Well, after 42 years, I signed my retirement papers at 4:45pm yesterday afternoon. Have some loose ends to tie up on Monday and starting Tuesday I'll be chasing Steelhead with a Fly rod/Spey rod for the next three weeks on Michigans Pere Marquette river. Followed by a month of turkey hunting in May and a summer of playing Grampa.
Fall will be filled with fall Steelhead, Atlantic Salmon and of course Whitetail.
It's been a long time coming and I'm ready :goldtooth:
Congratulations! May the Lord of Hosts richly bless you!
:clapper: :clapper: Congratulations and enjoy!
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My hero. Congratulations Mike, it's not easy to retire anymore!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! May you enjoy your retirement to the fullest!
Trust you will enjoy your retirement as much as I have! :thumbsup:
Mike, that is great news. I'm glad for you. Sounds like you have all of your 'ducks in a row'.
Shick
Congratulations !! Enjoy!! You seem to have set a grueling schedule, but I think you meet the challenge
Excellent planning Mike!! I always say I'm gonna have to take off work to be buried... :biglaugh:
Congrats Mike!! Enjoy!!
Congratulations
Congratulations, sir. I'm still a few years away from that, but am watching the "old timers" retiring from the shop I work at, and realizing that I'm now one of the "old timers". It's exciting, and a bit scary at the same time. Enjoy!!!
Jason
Congratulations! You have been blessed as a lot of us on this site has been as well.
:clapper: Welcome to the club........I have been retired for 11 years and it has been a wonderful thing, fishing, hunting, kayaking, motorcycling and now also a grandpa. Enjoy your time and have fun........
That's great. Congratulations!
Congrats!!! Well deserved I am sure... enjoy your retirement adventure!
Rando
Mike congratulations. That's an admirable schedule. Especially being #1 grandpa.
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Congrats.
You are going to love it.
I've been retired 5 years now.
Trust me though, time will really fly by now.
Every day seems like a weekend:)
Congrats on your retirement, I am in my 4th year and it's the best job I ever had.
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Congrats, enjoy the fishing. Been 10 years for me. Still haven't got done what I wanted but who cares got all day.
Congrats enjoy.
Well earned. Enjoy your new found freedom! :thumbsup:
Congrats on your significant milestone. I'll have been retired 10 years in June and the time flies by pretty quickly. I wish you a long and healthy retirement. :clapper:
Congratulations :clapper:
Keep just as busy at play as you were at work and ENJOY what you have earned !
Congrats !!
Congrats Sir. You have earned it! Enjoy.
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Quote from: Sawpilot 75 on April 08, 2018, 05:48:12 PM
Congrats Sir. You have earned it! Enjoy.
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Yes he has.
Congratulations!
It don't get any better then retired!!!!
Congrats to you!
Bisch
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Congrats, I have been retired almost ten years, I get up in the morning with nothing to do all day, and I am half done by dinner. Busier now than when I was working......love it
Quote from: Yellow Dog on April 07, 2018, 05:08:37 PM
Well, after 42 years, I signed my retirement papers at 4:45pm yesterday afternoon. Have some loose ends to tie up on Monday and starting Tuesday I'll be chasing Steelhead with a Fly rod/Spey rod for the next three weeks on Michigans Pere Marquette river. Followed by a month of turkey hunting in May and a summer of playing Grampa.
Fall will be filled with fall Steelhead, Atlantic Salmon and of course Whitetail.
It's been a long time coming and I'm ready :goldtooth:
Congrats Mike!
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Congrats to you. Enjoy to the fullest. I'm putting mine off for a bit yet. But, the first S.S. check hits the bank tomorrow. Have a blast !
Congratulations! I retired 2 years ago. I need three of me for all my hobbies. Whoever said retirement is boring must not fish, hunt, archery, trap shoot, skeet shoot, tie flies, make arrows, grand kids etc. etc. etc.! I thought I could never enjoy not working, boy was I wrong! The only time I have thought of work since retiring, was in my sleep in a nightmare!!!
Enjoy every minute, because if you think time flies when you are working hard, it flies four times as fast when you are having fun!!!
Gil
May it be all you hope it will.
Congrats Mike. Enjoy retirement. Sounds like you have the right line up of activities
Congratulations! I am considering re-joining the retired club at the end of the year. It sounds like you have a well thought out game plan for your retirement. Have fun!
Congrats. After almost 30 years a Marine uniform and over 20 years in airport management I retired. Days/weeks fly by with 6 Saturdays and a Sunday. Family is sooo important in keeping your life balanced and you seem to have that figured out. Whip those flys and cast those shafts in good health-you. Earned it