are there, too.