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27 Jan 2019, 8:29 pm

If I had hobbies like that I'd be better off working full time to recover between outings!



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27 Jan 2019, 8:31 pm

A guided hunting trip for Fall Sheep would be really fabulous: http://www.huntnahanni.com/dall-sheep-hunts.

10 days for $25,500.

I have to keep working.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:34 pm

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If I had hobbies like that I'd be better off working full time to recover between outings!


Yeah. I was only kidding about that one list. I used to ride bicycles 3,000 to 5,000 miles every year, but quit that about 25 years ago.

I would love a few weeks each summer or fall fishing and hunting in Canada and Alaska, preferably getting in and out on horseback. What I would like to do is far bigger than my bank account and health permit.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:36 pm

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If I had hobbies like that I'd be better off working full time to recover between outings!

but if you retired from the rat race, then you'd have even more time to recover!



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27 Jan 2019, 8:39 pm

No, it is easier for me to recover going to work at a desk job.

Going on expensive trips is a lot less stressful if you have a big bank account and don't need to worry about unexpected expenses.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:40 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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If I had hobbies like that I'd be better off working full time to recover between outings!

but if you retired from the rat race, then you'd have even more time to recover!


Our internet and phone services were out last Monday. So I had a morning nap, an pre-lunch nap in the early afternoon (I usually eat lunch about 3 pm), a post-lunch nap, and then when the internet starting running again about 7 pm, I had a post-outage nap.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:41 pm

^^^did you do these naps at work?



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27 Jan 2019, 8:43 pm

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^^^did you do these naps at work?


Yeah. I just closed my door.

It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:45 pm

kokopelli wrote:
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^^^did you do these naps at work?

Yeah. I just closed my door. It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.

you are very fortunate to have that setup. I think if I had a family business, unless it was tiring and hazardous, i'd stick with it also, at least part-time.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:53 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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^^^did you do these naps at work?

Yeah. I just closed my door. It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.

you are very fortunate to have that setup. I think if I had a family business, unless it was tiring and hazardous, i'd stick with it also, at least part-time.


I'll have to spend an hour or two later this week on top of a windmill unless I take the bucket truck out. I'm going to have to figure out how to mount some gear on top, go to the shop and make whatever mounting bracket I need, and then go back and put it up.

If it is too cold, I'll probably wait a week or two. The customer is not in much of a hurry.



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27 Jan 2019, 8:54 pm

kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^did you do these naps at work?

Yeah. I just closed my door. It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.

you are very fortunate to have that setup. I think if I had a family business, unless it was tiring and hazardous, i'd stick with it also, at least part-time.


I'll have to spend an hour or two later this week on top of a windmill unless I take the bucket truck out. I'm going to have to figure out how to mount some gear on top, go to the shop and make whatever mounting bracket I need, and then go back and put it up.

If it is too cold, I'll probably wait a week or two. The customer is not in much of a hurry.

are you talking about an old-fashioned dutch-style windmill, or a modern turbine?



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27 Jan 2019, 8:57 pm

auntblabby wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^did you do these naps at work?

Yeah. I just closed my door. It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.

you are very fortunate to have that setup. I think if I had a family business, unless it was tiring and hazardous, i'd stick with it also, at least part-time.


I'll have to spend an hour or two later this week on top of a windmill unless I take the bucket truck out. I'm going to have to figure out how to mount some gear on top, go to the shop and make whatever mounting bracket I need, and then go back and put it up.

If it is too cold, I'll probably wait a week or two. The customer is not in much of a hurry.

are you talking about an old-fashioned dutch-style windmill, or a modern turbine?


An old fashioned windmill. Most around here were set up to pump water. From what I understand, this one was set up to put a wind charger on for household use. The only thing up there now is an overhead yard light.



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27 Jan 2019, 9:16 pm

kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^did you do these naps at work?

Yeah. I just closed my door. It's a family business with two divisions. I'm the only full time employee of my division.

you are very fortunate to have that setup. I think if I had a family business, unless it was tiring and hazardous, i'd stick with it also, at least part-time.


I'll have to spend an hour or two later this week on top of a windmill unless I take the bucket truck out. I'm going to have to figure out how to mount some gear on top, go to the shop and make whatever mounting bracket I need, and then go back and put it up.

If it is too cold, I'll probably wait a week or two. The customer is not in much of a hurry.

are you talking about an old-fashioned dutch-style windmill, or a modern turbine?


An old fashioned windmill. Most around here were set up to pump water. From what I understand, this one was set up to put a wind charger on for household use. The only thing up there now is an overhead yard light.

I had no idea they were capable of that much work.



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28 Jan 2019, 2:08 am

Social security will be bankrupt in ~15 years due to all the retiring baby boomers. Yet another liberal creation will fail.



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28 Jan 2019, 2:10 am

no it will NOT be "bankrupt" but it WILL have to reduce its payments to retirees by about 25%.



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28 Jan 2019, 2:34 am

auntblabby wrote:
no it will NOT be "bankrupt" but it WILL have to reduce its payments to retirees by about 25%.
Actually they'll raise the retirement age. The OP will have to wait until they're 95 before they can retire. I'm not expecting to get any Social Security when I retire.